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A historic road winds north from Golfe-Juan: a sandy cove nudging Cannes on the Mediterranean coast, over the Alpes Maritime to Grenoble in the southern Pre-Alpes. The panoramic ‘Route Napoleon’ (D6085 Route Nationale 85) was officially opened in 1932 and runs for 325kms through strikingly beautiful French countryside. or the road from albertvile over the alps french alps to verbier in switzerland.
D1ngd0ng said:
B3357 in Dartmoor National Park, fantastic drive through here on the last West Country holiday
Yep, if you avoid the caravans and meandering visitors Dartmoor can be great fun. As long as you apply a degree of common sense around the animals I think the blanket 40mph limit can be flexed considerably without taking any undue risks too. Exmoor is worth a look as well.It always annoys me when I go back to the Westcountry. The roads you use to nip out and get a pint of milk down there are better than most of those I actively seek out for a hoon now I'm in the South East.
B5470 from Rainow towards Whaley Bridge, turn off after the downhill hairpin over the bridge along Higher Lane towards Disley. I reccomend you drive it once or twice before trying it at NSL, espcially the single track RH across the hump bridge 
. Also th immense sweeping LH along the line of the hill after the RH downhill hairpin is laso noteworthy.
Grounded the Alfa a lot along that road, and still scare myself just trying to hit 60. Pisses all over the A537 in my opinion.
. Also th immense sweeping LH along the line of the hill after the RH downhill hairpin is laso noteworthy.Grounded the Alfa a lot along that road, and still scare myself just trying to hit 60. Pisses all over the A537 in my opinion.
plenty said:
B863, North Ballachulish to Glencoe.
I'll pick this, as it's a road I want to do again. We did it the other way round though.Found it by chance on a Lands End to John O Groats trip, being held up behind traffic, yet ahead of schedule, we dived off down the next junction to kill a bit of time on some back roads. Three 106 Rallyes and a 309 GTi with a camcorder on the roof, had a real blast, perfect road for the cars.
The A82 was stunning, and after that loop we took the Corran ferry to avoid a dual carriageway (part of our objective was to do the whole trip without using motorways or dual carriageways!) and then headed down single track roads round towards the other side of Fort William.
Any unlimited autobahn really, but the "Bavarian racetrack"
from Nurnberg to Munich has a lot of happy memories.
I was on it the other week and I didn't get over 90 mph,
but catch it when it's quiet and you better be
prepared to sit in lane 2 at 130 mph and have plenty
of folks queueing to overtake.
from Nurnberg to Munich has a lot of happy memories.
I was on it the other week and I didn't get over 90 mph,
but catch it when it's quiet and you better be
prepared to sit in lane 2 at 130 mph and have plenty
of folks queueing to overtake.
WestYorkie said:
Chris71 said:
Shay HTFC said:
The ride between Holme and Glossop is top quality.
That looks a bit like the Buttertubs (which coincidentally I thought was a slightly overrated road - the first bit is quite open so you'd have to be going very quickly to have fun and the second bit has a lot of blind crests, quite steep and rather narrow in places...)
t me sen. Exorcised the ghost a week later on a lone Sunday morning dawn run, awesome! Another favourite of mine is the B1225 from Baumber to Caistor, lovely wide sweeping bends that can be taken at many Leptons!locodude said:
That's where the n/s front shock sheared on the TVR a while back. I nearly st me sen. Exorcised the ghost a week later on a lone Sunday morning dawn run, awesome! Another favourite of mine is the B1225 from Baumber to Caistor, lovely wide sweeping bends that can be taken at many Leptons!
I bet that was a shinchter quaking moment wasn't it lol. t me sen. Exorcised the ghost a week later on a lone Sunday morning dawn run, awesome! Another favourite of mine is the B1225 from Baumber to Caistor, lovely wide sweeping bends that can be taken at many Leptons!I often think about what'd happen if I hit anything and veared down the hillside. Mainly after I've got to the top when I've taken off just a little bit over the jump near the summit lol.
WestYorkie said:
locodude said:
That's where the n/s front shock sheared on the TVR a while back. I nearly st me sen. Exorcised the ghost a week later on a lone Sunday morning dawn run, awesome! Another favourite of mine is the B1225 from Baumber to Caistor, lovely wide sweeping bends that can be taken at many Leptons!
I bet that was a shinchter quaking moment wasn't it lol. t me sen. Exorcised the ghost a week later on a lone Sunday morning dawn run, awesome! Another favourite of mine is the B1225 from Baumber to Caistor, lovely wide sweeping bends that can be taken at many Leptons!I often think about what'd happen if I hit anything and veared down the hillside. Mainly after I've got to the top when I've taken off just a little bit over the jump near the summit lol.
ds!Balloch to Tigh-na-bruich
via the Glen Fruin road to Faslane, then along the rollercoaster to Arrochar. Up the the Rest and be Thankful and then turn off onto the A815 to Strachur. Turn off again onto the A886 and have fun! Top quality nosh at the Kames pub in Tigh na Bruich too!
Fast and twisty in equal amounts and plenty of safe opportunities to pass the slow coaches.
Take this about 7am and watch out for the Trafs and you'll have a ball.
All high speed and little traffic at 7am
via the Glen Fruin road to Faslane, then along the rollercoaster to Arrochar. Up the the Rest and be Thankful and then turn off onto the A815 to Strachur. Turn off again onto the A886 and have fun! Top quality nosh at the Kames pub in Tigh na Bruich too!
Fast and twisty in equal amounts and plenty of safe opportunities to pass the slow coaches.
Take this about 7am and watch out for the Trafs and you'll have a ball.
All high speed and little traffic at 7am
Rallye James said:
The A82 was stunning, and after that loop we took the Corran ferry to avoid a dual carriageway (part of our objective was to do the whole trip without using motorways or dual carriageways!) and then headed down single track roads round towards the other side of Fort William.
You went all that way around, and paid for a ferry crossing, to avoid about 200 yards of 40 limit DC? That's either true dedication or utter lunacy.Rallye James said:
plenty said:
B863, North Ballachulish to Glencoe.
I'll pick this, as it's a road I want to do again. We did it the other way round though.Found it by chance on a Lands End to John O Groats trip, being held up behind traffic, yet ahead of schedule, we dived off down the next junction to kill a bit of time on some back roads. Three 106 Rallyes and a 309 GTi with a camcorder on the roof, had a real blast, perfect road for the cars.
The A82 was stunning, and after that loop we took the Corran ferry to avoid a dual carriageway (part of our objective was to do the whole trip without using motorways or dual carriageways!) and then headed down single track roads round towards the other side of Fort William.
Einion Yrth said:
Rallye James said:
The A82 was stunning, and after that loop we took the Corran ferry to avoid a dual carriageway (part of our objective was to do the whole trip without using motorways or dual carriageways!) and then headed down single track roads round towards the other side of Fort William.
You went all that way around, and paid for a ferry crossing, to avoid about 200 yards of 40 limit DC? That's either true dedication or utter lunacy.Gassing Station | Roads | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff