E30 Zone

been for a drive up the lake district this morning over wrynos and hardknottpasses, never been before but heard it was a good test for anycar, its a bit lairy and not nice if your scared of hights like me,










by this time i was a bit shakey to say the least, wet steep roads and leaves dont mix to good.




on top of the world,




theres even estoril blue sheep









ill bet it is, wen ya see how steep and twisty it is, it makes ya think?? but its the only way out!






NOW THATS STEEP,DONT FANCY COMIN THE OPOSITE WAY!

Some great pics there, where is that (i.e near which towns? )


I went out this morning for a walk up the side of a fell in Grasmere, only a mile or so but even in the cold and rain the views are breathtaking! (or was that the fact i am so unfit!)

its not far from you , its about 15/20 mins away,



i drove from the grassmere side, am gunna try goin the opisite way next time, bit more challenging a think.

Even closer than that! I am actually in Grasmere, I will have to go check that out then! I've done kirkstone pass and honister(honiston?) pass so if we get a dry day when i'm off i will have a spin out!

EDIT to remove exact location!

I dunno what looks better- the car or the scenery! Some beautiful shots there. Im loving the colour.

make sure youve got a good clutch and brakes. lol
been over kirkston a few times ,its tame compaird to these 2 passes awesome view though,av got pics up there to, never been over honisters might try that this weekend.

cheers samr

Spot on fella, can't say any more

Mate they are some good pics there but the roads are just way to thin for me

you wouldnt ever catch me on them roads.

i would probably die

Have been that way many times, and love thoes roads. The closer to the north you go the better they get.
Especially round the magic lake...

Some real nice pics there mate, car and the scenery both look great.

nice location for that kind of pics! love it

what.............. no drift shots lol



car looks lush against them backgrounds mate

Looks fun dude- a bit like some of the roads up here, but it would appear you have space to run-off...

we plant trees so you hit summat nice and hard

NICE PICS..... DID YOU PAINT THE SHEEP? COZ IT LOOKS THE SAME AS YOUR CAR. LOL

awesome pics there are some great driving roads up there shame about the weather

Wow!

Those roads and that scenery look amazing!

I'd like to have a weekend break up that way I think!

That car is a lovely colour too, looks very nice!

I drove some nice roads around Devon this week but those are stunning!

Great pics dude!

nasir325ic wrote:NICE PICS..... DID YOU PAINT THE SHEEP? COZ IT LOOKS THE SAME AS YOUR CAR. LOL

i was waitin for that


DRIFTBOY , get in touch with dobbie she works in a hotel very near by sure she could help you out(looks posh aswell)

cheers for the coments fellas, a reckon we could get some nice shots of whole load of us on them roads in summer next year if any ones up for it?

If it looks posh I won't be able to afford it!

DRIFTBOY wrote:If it looks posh I won't be able to afford it!

PM on its way.. best not blatantly promote!

Pm replied to!

Many thanks!

Having stayed there I can vouch for Dobbies place.... may not be cheap as chips but its really nice, with bar ,and the food is brilliant (Dobbies Hubby does it !) .. and the roads are great (esp for those of us used to choked up SE England !)
(no connection other than Dobbie sorted out some rooms for me and some friends who were mad enough to try and walk 24 peaks in 24 hours for chrity)

ive been on that route myself in a Sierra, its fantastic, I love the lake district, my fave place in the world.....

Blooming heck that looks like fun! Id love to take my mini on those roads. Would be fun til i broke down.lol.

hammoj28 wrote:Blooming heck that looks like fun! Id love to take my mini on those roads. Would be fun til i broke down.lol.

yeah probably a 10 mile walk to the phonebox as there aint no phone signal so it would be a long push home!

Love the lakes, off across there next weekend in the soararse, will get plenty of nice landscape pics taken
My first E30/Lake District Pic (Kirkstone Pass)

E30BeemerLad wrote:Love the lakes, off across there next weekend in the soararse, will get plenty of nice landscape pics taken
My first E30/Lake District Pic (Kirkstone Pass)

always loved that pic

hmmm sounds like an opportunity to get you back in an e30
sneak up on you and ram the jap off the road

only joking mate

will have to arrange something up there as i really need some arty shots of the sport

Did those two passes myself some years back....in a Lada,the brakes worked...

I've done Wrynose/Hardknott quite a few times - on the way to Wasdale Head to do many many climbs...

The first time I drove it was just after my 17th birthday in my dads 2.0 Granada - now THERE was a car with a great deal of oversteer. It was just me and my girlfriend Sara, it was wet and cold, and there was much spinning of the wheels on the ups..... I learnt much that day, Grasshopper...................

orangecurry wrote: It was just me and my girlfriend Sara, it was wet and cold.....

you need to work on your technique mate

hey, I was only 17

fantacic pictures, looks a fun road

What happened to the girl who likes to stand by your car with not many clothes on mate?

DanThe wrote:What happened to the girl who likes to stand by your car with not many clothes on mate?

there certainly needs to be a meet up there espeacially with the roads

Dobbie82 wrote:

yeah probably a 10 mile walk to the phonebox as there aint no phone signal so it would be a long push home!

Hehe, yeh hopefully down the hill and not up it.lol.