Where`s your favourite bend or sequence of corners?

[markcoopers]

Allyc85 said:

These esses on the B3223 north of Simonsbath.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/B3223/@51.195974...

Or this "chicane" on the A396, on the way to Exmoor.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/B3223/@51.003215...

Both brilliant roads, when driven at the right time!

I used to live in Bampton.......recognise those. I always prefered the Morebath to Raleighs cross road, Timewell hill bends in particular.

[14]

Ditching Beacon, that’s if there aren’t any cyclists or slow drivers.

[sospan]

Lotobear said:

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?

Did that a couple of years ago when on a weekend based at Crooklands Hotel. Four of us in Morgans. Lots of 3rd gear with a V8. The “pacesetter” used to be a pro bike racer so we made good progress.

[Red Devil]

coppice said:

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 .

The sightlines don't fully open up until you lose the trees after Inchbae Lodge - https://goo.gl/maps/Phvfqd5mquTsdLKg8
Loch Glascarnoch after the dam is not too shabby either. - https://goo.gl/maps/KKZNXA7Af51RJMk19

Garve is on the NC500 but that diverges onto the A832 here - https://goo.gl/maps/gHRgnSbtAoQHGRnf9
It rejoins the A835 at Breamore Junction just prior to the Corrieshalloch Gorge - https://goo.gl/maps/bqyLeqKEvqaVUmFk6
So the intervening 19 miles tends to be less full of campervans and those you do come across are easily dispatched.

[Jasey_]

Banchory to Fettercairn via the cairn o mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQIllGKxlM

[bolidemichael]

Mr Tidy said:

I loved the Mickleham Bends on the A24 between Leatherhead and Dorking, but now the Southbound carriageway is reduced to one lane and has a 50mph speed limit and cameras it is just "meh".

The road sign at the beginning allegedly inspired 10CC to come up with "Deceptive Bends".

Whether that is true or not I used to love ragging RD Yamahas along that stretch in the late 70s to go to Box Hill on a Sunday morning and watch the lunacy while sitting on the bank - happy days!

This was so satisfying. Sigh.

[Painter38]

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.

Watch out for local vans wanting a race (usually Fords).

[slopes]

On a racing circuit, esses to hairpin at Mallory especially on a bike at racing speeds.

On a road......hmmmm........there are so many to choose from
Baldock to Buntigford
Hitchin to Codicote
Kingston Park to Dinnington
Carter Bar to Newcastle
Snake Pass
Cat and Fiddle
Woodhead pass
Pickering to Whitby
But i think my favourite bit of corners is the road from The Pickering - Whitby road to Goathland, dips, bends, bumpy straight bits and all taken at sensible speeds less you hit one of those silly wolly jumpers.

[Wacky Racer]

Between Earby and the A59 Roundabout near The Tempest pub near Skipton.

[JacobsCracker]

It's unlucky my commute is 34 miles each way, but lucky it's on the A377. The mostly avoided road connecting Exeter to North Devon.

Cracking road, probably 100+ bends if not more, only a few 30mpg villages, surface is okay, unless you draw the short straw and get stuck behind a lorry, you can really shift along there.

Didn't leave the office until 11pm in the summer on a Friday night, nobody else on the road, dry surface, sport mode engaged, 34 miles, 34 minutes.

[Red Devil]

The second video is two separate roads.
B656 - https://goo.gl/maps/Ld9obYdLJkAb9dPt8
After the fadeout.
B655 - https://goo.gl/maps/762QEBnMsGJpmYEs8

[PaulD86]

Jasey_ said:

Banchory to Fettercairn via the cairn o mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQIllGKxlM

Even better if you start at Stonehaven and take the Slug road to just before the Dee then turn onto the Falls of Feuch road to get there.

[Gad-Westy]

PaulD86 said:

Jasey_ said:

Banchory to Fettercairn via the cairn o mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQIllGKxlM

Even better if you start at Stonehaven and take the Slug road to just before the Dee then turn onto the Falls of Feuch road to get there.

I bought one of my Westfields in Banchory. Wasn't the worst place to try out a new car I must say!

[LightningBlue]

Interesting Lincolnshire has already been mentioned especially one of my favourite roads between Bardney and Baumber, but I'd say even better is Bardney to Horncastle on the B1190, and if you want to stretch it out take the B1193 from Horncastle to Reevesby. Fantastic corners all the way. The A607 between Honington to Wellingore is good too.

Away from Lincolnshire I'm a fan of Keswick to Buttermere via Borrowdale and the Honister Pass. You rarely hit 60 but it's like a roller coaster with some superb scenery from lakes, woodland, mountains and valleys.

[FWIW]

No votes for Hall Bends?

[NGRhodes]

Wacky Racer said:

Between Earby and the A59 Roundabout near The Tempest pub near Skipton.

Not far from me, A56

Edited by NGRhodes on Sunday 15th November 21:33

[Red Devil]

LightningBlue said:

Interesting Lincolnshire has already been mentioned especially one of my favourite roads between Bardney and Baumber, but I'd say even better is Bardney to Horncastle on the B1190, and if you want to stretch it out take the B1193 from Horncastle to Reevesby. Fantastic corners all the way. The A607 between Honington to Wellingore is good too.

Not to mention the B1225 from Caistor to Baumber. Just under 20 miles of superb cross country NSL.

LightningBlue said:

Away from Lincolnshire I'm a fan of Keswick to Buttermere via Borrowdale and the Honister Pass. You rarely hit 60 but it's like a roller coaster with some superb scenery from lakes, woodland, mountains and valleys.

Then head back from Buttermere via Newlands Pass.

[Nico Adie]

The A83 between Tarbert and Clachan, also the A83 between Muasdale and Westport beach. Pretty much the whole A83 actually, it's a magnificent bit of road.

[Krikkit]

Wacky Racer said:

Between Earby and the A59 Roundabout near The Tempest pub near Skipton.

Yeah that's an absolutely belting section, getting a clear run through that bit is an absolute pleasure.

Red Devil said:

LightningBlue said:

Interesting Lincolnshire has already been mentioned especially one of my favourite roads between Bardney and Baumber, but I'd say even better is Bardney to Horncastle on the B1190, and if you want to stretch it out take the B1193 from Horncastle to Reevesby. Fantastic corners all the way. The A607 between Honington to Wellingore is good too.

Not to mention the B1225 from Caistor to Baumber. Just under 20 miles of superb cross country NSL.

That area is dripping with great roads, used to live in Louth and it was heaven! Shame it's so far to get up that way though.

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 18th November 12:39

[Don Roque]

mmm-five said:

I like the sequence of corners from the exit of Karussel up to Hohe Acht and all the way to Schwalbenschwanz.

So, Karussel, Hohe Acht, Hedwigshohe, Wipperman, Eschbach, Brunnchen, Pflantzgarten, Steffan-Bellof-S, Schwalbenschwanz.

Yes, it's definitely my favourite part of the North Loop.