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From: Petrol Head on 6 Apr 2010 04:50
Hello fellow roads enthusiasts!

I've recently taken up the challenge of driving every mile of public road
in the UK. I guess lots of other people on this forum are doing the same
(or have already finished?!) so any advice would be welcomed!

Any tips for planning routes to maximize road coverage, any pitfalls or
particularly awkward roads to cover (lack of local facilities, passes
closed in winter etc.) - also do you insist on going both ways or is
travelling a road in one direction enough for you to "count" it?

I guess people also have funny stories about things that went wrong -
spent a night somewhere remote to get the last road in a region and it
turned out to be closed, that sort of thing - doing something like this
must give you some great memories to look back on, even if not such fun
at the time...

Cheers!
From: Brimstone on 6 Apr 2010 04:57


"Petrol Head" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
news:hpeslj$8pd$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
> Hello fellow roads enthusiasts!
>
> I've recently taken up the challenge of driving every mile of public road
> in the UK.

Why?


From: Adrian on 6 Apr 2010 05:42
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

> Please tell me there is more of a reason for driving round some chav
> filled estate than simply to say he's been there. Please?????????????

If there is...
From: Ret. on 6 Apr 2010 05:56
Adrian wrote:
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
> like they were saying:
>
>> Please tell me there is more of a reason for driving round some chav
>> filled estate than simply to say he's been there. Please?????????????
>
> If there is...

Hopefully it will be for charity...

Kev
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 6 Apr 2010 07:54
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:50:59 +0000 (UTC), Petrol Head
<nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote:

>I've recently taken up the challenge of driving every mile of public road
>in the UK. I guess lots of other people on this forum are doing the same
>(or have already finished?!)

I doubt it!

>so any advice would be welcomed!

maybe "don't" is the best advice? In my youth I drove right round the
coast and I've driven pretty much all the routes that go anywhere nice
in the Highlands, Cumbria and Wales. Of necessity I've also driven
most of the motorways BUT as for A roads in built up areas, or the
thousands of roads in the back streets of cities, no way!
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
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