Hartside Thrash II 7/10/07

[kevgti]

Meeting Point/Time: 7/10/2007, 10:00 at the Matalan car park in Consett, Hermiston Retail Park, DH8 5RE
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Starting at the Matalan in Consett, 10:00, 7/10/2007.
Heading off towards Alston via Stanhope on some of the best roads in our area.
I'll be your guide, as this is my back yard. Taking you long some breathtaking views, and more
importantly thrilling roads.

We will be stopping a few times for the usual photo opportunities, hoping to get some good group shots.

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From Stanhope to Penrith over the A686, daring HARTSIDE PASS one of the best and scarey routes around, its
a classic, and not one for the faint hearted!

"Hartside summit 1900 feet, winter conditions may become dangerous without warning"
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We will have a nice break right at the top, at the bikers cafe...
they do shit loads of food and tea and it's all cheap, so that the Power Rangers that congregate there can afford it too

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Then take the road down the mountain again to Penrith, which is the best part i think, and probably a good place to find out if your brakes actually function ;):lol:

Police do patrol the A686, so take extra care through villages.

Then hitting the A66 back towards Barnard Castle,
This is a pretty straight road, with some parts dual carriageway. hoping for some good play and action shots.

Once we hit Barnard Castle, we will head back towards Bishop Auckland, then on to Shafto's pub located at
Whitworth Hall near Spennymoor just outside Durham, hopefully we can get some food and a beer to finish the run.[/b]


Shafto's - Whitworth Hall

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Total distance is 109.4 miles STARTING from Consett and Ending at Shafto's

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All the pictures from last year can be found here. (http://public.fotki.com/paulydixon/cars-and-shit/hartside-thrash/hartside-thrash/)

[Fay]

Elliott if ur going give me a shout and i shall come aswell like

[Lacey]

"Hartside summit 1900 feet, winter conditions may become dangerous without warning"
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how amazing does that road look???! :eek:

[BruCeY]

ive walked tht road on a skwl trip and i hated it! Wish i had my Pug on the road =[

[Ste]

how amazing does that road look???! :eek:


very amazing and all the more amazing as its not too far away from shells house :D


would of loved to of done this but lack of a working car kind of stuffs that up :(

[appo2k9]

i dna bout this 1 as its me bday will let yas no asap


Lookin more promisable....just need 2 see wot our lass thnks....wot time will we be arrivin at the finish point.....

[gibs_rallye]

lacey it looks amazin u should drive it, it is amazin as are a lot of the roads.

As for getting back time varies a lot we left consett around 10.30am last year and i got back to durham for 5ish after food my take longer this time as i think more cars are comin and we may be going slower this yeah

[carsey]

Thats a good route for driving. Be careful tho, it can get very dangerous. Shame i dont have a car, so I cant make it this year :( Ill be definately doing the next one of these tho.