30-08-2019, 11:13 AM
Hi Chris
Relatives drove me down the tidal road. (They had a courtesy car so did not worry about rust!) The road I attempted was the next up.
it is a very pleasant part of the world (off season!).
Another thing noted was the number of routes with trees almost meeting overhead. In over 50 years of exploring I can recall very few places like that here, and most of those would now be gone. With no historic boundaries, walls, bridges etc when roads are upgraded it is done with a vengeance often to suit milk tankers, logging trucks, tourist buses, inept tourists, and now lifestylers. Britain does seem ideal for vintage type cars. The myriad signposted villages means that can always figure where you are from a map.
A feature of many Brit roads seemed nowhere to pull over; often an abrupt edge high for a modern car.
I also have a photo of an unoccupied free park space in a town...about the only one I found... It was off season but the parking charges and limitations in many seaside places etc was annoying, esp as deserted.
I have read that the sunken lanes of Britain are due dust blowing away over the centuries. I dont know how serious flooding is avoided.
Relatives drove me down the tidal road. (They had a courtesy car so did not worry about rust!) The road I attempted was the next up.
it is a very pleasant part of the world (off season!).
Another thing noted was the number of routes with trees almost meeting overhead. In over 50 years of exploring I can recall very few places like that here, and most of those would now be gone. With no historic boundaries, walls, bridges etc when roads are upgraded it is done with a vengeance often to suit milk tankers, logging trucks, tourist buses, inept tourists, and now lifestylers. Britain does seem ideal for vintage type cars. The myriad signposted villages means that can always figure where you are from a map.
A feature of many Brit roads seemed nowhere to pull over; often an abrupt edge high for a modern car.
I also have a photo of an unoccupied free park space in a town...about the only one I found... It was off season but the parking charges and limitations in many seaside places etc was annoying, esp as deserted.
I have read that the sunken lanes of Britain are due dust blowing away over the centuries. I dont know how serious flooding is avoided.