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Old 08-07-13, 08:01 AM   #11
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It is a long way. But deff worth the trip.
Did it one year too late in the season and got eaten by midggies.
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Old 08-07-13, 10:19 AM   #12
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Here's that bit of road.

http://goo.gl/maps/qB3tc

But if you do it as a quick bimble from Watford it is a 932 mile round trip.

http://goo.gl/maps/mxbRg
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Old 08-07-13, 06:29 PM   #13
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Have you unedumacated lot never heard of the Hertfordshire Alps?

Ok, so it's a nickname for the A507 Baldock to Buntingford road, but it is like riding an alpine pass only without the mountains.
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Old 08-07-13, 06:55 PM   #14
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I amazed people didn't get the 'joke'!! They made such a deal about the letter from a viewer arguing against test driving Ferraris as they are useless in built up areas and the like.

One of my mates on Facebook got very irate about it!!
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Old 08-07-13, 07:45 PM   #15
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I was wondering if it could be the IoM where he lives?

Apparently he has a very good relationship with the authorities who have no problem closing roads for TG if they ask !!

But just to confirm, it DEFINITELY wasn't Hertfordshire !!
so then why did JC say he was in Hertfordshire?! booooo, no fair (is grumpy and stamps feet a lot)!

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Here's that bit of road.

http://goo.gl/maps/qB3tc

But if you do it as a quick bimble from Watford it is a 932 mile round trip.

http://goo.gl/maps/mxbRg
bit a trek just to go for a 'bimble'! lol
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Old 08-07-13, 08:56 PM   #16
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Have you unedumacated lot never heard of the Hertfordshire Alps?

Ok, so it's a nickname for the A507 Baldock to Buntingford road, but it is like riding an alpine pass only without the mountains.
You can get some air at humback before Cottered
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Old 08-07-13, 09:16 PM   #17
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so then why did JC say he was in Hertfordshire?! booooo, no fair (is grumpy and stamps feet a lot)!



bit a trek just to go for a 'bimble'! lol
Because everything on Top Gear is fiction. It's almost too scripted and edited now. All the challenges have to be. You don't actually believe all that nonsense do you?
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I spent the whole piece trying to work out which part of Hertfordshire is and wasn't concentrating on the review of the car. Now I don't know which Ferrari buy!
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I wasn't concentrating on the review of the car. Now I don't know which Ferrari buy!
The RED one
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You can get some air at humback before Cottered
You can get serious air there if you forget it's there when flat out on a GSXR1000
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