Vanterrier
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... but this guy was abusing his rights.
We were on a nice if wet tour of the Lakeland fells and passes in the old XTrail yesterday and in pouring rain we were descending Hardknott Pass and as we turned the 90 degree bend on the last really steep bit I was astounded to see a Motorhome heading uphill towards us !!!
I pulled over but flagged him down and said to him "you won't get that up there mate" he actually looked quite annoyed I had stopped his progress and replied a bit miffed " why not?" "Well 1 in 4 gradients on a narrow and wet road with true hairpin bends in a 7M hire Van for a start" I said, trying not to sound like I thought he was stupid when I thought he was stupid...
I moved off and left him to deal with his situation and his irate wife who was telling him "told you so..."
I mean it's not as if you get there from a motorway slip road or something, the road to that point would be a serious challenge to start with and he had passed a huge sign at the bottom warning him.
Duh !
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We were on a nice if wet tour of the Lakeland fells and passes in the old XTrail yesterday and in pouring rain we were descending Hardknott Pass and as we turned the 90 degree bend on the last really steep bit I was astounded to see a Motorhome heading uphill towards us !!!
I pulled over but flagged him down and said to him "you won't get that up there mate" he actually looked quite annoyed I had stopped his progress and replied a bit miffed " why not?" "Well 1 in 4 gradients on a narrow and wet road with true hairpin bends in a 7M hire Van for a start" I said, trying not to sound like I thought he was stupid when I thought he was stupid...
I moved off and left him to deal with his situation and his irate wife who was telling him "told you so..."
I mean it's not as if you get there from a motorway slip road or something, the road to that point would be a serious challenge to start with and he had passed a huge sign at the bottom warning him.
Duh !
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