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The English Lake District |
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Friday, 08 February 2008 |
Friday saw me put close to 500 miles on
the clock in one day during a trip to the north of England and the
beautiful Lake District, which for those that are not familiar with it,
is a rural area in North West England that is a very popular holiday
destination.
Naturally famous for its lakes, but also its mountains (or fells), and
its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of
William Wordsworth and the Lake Poets. It's a walker's paradise and if
you look carefully, away from the constant tourist traffic, there are
also some cracking roads!
My business partner was taking delivery of his new car that will act as
lead vehicle during at least 10 tours this year and having previously
used a Corvette engined Monaro and a BMW M3, lead cars have to be
changed on a regular basis due to the high mileage vs. depreciation.
His new weapon of choice came close to also being a C6 Corvette, but in
the end, 4 wheel drive and 4 seats won the day for him and we travelled
to the docks to collect his new Audi RS4 as it came in from the Isle Of
Man.
For me in the C6, it was going to be the first major shake down to see
what Atomic could really do under some intense driving and the day
started well.
Having left home in beautiful Winter sunshine, sadly by the time we'd
burned off 3 hours of freeway, rain was setting in and after collecting
the Audi and actually entering the Lake District, the cloud level came
right down, as did the light, leaving us in a constant dull twilight
state with wet roads full of grit and gravel to content with. Not ideal.
Once clear of the mainstream routes, we entered some familiar favourite
hidden roads that carve their way through the hills and it was time to
have some fun.
As I am sure you can all relate to, having a new car and one that has
just cost you a lot of money, you don't drive recklessly, you feel your
way into it, so that is what we did, especially since the roads and
conditions were at a low point.
To be honest, I had expected the 4 wheel drive Audi to vanish into the
distance in those conditions, but it never did and not once did I feel
any under or oversteer.
On the way home, my business partner & I discussed the days driving
and while he was mightily impressed with the RS4 over the M3, we were
both delighted that the Corvette had more than held it's own in such
difficult conditions.
Photos of the beautiful surroundings were all but impossible, so below
is as good as the light got.
I head off around 2500 miles of France
on Friday, so hopefully if the weather plays ball, more words and images
will follow soon! Mileage now stands at 2368
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