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the A39 from Minehead passing Dunster and watchit, Bristol channel on your right and Exmoor on your left , be ready for porlock hill its gonna make a bongo sweat !! onto lynmouth turn left up the hill to waters meet so the dogs can have a splash, back down to the A39 and then onto Ilfracombe, twists and turns ups and downs sea views and Moorland , wonderfull.
rgds Ian

Conwy to Penmaenmawr over the Sychnant Pass. Not long but the view from the top is spectacular, just like flying.

The A.361 - the longest "3 digit" A road in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A361_road

Also the only road I know of that has it's own website.

http://www.strum.co.uk/watcam.htm

The stretch through Oxfordshire (Banbury to Burford) is wonderful, I used to drive it all the time and in all weathers when I worked for OCC. The only time I didn't like it was in fog.

scanner wrote:The A.361 - the longest "3 digit" A road in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A361_road

Also the only road I know of that has it's own website.

http://www.strum.co.uk/watcam.htm

The stretch through Oxfordshire (Banbury to Burford) is wonderful, I used to drive it all the time and in all weathers when I worked for OCC. The only time I didn't like it was in fog.

I always preferred to glide over it myself

But seriously.....there are some wonderful roads down south, just too many people likely to want to use them. I can recall though deciding once to travel from Painswock (Cotswolds) back to Chertsey (Heathrow, more or less) by avoiding as many major roads as possible. Our route took us near to Hungerford and through the Berkshire Downs and we managed to creep very close to Chertsey before feeling like we were in anything other than the most remote and rural part of the country. A spectacular drive, if not a quick one (but then who's rushing, when the travelling is such a joy).

mikeonb4c wrote:

scanner wrote:The A.361 - the longest "3 digit" A road in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A361_road

Also the only road I know of that has it's own website.

http://www.strum.co.uk/watcam.htm

The stretch through Oxfordshire (Banbury to Burford) is wonderful, I used to drive it all the time and in all weathers when I worked for OCC. The only time I didn't like it was in fog.

I always preferred to glide over it myself

But not in the fog?

scanner wrote:

mikeonb4c wrote:

scanner wrote:The A.361 - the longest "3 digit" A road in the UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A361_road

Also the only road I know of that has it's own website.

http://www.strum.co.uk/watcam.htm

The stretch through Oxfordshire (Banbury to Burford) is wonderful, I used to drive it all the time and in all weathers when I worked for OCC. The only time I didn't like it was in fog.

I always preferred to glide over it myself

But not in the fog?

Funny you should mention that. Well there was this one time many many years ago where (with an experienced guy in the back) that actually did happen (unintentionally of course). Quite a nut tightening experience. I changed names and places and sent it into to Sailplane and Gliding as a ripping yarn of the cautionary type, parodying Pilot magazine's fright story series 'I learned about flying from that' and calling it 'I learned about gliding from that'. They published it, to the consternation of the gliding club in question, who I never revealed the identity of (the point is, it could have happened anywhere, as accidents and close shaves do, so let's not be too proud).

I probably have a scann(er)ed copy somewhere if you're interested

Woops, we're beginning to fly off track again

mikeonb4c wrote:Woops, we're beginning to fly off track again

Lost in the fog....................

That's the whole point of owning up and sharing a cobble up.

Everyone can learn and hopefully avoid a worse outcome, hence the GASIL and CHIRP programme.

Bob wrote:That's the whole point of owning up and sharing a cobble up.

Everyone can learn and hopefully avoid a worse outcome, hence the GASIL and CHIRP programme.

Yup. In that respect, aviation has a lot to teach the world, as us old pilots know

mikeonb4c wrote:

Muzorewa wrote:The other fave which is easily accessible for us is this one - especially in the snow http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 37&t=68598

I thought he'd eventually drag up that old bone. Ignore him BB123, and stick to watching the video. He and another Northern Man who shall be nameless have a death wish I think.

P..S. Helen - Yes I suspected that might be one of the famous potholed Bulgarian main roads you've often referred to in your posts. Great fun trying to negotiate them but not conducive to taking in the view

Unbelievable I might have a bash at that in summer : ) But that was some extreme Bongo driving right there !

BongoBongo123 wrote:

mikeonb4c wrote:

Muzorewa wrote:The other fave which is easily accessible for us is this one - especially in the snow http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 37&t=68598

I thought he'd eventually drag up that old bone. Ignore him BB123, and stick to watching the video. He and another Northern Man who shall be nameless have a death wish I think.

P..S. Helen - Yes I suspected that might be one of the famous potholed Bulgarian main roads you've often referred to in your posts. Great fun trying to negotiate them but not conducive to taking in the view

Unbelievable I might have a bash at that in summer : ) But that was some extreme Bongo driving right there !

You should see Muz when he gets down to some extreme pie eating. Makes driving over Hard Knott pass look like nibbling a rich tea biscuit