Firstly because I have bought a French hot hatch (of sorts) - a Citroen
Xsara VTS. Quite pokey, handles nicely and in a fetching shade of yellow.

Secondly because tomorrow I leave for a trip in the TVR to find some nice
driving roads round our beloved country. Plan is to hop into Wales along
the motorways to visit a friend near Newport. Then tomorrow midday-ish hop
across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow that through the
mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying. Spend a few nights
there, find a quiet time to do the Evo Triangle (we're staying a few miles
from it) then shoot East to the Peaks where we'll be for 4 days. Got Buxton
to Macclesfield (and back) planned for one evening. Snake pass one day
whilst we're out and about, and also Winnatts Pass, and a few other ones
courtesy of Mr Firth. Then it's back down South via Davenport for a quick
stopover, but probably not much to see there! Just hope the TVR makes
it.....

Fingers crossed!

Carl
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1986 Rover SD1 Vitesse - for sale
1996 TVR Chimaera 400
1998 Citroen Xsara VTS
2008 Citroen C1
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On 12/08/2010 18:36, Carl Gibbs wrote:
Firstly because I have bought a French hot hatch (of sorts) - a Citroen
Xsara VTS. Quite pokey, handles nicely and in a fetching shade of yellow.

Secondly because tomorrow I leave for a trip in the TVR to find some
nice driving roads round our beloved country. Plan is to hop into Wales
along the motorways to visit a friend near Newport. Then tomorrow
midday-ish hop across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow
that through the mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying.
Spend a few nights there, find a quiet time to do the Evo Triangle
(we're staying a few miles from it) then shoot East to the Peaks where
we'll be for 4 days. Got Buxton to Macclesfield (and back) planned for
one evening. Snake pass one day whilst we're out and about, and also
Winnatts Pass, and a few other ones courtesy of Mr Firth. Then it's back
down South via Davenport for a quick stopover, but probably not much to
see there! Just hope the TVR makes it.....

I've done the A470 in its entirety in an articulated lorry. Very nice.
May I suggest a little 10 mile detour? When you get to the point you
turn right towards Dolgellau, turn left instead onto the A487 then onto
the B4405 at Minffordd. A couple of miles down the B4405 (mountain pass
type road) , there's a body of water called Tal-Y-Lin with a pub at the
far end. The view from the pub end is to die for. I've nighted out there
a couple of times when I used to do a delivery in Dolgellau and then
Tywyn which is on the coast at the end of the B4405.

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On 12/08/10 18:36, Carl Gibbs wrote:
Then tomorrow
midday-ish hop across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow
that through the mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying.
It has lots of potential, but you'll get a lot of dawdlers, and lots
happy to sit behind them. I had to find a straight long enough to get
past 3 a few weeks ago, the front one of which was doing 28-35 in NSL.

"Conor" wrote in message
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On 12/08/2010 18:36, Carl Gibbs wrote:
Firstly because I have bought a French hot hatch (of sorts) - a Citroen
Xsara VTS. Quite pokey, handles nicely and in a fetching shade of yellow.

Secondly because tomorrow I leave for a trip in the TVR to find some
nice driving roads round our beloved country. Plan is to hop into Wales
along the motorways to visit a friend near Newport. Then tomorrow
midday-ish hop across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow
that through the mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying.
Spend a few nights there, find a quiet time to do the Evo Triangle
(we're staying a few miles from it) then shoot East to the Peaks where
we'll be for 4 days. Got Buxton to Macclesfield (and back) planned for
one evening. Snake pass one day whilst we're out and about, and also
Winnatts Pass, and a few other ones courtesy of Mr Firth. Then it's back
down South via Davenport for a quick stopover, but probably not much to
see there! Just hope the TVR makes it.....

I've done the A470 in its entirety in an articulated lorry. Very nice. May
I suggest a little 10 mile detour? When you get to the point you turn
right towards Dolgellau, turn left instead onto the A487 then onto the
B4405 at Minffordd. A couple of miles down the B4405 (mountain pass type
road) , there's a body of water called Tal-Y-Lin with a pub at the far
end. The view from the pub end is to die for. I've nighted out there a
couple of times when I used to do a delivery in Dolgellau and then Tywyn
which is on the coast at the end of the B4405.



Sounds like a good place to stop before getting to the B&B. Consider it
visited

Cheers buddy!


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"Chris Bartram" wrote in message
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On 12/08/10 18:36, Carl Gibbs wrote:
Then tomorrow
midday-ish hop across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow
that through the mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying.
It has lots of potential, but you'll get a lot of dawdlers, and lots happy
to sit behind them. I had to find a straight long enough to get past 3 a
few weeks ago, the front one of which was doing 28-35 in NSL.

Yeah I know we're gonna get that all week, which is one of the reasons we're
going tomorrow and not Saturday. Hopefully it won't be quite as bad. On
the plus side we'll be in a good car for overtaking!!


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In article ,
says...

Firstly because I have bought a French hot hatch (of sorts) - a Citroen
Xsara VTS. Quite pokey, handles nicely and in a fetching shade of yellow.

Secondly because tomorrow I leave for a trip in the TVR to find some nice
driving roads round our beloved country. Plan is to hop into Wales along
the motorways to visit a friend near Newport. Then tomorrow midday-ish hop
across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow that through the
mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying. Spend a few nights
there, find a quiet time to do the Evo Triangle (we're staying a few miles
from it) then shoot East to the Peaks where we'll be for 4 days. Got Buxton
to Macclesfield (and back) planned for one evening. Snake pass one day
whilst we're out and about, and also Winnatts Pass, and a few other ones
courtesy of Mr Firth. Then it's back down South via Davenport for a quick
stopover, but probably not much to see there! Just hope the TVR makes
it.....

Fingers crossed!


Have Fun...

Actually sounds like a cool road trip. Good luck with the Trevor.

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On 12/08/2010 21:29, Carl Gibbs wrote:

"Chris Bartram" wrote in message
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On 12/08/10 18:36, Carl Gibbs wrote:
Then tomorrow
midday-ish hop across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow
that through the mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying.
It has lots of potential, but you'll get a lot of dawdlers, and lots
happy to sit behind them. I had to find a straight long enough to get
past 3 a few weeks ago, the front one of which was doing 28-35 in NSL.

Yeah I know we're gonna get that all week, which is one of the reasons
we're going tomorrow and not Saturday. Hopefully it won't be quite as
bad. On the plus side we'll be in a good car for overtaking!!

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Indeed. I only had 140BHP (about 100BHP/ton) to play with. Still managed
a bit of fun though.

Conor wrote:
On 12/08/2010 18:36, Carl Gibbs wrote:
Firstly because I have bought a French hot hatch (of sorts) - a Citroen
Xsara VTS. Quite pokey, handles nicely and in a fetching shade of yellow.

Secondly because tomorrow I leave for a trip in the TVR to find some
nice driving roads round our beloved country. Plan is to hop into Wales
along the motorways to visit a friend near Newport. Then tomorrow
midday-ish hop across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow
that through the mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying.
Spend a few nights there, find a quiet time to do the Evo Triangle
(we're staying a few miles from it) then shoot East to the Peaks where
we'll be for 4 days. Got Buxton to Macclesfield (and back) planned for
one evening. Snake pass one day whilst we're out and about, and also
Winnatts Pass, and a few other ones courtesy of Mr Firth. Then it's back
down South via Davenport for a quick stopover, but probably not much to
see there! Just hope the TVR makes it.....

I've done the A470 in its entirety in an articulated lorry. Very nice.
May I suggest a little 10 mile detour? When you get to the point you
turn right towards Dolgellau, turn left instead onto the A487 then onto
the B4405 at Minffordd. A couple of miles down the B4405 (mountain pass
type road) , there's a body of water called Tal-Y-Lin with a pub at the
far end. The view from the pub end is to die for. I've nighted out there
a couple of times when I used to do a delivery in Dolgellau and then
Tywyn which is on the coast at the end of the B4405.

Spooky. Me & er did almost exactly that on the way back from
Pembrokeshire a few days ago, and I was about to suggest it as an
alternative to the frustratingly packed A-roads.

"Elder" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Firstly because I have bought a French hot hatch (of sorts) - a Citroen
Xsara VTS. Quite pokey, handles nicely and in a fetching shade of
yellow.

Secondly because tomorrow I leave for a trip in the TVR to find some nice
driving roads round our beloved country. Plan is to hop into Wales along
the motorways to visit a friend near Newport. Then tomorrow midday-ish
hop
across the Brecon Beacons to pick up the A470 and follow that through the
mountains/hills through Snowdonia to where we staying. Spend a few
nights
there, find a quiet time to do the Evo Triangle (we're staying a few
miles
from it) then shoot East to the Peaks where we'll be for 4 days. Got
Buxton
to Macclesfield (and back) planned for one evening. Snake pass one day
whilst we're out and about, and also Winnatts Pass, and a few other ones
courtesy of Mr Firth. Then it's back down South via Davenport for a
quick
stopover, but probably not much to see there! Just hope the TVR makes
it.....

Fingers crossed!


Have Fun...

Actually sounds like a cool road trip. Good luck with the Trevor.

The Trevor went very well indeed. An awesome time was had by all!

900 miles, £230 of fuel and 24mpg. Not too shabby


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The Trevor went very well indeed. An awesome time was had by all!

900 miles, £230 of fuel and 24mpg. Not too shabby


I've been doing a little running back and forward to mid wales myself.
Down to Rhayeder and back a couple of times.

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