Thanks for that grandad, perhaps I'll try the scenic route then
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| Author: | toots [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:53 pm ] |
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Got to go to Girvan. Can travel up the motorway to just before Hamilton then turn off for Girvan from there. It's longer but seems more straight forward or I can come off the motorway just after Carlisle and head through Dumfries. The 2nd route is slightly shorter but what is the terrain like if I go that way? Does anybody know please? |
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| Author: | grandad [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:13 pm ] |
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I went to Ayr once in one of my stretched limos. I turned off just after Carlisle and went cross country. From what I remember the roads were fine and the countryside was great. Thinking about it, I believe that the route did actually go through Dumfries before the open countryside. |
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| Author: | toots [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:08 pm ] |
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Thanks for that grandad, perhaps I'll try the scenic route then
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:50 pm ] |
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Toots stick to the main rout, if you come of at Carlisle you will have all the trucks to contend with heading to the ferry port at Stranraer |
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| Author: | latimer [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:47 pm ] |
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Toots come off at Carlisle and take the A75 to Dumfries, you actually bypass Dumfries nowadays, folllow the signs for the A76 (about 3 roundabouts) then stay on the A76 which takes you to Ayr and then Girvan. You have to go through a few small villages(Thornhill, Sanquhar, and a couple to others) but it is quite a bit shorter. The only bit you may come across ferry lorries is the bit between Carlisle and Dumfries - about 30 miles. (I live in Dumfrieshire). |
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| Author: | toots [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:26 pm ] |
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Thanks skippy & latimer. I really do fancy the shorter route and if the wagons are only on a short part of it I quite fancy I'll do that. Is there somewhere nice to stop for a bite to eat going that route? |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:11 pm ] |
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toots wrote: Thanks skippy & latimer. I really do fancy the shorter route and if the wagons are only on a short part of it I quite fancy I'll do that. Is there somewhere nice to stop for a bite to eat going that route?
Yes And MR CC is buying, you get a dam good cheap meal at Morrisons Carlisle
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| Author: | toots [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:54 pm ] |
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skippy41 wrote: toots wrote: Thanks skippy & latimer. I really do fancy the shorter route and if the wagons are only on a short part of it I quite fancy I'll do that. Is there somewhere nice to stop for a bite to eat going that route? Yes And MR CC is buying, you get a dam good cheap meal at Morrisons Carlisle I won't be going into Carlisle I'll be bypassing it I'm on a schedule I've got to get there before the shop shuts. Apart from that I'd like to see what Scotland has to offer by way of food 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:00 pm ] |
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toots wrote: Apart from that I'd like to see what Scotland has to offer by way of food
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| Author: | toots [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:03 pm ] |
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So anyway Skippy was it Morrisons in Carlisle that you said do decent food? |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:54 pm ] |
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Sussex wrote: toots wrote: Apart from that I'd like to see what Scotland has to offer by way of food Is that Lower Image a deep fried Mars Bar or a deep fried Dog Sh*te?? |
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| Author: | Chris the Fish [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:16 am ] |
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bloodnock wrote: Is that Lower Image a deep fried Mars Bar or a deep fried Dog Sh*te??
There's a difference? |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:21 am ] |
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Can you not go via Newcastle.....I couldnt have your sh*te anywhere near here ffs. CC |
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| Author: | toots [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:00 am ] |
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captain cab wrote: Can you not go via Newcastle.....I couldnt have your sh*te anywhere near here ffs.
CC I am going via Newcastle. In fact I'm going via Thornton Cleveleys, Pontefract, Malton, Hartlepool, Bishop Auckland, Whickham, Beddlington and finally Ayr. You just don't want my smooth quiet vehicle to purr through Carlisle whilst your's screeches like a wailing banshee 
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:16 pm ] |
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toots wrote: So anyway Skippy was it Morrisons in Carlisle that you said do decent food?
Yes its about 3/4 of a mile on the left, strait in off the M6, A7 junction |
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