F - the Peak District
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Thought I'd catch a little bit of dry weather today, but looked out of the window at 1030 and the rain was coming down, but thought what the heck !
did a 100 mile return run into the base of peak district and back.
scoped out a route, and wow, the B5056 from just north of Ashbourne up to where is meets the A6 is just amazing !
its 16 miles of pure B road blast. did it both ways, so 32 miles of pure enjoyment (except when you are behind a Vectra!)
Will be a great route to do at 6/7am when its quiet.
Great road, tight twists and lots of elevation and interesting road. Definitely a new favourite of mine I'll be returning to.
Only down side was its a 50mph road. to be fair, with 550PS through the rear wheels I wasn't going much over that but I can imagine in the dry you will be at risk of unwanted attention. a break of dawn run would be advised.
The F is really quite surprising in the wet. You can really hustle it along without it tying to kill you, but rest assured it will gladly do so with a small prod of the right foot at the wrong time.
anyhow, time for some pics
did a 100 mile return run into the base of peak district and back.
scoped out a route, and wow, the B5056 from just north of Ashbourne up to where is meets the A6 is just amazing !
its 16 miles of pure B road blast. did it both ways, so 32 miles of pure enjoyment (except when you are behind a Vectra!)
Will be a great route to do at 6/7am when its quiet.
Great road, tight twists and lots of elevation and interesting road. Definitely a new favourite of mine I'll be returning to.
Only down side was its a 50mph road. to be fair, with 550PS through the rear wheels I wasn't going much over that but I can imagine in the dry you will be at risk of unwanted attention. a break of dawn run would be advised.
The F is really quite surprising in the wet. You can really hustle it along without it tying to kill you, but rest assured it will gladly do so with a small prod of the right foot at the wrong time.
anyhow, time for some pics
I neither like nor dislike the plate, I think it distracts the eye though. Yep OP agreed, it's a fine road. When regularly travelling between West Midlands (Walsall area)back up to Chesterfield on days where the A38 had turned into a car park that road was on my diversion route. As you say the limits ruin it, at least in the days when it was NSL there was more scope. Also south of Ashbourne the A515 similarly ruined from an open flowing road to miles of meandering and guarding your licence.
Bet you particularly enjoyed the bends to the north of the cross roads with B5057 near Winster, and that the deceptive left hander on the climb up to Longcliffe wasn't too much of a surprise, or maybe you were behaving yourself a bit more.
Bet you particularly enjoyed the bends to the north of the cross roads with B5057 near Winster, and that the deceptive left hander on the climb up to Longcliffe wasn't too much of a surprise, or maybe you were behaving yourself a bit more.
deanogtv said:
Cracking snap there, I plan to undertake a simular trip when the new XF arrives next year, March couldn't come quicker. I know its going to be nothing like driving the F-Type on those roads but still, I'm looking forward to it.
I have an XE also, and have took it to the Black Forest in Germany and Swiss Alps passes and can confirm it is nearly as much fun, great drivers car.akadk said:
I have an XE also, and have took it to the Black Forest in Germany and Swiss Alps passes and can confirm it is nearly as much fun, great drivers car.
Lovely pictures of a wonderful car. Glad to hear the XE is almost as good as mine is due in March. Only the company car tax friendly diesel unfortunately, but better than my current Volvo!Gassing Station | Jaguar | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff