Coming Through!

[.Mark]

Heading off to Truro Friday lunchtime with a stop off at a friends at Tavistock on the way, if the weather is fine will be in the Chimaera - gizza wave

Best way from Tavistock to Truro (St. Erme)? Liskeard and along or up to Launceston? By best I mean interesting, but flowing.

[wessexrfc]

Guessing you will be coming down the A30 to Sourton then off towards Tavistock, I would then carry on down towards Plymouth pick up the A38 Liskeard route. Don't try to drive through Turo on a Friday...nightmare, fork off right before Turo.

HTH

Paul

[.Mark]

Cheers,
Yes A30 there, that's the plan. What's the A390 Gunnislake - Callingston road like? seem more direct to Liskeard? Will avoid A30 again I think, done that so many bleedin' times!

Do you mean hang a right at St. Auwful or the lights at the top of Truro - St. Erme is up the top of there

[graham22]

.Mark said:

Cheers,
Yes A30 there, that's the plan. What's the A390 Gunnislake - Callingston road like? seem more direct to Liskeard? Will avoid A30 again I think, done that so many bleedin' times!

Do you mean hang a right at St. Auwful or the lights at the top of Truro - St. Erme is up the top of there

If you want a fun drive, A390 to Callington, A388 to Launceston, short bit of A30 then A395 to Davidstow pick up A39 west, all the way to Fraddam, then Ladock Valley road (B3275)- limited overtaking but twisty.

These are fun on a big bike, guessing you like bands in the car too, often come back this way from Plymouth!!

Truro shouldn't be too bad if you're heading to St Erme/Trispen, as you say, you'll be turning right at the top of Truro (there are back lanes off Ladock but not if you want your sump left on the Chim).

Edited by graham22 on Tuesday 6th April 12:33

[.Mark]

graham22 said:

If you want a fun drive, A390 to Callington, A388 to Launceston, short bit of A30 then A395 to Davidstow pick up A39 west, all the way to Fraddam, then Ladock Valley road (B3275)- limited overtaking but twisty.

These are fun on a big bike, guessing you like bands in the car too, often come back this way from Plymouth!!

Truro shouldn't be too bad if you're heading to St Erme/Trispen, as you say, you'll be turning right at the top of Truro (there are back lanes off Ladock but not if you want your sump left on the Chim).

Looks good, although the last stretch - B3275 - takes us past Truro? I'll have been on the road around 3.5/4 hours by then so may not do it justice. I could though take the A39 as far as Indian Queens then drop back to the A30 in to St. Erme.

[graham22]

Sorry, had a look on the map, B3275 to the A390 - that takes you to the top of Truro, then right onto A39 to Trispen. A30 would be quicker as that's dual carriageway and direct - theres some stonking bend on the last bit of the A390 too.

[.Mark]

Cheers Graham, will make a note of the roads.

[jonc3725]

Knowing the area well (My early Escort Mk2 driving days were on these roads) Graham has mapped out a top route. Interesting driving and defo not boring motorway driving.

[.Mark]

[.Mark]

Well, due to the st traffic on the way down we didn't get to Tiverton until about half 5 and were an hour there and were due in St. Erme at 7 so unfortunately never took the route.

However, on Saturday we had some great roads! followed my Brother in Law on his bike, through Truro to Lizard via Gweek - road was closed by police at Helston. Then back up to Helston and a quick stop at St. Michael's Mount, from there over to St. Just and a great coast road to St. Ives (got caught by some slow cars but managed to get by them in the end), quick visit to Tate St. Ives - feel a bit fleeced - then a rumble through the narrow streets - lovely.
After that some more nice roads through several places named Porth-somethingorother (don't remember sorry) back to St. Erme, about 140 odd miles of fantastic fun and driving.

Not one other TVR was spotted - couple of Morgans and Bentley, Aston etc.

Will mark the thread though for our next trip - thanks again guys

[graham22]

.Mark said:

Well, due to the st traffic on the way down we didn't get to Tiverton until about half 5 and were an hour there and were due in St. Erme at 7 so unfortunately never took the route.

However, on Saturday we had some great roads! followed my Brother in Law on his bike, through Truro to Lizard via Gweek - road was closed by police at Helston. Then back up to Helston and a quick stop at St. Michael's Mount, from there over to St. Just and a great coast road to St. Ives (got caught by some slow cars but managed to get by them in the end), quick visit to Tate St. Ives - feel a bit fleeced - then a rumble through the narrow streets - lovely.
After that some more nice roads through several places named Porth-somethingorother (don't remember sorry) back to St. Erme, about 140 odd miles of fantastic fun and driving.

Not one other TVR was spotted - couple of Morgans and Bentley, Aston etc.

Will mark the thread though for our next trip - thanks again guys

Your brother on a 600 Fazer & you in a R Reg Chimera?

[.Mark]

graham22 said:

Your brother on 600 Fazer & you in a R Reg Chimera?

Mines a N reg Blue Chimaera, his is a....err....red and black, Thundercat, 600 I think - is that a Fazer?

Can you tell my extensive knowledge of bikes?

[graham22]

.Mark said:

graham22 said:

Your brother on 600 Fazer & you in a R Reg Chimera?

Mines a N reg Blue Chimaera, his is a....err....red and black, Thundercat, 600 I think - is that a Fazer?

Can you tell my extensive knowledge of bikes?

Near enough, it was a Thundercat. You were both coming into the car park at Marizion (St Michaels Mount) as I was backing out of a parking space - was in the girlfriend's Ibiza.

[.Mark]

graham22 said:

.Mark said:

graham22 said:

Your brother on 600 Fazer & you in a R Reg Chimera?

Mines a N reg Blue Chimaera, his is a....err....red and black, Thundercat, 600 I think - is that a Fazer?

Can you tell my extensive knowledge of bikes?

Near enough, it was a Thundercat. You were both coming into the car park at Marizion (St Michaels Mount) as I was backing out of a parking space - was in the girlfriend's Ibiza.

Wayhey a spotted! 300 miles from home

You should have said hello!

[graham22]

.Mark said:

graham22 said:

.Mark said:

graham22 said:

Your brother on 600 Fazer & you in a R Reg Chimera?

Mines a N reg Blue Chimaera, his is a....err....red and black, Thundercat, 600 I think - is that a Fazer?

Can you tell my extensive knowledge of bikes?

Near enough, it was a Thundercat. You were both coming into the car park at Marizion (St Michaels Mount) as I was backing out of a parking space - was in the girlfriend's Ibiza.

Wayhey a spotted! 300 miles from home

You should have said hello!

Yeah but there were several TVRs around last weekend; anyway how would it have sounded:

'Hi I'm the bloke with the 990 KTM and the Hayabusa from Pistonheads, let me show you some good Cornish roads, try & keep up I'm ..........................................
in a 1.4 Ibiza with a boot full of B&Q's finest'

Glad to hear you enjoyed your spin around - wrong time of year for the St Just - St Ives coast road, too many tourists!!!

[.Mark]

graham22 said:

Yeah but there were several TVRs around last weekend; anyway how would it have sounded:

'Hi I'm the bloke with the 990 KTM and the Hayabusa from Pistonheads, let me show you some good Cornish roads, try & keep up I'm ..........................................
in a 1.4 Ibiza with a boot full of B&Q's finest'

Glad to hear you enjoyed your spin around - wrong time of year for the St Just - St Ives coast road, too many tourists!!!

Always nice to meet a fellow PHeader.

Yes the roads were busy, but in a way nice to go slower so we could take in the scenery. Didn't see any other TVR's except for a couple near Exeter, but did see 2 Morgans.