No pics from today but did have some brightness walking round Grasmere yesterday.
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Really ? I had a drive (accidentally) over Hardknott a few weeks ago on a perfectly clear, dry, sunny day and it was terrifying !
Thatâs a lovely circular walk.
Yes, itâs a dangerous road.
Iâm not sure why @Bruss mentioned itâŚ
I drove it decades ago and vowed never to do it again.
But then a few years ago friend of mine rented out the whole of the brilliant Eskdale YHA for a weekend for his 50th.
We drove out there via the easy pass (nowhere near the Hardknott).
As we came home on the Sunday morning in our under-powered Touran, Mrs. JimDog turned towards the Hardknott.
I begged her not to drive over it with the 3 kids and bags in the car, but she was determined to conquer it.
She stopped to try to help an old couple who had almost reversed off the edge in a huge motorhome.
Then our car burned (literally smoke streaming from the engine) on the crazily steep uphill slope.
I managed to get it started and get over the pass, but it is not a safe road to drive.
I first drove it in an old MG TD. I think it is a lovely drive in the hills.
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My âexperienceâ started with the modern day folly of blindly following sat nav until it was too late. Going up was the worst bit. Itâs so steep in places that I couldnât see the road over the car bonnet it was at such a steep angle. Not great on a single track, twisty road.
My son sat next to me was terrified. We got through it but I certainly donât want to do it again.
Sorry to hear that. I have not been for a good few years but I have done it a number of times now, mostly alone and always with an OS map. Itâs slow and I wouldnât want to do it at a busy time of the year with traffic both ways.
Perhaps youâre a petrolhead with nerves of steel.
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lovely shot - beautiful landscape
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