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Jumping on the ferry and taking the Z down the west coast of France. Will be the first time driving on the continent so should be fun
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16 days with another forum member going through Germany, France, Switzerland, Austrian Alps, Italian Alps, Swiss Alps and back through the Grand Ballon in France then home. Go in around 3 weeks. Then its a couple of meets off another forum and then Zedfest
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That sounds an epic road trip! Hopefully we'll see some pics from it.
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Mmmm Consett, not exactly the prettiest of places in the North East, its an ex Steel Making town, huge in its time.
The direct route is via the A1 but I would avoid that.
If you are looking for an indirect route Maybe head towards Harrogate into Ripon, then Leyburn and Reeth, up to Keld (one of my all time favorite places beautiful at the right time of day) across to Kirkby Stephen, up tp Brough and across country to Middleton in Teasdale Via B6276, back up to Langdon Beck across to Daddry Shield back down to Wolsingham onto Tow Law then up the A68 off at the A682 to Consett.
A winding route but a nice drive and it will show you the varying countryside of the NE.
You are not far from Blanchland if you are staying in Consett, one of our favourite places to eat is a really old pub there called the Lord Crew Arms
http://www.lordcrewearmsblanchland.co.uk/
You will need to book early if you want to eat there maybe even before you go away it fills up very quickly.
The drive up I've given you will take a while but if you get a nice day it will be worth it.
I mean to say go up to Northumberland do the Castle driving route. http://www.coast-and-castles.co.uk/plan ... the-route/
Start at Lynemouth not Newcastle.
Cheers
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Wifey is taking the boy on a cruise around the Italian coast, bloody travel insurers want £1k to insure me plus I can't go on the day trips out as there's too much walking so I'm going on a road trip in the ///M to Cornwall, a place I absolutely love and haven't been for years. A week just driving to all the fishing villages and my favourite beaches, plus some exploring places I haven't been to before. Such a shame I can't do any coast walks but nonetheless I'm sooooo looking forward to it...
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It's 33 degrees here today, in the shade. If I'm out in the Z4 the top will be up and the aircon going full chat! ..
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Driving down to Monaco next week
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Thanks for the route tips and place to eat. We'll defo get it booked early. It's our anniversary so that might be a good place to go for that meal. Cheers!Boris wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:16 amMmmm Consett, not exactly the prettiest of places in the North East, its an ex Steel Making town, huge in its time.
The direct route is via the A1 but I would avoid that.
If you are looking for an indirect route Maybe head towards Harrogate into Ripon, then Leyburn and Reeth, up to Keld (one of my all time favorite places beautiful at the right time of day) across to Kirkby Stephen, up tp Brough and across country to Middleton in Teasdale Via B6276, back up to Langdon Beck across to Daddry Shield back down to Wolsingham onto Tow Law then up the A68 off at the A682 to Consett.
A winding route but a nice drive and it will show you the varying countryside of the NE.
You are not far from Blanchland if you are staying in Consett, one of our favourite places to eat is a really old pub there called the Lord Crew Arms
http://www.lordcrewearmsblanchland.co.uk/
You will need to book early if you want to eat there maybe even before you go away it fills up very quickly.
The drive up I've given you will take a while but if you get a nice day it will be worth it.
I mean to say go up to Northumberland do the Castle driving route. http://www.coast-and-castles.co.uk/plan ... the-route/
Start at Lynemouth not Newcastle.
Cheers
Nev
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No exotic holiday for me this year Saving any extra cash to get the house recarpeted hopefully in Sept/Oct and then maybe/possibly/could be/who knows/50/50 look for a nice low mileage Z4 Coupe
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Ibiza three times over the summer....will be renting something interesting to drive around the island for a couple of days
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Couple of weeks in Somerset coming up shortly then waiting to see if I've been made redundant from work
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No, I've volunteered to go & have been waiting for a while to find out if I can hang up my overalls-it shouldn't be much longer now
Rob
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Any other plans for work Rob?
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