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February 16, 2004
Yep a great piece of road and well worth a visit if you've never been
there, it also makes up part of the route for LeJog the Lands End to John
O'Groats classic road rally. I would not recomend passing by at about 10pm
in December it was dark and cold (to state the obvious) although it was
Grockle Free! It may have just been the ice and the dark but I'm sure it
is narrower than 3.5meters as we managed to get on the grass on both sides
of the road several times, and despite some serious effort we failed to get
to the control on time meaning we averaged less than 30mph along the road.
Regards
Chris Valentine
Dunlop Motorsport
Alan,
Hardnot and Wrynose are on the same road, two successive passes seperated
by a lower section called Wrynose Bottom.
(put that in for Cap'n's amusement!).
Yes, this is the road that I travel in the sprite, perhaps 10 or 15 times
each year.
For those who don't know it it is single track, 3.5 metres wide - that's is
the tarmac width and that is all you get. No hard shoulder on these roads,
so if you are off, then you are really off!
It has several 1:3 inclines, and has a continual succession of corners,
hairpins, and blind summits. Apart from the length through Wrynose Bottom
which is, as Alan says, fairly straight, most of it gives you no more than
a few yards of clear view with the occasional glimpse of the road ahead as
it winds through rocky outcrops and heather moorland.
Guy
christopher_valentine@... 29747
Posted on February 16, 2004 01:55 PM
Posted to category(s) Miscellaneous | Racing
