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pepperami
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PostPosted: 19:43 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: The most southerly uk road? Reply with quote
I seek the wisdom of the mighty BCF.
Thinking about my options for my summer outings.

So is the Scilly Isles and a road on it the UK’s most southerly road.
Or? Is it St Clements in the Channel island of Jersey?

My only criteria is that it is a public road, thanks Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 19:44 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Re: The most southerly uk road? Reply with quote
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Gibraltar is the only British overseas territory to be technically part of the union, but it is not a member: the UK is responsible for all external interests. Gibraltar is also excluded from the customs union and the common agricultural policy.

Possibly, also.
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PostPosted: 20:02 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Re: The most southerly uk road? Reply with quote
G wrote:
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Gibraltar is the only British overseas territory to be technically part of the union, but it is not a member: the UK is responsible for all external interests. Gibraltar is also excluded from the customs union and the common agricultural policy.

Possibly, also.


Evil or Very Mad now you’ve confused the issue! ........ that’s a long way to go for a weekend jaunt Shocked
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PostPosted: 20:11 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaccessible_Island

Shocked .
Just a bit far.
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PostPosted: 21:03 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Falkland Islands Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:04 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Grubscrew wrote:
Falkland Islands Laughing
via Argentina? Shocked
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PostPosted: 21:05 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Let’s stick to the British Isles Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:18 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you want to stick to the mainland then you're going to Cornwall.

Feel free to smash nobby's back gate in on your way through Wiltshire. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 22:55 - 10 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mainland = Lizard Point.
UK = Scilly Isles.
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PostPosted: 00:39 - 11 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
But
pepperami wrote:
British Isles

= Jersey (but I'm really not sure it's worth riding that road just for the sake of it...)
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PostPosted: 00:59 - 11 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't bother with Jersey as a riding destination. 11,000 cars on an island 5x9 miles with most roads 15 and 20mph limit and few overtaking spots. There's only one 40mph piece of road about half a mile long the rest are slower. Oh and the parking everywhere is a nightmare.

Fantastic place to visit, full of history, REALLY great food, lovely people but a riding destination it ain't.
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pepperami
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PostPosted: 08:09 - 11 Feb 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pete. wrote:
Don't bother with Jersey as a riding destination. 11,000 cars on an island 5x9 miles with most roads 15 and 20mph limit and few overtaking spots. There's only one 40mph piece of road about half a mile long the rest are slower. Oh and the parking everywhere is a nightmare.

Fantastic place to visit, full of history, REALLY great food, lovely people but a riding destination it ain't.


Hmm? Maybe not the greatest riding destination, I can see your point.
However, bike + telescopic fishing rod + the Jersey coast = a good few days away Thumbs Up .
And it’ A tick off the list ie all four points of the British Isles Thumbs Up

Sounds like a win win for me.
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PostPosted: 13:14 - 08 Mar 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pete. wrote:
Don't bother with Jersey as a riding destination. 11,000 cars on an island 5x9 miles with most roads 15 and 20mph limit and few overtaking spots. There's only one 40mph piece of road about half a mile long the rest are slower. Oh and the parking everywhere is a nightmare.

Fantastic place to visit, full of history, REALLY great food, lovely people but a riding destination it ain't.


I once hired a 250 of some description (maybe a Suzuki GN) in 1985 I think, to tour the Island. It was a needed so I could secure my 'I Scored 20 with Mary-Anne' T shirt that required visiting 20 different pubs on Jersey. Had a mate on teh back and I recall it was a bit of a laugh. Later that day as we slept in a derelict building near the seafront in St Helier - shared with some drop-outs - the helmets doubled-up as pillows, kind of.
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