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Chat Area => Omega Gallery => Topic started by: MickAP on 13 April 2010, 17:17:37
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The sign says "Stop and engage 1st gear" at the the foot of this hill. :o
I was still in 1st near the top! :D
BTW I'm not in Norfolk ;D ;D
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1163-2.jpg)
And another.
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1165-1.jpg)
Mick :y
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I was still in 1st near the top! :D
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You should have bought a V6 then! ;) ;) :y
Only 1 in 4? ::)
We went over here on Sunday :y :y :y 1 in 3
(http://www.visitcumbria.com/julian/hardknott-n6246.jpg)
Hardnot & Wrynose passes
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Yeah done those, not in an Omega though :o
They are scary :o
Mick
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Yeah done those, not in an Omega though :o
They are scary :o
Mick
Wife had her eyes closed ..... I was driving! ;D The inside rear wheel skipped at most of the hairpins even though I was taking my time. I found it best with TC OFF! ;) :y :y
We attempted it a month or so back, but had to turn back due to too much snow on the Wrynose bit :y
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Soaking up the afternoon sun yesterday :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1170-1.jpg)
After seeing this :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1139-1.jpg)
Mick ;)
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Great pics of a lovely car Mick. Wouldn't mind driving those passes, heard a lot about them :y
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...... Wouldn't mind driving those passes, heard a lot about them :y
They're steep! Just got to be careful, take your time & don't let the Focus estate behind you try to push you faster than you want to go ..... I didn't. ;) ;)
It does get interesting when you meet someone coming t'other way! ;D ;D ;D
This is one of the steeper bits of the Hardnott Pass but the Wrynose has some equally steep bits (go don't appreciate how steep it is of the picture/link :o)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Hardknott+Pass,+United+Kingdom&sll=54.416258,-2.981758&sspn=0.020927,0.071926&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FYIePgMdQjfP_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Hardknott+Pass,+United+Kingdom&ll=54.404288,-3.194103&spn=0,0.013915&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=54.40311,-3.1941&panoid=X5PqMN8Pb15GVLItxPNr3w&cbp=12,75.5,,0,12.84
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...... Wouldn't mind driving those passes, heard a lot about them :y
They're steep! Just got to be careful, take your time & don't let the Focus estate behind you try to push you faster than you want to go ..... I didn't. ;) ;)
It does get interesting when you meet someone coming t'other way! ;D ;D ;D
My brother drove over one of them in a minibus on his way to climb Scafell Pike, 'loosened his bowels' somewhat ;D ;D
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I was in Yorkshire for this trip though :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1168-2.jpg)
Mick ;)
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Bloody LOVELY on a big bike though, Mick!!
(as long as you don't chicken out going DOWN on the bends....)
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Had something to eat here :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/IMG_1115-1.jpg)
And stopped off here on the journey back :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/IMG_1167-1.jpg)
Mick ;D
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Bloody LOVELY on a big bike though, Mick!!
(as long as you don't chicken out going DOWN on the bends....)
I Always thought bikers were a bit nutty, your post just confirms it :D :D
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NOOOOOOOO! you must be mistaken???
"brain out, helmet on!!" :D :D :D
He He He. :o
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done those 30% climbs in my 4 pot, fully loaded up with 3 people and loads of camping gear, no problems 8-)
Fun on the way down though ;D
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Looks like you've been to Aidensfield Mick. If they'd carried on with Heartbeat for a few more years they could've got some Omega police cars in!
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I give up, where's the hill?
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I give up, where's the hill?
On the approach road to "Aidensfield" (Heartbeat) real name Goathland, North Yorkshire, just off the A169 Pickering to Whitby road.
Steam engines run along the NYMR line from Pickering to Whitby.
We also stopped off at Grosmont station, and Whitby for fish and chips at the Magpie cafe ::) Bloody expensive :o but bloody lovely :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1138-1.jpg)
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1121-1.jpg)
Mick :y
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Looks like you had a great trip, car looks excellent too :y :y
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Heartbeat Country & North York Moors Railway .....
And in a 2.5TD - sheer bliss Mick!
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I was in Yorkshire for this trip though :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp18/Abbeyman/rick/IMG_1168-2.jpg)
Mick ;)
that wouldnt be goatland by any chance??? :question :question
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Ah the mother land, Gods own country. Recognised it immediately.
Is Rosedale chimney bank still the steepest road in Britain 1 in 3.
I remember waiting for a car rally to come through very early one morning 40 odd years ago and first a procession of vintage Ford Pops came along uphill.
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Ah the mother land, Gods own country. Recognised it immediately.
Is Rosedale chimney bank still the steepest road in Britain 1 in 3.
I remember waiting for a car rally to come through very early one morning 40 odd years ago and first a procession of vintage Ford Pops came along uphill.
That would be here then
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4108024.jpg
I'll have to give it a try :y
Mick ;)
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Looks like you've been to Aidensfield Mick. If they'd carried on with Heartbeat for a few more years they could've got some Omega police cars in!
We went to Goathland years ago, it was pitch black over those moors :o saying my prayers that the ode Cav didn't let us down ;D
When we got to the pub it was like going into the "Slaughtered Lamb" in American Werewolf in London.. everyone stopped and look at us coming in.... didn't find it very welcoming and far to expensive to stop the night, so went down the road to a pub called "The Salmons Leap" lovely there.
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Ah the mother land, Gods own country. Recognised it immediately.
Is Rosedale chimney bank still the steepest road in Britain 1 in 3.
I remember waiting for a car rally to come through very early one morning 40 odd years ago and first a procession of vintage Ford Pops came along uphill.
That would be here then
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4108024.jpg
I'll have to give it a try :y
Mick ;)
That is the spot. I remember on one nightime car rally, breaking down and waiting in the village till it was a sensible enough time to ring (from a payphone - no mobiles in them days) for a tow home. There was a lovely smell of fresh baked pies and we bought a shedload at FIVE a.m. on a Sunday morning. I bet he closed down years ago. Happy memories. :)