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dylbie
16th May 2015, 07:49 PM
Evening all,

I keep being teased by the Lakes, Peaks, Wales, Pennines, and even Kent runs on here and I'm very jealous after seeing all the awesome photos of AW11s lined up. Trouble is, they all start at least 3 hours from me at what seems the most extreme ends of the country!

I was on my way to work the other day, part of which takes me on the B660 in Cambridgeshire - made famous by Evo magazine. It got me thinking would there be any interest for a Cambridgeshire run, or an Anglia run, or anywhere else in the area where there are good 'drivers' roads.

So, are there any of you local enough to take part? And secondly, any ideas for a good fun route would be welcome, preferably ending with a good pub.

I hope there is some interest here so we can get the ball rolling and perhaps get a more 'central run' going.

Cheers
Dylan

Vistalite
16th May 2015, 08:02 PM
Dylan, I completely sympathise with you. I suppose it's the lack of hilly terrain down south that seems to kill it, but having said that, a few twisty roads and Ye Olde pub at the end of it sounds good enough for me.

If it was positioned a little more to the west, it'll pick up a fair few members over this way an' all ;-)

Boba Fett
16th May 2015, 08:22 PM
Dylan, count me in!
Just pick a sunny day

sTuArT
16th May 2015, 09:39 PM
I'm in

It's true East Anglia is very flat but we should make the most of it. Still there are interesting roads to be enjoyed.

We should start brainstorming for a suitable route

dylbie
16th May 2015, 10:01 PM
There's a few hills to be found!

I had a quick knock up on google maps. This is a couple of roads I know close to where I live, going through St Ives, and then south around St Neots, and then onto the B660 north. It's only about 2ish hours.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/52.4153756,-0.109164/B1040,+Huntingdon+PE28+2QL,+UK/@52.2644557,-0.2442033,10z/am=t/data=!4m59!4m58!1m50!3m4!1m2!1d-0.2418332!2d52.4175377!3s0x4877e8e2641f36d9:0x1e87 0c40cdb8bc34!3m4!1m2!1d-0.32788!2d52.4539118!3s0x4877ec70829d3d73:0x612c89 24a43a5400!3m4!1m2!1d-0.4057789!2d52.3215638!3s0x4877bf9c25e1f663:0xe765 c4d07e17356d!3m4!1m2!1d-0.4201017!2d52.2461633!3s0x4877b8eeff84f3bb:0x1d5c f770659cce0c!3m4!1m2!1d-0.3272018!2d52.1472611!3s0x4877c902940c96b7:0x5048 e6863a2ab784!3m4!1m2!1d-0.2888638!2d52.1630369!3s0x4877c8cc654e0017:0x4ed5 fa77910117d2!3m4!1m2!1d-0.2201165!2d52.15597!3s0x4877cfb6ff64bb8b:0xdb874b 0bb5286bbb!3m4!1m2!1d-0.1047148!2d52.231024!3s0x4877dbd2b9efda1d:0x9bf3b 4d112b511ba!3m4!1m2!1d-0.1164653!2d52.2477451!3s0x4877dbc6f25d336f:0x1449 01676821cc12!3m4!1m2!1d-0.0495775!2d52.3525796!3s0x4877de2d1519d5bd:0x3dbc 89692372c8f8!1m5!1m1!1s0x4877e6cf170ca0d1:0x6417ec 686f1fc1d5!2m2!1d-0.1073012!2d52.4183338!3e0

I'd be interested to hear of other routes people know around the area, and then we could link them up perhaps. There's gotta be some good roads around Thetford Forest.

sTuArT
16th May 2015, 10:10 PM
Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?

warny1
18th May 2015, 10:17 AM
Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?
I'm interested and definitely up for this.


Cheers,

Mark

BIGBOYZJUNK
18th May 2015, 11:35 AM
Would be interested, depending on timing :thumbup:

cchrysos
18th May 2015, 11:45 AM
yep...im interested. Ill need a bit of notice as the car is not taxed and has not been driven for 3-4 months

superwhite90
18th May 2015, 02:09 PM
I'll need to get some mileage on my car before Silverstone, so depending when it is i'm interested

Boba Fett
19th May 2015, 11:03 AM
Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?

I know the roads of Suffolk quite well, there are some good ones as Stuart has suggested, also the coastal roads from Suffolk around to North Norfolk are really good, but are probably to far away from most in the club, I might work in Cambridge but only really use the A14, don't know the back roads of western East Anglia very well.

Boba Fett
19th May 2015, 11:04 AM
Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?

I know the roads of Suffolk quite well, there are some good ones as Stuart has suggested, also the coastal roads from Suffolk around to North Norfolk are really good, but are probably to far away from most in the club, I might work in Cambridge but only really use the A14, don't know the back roads of western East Anglia very well.

sTuArT
23rd June 2015, 08:44 PM
It would be an all dayer but I've thought of a route that goes from Cambridge to Bury or vise versa

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and takes in the protected landscape that is The Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Boba Fett
24th June 2015, 05:49 AM
As long as we did it outside the school summer holidays that would be a good route, could stop off for chips on the beach somewhere!

Drewski
23rd July 2015, 10:02 AM
(Late reply, apologies !)

Loving the look of that route ! Bit far from Lowestoft to Bury and then back home from Cambridge but would be up for it ! Let me know if anything gets sorted :p

ArmonB
10th August 2015, 05:06 PM
I've just got my first MR2 and joined these forums. Would love to come along to this, I live in the Thetford area.