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Old 11 January 2004, 08:41 PM
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My vote is the A821 road from Kilmahog (what a fab name) near Callander in scotland to Aberfoyle.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=260880&Y=708280&A=Y&Z=5

the first few miles has 8 or so jumps/humps with some great blind sharp corners of every kind. A quick blast alongside the beautiful loch and then round the end up the hill into the QE Forest. The road is amazing with good visibility for taking the racing line through the corners. The road has every type of bend going with some nice lift off corners with good visibility. It is about 20km or so and was a lot better than the last track day i went on!

If you are feeling brave, then put 50p in the meter and take the scoob along the "Forest Section, erm, Forest Drive" and then down the incredibly windy road to aberfoyle.

Do this route in winter when there are no tourists and no other cars!

An odd thing happened. My Garmin Street Pilot ordered me to do a U-Turn and go back along the whole road when I got to Aberfoyle. it obviously liked it.
Old 11 January 2004, 10:32 PM
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I think the best road in uk is the one that leads to the ferry ports
Old 11 January 2004, 11:13 PM
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Over the Dukes Pass? it's a cracker, theres a good one from Crianlarich to Killin then along the side of Loch Tay to Kenmore, my favourite up this way is the road from Forres to Carrbridge over the Dava Moor,
Old 11 January 2004, 11:27 PM
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Check em all out !! http://www.bytefactory.com/mcycle/routes99.html
Old 11 January 2004, 11:47 PM
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In the article in 'the sun' recently the top 5 roads were voted:
A87 Invergarry to Skye
A4086 Llanberis Pass
A827
A686 in Cumbria
B4407 North wales,i drove this one especially and it's a great road very windy and lots of humps/small rises etc and some more open stretches well worth a trip fantastic views too...
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that Road with all the houses with red lights outside. was grinning for DAYS after. got a nasty rash though
Old 12 January 2004, 03:40 AM
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A4069 to Brynamman, and the Abergwesyn road...

RSquire knows where i'm coming from...

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The road leading to Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire somewhere & then down the Buttertubs Pass to the Skipton area.Cracking drive.
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hotpants, I second that m8, fantastic route which I did for the 1st and only time last year on the way to the "raid across the border"
for a local road, the "snake pass" out of glossop is my fav route, as it has just about everything you could want in a quick drive out, steep bits, up and down, very twisty bits, and a 100mph+ straight to finish!
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