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look where I was today
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:28 pm
by hot66
Can you guess what I was planning today ?
Had help & company from fellow DDK'er, 58a-71e, who got a couple of better photos & a nice little video clip of my BMW struggling
on the Hard Knott pass
BTW, the weather was crap !
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:44 pm
by 58A - 71E
hot66 wrote:the weather was crap !
My God did it pi55 it down today, that’s my excuse for the crap photos, 5 mins out of the car gives the drowned rat look...
Struggled to find a place to park up
One of the delights in store
and another
Good job we'll be in classic Porsches, none of that slippy BMW nonsense
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyTTh1KwYUw
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:35 pm
by hot66
that video doesn't quite convey the problem we were having with traction on that bit of road .... I was struggling
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:27 am
by Derek
Looking good so far
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You need to sort the weather out
Derek
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:30 am
by impmad2000
Ooo Beach
I'll bring at least 1 kite then
Tim
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:42 am
by hot66
Tim, the prevailing wind is west - east so you could kite board the whole way ( if the Targa isn't ready
) ...
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:52 am
by impmad2000
Richard Hammond's Blast Lab did a Kite powered car test. It reached 15 mph ! and was proved to be faster than a kids bike !!
I will have the 911 fixed by September !! (Probably shouldn't say that with so much confidence, it has been off the road since Nov 2005 !)
Tim
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:12 am
by Helen
thought you were bringing it here for larry to Finish
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:34 am
by impmad2000
Good Idea. I'll be over Sunday afternoon.
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:51 am
by Helen
eeer make that saturday ?
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:24 am
by jury
My only memory of St Bee's is doing inter-county cross country running, similar conditions! I think there is usually a sunny afternoon in late July but thats about it...
Been over Hardknott on a bike (pedal kind), I'd better get to work on the hand brake...stunning place though!
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:04 pm
by hot66
Hard Knott & Wrynose are stunning .. what I would class as an 'experience' road
It will be the suggested route to Ambleside , but people must make sure they are travelling in a small group .... it is a pain when you meet cars coming the other way.
The earlier the start in the morning the better