Best Driving Roads
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I am looking forward to a well earned 2 weeks holiday at home in Hertfordshire (near Hitchen) and want to spend some time blasting the Elise 
.
Can anyone recommend some fantastic roads around the area? You know the sort:
- No Gatso's
- Light traffic
- No caravans
- A mixture of corners, fast and slow.
- Good scenery
- Somewhere that does a good pub lunch at one end ready for the return journey.
Any suggestions guys?
. Can anyone recommend some fantastic roads around the area? You know the sort:
- No Gatso's
- Light traffic
- No caravans
- A mixture of corners, fast and slow.
- Good scenery
- Somewhere that does a good pub lunch at one end ready for the return journey.
Any suggestions guys?
Nice Question.
I recently had a great trip into North Wales heading west into Mid wales from Shrewsbury to Barmouth on the Coast (forgot road name, look it up) Fantastico even if a little stressful in the wet.
Cirencester to Burford, Cotwolds (A429) is great. Fast and winding corners and long overtakes between for when you do meet traffic. Seriously, without traffic in dry you never need drop below 60 even on the corners and thats in my fat BMW, Elise is even better. Do not speed in Villages though, get your breath back for the next open country section. No Gatso except getting there along A40.
Finally - now don't laugh too much you lot.
Milton Keynes
It has lots of fast very open Dual Carrigeways (70mph and up) and doing the roundabouts at pace is an art form. Watch for getting cut into by drivers who's lane discipline on the roundabouts needs work with good use of the horn. Outside peek rush hour and Shopping days the roads are normally free flowing. In the summer its quite green and countryish. Getting lost might be a problem though. All those roads look the same!
I recently had a great trip into North Wales heading west into Mid wales from Shrewsbury to Barmouth on the Coast (forgot road name, look it up) Fantastico even if a little stressful in the wet.
Cirencester to Burford, Cotwolds (A429) is great. Fast and winding corners and long overtakes between for when you do meet traffic. Seriously, without traffic in dry you never need drop below 60 even on the corners and thats in my fat BMW, Elise is even better. Do not speed in Villages though, get your breath back for the next open country section. No Gatso except getting there along A40.
Finally - now don't laugh too much you lot.
Milton Keynes
It has lots of fast very open Dual Carrigeways (70mph and up) and doing the roundabouts at pace is an art form. Watch for getting cut into by drivers who's lane discipline on the roundabouts needs work with good use of the horn. Outside peek rush hour and Shopping days the roads are normally free flowing. In the summer its quite green and countryish. Getting lost might be a problem though. All those roads look the same!Sardina is unfortunately a bit of a treck from Hertfordshire (more's the pity). Must put that one on my list though.
Had a fantastic blast down the Fosse way from Warwick to Chipping Norton then into Oxford a couple of weeks ago. Great roads, but too many speed camera signs to feel that you can truly let rip.
Another great one I have found is from Cheltenham out towards Evesham, up to a place called Broadway, taking in 3 (2 lane) 180 degree hairpins, great for getting the back out
Cheers guys, keep them coming
Had a fantastic blast down the Fosse way from Warwick to Chipping Norton then into Oxford a couple of weeks ago. Great roads, but too many speed camera signs to feel that you can truly let rip.
Another great one I have found is from Cheltenham out towards Evesham, up to a place called Broadway, taking in 3 (2 lane) 180 degree hairpins, great for getting the back out
Cheers guys, keep them coming
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