27-05-2023, 10:31 AM
On Thursday afternoon, having occasion to go to Shrewsbury to meet an old friend for a meal, and it being a nice day, I took the Seven. It is exactly 50 miles from home to Frankwell Carpark and the route takes me over the Berwyns, along the Tanat Valley, through Knockin, joining the A5 at Nesscliffe.
During an enjoyable Indian meal, my friend told me that, as a student, he used to borrow his mother's Austin Seven, which from his description was probably a late sort chassis saloon, saying that it would just about do 50 mph downhill. After our meal, my friend, who lives in Redditch, asked me to guide him back to put him on the Bridgenorth Road, which required driving up a short stretch of the Shrewsbury bypass.
Now, I should digress for a moment to say that my speedometer has always been inaccurate. I have discovered that an indicated 25mph is actually nearer to 30, and the error increases almost logarithmically the faster one goes. I have never seen the speedo record more than 45mph. Normally I keep the car somewhere between an indicated 35 and 40 and I had kept it to 40 along the bypass. Imagine my surprise, therefore, when my friend rang me later to say he had arrived safely and remarked that my car goes very well. He had been following me up the bypass at 53mph!! Oops!
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At the top of Bwlch-y-Carreg
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At The White Lion at Llynclys
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At Frankwell Carpark.
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In Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnamt on the way back.
During an enjoyable Indian meal, my friend told me that, as a student, he used to borrow his mother's Austin Seven, which from his description was probably a late sort chassis saloon, saying that it would just about do 50 mph downhill. After our meal, my friend, who lives in Redditch, asked me to guide him back to put him on the Bridgenorth Road, which required driving up a short stretch of the Shrewsbury bypass.
Now, I should digress for a moment to say that my speedometer has always been inaccurate. I have discovered that an indicated 25mph is actually nearer to 30, and the error increases almost logarithmically the faster one goes. I have never seen the speedo record more than 45mph. Normally I keep the car somewhere between an indicated 35 and 40 and I had kept it to 40 along the bypass. Imagine my surprise, therefore, when my friend rang me later to say he had arrived safely and remarked that my car goes very well. He had been following me up the bypass at 53mph!! Oops!
S02BI001.JPG (Size: 115.8 KB / Downloads: 264)
At the top of Bwlch-y-Carreg
S02BI002.JPG (Size: 111.44 KB / Downloads: 265)
At The White Lion at Llynclys
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At Frankwell Carpark.
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In Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnamt on the way back.