Gallery:Images by C2r
The A66, heading easbound. Note the snow poles - in winter enormous snowploughs are used to clear the road. It's actually a very good drive, and will be even better once the villages on the route are bypassed. It's a favourite with truckers...
Posted by c2R on 4/22/2004
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 23, 2005 by M4SimonA photo of the underneath of the A15 Humber Bridge... There's not really a lot more to say than that, really...
Posted by c2R on 4/22/2004
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 22, 2005 by M4SimonThese were repeated most of the way along the route...
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Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 14, 2005 by M4SimonObviously not wanting to be killed I moved swiftly on...
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Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 14, 2005 by M4SimonPhoto was taken in the mountains just south of Dublin. Apparantly there's a bend ahead, and the road narrows.
Posted by c2R on 4/22/2004
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 23, 2005 by M4SimonFound somewhere in Cumberland - near Hartside Summit
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Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 14, 2005 by M4SimonSpotted this one in Hertford - should've got closer to take the picture really..
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Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 14, 2005 by M4SimonA finger post on Black Heath - Devizes, Salisbury, Lavington
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Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 14, 2005 by M4SimonSignpost to Bengeo outside the house of Biggles, Hertford. Sorry about the quality - the transfer to this photo album seems to have made the resolution so bad that it's difficult to read now..
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Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 14, 2005 by M4SimonThe road here is in the process of what appears to be a motorway upgrade - all the crossing the traffic bits have been removed, and junction improvements in progress...
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 02, 2005 by c2RAn unsurfaced road in the pyrenees, which I'm sure they rather you don't drive up....
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 02, 2005 by c2RFurther up the submersible road...
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 02, 2005 by c2RLooking South Towards Clermont Fd.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 02, 2005 by c2RThis road doubles as a river if there's a lot of rain, so be careful what time of year you leave your car there!
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Oct 02, 2005 by c2ROP c2R
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 23, 2005 by M4SimonNote that in Scandinavia, hazard signs have a 'to' and 'from' distance - so in this example there is a risk of elk from 0,2km ahead to 4,9km ahead
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 09, 2006 by c2RUnlike in the UK, they don't bother doing one carriagway at a time and using temporary traffic lights. Neither do they put temporary tarmac alongside to drive along. No, here you just bump down onto the dirt and drive on that for a few miles.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 09, 2006 by c2RThe only reason I can think of is that perhaps it can be used for landing aeroplanes on as well
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 09, 2006 by c2Ras abruptly as it had begun...
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 09, 2006 by c2RIn about 500km of driving there must have been at least two other cars....
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 09, 2006 by c2RThese signs were prevalent all over Sweden and Finland (which had a slightly different image - will see if I can find one...) Note that Norway uses white backed signs, whereas Sweden and Finland use yellow backed signs.
Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Jul 09, 2006 by c2R