Finally got round to getting some photos of the 2015 trip, just need to sort through them and find some that aren't just mountains, mountains, mountains, river.
In the mean time some of the photos from our Welsh Trip. There were some great areas and great roads, although all too often they would be ruined by some plonker driving well below the speed limit in a Volvo. Also I planned it fairly poorly in that it involved alot of driving on boring roads on the penultimate day, but all in all still a fun weekend away.
We did 1200 miles in total over the 4 days and took in pretty much every road I've ever seen recommended - my favourites were:
Black Mountain Pass - probably the best we did, got up there fairly late so was dead quiet
A4059 from Hirwaun - Lovely and open, great sight of corners ahead, just had to watch out for sheep (there is a hell of a lot in Wales!)
B4520 between Brecon and Bullith Wells - Such a fun road, really twists up and down, quite a few blind corners to keep you on your toes
A483 West of Bullith Wells - Alot faster but still nice sweeping, twisting roads. Had to pull over as a farmer was herding all his sheep down the middle of a National Speed Limit road!
Road from the Elan Valley reservoirs to Devils Bridge - Very tight, single lane roads, perfect for the MX5. Wasn't so keen on the Aberystwyth mountain road, but was stuck behind a Volvo (told you!) so that probably didn't help.
Llanberis Pass was a nice road, more for the views..
The EVO triangle was good, not the best by far though.
If anyone's looking for a nice place to stay in the North then look up the Buckley Arms in Dinas Mawddwy, it was fantastic for the price.
Other notable events that happened were driving through a valley when 2 RAF jets flew overhead, was like something off of Forza Horizon.
Headed out to Lynn Brianne about 6pm one night, took us an hour to drive out there on the smallest roads possible but it was so beautiful, and we saw only 1 other car in the 2 hours we were out there. Awesome dam too.
On Saturday we went to the VHRA speed trials on Pendine Sands, basically a load of badass hotrods racing across the sand, would definitely recommend it to anyone with any interest in cars!
And also my mates Polo G40 broke it's clutch cable for the 2nd year in a row, but twice this time. We banned him from taking it anywhere in future.
Hooning is not a crime!
In the mean time some of the photos from our Welsh Trip. There were some great areas and great roads, although all too often they would be ruined by some plonker driving well below the speed limit in a Volvo. Also I planned it fairly poorly in that it involved alot of driving on boring roads on the penultimate day, but all in all still a fun weekend away.
We did 1200 miles in total over the 4 days and took in pretty much every road I've ever seen recommended - my favourites were:
Black Mountain Pass - probably the best we did, got up there fairly late so was dead quiet
A4059 from Hirwaun - Lovely and open, great sight of corners ahead, just had to watch out for sheep (there is a hell of a lot in Wales!)
B4520 between Brecon and Bullith Wells - Such a fun road, really twists up and down, quite a few blind corners to keep you on your toes
A483 West of Bullith Wells - Alot faster but still nice sweeping, twisting roads. Had to pull over as a farmer was herding all his sheep down the middle of a National Speed Limit road!
Road from the Elan Valley reservoirs to Devils Bridge - Very tight, single lane roads, perfect for the MX5. Wasn't so keen on the Aberystwyth mountain road, but was stuck behind a Volvo (told you!) so that probably didn't help.
Llanberis Pass was a nice road, more for the views..
The EVO triangle was good, not the best by far though.
If anyone's looking for a nice place to stay in the North then look up the Buckley Arms in Dinas Mawddwy, it was fantastic for the price.
Other notable events that happened were driving through a valley when 2 RAF jets flew overhead, was like something off of Forza Horizon.
Headed out to Lynn Brianne about 6pm one night, took us an hour to drive out there on the smallest roads possible but it was so beautiful, and we saw only 1 other car in the 2 hours we were out there. Awesome dam too.
On Saturday we went to the VHRA speed trials on Pendine Sands, basically a load of badass hotrods racing across the sand, would definitely recommend it to anyone with any interest in cars!
And also my mates Polo G40 broke it's clutch cable for the 2nd year in a row, but twice this time. We banned him from taking it anywhere in future.
Hooning is not a crime!