09-10-2011, 10:44am
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?
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!
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?
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!