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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Scared me to death, don't think the drum brakes were that impressed either!! Thwaite's Brow Road, Keighley, Yorks - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/87344 - average gradient 1 in 5 - note: Average!! Anyone got any others they might want to warn me about?? 
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 Sat 12 Feb 2011 @ 23:44
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Been down that road in my works F450 super duty self loader with a 3.5ton sprinter on the back.(total train weight of 11.75ton) In the wet at night It was Scary to say the least. ---------------------- |
Sun 13 Feb 2011 @ 21:06
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Don't take your Bedford down Porlock Hill unless you like engine braking. There is a long way round for lorries or a much better (and more scenic) straight road across the middle of Exmoor ---------------------- |
Mon 14 Feb 2011 @ 20:21
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Colin Birch Admin Posts : 4277 Location : Pontypridd, South Wales Status : Offline 
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Ed-Don wrote: Don't take your Bedford down Porlock Hill Wimp! My CF went up and down quite a few times. The road between Lynton and Lynmouth is just as bad in places. The mountain road to Applecross is another fun(!) road. ---------------------- |
Mon 14 Feb 2011 @ 20:35
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Hardknott Pass on the Eskdale side is an interesting way to test a Vauxhall gearbox - to destruction of the mainshaft/input shaft roller bearings in my first CF & that was going downhill. ---------------------- |
Mon 14 Feb 2011 @ 20:52
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bluebedouin Global Moderator Posts : 2444 Location : Northampton,England. Status : Offline 
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They'd need to trim the shrubbery back a bit before I drive up by Porlock Weir!;D ---------------------- |
Mon 14 Feb 2011 @ 21:02
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
i remember a few years ago going up the hill at Ebbor gorge http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/86865 that was no mean feat ill can tell you . |
Tue 22 Mar 2011 @ 17:45
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Winnatts Pass in Derbyshire isnt reccommended either! ---------------------- |
Tue 22 Mar 2011 @ 19:39
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
There's 2 toll roads that avoid the A39 at Porlock. One of them is out the back of Porlock Weir (the Worthy Toll Road) It involves a rather narrow arch and it's here you chuck 30p or something in an honesty box! My Ambulance did fit through it, believe it or not! http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=&q=Porlock+Hill.&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Porlock+Hill,+Minehead,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=51.221407,-3.636389&spn=0.003669,0.011362&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.221426,-3.636193&panoid=AeYLSYlDizFROrNyTPhtiQ&cbp=12,282.52,,0,-1.95 ---------------------- |
Thu 14 Apr 2011 @ 17:33
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
We drove up Porlock hill in our old 240 turbo;]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGsKxgV8M4 Also took the CF to wales and back this weekend, we climbed a 25% hill with 3 hairpin bends. Full throttle with the autobox in first gear!! http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.187194,-3.710804&spn=0.054095,0.168056&z=13&layer=c&cbll=52.187071,-3.710683&panoid=G-lhueaQvB7TbA9LBLNjFA&cbp=12,341.66,,0,4.69 Had a nice time though.. ---------------------- |
Sat 16 Apr 2011 @ 19:00
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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline |
Devil's Staircase is a fantastic road to be on in the sunshine but a devil when its raining or snowing . ---------------------- |
Sat 16 Apr 2011 @ 19:23
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