Trip to the lakes ; praise for the Yeti.

[crazyj]

Just thought I would share my findings when I coincidentally put the Yeti through most of the hard passes in the lakes within an hour....

Over Kirkstone Pass and down 'The Struggle' to Ambleside (140TDI so aware of the brakes here ...but used hill descent and it worked a treat...) then over Wrynose and finally Hardknott....then normalish roads to my destination.

Yeti was a total treat. In the shallower descent sections from Hardknott where you get a good long view it was tons of fun. In the winding steeper descents the hill descent function just took all the hard work out of it....

Yeti didn't miss a beat or missplace a wheel even by a millimetre....in awe of the unassuming little monster.

Just thought I'd share.

Cheers

J

Edited 22 March, 2015 by crazyj

[Ryeman]

It's certainly got great steering feel.

[Banjobach]

Hi crazyj, thanks for the post, which brought back U.K. holiday memories of the drive via Wrynose and Hardknott about 12 years ago, unfortunately in a hire car and not a Yeti.

[175GDY]

Planning to go here this summer: 59°3'18.5"N 6°38'56.1"E

 

 

 

Should be perfect terrain for a Yeti

[crazyj]

Stunning drive....is that a tunnel just above 500m?

J

[Llanigraham]

Stunning drive....is that a tunnel just above 500m?

J

 

Certainly seems to be!!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Lysebotn,+Norway/@59.05487,6.664926,3a,75y,143.77h,79.4t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMdZ3dFoEST95N_yByXn8Fw!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x4639717a15d97545:0x220b20b124125517?hl=en

[175GDY]

Tunnel is 1100m.
http://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/norway/76-lysebotn-road-norway.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7B0_69VsPZI
 

[crazyj]

Oh my... And there is a ferry to Stavanger that sails from just up the road from me.....

I feel a plan coming on.

I take it that the tunnel is single track..... How far apart are the passing places?

J

[Llanigraham]

From the video link in 175GDY's reply there look to be lots but they don't seem to be that regular.

[Urrell]

This is some friends on bikes going down, tunnel starts at 1:50. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT7NlfX_mnc
 

Edited 24 March, 2015 by Urrell