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Yesterday I left East Devon as the sun came up at 6:05am and went cross country via Crewkerne, some lovely twisty roads, I felt great for the first time in several months having recently had another op which seems to have done the trick. The car was running great and I was in tune with her, nipping up and down the gears sweeping round the bends with hardly any other cars around. Then it was a quick dash up the A303 for 30 miles, and off at Mere and back onto to some more interesting roads to Salisbury at 7:25, then onto the old A30 to the back of Winchester via Stockbridge, a great road but need to be wary of traffic from side roads. Then the roads through the Worthy's, a great twisty A road, sadly restricted heavily nowadays, not so in my youth! Then up the A31 through Four Marks(where I lived as a child) to Alton to turn up at my best friends at 8:45 unannounced to wake him up with the Aero boom, 127 miles in 2 hours 40 mins, an average of 47mph, not bad consider only 30 on dual carriageway and the rest on old A roads ignored by most nowadays.  I retraced the same route home after the Classic car meet near Farnham, leaving Alton at 15:00, stopping 10mins for Fuel, a 5 min drink/refresh stop arriving home in Seaton at 17:45, lovely drive, only one T**t all the way, in a new BMW M something being aggressive behind me on the A303, after I let him past after several miles he continued to push every other car out the way, an accident waiting to happen I'd say.  Didn't spoil my day though, just I flex my Commute back from work on Fridays rather than join the Static A303 at Hawk House or join the tail of the traffic at Podimore - it's actually quicker for me to go via the A37 into Yeovil skirt around the top of it and join the A30 at Penn Mill and head on in a relaxed manner along the A30 - longer distance yes slower roads yes but it is moving. From your description Adrian I guess you pulled off the A303 after Mere at Willoughby Hedge services and took the B3089 to Barford St Martin? Having travelled for 11 + years from Gill' to Wallop one got to find some nice alternate routes, did you take in Camp Hill north of Salisbury then go via Ford to join the A30 or go on through Salisbury itself. Weirdly enough I actually miss my run arounds on that route on busy days, another one was going south of Salisbury via the Race Course and driving south of the A30 via Broad Chalk and Ebbesbourne Wake before rejoining the A30 at Berwick St John, even on bank holiday weekend Fridays that route could be devoid of traffic whilst all the main routes were ground to a halt, much prettier journey to on a sunny day. As for the powerful saloons driven in an aggressive style all to common unfortunately.
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3)
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Hi Mark,
Yes I know both routes you describe, from a misspent youth going to North Devon every other weekend surfing. So I used to avoid the traffic in the summer and drive the back route, and usually could get around with out hold up and get from Alton to Croyde usually in about 3.5-4 Hours, in a split screen VW camper.
The roads round there are quite good on the whole and I found them pretty quiet, I was tempted to carry on the A30 to Yeovil but needed to make reasonable time hence me jumping onto the A303 for a few miles.
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Yesterday I left East Devon as the sun came up at 6:05am and went cross country via Crewkerne, some lovely twisty roads, I felt great for the first time in several months having recently had another op which seems to have done the trick. The car was running great and I was in tune with her, nipping up and down the gears sweeping round the bends with hardly any other cars around. It was great to see you Adrian and looking positively healthy; super news that you've made such good a quick recovery from your ops. The Aero is looking in excellent shape and we must now plan the next meeting...
Brian
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Well there is an opportunity sooner rather than later, I am meeting a college friend at Haynes on Tuesday 30 Aug, and then he is coming on to mine to stay for a day or two. So if you and others fancy a Somerset dash that's a possibility.
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A Somerset dash sounds fun. Any more details? The joys of retirement! Today  and I took the Aero and our National Trust cards (free with the Times sub) and drove to Chedworth Roman villa and returned via Dyrham Park. I recommend both highly - they are doing a dig at Chedworth at present, and all the archaeologists were more than happy to describe what they were doing, and show us their finds, and explain the context of the discoveries. Dyrham Park has been reroofed at massive expense in the last year or so, and is a spectacular building in a wonderful position. The Aero went beautifully, the weather was perfect. All in all a great day out.
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The mosaic on the floor of the dining room in Chedworth.  Looking down on Dyrham Park. 
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In to work this morning - through a short, sharp thunderstorm. The new wiper rubber was well tested and is considerably better than Morgan wipers!
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To the new Aldi store in Salisbury, but the long way there, to check out the topless sensation!
Peter, 66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...
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Well there is an opportunity sooner rather than later, I am meeting a college friend at Haynes on Tuesday 30 Aug, and then he is coming on to mine to stay for a day or two. So if you and others fancy a Somerset dash that's a possibility. The Somerset dash and meet at Haynes, as above, is now postponed to Thursday 22 September due to unforeseen work commitment for my friend, Dave. I will post and confirm nearer the time.
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Well there is an opportunity sooner rather than later, I am meeting a college friend at Haynes on Tuesday 30 Aug, and then he is coming on to mine to stay for a day or two. So if you and others fancy a Somerset dash that's a possibility. The Somerset dash and meet at Haynes, as above, is now postponed to Thursday 22 September due to unforeseen work commitment for my friend, Dave. I will post and confirm nearer the time. I can probably make that date Adrian
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