Your favourite road

[3024E]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

My vote is taken directly from the news:

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

The top ten most dangerous roads:

A357 Macclesfield to Buxton - Cheshire/Derbyshire
A5012 Pikehall to Matlock - Derbyshire
A621 Baslow to Totley - Derbyshire/South Yorkshire
A625 Calver to Sheffield - South Yorkshire
A54 Congleton to Buxton - Derbyshire
A581 Rufford to Chorley - Lancashire
A5004 Whaley Bridge to Buxton - Derbyshire
A675 Blackburn to Preston - Lancashire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A61 Barnsley to Wakefield - South/West Yorkshire
A285 Chichester to Petworth - West Sussex


A675 Blackburn to Preston - Lancashire, I DO THIS ROAD EVERY DAY, GOOD JOB IM IN THE VAN AND NOT THE TVR

Edited by Petrolhead_Rich on Monday 12th July 15:22

[Flanders.]

I quite like the B660. The only issue is that I have to go to or from Bedford to do it. .

[WalterEgo]

As with others, I can't narrow it down to just one, but here's a couple of my faves.....

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Strines Moor - A real challenging run with more than a little danger. I have had several mates make a mess on there, but driven well it has a good mix of dips and crests, a couple of near hairpins, adverse cambers and other tricks to catch out the wary. A real devils road.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Ribblehead - Links on to the revered Buttertubs, but is a much more fulfilling run with some awesome flowing bends.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Hardknott & Wrynose Pass - Truly stunning scenery and a thrilling run, especially the climb up to the fort with its hairpins. Go slightly off-line and the embedded granite sees you hitting solid planet Earth. Gets a bit choked up with sight see-ers at the busier holiday times of the years, spoiling it for drivers.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Bolton Abbey to Aysgarth - I couldn't tell you how many times I've driven this road through my beloved Yorkshire Dales, my spiritual home. Beautiful countryside, lovely villages, great pubs serving superb food and of course, BEER. The road just makes it exciting as well.

Edited by WalterEgo on Sunday 22 August 01:06

[Dimski]

JM said:

plenty said:

agent006 said:

A939 Grantown to Braemar. A great road made even better because all you fkers aren't on it.

Oh yes we are.

Is that pic not the section north of Granton, just south of Nairn?

The road parallel(ish) to it the B9007 is also a favourite of mine.

My mum lives in Speyside Valley.

These are my favourite roads. The views aren't bad either.

B9007, enjoy!

Edited by Dimski on Sunday 22 August 02:12

[GetCarter]

[smugmode] the road on which I live [/smugmode]

http://www.stevecarter.com/R500D/R500D_01.wmv

(one of the reasons I moved here - I have the road to myself every Sunday morning)

PS: last 3 secs of vid lost in the post somehow.

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 22 August 12:05

[Chris71]

WalterEgo said:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Ribblehead - Links on to the revered Buttertubs, but is a much more fulfilling run with some awesome flowing bends.

Does seem to be quite heavily policed.

Sticking with that area, I was surprised how entertaining bits of the A684 are for a relatively major through-road too. Perhaps not a classic in the context we're talking here, but certainly not the caravan-strewn nightmare it could be.

[kiteless]

Red Devil said:

Tregaron - Abergwesyn mountain road.

The first time I did it was around midnight on a rally in the 70s.
Never been over it as quick since but the views were a lot better.

Edited by Red Devil on Friday 30th July 14:09

The Devil's Staircase.

I must get 'round to doing that one at some point as it's not too far away from hq.

[Mostro]

B6277 from Middleton-in-Teesdale up to Alston. From High Force Hotel/waterfall you get 17 miles of twisty but open and well-sighted smooth tarmac along the side of the South Tyne valley. Old quarry roads so wide and well surfaced.

[Sam.F]

Mostro said:

B6277 from Middleton-in-Teesdale up to Alston. From High Force Hotel/waterfall you get 17 miles of twisty but open and well-sighted smooth tarmac along the side of the South Tyne valley. Old quarry roads so wide and well surfaced.

Agreed. You can have some serious fun hooning along this stretch when the conditions are right - unlike the last time I took that route around the new year when there were 4ft snow drifts on either side of the road!

[MC Bodge]

My most enjoyable drive was an early morning run up from Vesonne to La Tournette near Annecy in my old vRS.

[Rude-boy]

A4133 from Droitwich Spa to Holt Heath.
A443 from Holt Heath to Newnham Bridge
A456 from Newnham Bridge to Tenbury Wells

Not anything like the same these days. Far too busy and too many speed restrictions, some valid, some questionable, to try anything these days but at one time it was a question of balls as to how long it took to get to the Rose and Crown

[Hell27]

WalterEgo said:

As with others, I can't narrow it down to just one, but here's a couple of my faves.....

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Strines Moor - A real challenging run with more than a little danger. I have had several mates make a mess on there, but driven well it has a good mix of dips and crests, a couple of near hairpins, adverse cambers and other tricks to catch out the wary. A real devils road.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Ribblehead - Links on to the revered Buttertubs, but is a much more fulfilling run with some awesome flowing bends.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Hardknott & Wrynose Pass - Truly stunning scenery and a thrilling run, especially the climb up to the fort with its hairpins. Go slightly off-line and the embedded granite sees you hitting solid planet Earth. Gets a bit choked up with sight see-ers at the busier holiday times of the years, spoiling it for drivers.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a... Bolton Abbey to Aysgarth - I couldn't tell you how many times I've driven this road through my beloved Yorkshire Dales, my spiritual home. Beautiful countryside, lovely villages, great pubs serving superb food and of course, BEER. The road just makes it exciting as well.

Edited by WalterEgo on Sunday 22 August 01:06

Walter, bang on the money with the B6255 Ingleton - Hawes. Link it with Bolton Abbey - Aysgarth, and you get a superb route. Start at Settle, up to Ribblehead, turn right to Hawes, continue to Aysgarth, turn right to Bolton Abbey, then back to Settle. Should be a good 2 hour round trip. Or miss out Settle, and go Ingleton - Hawes - Aysgarth - Bolton Abbey - Ingleton.

Brilliant run.

[skodamanpat]

Nufenen pass, long straights, sweepers, and tight hairpins combined with fantastic scenery.

Edited by skodamanpat on Sunday 5th September 10:21

[Mostro]

Sam.F said:

Mostro said:

B6277 from Middleton-in-Teesdale up to Alston. From High Force Hotel/waterfall you get 17 miles of twisty but open and well-sighted smooth tarmac along the side of the South Tyne valley. Old quarry roads so wide and well surfaced.

Agreed. You can have some serious fun hooning along this stretch when the conditions are right - unlike the last time I took that route around the new year when there were 4ft snow drifts on either side of the road!

Ha! That's exactly how it was last time I went up there! Turned round 2/3rds of the way to Alston because traction was getting evermore difficult.

On a cold and dry winter's day, it's a peach.

[MadeInEngland]

GetCarter][smugmode] the road on which I live [/smugmode said:

http://www.stevecarter.com/R500D/R500D_01.wmv

(one of the reasons I moved here - I have the road to myself every Sunday morning)

PS: last 3 secs of vid lost in the post somehow.

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 22 August 12:05

Absolutely brilliant, that brought back some memories, going up there a few times in the Cerbera, and then driving all the way back just to make sure.

Nice video

[Atomic Gibbon]

GetCarter][smugmode] the road on which I live [/smugmode said:

http://www.stevecarter.com/R500D/R500D_01.wmv

(one of the reasons I moved here - I have the road to myself every Sunday morning)

PS: last 3 secs of vid lost in the post somehow.

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 22 August 12:05

Sweet drive you have there, and 1 hell of a front garden. However, I'd not be quite so smug about living in a caravan =)

[Allyc85]

skodamanpat said:

Nufenen pass, long straights, sweepers, and tight hairpins combined with fantastic scenery.

Edited by skodamanpat on Sunday 5th September 10:21

Agreed that is one brilliant piece of road, as is the near by Sustenpass!

[GetCarter]

Atomic Gibbon said:

However, I'd not be quite so smug about living in a caravan =)

Oh I dunno, I kinda' like my caravan!

Edited by GetCarter on Friday 10th September 14:27

[melvster]

Cat and Fiddle Run is a great road, aint driven it myslef but been on there in an Elise 111R, epic fun, but now the speed camera's are there, has annoyed me.

Edited by melvster on Sunday 12th September 12:03

[checkmate91]

Another vote for the A507, it's on a regular local run for me. the section out of Cottered to the left turn junction is a hoot. The run out of Baldock going east in the dark is quite special too.

Other favorites include the Rest and be Thankful, the road that leads to the Trossachs carpark, Hard Knott Pass and, a recent find due to being sat nav'd away from traffic, the A628 from Penistone to Stalybridge. Pity it's a trunk road full of HGVs most of the time...