The ultimate petrolhead day! Weekend drive, beach, sun.....
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So, I don't get to use my car much, really just weekends now the evenings are so dark during the week.
So, a couple of weekends ago I took it for a long drive to Swanage and around the coast for the day. What a fantastic day we had. It was perfect. It was warm, the roads were dry and quiet, no queue for the ferry, a perfect lunch at a really nice restaurant on the beach, followed by chasing the steam train at high speed across the twisty country lanes, racing it to the next bridge! We eventually met it at Corfe Castle and managed to get out the car and snap a photo of it coming into the station.
This is what this car's all about for me. Not thrashing it around a track, but cruising quiet country lanes, stopping at the sea front and generally enjoying the beautiful south coast, without the tourists in the way, with the roof down listening to that straight 6! Heaven. The ultimate petrol head day out?
The first lot of photos are of the car, just uploading the photos of the beach and steam train....
One for the "Us and our Zeds" thread! Me on the Sandbanks ferry.
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
Met another Zed enroute!
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
Trying out the new iPhone holder and iPod interface kit. Works perfectly.
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
Stopping off for lunch at Swanage
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
More to follow!
So, a couple of weekends ago I took it for a long drive to Swanage and around the coast for the day. What a fantastic day we had. It was perfect. It was warm, the roads were dry and quiet, no queue for the ferry, a perfect lunch at a really nice restaurant on the beach, followed by chasing the steam train at high speed across the twisty country lanes, racing it to the next bridge! We eventually met it at Corfe Castle and managed to get out the car and snap a photo of it coming into the station.
This is what this car's all about for me. Not thrashing it around a track, but cruising quiet country lanes, stopping at the sea front and generally enjoying the beautiful south coast, without the tourists in the way, with the roof down listening to that straight 6! Heaven. The ultimate petrol head day out?
The first lot of photos are of the car, just uploading the photos of the beach and steam train....
One for the "Us and our Zeds" thread! Me on the Sandbanks ferry.
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
Met another Zed enroute!
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
Trying out the new iPhone holder and iPod interface kit. Works perfectly.
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
Stopping off for lunch at Swanage
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
BMW Z4 M Roadster by danyeates, on Flickr
More to follow!
The beach! The restaurant is just to the right too. Lovely view, and food!
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
This looks fun!
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Sun going down
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Steam Railway
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Thanks for looking!
Dan
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
This looks fun!
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Sun going down
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Steam Railway
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Swanage Beach and Steam Railway by danyeates, on Flickr
Thanks for looking!
Dan
Looks like you chose i nice day to do it, think I might try and do something similar if I can rope the gf into it! didn't enjoy getting the car squeezed on the ferry last time I went over though!!
Where abouts is the steam railway? the way to lulworth cove is also a great route to try
Where abouts is the steam railway? the way to lulworth cove is also a great route to try
Edited by shantybeater on Wednesday 30th November 21:48
shantybeater said:
Looks like you chose i nice day to do it, think I might try and do something similar if I can rope the gf into it! didn't enjoy getting the car squeezed on the ferry last time I went over though!!
Where abouts is the steam railway? the way to lulworth cove is also a great route to try
The perfect day for it! Had the roof off until night fell!Where abouts is the steam railway? the way to lulworth cove is also a great route to try
Edited by shantybeater on Wednesday 30th November 21:48
This was my route... http://g.co/maps/unr27
The train station I stopped off at was at marker "C" Zoom right in and you'll see Swanage Railway. It's a very tight little road with a private car park for train staff. It's double yellows on the road, but I was only there for a few minutes so just pulled into the road and jumped out the car and left it there. I'm sure in the summer time it would be rammed though! You'd have to park at the castle.
Wanted to do Lulworth, but ran out of daylight!
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