Road Trips

(09-10-2011 10:44am)XFullFatTim Wrote:  Something to take your mind off all the gloom doom and despondency of the main themes of the forum at present, delays to delivery, shoddy dealer treatment, etc etc...........

Do you have a favourite road that you just like to get into your car (whichever car it is - Geewhizz through to Bugatti) and go and drive just for the driving pleasure? A road trip maybe or just a section of road where you like to go to blow the cobwebs away and have a blast, to go for a drive just for the sake of driving or to go to enjoy stunning views and good roads.

Care to share them with the forum incase other members are passing through your area and fancy doing them? If you can, can you post a link to them on Google maps?

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One of my favourites on a sunny autumn or spring day is on the A82 and A83 from Alexandria at the south end of Loch Lomond following the west side of the loch to Tarbert then going over the hills on some superb roads via the famous hill climb the Rest and Be Thankful to Inverarary. Only a 50 mile drive but on a nice day guaranteed to put a smile on your face, so long as the bikers aren't out enjoying the run too! If you fancy adding a circuit into the route then turn off the A82 and take the Glen Fruin Road, a recently build road made especially to take construction traffic off the main roads when the MOD were upgrading the Clyde Submarine Base. The road was supposed to be closed and ripped up when construction was finished but public demand was such that it was adopted by the local council and must be one of the best 10 mile sections of road in the UK - built wide enough to be 3 lanes wide for only 2 lanes of traffic.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Ston...s&t=h&z=10

BTW it's only 50 miles but it will take you 60-90 minutes to drive unless you are on a motorbike!

Anywhere around the Ring of Beara, Ring of Kerry -in autumn, West Cork and Wicklow - all fantastic

(11-10-2011 12:40am)3VOQU3 Wrote:  Was planning a 2800mile road trip just after getting the car.. up to Broome and Coral bay.. (i think about 2500kms is without going through a single set of traffic lights..)

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Per...=1&t=m&z=5

but with the build pushed back due to xenon debarcle might not make it now

Cable beach is 22km long and used be able to drive on it.. (see pic) Not sure if you can anymore.. (damn hippies)

Anyway, Expect pics of the Evoque up early next year

That will be a great trip. I am planning a short drive to Kurnell (Cronulla) to jump on the beach when the car is recieved

Best trip for me Loch Lomand to Portree over the rest and be thankful via the road that overlooks the "navel base" and then Portree to Applecross over the hill road and then Applecross to Inverness through the Glens.

Terrific - feel a tour coming on Tim/ Spiderman?

The road that looks over the "navel" base is the MOD road I mention - BTW it's a NAVAL base.

(13-10-2011 10:58am)XFullFatTim Wrote:  The road that looks over the "navel" base is the MOD road I mention - BTW it's a NAVAL base.

Depends where you are staring
Great drive - I did it with the Goodwood Road Racing Club last year all the way round to Balmoral