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Raven
29-Oct-08, 11:21
Hardknott pass, what an incredible experience! Wrynose was great, but Hardknott tops it! This has to be the best single track road in Britain!!!

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/IMG_5056a.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/IMG_5061a.jpg

I confess I held on to the door a little... ;)
joxville
29-Oct-08, 11:49
It looks fantastic to drive-where is it?
Raven
29-Oct-08, 12:25
It looks fantastic to drive-where is it?

It`s in the Lake District. Here is a little more info about it:
http://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/hardknottpass.htm

Here is the view back from up Wrynose, compares to Hardknott it seems like a pussycat road :-)
All the three pics were shot out of the car, hence the quality....

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/IMG_5956a.jpg
davem
29-Oct-08, 14:31
An abiding childhood memory was my dad stopping to let a car past as we were going up.
The van couldn't pull away - just kept stalling. Then he found the handbrake was dodgy too, I think I was about 6 - the first incling that life might be shorter than I wanted.
Lavenderblue2
30-Oct-08, 12:19
Great photos Raven.
They certainly brought back memories of our drive along it at the end of February this year - an amazing experience but not for the fainthearted.
Kodiak
31-Oct-08, 15:43
Here are a couple of Old Photochrom Photo's of Roads I would not like to drive on :-


http://i35.tinypic.com/14y0sw3.jpg


http://i38.tinypic.com/2eqa0bc.jpg
carasmam
01-Nov-08, 00:24
Oh to have a super car and these roads all to yourself :eek: Dream come true !!

Great pics :cool:
dirdyweeker
01-Nov-08, 00:29
Thanks for that link Raven. The photo from that site showing the road at night is amazing. Never beeen there but now would like to .:)
Kenn
01-Nov-08, 12:17
That sure brought back some memories raven,went over that pass some 40yrs back when it had just been opened up for public use.
Average
05-Nov-08, 14:27
I would say Hardknot is too twisty and narrow to be fun to drive fast. But its nothing compared to some of the older roads in Scandinavia. Some of the roads in Norway actually made my wife cry when we were on them.


The Lake District is lively, its like Scotland Lite.

Here is Skiddaw.

http://www1.clikpic.com/cmcbeth/images/skiddaw2.jpg