Cambridgeshire/East Anglia Run? Anyone?

[dylbie]

Evening all,

I keep being teased by the Lakes, Peaks, Wales, Pennines, and even Kent runs on here and I'm very jealous after seeing all the awesome photos of AW11s lined up. Trouble is, they all start at least 3 hours from me at what seems the most extreme ends of the country!

I was on my way to work the other day, part of which takes me on the B660 in Cambridgeshire - made famous by Evo magazine. It got me thinking would there be any interest for a Cambridgeshire run, or an Anglia run, or anywhere else in the area where there are good 'drivers' roads.

So, are there any of you local enough to take part? And secondly, any ideas for a good fun route would be welcome, preferably ending with a good pub.

I hope there is some interest here so we can get the ball rolling and perhaps get a more 'central run' going.

Cheers
Dylan

[Vistalite]

Dylan, I completely sympathise with you. I suppose it's the lack of hilly terrain down south that seems to kill it, but having said that, a few twisty roads and Ye Olde pub at the end of it sounds good enough for me.

If it was positioned a little more to the west, it'll pick up a fair few members over this way an' all ;-)

[Boba Fett]

Dylan, count me in!
Just pick a sunny day

[sTuArT]

I'm in

It's true East Anglia is very flat but we should make the most of it. Still there are interesting roads to be enjoyed.

We should start brainstorming for a suitable route

[dylbie]

There's a few hills to be found!

I had a quick knock up on google maps. This is a couple of roads I know close to where I live, going through St Ives, and then south around St Neots, and then onto the B660 north. It's only about 2ish hours.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/52.4153756,-0.109164/B1040,+Huntingdon+PE28+2QL,+UK/@52.2644557,-0.2442033,10z/am=t/data=!4m59!4m58!1m50!3m4!1m2!1d-0.2418332!2d52.4175377!3s0x4877e8e2641f36d9:0x1e87 0c40cdb8bc34!3m4!1m2!1d-0.32788!2d52.4539118!3s0x4877ec70829d3d73:0x612c89 24a43a5400!3m4!1m2!1d-0.4057789!2d52.3215638!3s0x4877bf9c25e1f663:0xe765 c4d07e17356d!3m4!1m2!1d-0.4201017!2d52.2461633!3s0x4877b8eeff84f3bb:0x1d5c f770659cce0c!3m4!1m2!1d-0.3272018!2d52.1472611!3s0x4877c902940c96b7:0x5048 e6863a2ab784!3m4!1m2!1d-0.2888638!2d52.1630369!3s0x4877c8cc654e0017:0x4ed5 fa77910117d2!3m4!1m2!1d-0.2201165!2d52.15597!3s0x4877cfb6ff64bb8b:0xdb874b 0bb5286bbb!3m4!1m2!1d-0.1047148!2d52.231024!3s0x4877dbd2b9efda1d:0x9bf3b 4d112b511ba!3m4!1m2!1d-0.1164653!2d52.2477451!3s0x4877dbc6f25d336f:0x1449 01676821cc12!3m4!1m2!1d-0.0495775!2d52.3525796!3s0x4877de2d1519d5bd:0x3dbc 89692372c8f8!1m5!1m1!1s0x4877e6cf170ca0d1:0x6417ec 686f1fc1d5!2m2!1d-0.1073012!2d52.4183338!3e0

I'd be interested to hear of other routes people know around the area, and then we could link them up perhaps. There's gotta be some good roads around Thetford Forest.

[sTuArT]

Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?

[warny1]

Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?
I'm interested and definitely up for this.


Cheers,

Mark

[BIGBOYZJUNK]

Would be interested, depending on timing :thumbup:

[cchrysos]

yep...im interested. Ill need a bit of notice as the car is not taxed and has not been driven for 3-4 months

[superwhite90]

I'll need to get some mileage on my car before Silverstone, so depending when it is i'm interested

[Boba Fett]

Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?

I know the roads of Suffolk quite well, there are some good ones as Stuart has suggested, also the coastal roads from Suffolk around to North Norfolk are really good, but are probably to far away from most in the club, I might work in Cambridge but only really use the A14, don't know the back roads of western East Anglia very well.

[Boba Fett]

Nice roads from Mildenhall to Bury to Haverhill to Sudbury to Stowemarket to diss to Thetford etc etc ?

I know the roads of Suffolk quite well, there are some good ones as Stuart has suggested, also the coastal roads from Suffolk around to North Norfolk are really good, but are probably to far away from most in the club, I might work in Cambridge but only really use the A14, don't know the back roads of western East Anglia very well.

[sTuArT]

It would be an all dayer but I've thought of a route that goes from Cambridge to Bury or vise versa

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and takes in the protected landscape that is The Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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[Boba Fett]

As long as we did it outside the school summer holidays that would be a good route, could stop off for chips on the beach somewhere!

[Drewski]

(Late reply, apologies !)

Loving the look of that route ! Bit far from Lowestoft to Bury and then back home from Cambridge but would be up for it ! Let me know if anything gets sorted :p

[ArmonB]

I've just got my first MR2 and joined these forums. Would love to come along to this, I live in the Thetford area.