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[Robo Elise]

Went for a blast earlier from Loughborough to Melton Mowbray then just before Melton town centre turned onto the B6047 to Market Harborough. Read about it in an article in last months Evo mag. Also was mentioned on some biker site as a good one;-) Really enjoyed it but probably more so going back the opposite way when I reached Market Harborough. Give it try if you live nearby:-)

[scatty]

ha ha, great minds. sadly i havent had the time to do it yet...i read the same article i think

altho id take a606 notts to melton then b6047 to market H.....

Edited by scatty, 01 September 2012 - 07:40 PM.

[Robo Elise]

scatty, on 01 September 2012 - 07:33 PM, said:

ha ha, great minds. sadly i havent had the time to do it yet...i read the same article i think

altho id take notts to melton then follow to market H.....

Hi Scatty!!
It was the story where some guy had an Elise Club Racer on loan and decided to see if he could drive from Leicestershire to France to buy a bottle of champagne and then get back to his local pub before closing time!!! Think they must have ran out of champers at the pub. He made it just in time:-) He mentioned the B road as one of his favs. Quite fancy trying it myself;-)

[scatty]

the road or the champers.

id suggest a run 2mz but sadly im at silverstone....weather looks good as well 2mz...

Edited by scatty, 01 September 2012 - 07:42 PM.

[Robo Elise]

http://www.sucksquee...-last-orders-2/

Just found the original story on the Internet. It was shortened in Evo.

[Martin R]

Check these out for some good Midland routes  

http://www.midlandsl...egory/3-routes/

[Robo Elise]

Martin R, on 01 September 2012 - 08:43 PM, said:

Check these out for some good Midland routes  

http://www.midlandsl...egory/3-routes/

Thanks for that I will!!:-)

[chrislane]

Talk about perfect timing - i've just been given a pass out tomorrow morning!

This might come into good use :-)

[Robo Elise]

chrislane, on 01 September 2012 - 10:36 PM, said:

Talk about perfect timing - i've just been given a pass out tomorrow morning!

This might come into good use :-)

Let us know where you went if you do go out:-)

[chrislane]

I ended up giving the b6047 a run this morning - a few great bits of road interspesed by the odd village. Certainly a lot of fun. 10.30 on a sunday morning probably wasn't the best time as it was a bit busy which got a little frustrating.

Saw a lovely looking evora, a caterham and an aston enjoying the road aswell, and had some good fun with a few bikers who couldn't touch the elise through the corners but were certainly giving it some on the straightish bits that joined them up! There were lots of bikes!

All in all a big thumbs up from me - do it early in the day though before it gets busy!

[Robo Elise]

On Sat afternoon I hardly had a car or bike in front or behind me! Was lucky. Think everybody was at work :-) When there was a bike it quickly disappeared into the distance on the straights! They are crazy people;-)

[scatty]

someone told me today, take the a606 to melton

b6047 to market harborough, turn around and drive back.

then take the b676 to colsterworth, colsterworth to corby glen, then the b1176 to grantham....

if its nice sunday i may give it a whirl......

[SkyBlue]

Yep the b6047 is a great road. Watchout for the camera vans though, one Sunday I drove it 3 out of 4 villages had a camera van in it!

[Robo Elise]

scatty, on 04 September 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

someone told me today, take the a606 to melton

b6047 to market harborough, turn around and drive back.

then take the b676 to colsterworth, colsterworth to corby glen, then the b1176 to grantham....

if its nice sunday i may give it a whirl......

Sounds good to me Scatty:-)