Motoring highlights you must see.
Motoring highlights you must see.
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Morningside

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24,147 posts

258 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Norfolk coast road
Spaghetti junction
Heading west on the A303 in summertime
Following streams of lorries on the A17 to Sleaford
Parking in Southwold
Streatham high road
Army and Navy flyover in Chelmsford
That strange railway crossing at Manningtree
M62 highest motorway in England sign
Swindon magic roundabout
M1 roadworks
That point where you comedown off Dartford (QEII) bridge down to the toll booths.
Coming across a coach on a narrow high walled back road in Cornwall (normally on a bend)
Purley Fiveways

Any more?

marshalla

15,902 posts

230 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Millau viaduct
Øresund crossing
Route Napoleon

Petrol Only

1,611 posts

204 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Good old operation stack m20

SturdyHSV

10,443 posts

196 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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The deserted A roads once you get within 100km of Le Mans as the sun starts to rise and the mist clings to dips in the terrain with hardly a blemish of civilization for miles. Beautiful scenery, made better by a V8 backdrop hehe

rscott

17,481 posts

220 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Morningside said:
That strange railway crossing at Manningtree
Any more?
Not for much longer possibly - there is talk of putting traffic lights in to control the flow..



crispyshark

1,272 posts

174 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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In the UK:

Porlock Hill
West Coast/Highlands of Scotland, especially Applecross
Evo Triangle in Wales
Milton Keynes roundabouts on the way to Silverstone

Outside the UK:

Col Du Turini
Stelvio and St Leonardo passes
Monaco Tunnel (if empty)
Gorge Du Tern (valley leading to Millau)
All of Austria

thatdude

2,660 posts

156 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Gunning away from dartford crossing early in the morning, prefereably coinciding with a couple of other lead-footed people with the same idea of redlinign in every gear


I popped a wheelie the last time I shot away from the barriers, i was on my bike with the wife on the back

Riley Blue

23,205 posts

255 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Those are highlights?

mrtwisty

3,057 posts

194 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Getting into the Peak District on a midsummer morning at some ridiculous time in the small hours. First light, just a very mild haze of mist hanging in the valleys. Car fully warmed through, windows down, not a soul around.

Martin350

4,592 posts

224 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Driving through Glen Coe in Scotland.
Stunning roads and scenery.

boyse7en

8,178 posts

194 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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One of mine is the split-level M5 just south of the Avonmouth Bridge at dawn on the motorbike.
Heading south, deserted motorway, outside lane (yes, I know...) sun coming up and the sky turning pink, clicking along at leptons+ it is just like flying for a few minutes



james_gt3rs

4,816 posts

220 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Paddock hill bend
Craner curves
etc

peterg1955

746 posts

193 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Pacific Coast Highway - Carmel to San Luis Obispo

kinda beats Purley Fiveways into a cocked hat...

Whitean3

2,197 posts

227 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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I think Morningside needs to broaden his horizons!!!

How about the Susten, Grimsel & Furka passes loop in the heart of Switzerland? What about all the other amazing mountain passes in Switzerland and Austria (that are all vastly superior to the Stelvio by the way!); that Transsylvanian pass in Romania (that was on Top Gear)
What about tunnels? Loads again in Europe, way longer than the Hindhead tunnel
THen there is derestricted autobahns in the early morning...

Morningside

Original Poster:

24,147 posts

258 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Whitean3 said:
I think Morningside needs to broaden his horizons!!!
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No. I love the scenery on Cornwall coast road or the mountains of Wales. But what are the joyful sights when motoring (in a sarcastic way). I mean, what can beat being stuck behind a caravan on the A30? spin