The Cat & Fiddle place.....

[Jelster]

For his Birthday I'm taking my son & his girlfriend to Alton towers tomorrow. Me & the Mrs will dump them off and then take a drive up to the Cat & Fiddle (in the cage :cry: ) to have a look at what all the fuss is about. We'll probably do the A6 ifrom Buston to Matlock too.

So, if you see me wandering about looking at the bikes (I'll be in a blue Vectra BTW) come over and say "Hi". I'll make sure I have a good look at any SV's in the car park.

Is it a decent place for lunch ?

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[Anonymous]

food was ok nothing special.

saying that didnt think the road was all that special either. was worried about it as its the most challenging road in the area, i thought it was a lot of hype. loads of speed restrictions, towns, cars etc. much better roads up here :lol:

[Lissa]

I agree about the Cat and Fiddle.................I didn't think it was particularly challenging or interesting.

Snake Pass is much, much better :D

[Anonymous]

oooh yeah we did that on the AR04 rideout and i enjoyed that bit. :lol:

[kwak zzr]

been up the cat and fiddle once, the best road ive ridden mind you all the roads are crappy in the midlands.

[Saint Matt]

Don't really like the road, I crashed there acting the ****, it isn't really well surfaced anyway. It's about 30 miles from me, so I may pop up mate, hopefully get my dad to goo as well.

[rock]

Yeah, the road the cat&fiddle is on (don't know what it's called) isn't that great.... but! The A54! Just off the cat&fiddle road! Bit of a dodgy road surface in places, but I am completely addicted to it - loads of lovely twists and bends and hilly bits where your front end goes twitchy.... mmm.....

[kwak zzr]

was going to say is there another route you could take? the A6 is cameras and small towns, not a pretty road to take.

[timwilky]

Problem with the cat is it is so over policed you just can't have fun.

Now the roads we played on over Shap then Hartside both ways today and then down the Kirkstone pass to Windermere and then home was far more fun than the Cat could ever be.

[kwak zzr]

:!: follow the missus up on the BLADE :!:



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[amarko5]

Problem with the cat is it is so over policed you just can't have fun.

Now the roads we played on over Shap then Hartside both ways today and then down the Kirkstone pass to Windermere and then home was far more fun than the Cat could ever be.

seconded thirded and fourthed :thumbsup: and guess what not as single bobby was seen . apart from the camera van i passed at about the ton .............








































he was however travelling the other way :lol:

there are a few thousand other roads up here Tim that we have yet to get people on. more to discover , but those today were fun indeed.

[Saint Matt]

Only cops I have seen up there are ones ina van giving demonstrations in the pub car park.

[amarko5]

Only cops I have seen up there are ones ina van giving demonstrations in the pub car park.

ya dont see the helicopter then :lol: look up more often :lol: :lol:

[Well Oiled]

Take the road from Buxton to Whaley Bridge (can' remeber the number) not as popular as the fiddle road but a great one for bikes. Then you can drive down the A6 from there all the way past the other side of Buxton, through Bakewell (stop for a pudding - don't call them Bakewell tarts or the locals will it you) and on to Matlock.

I'd love to come up to the fiddle but I have to get new tyres on the bike and (hopefully) get it through the MOT tomorrow.

Hope the rain stays off for another day (though it's forecast to rain)

Cheers Keith

[Saint Matt]

Only cops I have seen up there are ones ina van giving demonstrations in the pub car park.

ya dont see the helicopter then :lol: look up more often :lol: :lol:

No, you're right, I should look up to the sky while im on a road with lots of twists and blind corners, coupled with sheer drops, more often mate. Thanks for that.

[amarko5]

Only cops I have seen up there are ones ina van giving demonstrations in the pub car park.

ya dont see the helicopter then :lol: look up more often :lol: :lol:

No, you're right, I should look up to the sky while im on a road with lots of twists and blind corners, coupled with sheer drops, more often mate. Thanks for that. :P :lol: :lol: like it :wink:

[Saint Matt]

:P

[Jelster]

Take the road from Buxton to Whaley Bridge (can' remeber the number) not as popular as the fiddle road but a great one for bikes.

That'll be the A5004 I guess, it looks good on the mapm and I lnow Snale Pass is better, but I wasn't planning on going that far up.

So, I'll have a drive around and head for the C&F for lunch...

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[Quiff Wichard]

I might be up ther lunch time if the weathers fine..!

[Razor]

The C&F is a very overhyped place, but if you're going for the been-there-seen-that lookee then I'd say it's worth the trip.

[Tara]

Jelster I wouldn't eat at the pub on the Cat try fish n chips in matlock bath :thumbsup:

[Quiff Wichard]

it is hyped up - .. but its not a bad road....

its the restrictions really that do for it !!... not htat i could get around those corners at more than 50mph anyway..

but yea- it is worth a look and it will whet our appettite and make you wish you were on yer bike and not in the cage....


food is alreet there but yea there is more choice in matclock bath ..


Jelster- u will be on the road now- if not there already - but let us know what you think of Matlock bath and if you saw Dr WHO .... !!... cos boy oh boy its like stepping out of a tardis into 1940 when you get the MB... fun though- very traditional english old holiday town-- if you like fish n chips- slot machines and rock !!.... and yet- it has all of the above and is a world away from the likes of Blackpool.. !!

hope you have/had a good day.. hey the weater is ace for it.. glorious day here.

[Saint Matt]

food is alreet there but yea there is more choice in matclock bath ...
Yeah, loads of choice, if you like fish and chips or ice cream you're sorted lol.

[kwak zzr]

had a coffee in matlock bath a few weeks ago it was a hot cup of brown water for a quid!! still i was cold and it was hot :roll:

[Quiff Wichard]

looking forward to jelsters opinion when he gets back

should imagine it will be tommorrow b4 he posts,,, its a long loooong drive--

glad they had good weather for Alton Towers

[Jelster]

Oh I know Matlock Bath quite well as I worked in Matlock for a couple of years (but the bastids never got me to stay!). There is this strange thing about people from Matlock....

Born in Matlock, educated in Matlock, meet people from Matlock, work in Matlock, met wife (from Matlock) in Matlock, get married in Matlock, live in Matlock, raise family in Matlock.... And the cycle continues..... :-k

The best way to describle Matlock Bath is that it's the only Seaside town that's not by the sea :lol:

Anyways, just got home. The route we took was as follows:

Dropped off "Boy" with girlfriend at Alton Towers and made our way Froghall, then North up the B5053 to the A515 to Buxton. Stop for a coffee and wander about. Leave Buxton on the A5004 Whalley Bridge Road - That's nice !!

Whalley Bridge to Macclesfield via B5470 and then head off op the A537 back into Buxton, then A6 to Bakewell. Stopped at the C&F but didn't fancy food poisoning so we deciced to move on. Bakewell to Matlock on the A6, through "Bath" onto the B5035 past the resovoir and on to Ashbourne, then back down to pick kids back up.

An observation. The 537 is a great twisty road BUT, it's F***ingly stupidly dangerous with CAR drivers trying to drive them like bikes I got cut up 3 times, twice by 2 different plonkers in Lotus's, and then by a ******** in a long wheelbase pick up truck. WTF gets into these peoples heads ???

My wife had to physically hold me back at the C&F because I wanted to have it out with the knob driving a red Lotus Elise. I think the biking press ought to organise some suitable "marketing" of the facts about the place....

The bikes were fine, every overtake was well timed and safe. The cars on the otherhand were overtaking on double whites and on blind bends, jumping back in front of people and causing them to brake (quite hard in some cases)..... :toss: :toss: :toss:

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[Quiff Wichard]

yea thats the prob-- lotus' and mini coopers and porsches.. and ferraris et al........ they all bomb around up there.. nice to know the bikes overtook you well.. given that they dont know that they are overtaking the jelster blade rider !!


I owe u an apology then - re: your history ........ I apologise as it now seems I was patronising.!
I thought you were a total southerner !!!

glad u home safe- thats a long drive in a day .

[Ed]

mind you all the roads are crappy in the midlands.

Oh Daz, you know that that's simply not true. There are any number I could write about that are just fabulous.

And you will ride some of them on AR06.

Just wait for the A483 from Newtown to Cross Gates. Bends? Oh you just wait.

And just wait for the road on to Leominster.

Just wait for the road through Corvedale, from Craven Arms to Much Wenlock.

And I keep the best wine till last. If you're not creaming your pants on the A458 from Much Wenlock to Shrewsbury, especially on the Cressage straight, then I'm a Dutchman.

Ed

[Razor]

There is this strange thing about people from Matlock....

Born in Matlock, educated in Matlock, meet people from Matlock, work in Matlock, met wife (from Matlock) in Matlock, get married in Matlock, live in Matlock, raise family in Matlock.... And the cycle continues.....

Social worker friend of mine sez that Matlock has one of the highest rates of in-breeding in the country.

[kwak zzr]

mind you all the roads are crappy in the midlands.

Oh Daz, you know that that's simply not true. There are any number I could write about that are just fabulous.

And you will ride some of them on AR06.

Just wait for the A483 from Newtown to Cross Gates. Bends? Oh you just wait.

And just wait for the road on to Leominster.

Just wait for the road through Corvedale, from Craven Arms to Much Wenlock.

And I keep the best wine till last. If you're not creaming your pants on the A458 from Much Wenlock to Shrewsbury, especially on the Cressage straight, then I'm a Dutchman.

Ed

your right Ed those roads are brill i know most of them but when i typed in my last waffle i was only thinking of the walsall,w-ton,b-ham area sorry :roll:

[kwak zzr]

There is this strange thing about people from Matlock....

Born in Matlock, educated in Matlock, meet people from Matlock, work in Matlock, met wife (from Matlock) in Matlock, get married in Matlock, live in Matlock, raise family in Matlock.... And the cycle continues.....

Social worker friend of mine sez that Matlock has one of the highest rates of in-breeding in the country.

cuz if you dont own a bike theres prob not much to do :oops:

[Jelster]

Social worker friend of mine sez that Matlock has one of the highest rates of in-breeding in the country.

Now why doesn't that surprise me ? :roll:

I should have noticed from the fact that most had webbed fingers. :lol:

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[Ed]

your right Ed those roads are brill i know most of them but when i typed in my last waffle i was only thinking of the walsall,w-ton,b-ham area sorry :roll:

Phew, in that case I agree with you :D

[Quiff Wichard]

well I havent ridden those roads.....

but I must say


I am looking forward to creaming my pants.

[kwak zzr]

A458 from Much Wenlock to Shrewsbury, especially on the Cressage straight, then I'm a Dutchman.

you will cream here!