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This was one of the main reasons for the trip to the lakes.
If you have never driven Wrynose or even more so, Hardknott, the roads are UNBELIEVABLE. This video does the 30% inclines no justice!!
Sorry for the bumpy camera work, sun in the lense, dirty windscreen and terrible sound quality. I will hopefully get a much better vid of this one day.
Mrs leFrog's grandmother had a big house near Whitehaven. Went there at least once every year before she died. Always via the two passes. Not for the faint-hearted when it was icy around Christmas/New Year. Invariably the first to be closed if there was a decent fall of snow.
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Wrynose pass ive been up and i thought it was fantastic! got a few videos but it was dark, and I was driving my current fiesta 1.7 which was loud at the time lol. good pictures though mate, makes me want to go back
Haven't made any firm plans as such it was mentioned at one of our local meets that it would be an ideal opportunity to drive the passes and the lakes in general with minimum traffic to get in the way.
2zz-gze build ,Eaton m62 supercharger install in progress I survived the highland drive....bring on 2013
hahaha yeah i think a drive around the lakes sounds good! ive got the entire week off from friday to a week on monday so im going to be zipping around everywhere also
I love those roads. Did it in both my scooby and my old rev 2. Would have loved to take my Mx5 through there but I'd have died of tinitus by the time it got from London to the lakes. :(
Must have been great fun in the MK1! Absolutely the car for the job I'd say!
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_Al_ wrote:I love those roads. Did it in both my scooby and my old rev 2. Would have loved to take my Mx5 through there but I'd have died of tinitus by the time it got from London to the lakes. :(
Must have been great fun in the MK1! Absolutely the car for the job I'd say!
You should try repeating my first run over both passes. I was in an MGB GT with knackered front brakes and a handbrake which wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. Hairy doesn't even come close.
The second time was in my rally spec BDA engined Escort Mexico. I think chalk and cheese about covers it.
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Wish we had roads like that near here!!
