Where`s your favourite bend or sequence of corners?

[Lotobear]

Gad-Westy said:

Melmerby to Hartside on the A686. That direction is up hill so you can really lean on a car on the exits and far less abusive on brakes. Suits a lighter car best. Heavy cars tend to really show their weight on that stretch.

I would have to agree - I took my Lotus over there yesterday (the old cafe site at the top was rammed)

even though I must have driven it over 50 times I have still yet to get it completely 'right'. Linking it through to Haydon Bridge makes it an epic drive, surely the best stretch of tarmac in England?

[Gad-Westy]

Lotobear said:

Gad-Westy said:

Melmerby to Hartside on the A686. That direction is up hill so you can really lean on a car on the exits and far less abusive on brakes. Suits a lighter car best. Heavy cars tend to really show their weight on that stretch.

I would have to agree - I took my Lotus over there yesterday (the old cafe site at the top was rammed)

even though I must have driven it over 50 times I have still yet to get it completely 'right'. Linking it through to Haydon Bridge makes it an epic drive, surely the best stretch of tarmac in England?

Was thinking of heading there this week. Lotus is taxed again and the sun is shining.

That whole weardale, Teesdale, Cumbrian border area is full of fantastic roads. They are a everywhere. I also love the stretch up from high force falls toward Alston and the section of the B6278 south of Stanhope. It's the lack of traffic that probably helps most. There's some nice roads in and around the northumberland national park and into the borders too. The lakes, north yorkshire and peak district have some really nice roads too but attract far more traffic generally so less appealing to me.

Edited by Gad-Westy on Monday 1st June 10:55

[stevemiller]

This section of the A66 heading West next to Bass Lake. This view was before all the safety measures were put in place, much safer but now just dull!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.649947,-3.221303...

[Kenty in Weardale]

If you do Melmerby to Hartside I recommend going onto Alston then the A689 north towards Brampton, more good roads and only very small sections of 30 limit

[Gad-Westy]

Kenty in Weardale said:

If you do Melmerby to Hartside I recommend going onto Alston then the A689 north towards Brampton, more good roads and only very small sections of 30 limit

Yeah it's pretty good though I've only driven it at night so far. Although staying on the A686 isn't too shabby either. Or head south east out of Alston down towards Middleton on the B6277. The first stretch of that road is absolutely sublime. Many seem to like the road east toward Stanhope but I'm not such a big fan. Poor surface and most of it isn't that interesting.

It's funny I bet I'm not the only one that sometimes waits in Melberby for a gap in the traffic before going up to Hartisde. There's really only one overtaking point as soon as you leave Melberby and then you're stuck. I don't go berserk on public roads but you do catch people very quickly on that tight section so I like to have a bit of space.

[Hub]

Zetec-S said:

Zig Zag Hill, North Dorset. Perhaps not my favourite but it's definitely up there. I tend to drive it most days.

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9870558,-2.1554483...

Nah, it's too tight/slow and although I haven't been for a year or so, the road surface was always terrible!

[Zetec-S]

Hub said:

Zetec-S said:

Zig Zag Hill, North Dorset. Perhaps not my favourite but it's definitely up there. I tend to drive it most days.

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9870558,-2.1554483...

Nah, it's too tight/slow and although I haven't been for a year or so, the road surface was always terrible!

Recently resurfaced

Then some great views from the sweeping roads when you get to the top

[Kenty in Weardale]

[quote=Gad-Westy]

Yeah it's pretty good though I've only driven it at night so far. Although staying on the A686 isn't too shabby either. Or head south east out of Alston down towards Middleton on the B6277. The first stretch of that road is absolutely sublime. Many seem to like the road east toward Stanhope but I'm not such a big fan. Poor surface and most of it isn't that interesting.


Don't go down towards Stanhope, you go past my house and pooch isn't keen on the noise from V8s

[sherman]

A9 berridale braes
Tain to latheron really

Edited by sherman on Monday 8th June 01:24

[Crippo]

B5057 near Winster, awesome series of very tight bends perfect for left footing around.
Dukes pass in Scotland....epic early morning, tight, undulating twisty slow but quick.

[airsafari87]

Gad-Westy said:

Melmerby to Hartside on the A686. That direction is up hill so you can really lean on a car on the exits and far less abusive on brakes. Suits a lighter car best. Heavy cars tend to really show their weight on that stretch.

Its even better on a motorbike

[MiaKely]

all roads lead one way ;D

[Funk]

This little run from Birling Gap out to Beachy Head:



www.google.com/maps/@50.7429419,0.2024249,3a,75y,9...

[GroundZero]

stevemiller said:

This section of the A66 heading West next to Bass Lake. This view was before all the safety measures were put in place, much safer but now just dull!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.649947,-3.221303...

I think it was always 'safe', all it took were a few who took too many liberties for some to then make complaints, and the Highways Agency (as they were back then) felt they had to "improve it".

Gad-Westy said:

Melmerby to Hartside on the A686. That direction is up hill so you can really lean on a car on the exits and far less abusive on brakes. Suits a lighter car best. Heavy cars tend to really show their weight on that stretch.

Done this quite a few times in the past.
Great in a RWD car but also a road becoming ever more ruined by high friction surfacing.Shame about the cafe at the top. Do you know if there are plans to rebuild it? Re-open it as a cafe?

Rowe said:

Win.
End of thread.

[Red Devil]

Funk said:

This little run from Birling Gap out to Beachy Head:
www.google.com/maps/@50.7429419,0.2024249,3a,75y,9...

+1

Excellent opportunities for photo ops as well.



This is quite tasty. - https://goo.gl/maps/b5m5kuqXQz1T1B2w6

[itsnotarace]

For tracks then Paddock Hill is nice to get right, as is Eau Rouge

Also like the section mentioned above between the two Karussels at the Nurburgring NS

[mellowman]

On a motorbike, I like the series of sweeping bends between Garve and the Glascarnoch Dam between Inverness and Ullapool, on the A835.

The road is usually empty and you can set each corner up perfectly, with great sightlines.

You can maintain a decent speed and the views are spectacular.

[James-m5qjf]

Most roads in southwest Germany. Knee down, great surface, plenty of visibility.... stunning!

[V1nce Fox]

Johnnytheboy said:

Here, both ways, on my commute:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blandford+Forum+...

70-80 deg bend right, hump bridge, 70-80 deg bend left, if you don't want to click the link.

Driven it most days since 2002 and it still makes me giggle and think of Scalextric.

that's the sneaky back way into the steam fair!

[coppice]

mellowman said:

On a motorbike, I like the series of sweeping bends between Garve and the Glascarnoch Dam between Inverness and Ullapool, on the A835.

The road is usually empty and you can set each corner up perfectly, with great sightlines.

You can maintain a decent speed and the views are spectacular.

I remember those very bends being fun in a Seven - thankfully I don't think this is on the NC 500, so less chance of one;s day being ruined by fat Germans on Harleys or convoys of supercars whose owners are apparently too frightened to go out on their own .