Just love exploring. The road was easy in my van, but mate in his Iveco struggled a bit on a few corners.Done it, several times earlier in the summer. It's so fabulous this epic trip is turning round just short of Bournemouth and heading back to Devon tomorrow.
I love exploring those little lanes on the scoot. It was an absolute hoot in the summer holidays but occasionally a bit bum twitching.
Yes its disappointing the media do this . For once not the fault of the politician!
Phill I am just back from the LLLLLake DDDDDistrict .
I have never driven worse roads than some there.
Even as bad as some in Cornwall. (Possibly I got carried away there
Why build roads that are so narrow that even two motorbikes would have to slow down when passing, and with absolutely no passing places. Also narrow roads up here tend to carry little traffic, not so in many parts of England.
Don't get me wrong some of this was borne from my own stupidity with my sat nav.
But to be honest with a much smaller population, and normally much quieter roads, I much prefer driving up here than I do down south. In Scotland most narrow roads or single track, have plenty of passing places, they don’t in England. Also from a a pedestrian POV, Scotland provides more pavements than down south. I remember the walk vividly from the C&MC site in York to the large shopping area. For over a mile we had to walk a 60mph road, with no pavement.
The NC 500 writes its own story, and I don’t think it applies to any other part of Scotland, to anything like the same degree.
Barry on the Road to Ravenglass I drove a road just like that for two miles. The bushes were hitting both sides of the van.Haha. The Lake District (which is my home turf) has nothing on Devon! This is the "Road of Death" we had to negotiate a mile of to avoid roadworks near Salcombe for three weeks on the bike a few weeks ago.One wheel on that swampy garden in the middle and your toast.
Very few if any passing places. They are everywhere down here but maybe the difference with the NC 500 is there are more alternatives down here.
Well that would make a welcome change from that man
There are a lot of single track roads in England, in my experience very few have 'official' passing places, most have muddy pull in's worn away by traffic trying to squeeze past, the road I live on being one such place for half it's length.
Just back from England Rob, got as far south as Salisbury. Drove some tight roads, particularly one to a CCC site in Minehead overlooking the town. Caravans are not allowed due to the access roads. I never saw proper passing place signs anywhere. And some house owners insisted in putting large white painted stones in areas were you could have used as a passing place. The roads in Scotland were also built many years ago, before the car was invented, most were only tracks which through time became roads, but they did put in plenty of passing places. I am not saying there are not some tight roads up here without passing places, there are but I reckon there are many more in England.
Yeah there are a few over that way to be fair. The path less trodden as far as Cumbria is concerned. Thankfully not usually that busy that way.
At least the STOP junction is clear!That's a brilliant idea, perhaps.
Non hazardous hazard.
Just back from England Rob, got as far south as Salisbury. Drove some tight roads, particularly one to a CCC site in Minehead overlooking the town. Caravans are not allowed due to the access roads. I never saw proper passing place signs anywhere. And some house owners insisted in putting large white painted stones in areas were you could have used as a passing place. The roads in Scotland were also built many years ago, before the car was invented, most were only tracks which through time became roads, but they did put in plenty of passing places. I am not saying there are not some tight roads up here without passing places, there are but I reckon there are many more in England.
As for footpaths Rob, you can walk for miles on a proper footpath up here in places were you may not even meet another person. One that comes to mind is the footpath from Guardbridge all the way to St Andrews. The example I gave was in York. There is no way this would happen up here. My wife and I often comment on the lack of footpaths in England. I know I am generalising which can be inaccurate, but the vast majority of my difficult driving experiences have been down south Rob.
Not having a go at old England Rob, I actually love parts of your country. We had a great trip, but some of the driving was, shall I say not for the faint hearted. Thank god the new van will be a foot narrower.
Yes Marie, and actually that figure can be misleading. Over three million of Scot’s live in the central belt leaving very low figures outwith the central belt.Population of Scotland approx. 5.52 million.
Population of England approx. 56.5 million.
Approx. 278 people per square kilometre in England (excluding Wales).
Approx. 70 people per square kilometre in Scotland.
Or thereabouts, give or take...
Population of Scotland approx. 5.52 million.
Population of England approx. 56.5 million.
Approx. 278 people per square kilometre in England (excluding Wales).
Approx. 70 people per square kilometre in Scotland.
Or thereabouts, give or take...
Obviously the biggest concentration will be in the major cities and their conurbations, but when those folks decide to vacate their premises and go on holiday...
Personally I'm finding Outer Mongolia more and more appealing....
