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atlantic highway cornwall

Post by mad4slalom » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:49 pm

first bit of sun with dry roads for a while so took the m coupe for a blast up the atlantic highway to bude, great fast a rd, speed cam free, long clear straights and curves with a couple of twisty corkscrew sections a bit like laguna seca ( ish ) , cream tea and a mulled wine for the other half in bude so all happy, check this road out before the emmets and their caravans arrive, only downside today was dodging the grit spreading lorries as cold tonite, frustrating when you are following one leaving a big gap so you dont get gravelled and a prat in a vw t5 overtakes you and kicks up all the grit , grrrrr :headbang: , footnote to the day, been flying along in triple digits and daughter phoned from uni in cardiff , she got flashed at 34 in a 30 today, those welsh boyos are hot !!!
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Re: atlantic highway cornwall

Post by BMWZ4MC » Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:01 pm

Lucky you! My Zed has been hidden in my garage for nearly two weeks :cry:
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Re: atlantic highway cornwall

Post by Stuart Truman » Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:08 pm

I've taken #69 to Cornwall a few times. Looking forward to taking the new car once the weather clears and I can actually collect it!
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Re: atlantic highway cornwall

Post by mad4slalom » Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:05 pm

sounds good, i had an imola z3m ,great colour, you must try the coast rd from st ives to sennen through Zennor and st just, much slower than the atlantic hiway but stunning unspoilt "old" cornwall, roll on spring hey. :thumbsup:
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Re: atlantic highway cornwall

Post by Stuart Truman » Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:13 pm

I regularly stay nr Padstow, around the Harlyn/Mother Iveys Bay Area. It's a bit nerve wracking when you're trying to avoid being squeezed against a stone wall by a bus or caravanista
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Post by andysat » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:14 pm

Loved Padstow when we visited! :thumbsup:
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Re: atlantic highway cornwall

Post by Woody » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:57 am

andysat wrote:Loved Padstow when we visited! :thumbsup:
Where I had my honeymoon with my Z (and my wife!)

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It's such an amazing place the North coast, very jealous of you living down there! Would love to drive that 'Laguna Seca' road when it's empty, but I'm only there in the summer when there's no chance...
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Re: atlantic highway cornwall

Post by Citation 650 » Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:33 am

andysat wrote:Loved Padstow when we visited! :thumbsup:
I've got a house just Southeast of Padstow, off A39.
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Re: atlantic highway cornwall

Post by Stuart Truman » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:03 am

Citation 650 wrote:
andysat wrote:Loved Padstow when we visited! :thumbsup:
I've got a house just Southeast of Padstow, off A39.
Really? Do you rent it out?

Either way, next time you're over for an inspection look up us south westerners :thumbsup:
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