CUMBRIA-Ravenglass up Hard Knot Pass ??

[davidallan]

Bloody hell David ! oh:

just re-read your post.....

PS We shall have the 'TOAD' behind us !

men in white coats are coming for you......you'll NEVER, EVER make it !!!!!!!! not even half way !

Jeeps., Thanks to all., The memory fades with the 'Ageing process' ....and the last time I was up there I was driving a 12 seat mini bus !! I knew it was a super drive & was somewhat hoping thay may have made it into a decent road by now:Blush::Blush: .... [Big lay-byes; viewing points & a cafe stop..]Perhaps safest way then, is on a 'Mobility scooter' ??:thumb: Cheers

 

[BionicPixie]

I don't think that the average motorhome should try it especially with a toad - but as for car drivers - can I ask please, what is covering the road surface?

To me, it looks like tarmac, tons and tons and tons of it.

So how did the tarmac get there - on the back of donkeys?

No, of course not, it was delivered by lorries and laid by heavy machinery and rolled flat by great (probably) steam rollers, looking at the age of it.

Come on, where is your sense of adventure - Volvo estate too long, indeed - do you honestly think they don't have roads similar or worse than this in Sweden or elsewhere in the World?

Dick

my sense of adventure was passed with my driving test three months before and only drove a brand new Metro or an old Chevette .... suddenly told my turn to drive the (his) Volvo 245 tank! three kids in the back and him telling me how to drive!!! vehicle was too long; time taken was too long..... all outside the comfort zone! murder was almost committed with one ex-husband being left roadside to become part of the roman relics!!!

Road surface ... patchy tarmac and yes to lay it they have a logistic nightmare!

It is a most beautiful drive in fine weather and the right vehicle WITH the correct skills.

 

[scotjimland]

Perhaps safest way then, is on a 'Mobility scooter' ??:thumb: Cheers

provided it's 4x4 model.. no problem

 

[thehutchies]

Sell the toad, buy a couple of these suits and enjoy:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlbXl77nLXA&playnext=1&list=PLD926C1C79ABFF59D"]Grimselpass[/ame]

 

[BionicPixie]

provided it's 4x4 model.. no problem

still be a tiny bit top heavy there Jim!! point of gravity on those sharp steep hairpins.... not pretty

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[wivvy's dad]

Sell the toad, buy a couple of these suits and enjoy:

Grimselpass

I'd love to have seen the looks on the faces of the motorcyclists as he passed them.............




Now that's what I call tailgating..............................................

 

[keith]

Indeed.. :thumb:

These are dangerous roads.. ! Link Removed

It seems the Wrynose and Hardknott Passes don't get into the list, but the A77 in Scotland does, probably due to the fact not many people die on the passes.

I know which I'd rather drive the MH on.