Greetings from the edge of Europe
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It is an AMAZING road. Here is a snap from Thursday.
I had the unforgettable experience of arriving at speed upon a queue of cars behind a coach just as my long-suffering partner glanced at her map and told me that was the end of the straight roads and now it would be twisties through the mountains. I think she was hoping her announcement would slow me down but it just made it more important for me to clear the coach now.
As I arrived behind the tail of traffic I realised I could see far into the distance where the road curved leftwards uphill towards a mountain col. There were no junctions, no lay-bys, no houses, no pedestrians, no oncoming traffic so I thought I would keep my speed and take a few before the curve. Then it dawned on me that keeping my eye on the col meant I was certain there would be no oncoming traffic so why stop at one or two, why not take them all? They were so closely queued up behind each other they couldn't have seen that view. Bliss indeed.
One of my biking mates has been trying to persuade me for years to take our bikes to Lewis. Yes, I can see it would be motorbike heaven as well - assuming you have good wet weather gear! - but the ride up from London on a sports bike would be too much for me. I have actually thought about buying a van just for that reason.
I had the unforgettable experience of arriving at speed upon a queue of cars behind a coach just as my long-suffering partner glanced at her map and told me that was the end of the straight roads and now it would be twisties through the mountains. I think she was hoping her announcement would slow me down but it just made it more important for me to clear the coach now.
As I arrived behind the tail of traffic I realised I could see far into the distance where the road curved leftwards uphill towards a mountain col. There were no junctions, no lay-bys, no houses, no pedestrians, no oncoming traffic so I thought I would keep my speed and take a few before the curve. Then it dawned on me that keeping my eye on the col meant I was certain there would be no oncoming traffic so why stop at one or two, why not take them all? They were so closely queued up behind each other they couldn't have seen that view. Bliss indeed.
One of my biking mates has been trying to persuade me for years to take our bikes to Lewis. Yes, I can see it would be motorbike heaven as well - assuming you have good wet weather gear! - but the ride up from London on a sports bike would be too much for me. I have actually thought about buying a van just for that reason.
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So true
Was there again yesterday. We went to the David Mellor showroom near Sheffield from Holmfirth over twisty roads which were narrow, so narrow in places traffic has to stop to let on-comers past, busy, and bumpy like you wouldn't believe. Barely got the car over 30 mph.
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So true
Was there again yesterday. We went to the David Mellor showroom near Sheffield from Holmfirth over twisty roads which were narrow, so narrow in places traffic has to stop to let on-comers past, busy, and bumpy like you wouldn't believe. Barely got the car over 30 mph.
Had a good run out yesterday with a few Maserati owners, surprised we didn't see you!
Interesting you had a Y10 Turbo, I ran one for 4 years in the late 80's!
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In the far, far distance.
It's the top of Holme Moss, so Holmfirth at the bottom, Wakefield, Leeds, then York!
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Few more, a friend took them with his SLR with wide angle lens:
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d4mn - that's a shame. It looks like you know better roads than the country tracks my friends took me down
I had one for several years. Bought for £2,600 from an auction in a total punt. Nothing went wrong with it over the time I had it and eventually sold it to Bill McGraths Maserati for £1,000 as a run-around loan car. They ran it for a few years until a punter lost it somewhere and it had its wheels stolen and got generally trashed. I then arranged for a friend to buy it back from them and his sister ran it for a few more years. It is now quietly rusting in a garage in Kerry. He is determined he will restore it some day. T'was a great little car, ready to 'have a go', like a yappy little dog not afraid to take on anything.
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d4mn - that's a shame. It looks like you know better roads than the country tracks my friends took me down
I had one for several years. Bought for £2,600 from an auction in a total punt. Nothing went wrong with it over the time I had it and eventually sold it to Bill McGraths Maserati for £1,000 as a run-around loan car. They ran it for a few years until a punter lost it somewhere and it had its wheels stolen and got generally trashed. I then arranged for a friend to buy it back from them and his sister ran it for a few more years. It is now quietly rusting in a garage in Kerry. He is determined he will restore it some day. T'was a great little car, ready to 'have a go', like a yappy little dog not afraid to take on anything.
Yah loved mine. I put it on a rolling road once and they got 99 BHP out of it!
Not a lot today, but compared to today it weighed nothing.
Although running a twin choke weber, it had an intercooler so you could turn up the boost if you so wished!
Electronics a plenty, LED's everywhere for warning lights, heater controls. Even electric rear quarter light windows!
Sold mine on for an Alfa 33 P4...
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I'm sure it weighed less than 1,000 kgs so that's 100 bhp per tonne
Surprisingly roomy too for such washing machine sized box. I once got four and ski gear, and skis, inside it for a trip to Verbier. 180 skis will fit with the tips slid under the driver's seat and the ski on the back seat, the tailgate closed with 1 centimetre to spare between glass and ski heel.