Any good routes for maximum Lotus appreciation?

[pauld5397]

Could anybody give me some ideas on good routes to take around Britain and Europe? I live in the Manchester area, and my daily run consists of driving 28 miles in one direction followed by 28 miles back again at the end of the day.

There must be more to Lotus Life than this!!

[scribbler]

Know the feeling...
The infamous 'Cat and fiddle run' is a good one loal to you. Take the A537 out of Macclesfied (from the rail station go up in to the pennines). Fantastic tarmac, although sometimes the plod is up there in spotter planes. Seriously, but mainly for the bikers. Pass the Cat and Fiddle pub on your left, then take a left (I think) A54) to Congelton. Turn round and do it again.

As for Europe, the Nurburgring is 4 hours from Calais at normal speeds. Go to the web site to find an open day www.nuerburgring.de or www.silhouet.com , turn up and pay £6 for one 22km lap, or multipals, or a day pass, and go through the start/finish ticket machine barrier. Easy. No helmet needed. Loads of places to stay, oh, on the way back do Cochem on the Mossel and get some local very cheap wine. fantastic.

[timh]

one of my favourite roads is from Horncastle to Revesby in Linconshire, fast and flowing and tight and twisty, as said by scribbler, get to the end turn round and do it again, just be careful in Linconshire of the plod

also get yourself off to Le Mans in June, the drive down is FANTASTIC, you can tear the arse out of the french countryside, the people like fast cars and plod isn't everywhere, also when you're there you can drive on the famous tarmac yourself as the majority of the curcuit is public roads

Edited by timh on Sunday 11th November 08:26

[johnny boy]

Timh

I go to Le Mans every year with a bunch of speed freaks but we usually take the boring motorway route - good for testing top speeds but lacking in the fun factor.

What's the best back road route to take and how long do you allow?