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Been to the Lake district today.
Been to the Lake district today.
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Ha ha ha! There's a load of gouges on that little rise at the foot of the hairpin near the top where people have overcked it and bottomed out! Did you?
The A'side-Kirkstone road ("the Struggle" as it's known locally) is a beast of a climb - steep straight from the turning off the main road in Ambleside (all the cars coming down reeking of brakes or is it clutches) - levels very briefly after about 10 minutes - then a long, steepening drag - then that little twisty descent and then the kier: a couple of seriously steep hairpins and a longslope to the top to finish your legs off. Chapel Stile - Kirkstone in just under 40 minutes - wished I hadn't smoke for 12 years! I could have been in the Tour de France.  |
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Ha ha ha! There's a load of gouges on that little rise at the foot of the hairpin near the top where people have overcked it and bottomed out! Did you?
How very dare you  I drive every pass at least twice before I speed over it.  I raced my mate over Hardknott and Wrynose passes many years ago. I was in a Mini Metro and he was in a Vauxhall Cavalier. He doesn't race that well, but he thinks he does. I gave him a two minute start and caught him before the top of Wrynose. I took him back over as my passenger in the same Metro in mild rain the year after.  When I stopped the brakes weres steaming and his knuckles went white gripping the dashboard. |
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I'll be looking out for nutters in Metro's when I'm trying to finish the Fred! Tbh, it's so bloody hard that there could be Sherman tank heading straight for me and I wouldn't notice.
As teenagers, me and some mates borrowed one of their dads' Ford Granadas and went up and over the passes a few tmes taking it turns to sunroof surf. The car was so long he had to wheelspin it round the hairpins - all good fun! |
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That's why I never took my Jaguar up there.
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You never mentioned your jag before.
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nice to see jack back
must be his birthday or sumfink |
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It is, just
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