Don't bother with Trackdays.....

[petrolhead]

.....do Wales instead. It is bloody AMAZING ! Once again I went out with the Mk2 to tackle the Mountain ranges of Wales, I brought with me my bro and some friends who were driving some more modern hardware (260bhp Scooby, Seat GTi, uprated 160bhp Focus 2 litre). We had an epic 3 day weekend and covered nearly 900miles. I will let the pics do most of the talking, get a cuppa and enjoy.......

 

This is the rough route we did, some of the best places/roads aren't on some maps:

 

We always had a competition to see who used the most/least fuel, I almost always won!

 

We travelodged it for most of the trip at £25 per person per night. On the first morning we went over the cars carefully because we knew how demanding the Black Mountains and A4069 would be.....

 

The Black Mountains didn't disappoint, absolutely mental, but if you come off you are staying off. Only way for the Mk2 to keep up with the mighty Scooby was to brake later and harder.....

 

Obviously, I am not cutting the hairpin. There was a sheep on the lying on the left side of the corner that I had to overtake....

We let the cars cool down after the second run over the amzing A4069

The Focus and Scooby were suffering brake fade. These are mine before.....

And after 45mins of keeping up with the Scooby.....

flipping hot but no brake fade luckily. The on to the massive Lynne Brianne Reservoir again, taking the superb single track back roads. Many of these aren't on GPS so there is not a car for miles....

Stooping off for lunch at the massive Lynne Brianne dam....

The Devils Staircase to Elan Village.....

Do the three Lakes just by Elan Village and on to the Devils Bridge....

Stop off at the Devils Bridge for a leg stretch....

And Blast on through Snowdonia to Bangor travelodge late in the evening.

Next day, and straight back in the seat to Anglesey race circuit to have a look at what is going on there. It would be rude not to go through Snowdonia again:

 

Bloody max plastic brigade and polishing of windscreens

Mad Max shot

Some of the historic stuff at Anglesey

Any car that you can lift up gets a from me

1.4 Mini bottom end, BMW motorbike 16v cylinder head and 170bhp!Really frienldy owners

It was sad to leave the mountain range and return home

The End. Total Cost including all food, fuel, fun and accomadation was £300. An unforgettable weekend and easily better than 3 days on the track imo. Have a go, you won't regret it.......(unless you fall off a sheer drop)

[petrolhead]

BTW I am NOT saying treat Wales as a trackday, just that it is MUCH more fun and better value for money. We stuck religously to the 30mph limits through villages and quite frankly trying to get anywhere near the National speed limit in some places was scary.

[Fiesta Steve]

Looks like you had a fantastic time, nice one m8

[BIGKEV]

sounds great - looks like a load of fun

 

[marky4]

looks great, nice pics too

[lotusless]

that looks a right good day great pics too

[Tom]

next year

[Kieran]

Looks wicked

 

Great pics

[fezza]

Would love to do this ,great pics mate

[Skoty]

me and my mates where gonna have like a little roadrip like this travel lodge an all. it looks awesome fun, i think we better organise something

[NeilT]

what a pukka weekends that most have been cracking stuff fella

[ratman]

Looked great fun

 

I have raced at anglesa you come down the main straight flat out and all you can see is the Irish sea then 90 degree right scary stuff

[stu]

where do i sign, looks the tits

[Pipster007]

Nice one lads. Looked a crackin' weekend

[petrolhead]

Yes, it was far better than the pics suggest. I found this one, not that clear but do I detect a distinct flame from the back of my Mk2 while keeping with the Scooby?

 

 

And yes, next year Tom. Sell a kidney if needs be......

[willmk2]

Great pictures! think ill definatly look into doing this soon