Unexpected pre-breakfast run

[ukaskew]

Been meaning to go down to Cheddar at some point, then today I wake up at 6am and can't get back to sleep. So off I go for a 100 mile trip into deepest darkest Somerset.

Apologies for the pic quality, the fog was only just starting to lift so they are a little hazy...

Stunning roads around there, longest stretch of NSL I've probably ever driven. Absolutely no traffic which was a bonus, went through the gorge 3 times (one to get a feel for it, one to get photos and another to just enjoy it) and then was home by 10am for breakfast!

Will certainly be going back soon.

 

[16vturbolee]

if i would of knew i would of met up with u for a spin i live in bristol

 

[Trail182]

Nice pictures mate... looks like a great drive round there

 

[ukaskew]

if i would of knew i would of met up with u for a spin i live in bristol

I was hoping to pop down with Freebone at some point as well but I didn't think I would get much response on here when I decided to go at 6am this morning!

 

[16vturbolee]

good point o and some nice pic's their mate

 

[Zorba_the_greek]

Awesome road mate..........would love to have a go at it with the cupra heehe

 

[ukaskew]

Nice pictures mate... looks like a great drive round there

Roads were great, you get the fun of the gorge then it just carries on and on (towards Bath as I figured out, as I got lost and eventually ended up there, quality!), a good 10 miles of completely clear twisty NSL stuff. Certainly something you can only do out of season though, it gets real busy from Easter onwards.

I like this pic actually, gives you an idea of the scale of it all and the sorts of roads...

 

[Zorba_the_greek]

do the police not hang out there???

 

[16vturbolee]

no its country side all the way

 

[Floodie]

very nice stuff... What happens at the end of that road in the first pic?.. seems like everything just ends, white lines and all lol

 

[ukaskew]

very nice stuff... What happens at the end of that road in the first pic?.. seems like everything just ends, white lines and all lol

Its a real tight bend that goes off to the right in that pic, no markings because there isn't enough room for two cars.

No idea if the police hang around (although unlikely at 8am on a Sunday) but chances are you won't be doing anything illegal anyway, very rare that you get a stretch where you could feasibly break the 60 limit to any extent. Unless there is a law against driving up and down the same 5 mile stretch of road time after time, I was fine!

 

[Zorba_the_greek]

cool

 

[Nafoff]

lol at the comments on this thread bout cops...no cops out there at all...as ukaskew has said you can't really get over the 60 speed limit in the gorge..

ukaskew i would be up for meeting you at some point but i was busy all day today anyway

 

[Fletcher]

Nice pictures. i like the roads around Cheddar, i must take the Clio around the Gorge as soon as the sun comes out.

 

[Evandim*]

great pics lovely roads bet you had great fun at that time in the morning...
reminds me i must take a drive around Cheddar again make a change from Brecon..

 

[Nafoff]

we could make a massive cheddar meet...we could meet at say bristol airport and then go from there...that would be a good drive

 

[Dan@SJM]

you would have passed my house then if you went on the a39.

 

[Dan@SJM]

we could make a massive cheddar meet...we could meet at say bristol airport and then go from there...that would be a good drive

Sounds good, but my 172 is coming off the road in feb.

 

[Leeshez]

Nice

 

[Rich]

Great pics, I would be up for making the trip down if a meet is organised.

 

[clio__chris]

cool pics

whenever i drive down there it feels like the corners are never gonna end!
be well up for a meet as its only 15 mins from home

 

[ukaskew]

Whats the deal with the parking there? Loads of pay and display signs but nowhere to actually pay, I assumed it was free out of season and didn't think anything else of it.

A mini-meet would be great, nice roads and loads of great photo opportunities, its all good! I don't think you would want too many cars there though, its all a bit restrictive if you have more than 5 or 6 cars somewhere like that.

 

[Dan@SJM]

we managed to get halfprice parking when we went there with the renaultsport meet that i organised.

 

[Nafoff]

you pay a woman or man that walks up and down the gorge mate...

 

[ukaskew]

you pay a woman or man that walks up and down the gorge mate...

No women or men there yesterday morning, I could have waited for hours!

 

[matt182]

we managed to get halfprice parking when we went there with the renaultsport meet that i organised.

And that was with 8 of us what a deal very nice down there

 

[Norris_309]

nice pics mate, i sometimes drive down there when driving from bath to Weston super mare for work. Shame it's in an astra van not the cup!!