Tewin / Bull's Green / Bramfield
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Went there last night. Nothing spectacular, but it provides a reasonable means of connecting two of the areas best roads. The only problem is the cut through I used at the end has a series of rather massive speed bumps. I suspect had I been in the Caterham I'd literally have ended up teetering on the top of them.
BA said:
Without a doubt the road from Codicote to Hitchin is the best. Sundays is full of bikers so avoid that. loads of bends, some good overtake spots and no cameras. Go enjoy.
Oh I know. The idea was just to find an entertaining way of linking that to roads like the B158 and the B1004 at Hertford. I have a loop around Herts, a bit of Beds, and a bit of Essex that contains roads you simply wouldn't believe existed this close to London, I just need something to plug the gap. The B1000 seems to be the least tedious answer - plus it has a couple of twisties and a couple of overtaking places, so it's quite respectable as a connecting road goes.princeperch said:
Watch it in Hertford Heath as it drop to 30 coming from Hertford. There is a scamera van there occassionally.
Nah, I've vowed never to bother with the Hertford Heath road again. Once was boredom enough.On a random note, I did discover a fun road the other week. Heading off the B1004, about half way between Much Hadham and Bishops Stortford 'the old airfield road'.
had ham said:
Chris71 said:
princeperch said:
Watch it in Hertford Heath as it drop to 30 coming from Hertford. There is a scamera van there occassionally.
Nah, I've vowed never to bother with the Hertford Heath road again. Once was boredom enough.On a random note, I did discover a fun road the other week. Heading off the B1004, about half way between Much Hadham and Bishops Stortford 'the old airfield road'.
You do need to be careful though - poor chap killed earlier this year when he spun into one of the roadside pill-boxes...
Shame you've publicised this though, that road is very quiet and so close to home I often use it for some 'spirited progress' safe in the knowledge it will be usually free of traffic
How's the Caterham btw? Mate just round the corner just bought an '07 Roadsport (silver with red nose)and we're often out and about - wave if you see us!
Apologies for going off topic!
I'd like to think PH was a reasonably select and discrete audience, so hope the road won't be gridlocked next time you head down! For my part I have to be fairly careful down there anyway as I can't see over the banks in most places. By the way, what's the situation with the airfield? Does it still exist? Is any of it, er, accesible?
had ham said:
Chris71 said:
had ham said:
Chris71 said:
princeperch said:
Watch it in Hertford Heath as it drop to 30 coming from Hertford. There is a scamera van there occassionally.
Nah, I've vowed never to bother with the Hertford Heath road again. Once was boredom enough.On a random note, I did discover a fun road the other week. Heading off the B1004, about half way between Much Hadham and Bishops Stortford 'the old airfield road'.
You do need to be careful though - poor chap killed earlier this year when he spun into one of the roadside pill-boxes...
Shame you've publicised this though, that road is very quiet and so close to home I often use it for some 'spirited progress' safe in the knowledge it will be usually free of traffic
How's the Caterham btw? Mate just round the corner just bought an '07 Roadsport (silver with red nose)and we're often out and about - wave if you see us!
Apologies for going off topic!
I'd like to think PH was a reasonably select and discrete audience, so hope the road won't be gridlocked next time you head down! For my part I have to be fairly careful down there anyway as I can't see over the banks in most places. By the way, what's the situation with the airfield? Does it still exist? Is any of it, er, accesible?
Unfortunately the airfield is out of bounds for cars, as is the old RAF Hunsdon base, a couple of miles towards Hunsdon/Widford.
Heading through quite regularly so I'll drop you a line at some point. Do keep an eye open for a Zed when I go past, but mostly the village seems to be full of Porsches!
had ham said:
If you are out and about in the next couple of weeks, let us know and we'll join you.
Will do. If nothing else there's a distinct possibility we'll head out that way after the North London meet on September 13th. Suspect I'll be out before then though - I pretty much always head up to the Hertford type area and then either go left (Welwyn and beyond) or right towards your neck of the woods. had ham said:
If you are out and about in the next couple of weeks, let us know and we'll join you.
...was that you on Saturday morning? Would have given you a shout, but it was a spur of the moment thing. My girlfriend's brother is staying with us at the moment and wanted a ride in the car so we headed out and ended up on the '1004 where we passed a Zed going in the opposite direction.
had ham said:
Yeah, probably, I did see a blue? Caterham coming the other way, but it was behind another car so didn't get the chance to wave - does that sound right?
What, this one?
Yep, that'd be me. I was stuck behind one of the many Sunday drivers who'd bumbled out 24 hours early - never seen that area so busy! I think my girlfriend's brother (who'd never been in anything faster than his mk2 Golf before) was suitably impressed with the Seven once we found a clear stretch of road - he kept muttering something about having to save up for one after we got back.
had ham said:
Yup, that's the one, and bloody georgeous it is too! Looks like a lot of fun.
Thanks, it's certainly a lot of fun, but even the previous owner in his sales pitch described it as a 50ft car - looks great from 50 feet! It bears a few battle scars close-up from its racing days. It's pretty much mint mechanically though and it goes well.So this Gallardo... don't suppose you've got room for a passenger?
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