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A quiet Sunday drive...
- Pauly_G
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A quiet Sunday drive...
Well after spending far too long cleaning and polishing yesterday I thought the car deserved a good run today. Decided to head over to the Brecon Beacons to try and find some fun deserted roads - as luck would have it the weather was pretty reasonable and the roads nice and empty. Totted up about 170 miles - round trip from Bristol - in just over 4 hours. Was great fun and good to find some challenging roads, albeit with just a few too many blind corners on crests, and long steep drops off the side!
Needless to say took the camera to get a few snaps of the scenery and motor - here are a selection.
What d'ya reckon.
Cheers
Paul
Needless to say took the camera to get a few snaps of the scenery and motor - here are a selection.
What d'ya reckon.
Cheers
Paul
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
nice pics, second one is my fav.
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Wow, look at those roads!
I can imagine you had great fun
Can't wait to get on my first decent run out in the Z4 as the weather is now improving (nothing but snow/ice after about 3 days ownership for the last few weeks )
Dave
I can imagine you had great fun
Can't wait to get on my first decent run out in the Z4 as the weather is now improving (nothing but snow/ice after about 3 days ownership for the last few weeks )
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Wow awesome!!
I have made it my mission to explore some of the better roads our island has to offer this year.... That's going up to the top of the list!
I have made it my mission to explore some of the better roads our island has to offer this year.... That's going up to the top of the list!
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Very nice--pictures, car and roads.
All I'm waiting on is some warm weather to get out and wash mine!
All I'm waiting on is some warm weather to get out and wash mine!
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Cheers for all the comments guys!
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Really nice shots, and lovely motor
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Excellent!
Cheers,
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Very nice
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Very nice
Looks like some parts of Scotland IMO, just that the hills are too rounded!
Looks like some parts of Scotland IMO, just that the hills are too rounded!
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Great shots and lovely roads
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
There are a suprising amount of decent roads in the UK - they just take a bit of finding. The A0469 is supposed to be very good, if not better, which is a bit further west and also the road that Jeremy Clarkson test drove the CLK Black on as shown on Top Gear a few series ago..sixspeed wrote:Wow awesome!!
I have made it my mission to explore some of the better roads our island has to offer this year.... That's going up to the top of the list!
Aye, plus there's not quite as many of them in South Walesa11y wrote:Very nice
Looks like some parts of Scotland IMO, just that the hills are too rounded!
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
That road in the third pic looks like so much fun, such great visability
I think we need a thread with a list/map of roads like this.
I think we need a thread with a list/map of roads like this.
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
great roads and pics- ur car looks like a toy car in pics 1 and 2!
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Re: A quiet Sunday drive...
Great shots!
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