The End Of The Snake Pass?

Well, they had to give up with the Mam Tor road, wouldn't surprise me. As you say, would be a shame, but you can see it happening....

https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/road-slid-away

 

I fear the same thing will happen at Hartside soon. I just wish the idiots would stay home at weekends.

 

Well even sooner we will have no roads we will all have to buy Scramblers. They say the money is for other roads. Which one as i don't see any getting repaired. We just keep paying or tax every year for no reason.

 

Yes, ironically its called Road Fund Licence yet not much goes into the road network.

 

That road has just gone to the top of my must make time to ride list, hopefully it won't wash away before the weather gets warm enough for my feeble frame.

 

My thoughts were the same!!

 

Well, yes, and no. Great road but you need to be there at stupid o' clock to have even a fighting chance of a decent run through. Bit like Woodhead really. There are better roads for bikes in the Peak District, but l understand it has a bit of an iconìc status.

 

Not been called that for a very long time. But it seems to me we've gone past the point of no return in terms of road maintenance. Remember actual resurfacing work? Now we drive on roads that look like they've been under mortar attack. Apart from the money, l'm not sure there's the will to remedy it. We live in an increasingly anti vehicle culture, where urban clever dicks think that trams and trains can sort it all out....

 

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We (Me dad and i) used th Mam Tor all threw my child hood to get across to th M1. Th whispering cliffs (Shingle moving making th noise) in th back ground, as it was for ever on th move. Then th ground dried out in summer of 76. A very wet Winter and into 77 filled all th cracks with water that made it slip, making it a one track road. It then closed in 79.

Fotoes of said road. Cyclist getting knee down at its closed turn around... (Yes there is a bit of artistic license on this...

 

First time I rode the Black Mountain Pass in the Brecon Beacons I got there at 6:30 in the morning. There were a few bikers milling about in Llandovery waiting for the cafe to open but otherwise the roads were deserted.
I made about six runs from Llandadog to Brynamman and back again on my KTM 990 SMT before the hoards started to appear. By that time I'd got it nailed and my brakes were starting to overheat anyway so I left them to it.