Snake Pass

[GolfEcosse]

Amazing road but full of rubbish drivers and it always seems to rain there Good pub half way through it aswel

[Wacky Racer]

GolfEcosse said:

Amazing road but full of rubbish drivers and it always seems to rain there Good pub half way through it aswel

Which one?

The Snake Inn, or Ladybower Inn??

btw:- These days be careful of Police radar traps about 1 mile Glossop side of the Ladybower viaduct......

[norman156]

It is a great road, but has the same sort of problems as the Cat and Fiddle further south in the Peak District, too many plod and too man caravans
Although as I remember Snake Pass does have a lot of places to pull over and put some distance between you and the painfully slow drivers that seem to frequent that road

[GolfEcosse]

Wacky Racer said:

GolfEcosse said:

Amazing road but full of rubbish drivers and it always seems to rain there Good pub half way through it aswel

Which one?

The Snake Inn, or Ladybower Inn??

btw:- These days be careful of Police radar traps about 1 mile Glossop side of the Ladybower viaduct......

The Snake Inn - were's the Ladybower Inn?

[Ganglandboss]

norman156 said:

Although as I remember Snake Pass does have a lot of places to pull over and put some distance between you and the painfully slow drivers that seem to frequent that road

Such as the butty van in the layby before the Snake Inn (coming from Glossop)!

[GolfEcosse]

TVR Moneypit said:

GolfEcosse said:

Wacky Racer said:

GolfEcosse said:

Amazing road but full of rubbish drivers and it always seems to rain there Good pub half way through it aswel

Which one?

The Snake Inn, or Ladybower Inn??

btw:- These days be careful of Police radar traps about 1 mile Glossop side of the Ladybower viaduct......

The Snake Inn - were's the Ladybower Inn?

At Ladybower.

If i knew were Ladybower was do you think i would ask that question? Is it before or after the dam things? coming from Manchester way?

[homicide]

The ladybower in question, is the big reservoir on the right,before and under the bridge just before the trafic lights. The ladybower pub, is through the traffic lights, and about 100 yards or so on the left,iirc, on a bend! You cant miss it if you are coming from manchester(should have put that at the start of this post, what a tool) it will be just about where you are up to cruising speed after the traffic lights!!

[norman156]

This is the reservoir in question:



Took that picture when I was waiting around to put some distance between me and the bloody caravan ruining my drive

[homicide]

Oh yes, from the look of that picture you must live somewhere around the bamford area! Some good roads around there, especially bamford to sheffield via hathersage!

[norman156]

Chesterfield actually, I figured Snake Pass was worth the drive out there. I wasn't wrong
Did it a few years ago in my little 1.6 Peugeot 306, so the 50 limit wasn't really much of a problem.
Yet another picture I took when waiting for a caravan plod off into the distance:

[homicide]

Did snake pass when i first moved up here, took the OH over snake pass and cat n fiddle in my old 172, she wasnt too impressed at first, but soon got the general idea!!

[GolfEcosse]

homicide said:

The ladybower in question, is the big reservoir on the right,before and under the bridge just before the trafic lights. The ladybower pub, is through the traffic lights, and about 100 yards or so on the left,iirc, on a bend! You cant miss it if you are coming from manchester(should have put that at the start of this post, what a tool) it will be just about where you are up to cruising speed after the traffic lights!!

Why should i of put it at the start of the post? Why is it relevant? Maybe i should of put that i turn off at the bridge to head towards Sheffield so i have never been that far but i am considering it now.

[homicide]

GolfEcosse said:

homicide said:

The ladybower in question, is the big reservoir on the right,before and under the bridge just before the trafic lights. The ladybower pub, is through the traffic lights, and about 100 yards or so on the left,iirc, on a bend! You cant miss it if you are coming from manchester(should have put that at the start of this post, what a tool) it will be just about where you are up to cruising speed after the traffic lights!!

Why should i of put it at the start of the post? Why is it relevant? Maybe i should of put that i turn off at the bridge to head towards Sheffield so i have never been that far but i am considering it now.

Apologies, i meant i should have put it at the start of my post, wasnt referring to you! I assumed everyone would know what i was talking about, then got half way through writing the reply before i realised i had forgotten to specify which way i was talking about going.!! Sorry!

[GolfEcosse]

homicide said:

GolfEcosse said:

homicide said:

The ladybower in question, is the big reservoir on the right,before and under the bridge just before the trafic lights. The ladybower pub, is through the traffic lights, and about 100 yards or so on the left,iirc, on a bend! You cant miss it if you are coming from manchester(should have put that at the start of this post, what a tool) it will be just about where you are up to cruising speed after the traffic lights!!

Why should i of put it at the start of the post? Why is it relevant? Maybe i should of put that i turn off at the bridge to head towards Sheffield so i have never been that far but i am considering it now.

Apologies, i meant i should have put it at the start of my post, wasnt referring to you! I assumed everyone would know what i was talking about, then got half way through writing the reply before i realised i had forgotten to specify which way i was talking about going.!! Sorry!

Lol, it's alright mate, looks like we all had a bad day yesterday!!!

[homicide]

GolfEcosse said:

homicide said:

GolfEcosse said:

homicide said:

The ladybower in question, is the big reservoir on the right,before and under the bridge just before the trafic lights. The ladybower pub, is through the traffic lights, and about 100 yards or so on the left,iirc, on a bend! You cant miss it if you are coming from manchester(should have put that at the start of this post, what a tool) it will be just about where you are up to cruising speed after the traffic lights!!

Why should i of put it at the start of the post? Why is it relevant? Maybe i should of put that i turn off at the bridge to head towards Sheffield so i have never been that far but i am considering it now.

Apologies, i meant i should have put it at the start of my post, wasnt referring to you! I assumed everyone would know what i was talking about, then got half way through writing the reply before i realised i had forgotten to specify which way i was talking about going.!! Sorry!

Lol, it's alright mate, looks like we all had a bad day yesterday!!!

You arent kidding!

[cobs_06]

yeh i love that road. i like the bugur van half way down thats me a cheap skate. yeh glossup ends got a couple of speed traps so be carful.

i also like the road glossop 2 shefild as well thats a little bit quicker. the best is going of the beaten track going 60 on a single lane road whats not illigal in derbshire.

[cw42]

Awesome road: http://www.scoobysmacs.co.uk/Videos/snake%20pass%2... filmed at night from Glossop end.

[Colonial]

Did that when I was over. Loved it. Middle of the day on a wednesday so it was just me, a bloke on a ducatti and an old duck in a micra which was dispatched with.

Then i turned around and did it again.

[homicide]

Not sure, im usually going rather too quickly to notice, but its very,very popular with bikers who have come over snake pass, especially in the summer!!

[Puff Puff]

What's the world coming to....?

The burger van was gone today when I stopped for lunch and the Snake Inn closed!!