true blue wrote:how about a thread on great driving roads - places that someone can actually go out and experience no matter how superb or novice-like they are.
Gareth wrote:true blue wrote:how about a thread on great driving roads - places that someone can actually go out and experience no matter how superb or novice-like they are.
ADUK routes
But even they tend to be such that people will relatively little experience of country roads can easily come a cropper.
By and large, if you want to find good driving roads, look for ones which many motorcyclists use.
sussex2 wrote:Did you go through Hurstmonceux and out towards Rye?
If so it is one of my favourite driving roads; that and it's twin the A272 to Petersfield perhaps stopping at the Izaak Walton in East Meon for lunch. The pub has hardly changed in the 40 years I've known it.
Kimosabe wrote:sussex2 wrote:Did you go through Hurstmonceux and out towards Rye?
If so it is one of my favourite driving roads; that and it's twin the A272 to Petersfield perhaps stopping at the Izaak Walton in East Meon for lunch. The pub has hardly changed in the 40 years I've known it.
Yes we did pass the castle on our left at some point and only reduced to a lower speed when it was posted on a sign. I also enjoy the A272. If you're ever up for a drive out, please drop me a line
Part of the test route we took the other day was something like : Lewes- A22- A271 - Under road - Lower road - Church road - Flamsteed road - Halley road (past Herstmonceux castle and observatory) - then somehow to Sedlescombe - Robertsbridge - Hawkhurst - Tenterden - Brenzett - M20 Eastbound (upto around 140mph but I was too busy watching how other vehicles were dealt with to see our top speed) - Dover. I came back via a similar route but again, unless I drive it myself it's going to be difficult to recall precisely, so i've traced it as best I can by using googlemaps.
One of my favourite and fairly unchallenging routes, is to head out from Brighton towards A283 - B2139, as it's a part of the countryside I enjoy watching coming to life throughout the year. I'm also so aware of the amount of Spring roadkill that I always keep small mammals in mind while driving; the actions of pheasants I attribute to Darwinian selection, whereas Badgers are almost blind, quite slow and very hungry due to breeding and nesting.Something I noticed about my attitude (not motivated by Police operational needs), was that I tend to slow down when passing through rural settlements because if I lived in one, I wouldn't want people noisily flying past at high speeds.
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