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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: bob.dent on 22 August 2006, 14:06:43
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Well, just given the miggie it's first long trip since I've had it. Went to St Agnes in Cornwall on Friday and came back yesterday and the old girl behaved impeccably - didn't miss a beat on the whole 650 mile round trip [smiley=thumbup.gif] (apart from a slight vibration at motorway speed due to one of the rear wheels being slightly out of balance)
What impressed me most was how well it eats hills like they don't exist. Even the largest gradients required just a slight increase on the loud pedal and it didn't drop an mph, and this was with three 6 foot+ adults and luggage on board. On the motorway it returned just over 30mpg although the overall average for the whole trip was 28.5 and believe me, I wasn't hanging about 8-)
Gave it some serious welly on the A30 as there wasn't much traffic about and my bottle ran out well before she achieved her top speed however, I'd best not incriminate myself on here by saying exactly what that was ;)...oh yes, of course it must have been 70!! ;) ;)
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Its a trip I do at least twice a year, and the MV6 eats up the miles like its just a trip to the shops.
Not many speed cameras down the A30. Not many fuel stations either....
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Its a trip I do at least twice a year, and the MV6 eats up the miles like its just a trip to the shops.
Not many speed cameras down the A30. Not many fuel stations either....
I was really surprised by the lack of camara's as when I last went down there a few years ago there were quite a lot, but to my reckoning there is only 1 westbound and 2 eastbound. If I missed one I may be looking at a spell in her Majesty's holiday camp :-/
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I had a lucky break going down the M5 to Cornwall in May. I was 'slightly' breaking the limit, saw old bill come down a slip road, so slowed and pulled in. Car who I had been following didn't see plod for ages, and got pulled...
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A trip I do regularly, except I divert via A39 when A30 is busy.
There is a Gatso on a downhill going west and another east bound in a good location and well signposted.
Not sure where the others are, haven't been over Goss Moor for a while!
Fuel well there is the BP garage at Okehampton but it is pricey (48.9)
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How come so many of us go to Cornwall?
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My favourite frequent Motorway rides:
M2 between the J1 (A2) and J4, twice a month - no cameras, and going east its a long uphill drive on a 5-lane motorway - hooray!
M11 between the A406 to Stansted, once a month (Beerchange) - no cameras
M3 between the M25 and M3/J3, once a month - no cameras.
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Might not be too many Gatsos on the A30, but there are alot of nice little slipways where local plod like to sit with speed guns!
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I'm always dragging a van so don't need to watch too closely - I reckon I can get away with road limit rather than tow limit
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How come so many of us go to Cornwall?
Maybe it's simply because it's a cracking place - some great roads off the beaten track, great pubs, great scenery and the "wildlife" ain't bad either ;) ;)
Must be popular with miggie owners as I saw loads of them down there. 8-)
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Couple of garages just off A30 at Okehampton, next set are way down near Indian Queens...
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My favourite stretch of road is the M74 north of Lockerbie. Never any cameras and all brand new road surface.
Tagged an M5 northbound last night and it was a pleasure. Chewed up the miles and spat them out as inches!!
My least favourite however, (as I found out on Friday to my disgust!!), is the A523 Macclesfield to Derby road through Leek. An absolute ar*ehole of a road!!! 50MPH limit with lots of opportunities to overtake. Sounds like bliss! Except there's speed cameras every 100 yards!! >:(
Ended up stuck behind a convoyette of artics doing between 40 - 45 with absolutely no chance of getting past them, (at least while standing a chance of retaining my licence!!), for about 50 miles!!! >:(
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How come so many of us go to Cornwall?
Maybe it's simply because it's a cracking place - some great roads off the beaten track, great pubs, great scenery and the "wildlife" ain't bad either ;) ;)
Must be popular with miggie owners as I saw loads of them down there. 8-)
When were you there I was 29/07/06-10/08/06
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When were you there I was 29/07/06-10/08/06
Missed you by just over a week! I went down on 18/08/06 - 21/08/06 for a long weekend. One of my old friends lives in St Agnes and we went down for his birthday p**s up. What a weekend it was too!!
Had a large marquee with free beer (real ale) all Saturday and Sunday with live bands and a disco.
Think I need to grow a new liver :-/
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Well there are some lovely pubs in Cornwall - I like the waterside ones, we always stay in the Falmouth area and two I can think of are the Ferry Boat Inn and Pandora Inn
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Down in truro a couple of months ago cornwall is coool, Sat in a pub at perrinporth the Watering Hole located right on the beach, pint of cold lager in hand watching the sun set "splended" [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Down in truro a couple of months ago cornwall is coool, Sat in a pub at perrinporth the Watering Hole located right on the beach, pint of cold lager in hand watching the sun set "splended" [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
The North coast of Cornwall is a great place to watch the sunset into the sea....
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My parents are Cornish, both grans Cornish, mums dad was from Brixham and dads dad somewhere in the midlands beginning with L.
I really like the Helford/Fal/Truro/Redruth/Polperro/Lizard surrounded area.
One of my late uncles sister-in-law was on Gary Rhodes cooking him a pasty, and my dad grew up a few houses away from what is now Annes pasty shop.
I have relations in Mawnan, Helston & Mullion areas, but haven't seen some of them for years.
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I first experienced what a big end failure was in Cornwall, in an A40 Somerset.
Gentle tapping, growing into a knocking within 100 yards, developing into a big bang within another 100 yards.
Complete engine rebuild cost me £25 by a little garage just outside Redruth.
Ah! Those were the day's......
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My sister has just moved down to Truro with her fella so I may have a trip down coming up soon.
Never been before so could be a nice trip. :)
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Annes pasty shop.
On the Lizard? Good pasties from there....
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seems i am missing out on something way up here :(
bit far for a daytrip though....
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Down in truro a couple of months ago cornwall is coool, Sat in a pub at perrinporth the Watering Hole located right on the beach, pint of cold lager in hand watching the sun set "splended" [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Ah yes, The Watering Hole in Perrenporth - I'm well aqquainted with that place. I was there a couple of years ago and passed away many a few pleasant hours in there [smiley=beer.gif] They have some good bands playing there some evenings too. Only problem is that if you attempt to drive across the sand to get there (which is the only way to get to it) there's a good chance of getting stuck just as some hapless sole did when I was there once. Had to be towed out by Landrover.
Great place though [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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We also went to Cornwall this year the first time for us, very nice area we are off again to cornwall next year this time staying further the south as we were on the north west coast at Bude this time, fancy staying around the Redruth area next time. ( car was faultless)
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Gate crashed my brothers holiday at perrenporth last year (he was staying at the big mobile home place). Weather was great, and that part of world is lovely if weather holds (bit grim if its cold and wet)
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Annes pasty shop.
On the Lizard? Good pasties from there....
Thats the one
Interesting story 1
In Falmouth there used to be a good little Pasty shop called Rollins, then one year it had gone, the owner had moved up country to open a chain of Pasty shops in the midlands.
First shop (Falmouth Pasty Co) was in Worcester!!!!
So I use them quite a bit!
The best fast food there is!
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Sounds like a good place to visit from the sounds of it, perhaps its one of the reasons why my sister left for truro. :)
She'll be a fat bloater probably the next time I see her ;D
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Some nice pictures here
http://www.imber.org.uk/hp.htm
Not complete I have hp.htm, pn.htm and mp.htm
I still need to do the following
1) Put Port Navas after Helford Passage
2) Do Durgan
3) Visit Polgwidden (sp) Cove and insert between Durgan and HP
4) Seriously tidy MP page - which is unlinked at present
5) Replace the panorama with new ones shot with locked exposure, white balance and focus (video camera stills mode)
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Sounds like a good place to visit from the sounds of it, perhaps its one of the reasons why my sister left for truro. :)
She'll be a fat bloater probably the next time I see her ;D
I haven't done too much north coast - just day trips apart from a week at St Ives 12 years ago.
However next year May - I will have a river trip in my new pump up boat
July August - will leave early to stay near Bude for 3 days
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Looks quite nice down there. :)
My old man took my sister down there and the B&B, he said was one of the best he had stayed in.
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Oh....I forgot to mention that while I was in quaint old St Agnes, the driveway of the B&B where we stayed was so bl**dy tight that I grazed the passenger side corner of my front bumper on a nice solid Cornish stone wall while trying to get in and out. :( The amusing thing is that the B&B owner said "You're ok for parking as we have enough space for 4 cars" - trouble is he must have been talking about Nissan Micra's or the like!! Got a nice little touch up job to do now :-/
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St Agnes, been past it.
Is it based around a one way system on the edge?
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St Agnes, been past it.
Is it based around a one way system on the edge?
That's the place. They have to have a one way system cos the roads through there are so narrow, 2 way traffic would be impossible. It really is a top place, especially the Driftwood Spars pub down near Trevaulance Cove [smiley=beer.gif]
Watch your paintwork if you drive your miggie through there though cos the place just wasn't built for cars larger than a Mini!! ;D
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How come so many of us go to Cornwall?
I dont......i like going to Dorset, to Eype and Swyre :D
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How come so many of us go to Cornwall?
I dont......i like going to Dorset, to Eype and Swyre :D
Have you ever done Cornwall?
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St Agnes, been past it.
Is it based around a one way system on the edge?
That's the place. They have to have a one way system cos the roads through there are so narrow, 2 way traffic would be impossible. It really is a top place, especially the Driftwood Spars pub down near Trevaulance Cove [smiley=beer.gif]
Watch your paintwork if you drive your miggie through there though cos the place just wasn't built for cars larger than a Mini!! ;D
Very narrow down to the water but it is a nice place, will have to properly visit one day