Trip ideas

[Tokyo-Joe]

Hi all,

I have found myself lumped with designing and organising our yearly "boys" holiday/weekend and could do with some ideas on where to go..

We will probably target a weekend in July or August and intend the trip to focus on driving.

It will also need to cost <3-400 pp.

My initial thoughts were to find a hotel around a hilly part of Wales and go driving in the days and drink at night.

There will probably be three or four cars with 3-8 occupants. I'm not really looking for anything nuts like the nurburgring just some decent roads to enjoy with mates

I look forward to your thoughts!

Thanks,
Joe

[nobby]

highlands of Scotland - fortwilliam, malig and beyond!

amazing scenery and the roads are brilliant ... sweeping bends etc

done it a few years now on the bike ... yet to do in the NSX but will be

think the ring is out if expenditure <400

[Tokyo-Joe]

I had also considered the highlands however I thought keeping south would ensure slightly better weather

I did a great euro road trip last year and want to keep in the country this year.

[nobby]

i have been up in the highlands 3 years running and NEVER saw rain and that was in April ... u just dont know what you are gonna get up there tbh
i have toured round south wales and it is NICE ... but imho not a patch on the Highlands.

[nobby]

instead of me promoting Scottish Tourism, you could always come over here!!! Some great driving routes here ... North Coast and plenty of routes in the south ... ring of Kerry etc

[kingsley]

highlands of Scotland - fortwilliam, malig and beyond!

amazing scenery and the roads are brilliant ... sweeping bends etc

done it a few years now on the bike ... yet to do in the NSX but will be

think the ring is out if expenditure <400

Hi Nobby,

Have you thought about Llangollen area, some fantasic roads, there is the Evo Triangle where the car mag road tests cars, There is a hotel called Byrn Howel Hotel big car park, it is a 3 or 4 star ......but they often have some really cheap deals on. Road from llangollen to Bala over the mountain to Dolgethau is nice drive.

May be worth a look at that area.

Kingsley

[Tokyo-Joe]

I have heard about thus EVO triangle and definitely want to check it out. Thanks for the hotel top I'll investigate costs.

[Senninha]

Hiya,

1. Evo triangle
2. Scotland - seem to remember a great drive south from Glasgow
3. Isle of Man

the trouble with any of these (or most places) in July \ Aug, you are smack bang in the middle of school hols so by 7.30am the roads are toast (maybe not so bad at #3??

Good luck, HTH, and dont go mad at the bar if you're hooning in the morning!!

regards, Paul

[Dragonlady]

I know some great roads around the EVO Triangle and a great place for pancakes! Groes Inn is not far.

Ian

[havoc]

Scotland is fantastic - easily my favourite roads in the UK once you're past Fort William, and the roads are typically quiet and well-sighted enough that you can still have fun even in the rain (We were there 3 weeks ago, weather was sun/rain/sun/rain/cloud/rain/sun/rain, and IMHO it was probably just as good in the weat as the dry-weather in the NSX as I had to stick to nearly-legal speeds and it forced me to think about my inputs more).

BUT it's a long trek there, unless you're starting from north of Leeds/Manchester - our day-1 drive was a 6am start from south Warks arriving at Fort Augustus around 4pm, with a couple of decent stops and a detour up Loch Leven! We had 4 days off to get 2 full, fun days up in the Highlands and did ~1,400 miles.

July/Aug will be midge- and caravan-season though - best to go there ~Easter time. But then nowhere else in the UK will be quiet either...



N.Wales has some lovely, often tighter/twistier roads, but a lot more cops/speed traps than the Highlands (Re: Scotland, caution - there's one regularly on the straight stretch right by the shore of Loch Lochy, otherwise not aware of many cops north-west of Fort William).
Cumbria ditto - too many speed traps, too many caravans.
N.York Moors would be good, especially for dawn raids - had a few lovely drives in the S2000 there.