Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) So, have you driven your Morgan today?

Just back from a lovely drive, in the sunshine, on near deserted roads. (Thanks to the football).



Bud
4/4 - Stanley

We also have heathland here in the New Forest in Hampshire, lovely day today for a drive out on deserted roads (everyone else was watching the football !).

I have.

With the impending clampdown buy Comrade Dictator Dripford, I’ve been trying to work out a 50 mile spin out of Wales and into Cheshire. Not as good to drive and the scenery is considerably more bland but I feel I have the start of a half decent route. Just need to work out how to bypass the bypass without going into Chester city centre. Roads are busier too!

Ruabon , Trevor , Llangollen to Chirk is fun and you can take in telford's masterpiece of a viaduct

Ruut

You stayed (Haverbeck) 7km from the place where I made my Photo

And all soon to be experienced at the break neck speed of 20mph! Pah

Unless I've missed something it's only 20 in the old 30 limits (and not all of them)... as I recall there's loads of great roads in North and Mid-Wales where you'd only have to put up with that through a few 'blink and miss it' villages en route ... hardly a deal-breaker for a fun run out.

K

A lot of the new speed limit signs are up (but covered) in our area. It is mainly changing 30mph to 20, but often extending the zone a bit further outside each village.

In Flintshire (where I live ) the default will apparently be 20mph where ever there are street lights unless otherwise signed, but they’ve been putting street lights in for years because they say the roads are too dark for safe driving. Also villages here tend to sprawl into each other so street lighting sprawls too. The council have also been busy reducing 40, 50 and national limits by as much as 20mph. One road I travelled on my return journey had three different speed limit signs at the same location. 30 on the left, 40 on the right hand side of the road and a big round 50 painted on the road surface.

The roads around Llangollen have all been reduced from national limit to 40, and those over to llandegla and now camera limited to 50. The fantastic road over the Denbigh moor (evo triangle) had no limit signs other than at either end but several sections of street lights, there are numerous speed traps and camera enforcements but no sensible way to know what limit you are supposed to drive to.

Like many things in Wales it’s an excellent resource spoilt buy a dictatorial political dogma. And no real prospect of change due to the prevailing apathetic electorate

Oohs, did I really get all narky this early in the day, sorry.

That sounds awful. I used to manage a factory in Ruabon & know the area well , often driving up from Bucks in various Mogs and staying at the Lion Quays in winter & the wine Bar in Llangollen in summer.
That blanket 20 limit will surely raise NOX levels etc as most cars aren't designed for that.

I have driven Belle for her MOT today, the tester owns a 5l Mustang so he was delighted . I've driven just over 8k miles this year down slightly on last which was 9k. .