Cat and Fiddle
We will be returning to Cumbria from Flagg, near Buxton next week. The recommended route is by using the A537 to Macclesfield. This is the Cat & Fiddle road! We've driven it solo a few times but never with a caravan on tow. What are members thoughts on towing
over it?
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OH doesn't think you will have any problems Nellie, not with your tow car and experience. Biggest pain is likely to be following big lorries as it is a popular route with HGVs.
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We will be returning to Cumbria from Flagg, near Buxton next week. The recommended route is by using the A537 to Macclesfield. This is the Cat & Fiddle road! We've driven it solo a few times but never with a caravan on tow. What are members thoughts on towing
over it?Towed that route many a time. Not a problem
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Watch out for the speed cameras.
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Used it many a time. No problem. It's quite "windey" (and sometimes windy) so difficult to get up too much speed but that's a good thing. It just takes a little care but with your experience shouldn't be a problem. Be careful though if it's a weekend as
its very popular with motorbikes.0 -
Thanks all. It will be a Monday about 10:00 in the morning, so I'll probably give it a go. Nothing ventured nothing gained, as they say.
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Why not just head for Buxton, pick up the A6 to Stockport then join the M60 a little further East
harryb, that's the route we normally use when coming over from Chesterfield, but the section from New Mills to the motorway is rather a pain.
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I drove this very Bond E minicar over the Cat & Fiddle and actually over took a cyclist on the way up ...... just!
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In 1976 we bought our first caravan from a small one -man manufacturer - Comanche - just on the Macclesfield side of Buxton so my first ever towing experience was bringing it home via Macclesfield.(The alternative route through Congleton via Allgreave isn't
a road I would like to tow on). Since then we have towed on this route regularly as we often visit Buxton (Grin Low) site. Never experienced any significant problems beyond light snow one year at Easter, and mist/fog on a few occasions. There are a few sharp
bends which need to be treated with respect, and of course it is used by quite a few HGVs0 -
Thanks, too, Coir. We will be doing it on Monday. Wish us luck!
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I drove this very Bond E minicar over the Cat & Fiddle and actually over took a cyclist on the way up ...... just!
Very nice! Mk E or Mk F?
Most people won't even know what a Bond Minicar is, let alone heard of Sharps Commercials.
I have several Mk G's, then rebuilt a Mk C Deluxe with which I won Concourse at the National rally back in the 70's
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I drove this very Bond E minicar over the Cat & Fiddle and actually over took a cyclist on the way up ...... just!
Very nice! Mk E or Mk F?
Most people won't even know what a Bond Minicar is, let alone heard of Sharps Commercials.
I have several Mk G's, then rebuilt a Mk C Deluxe with which I won Concourse at the National rally back in the 70's
It wasn't mine, I was merely the driver for the weekend - Cheshire Micro car rally, it belongs to the driver in the Youtube clip. As the clip title of the clip, it is aparently a propotype E. I can say though,
that I had the best time ever behind the wheel of a car. Fast it was definitely not, the brakes were lacking but brilliant fun. This one did have Dynastart & reverse gears, though it was rarely needed.0 -
Just an up-date. We made it over without any trouble, and were fortunate that it was really good weather and that there was no-one in front of us, so I could select my own line and breaking points. Won't hesitate to use this route again in any reasonable
conditions, but don't think I'd bother doing it in the reverse direction unless desparate. Thanks to all.0 -
Just an up-date. We made it over without any trouble, and were fortunate that it was really good weather and that there was no-one in front of us, so I could select my own line and breaking points. Won't hesitate to use this route again in any reasonable
conditions, but don't think I'd bother doing it in the reverse direction unless desparate. Thanks to all.Write your comments here...Chicken
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Just an up-date. We made it over without any trouble, and were fortunate that it was really good weather and that there was no-one in front of us, so I could select my own line and breaking points. Won't hesitate to use this route again in any reasonable
conditions, but don't think I'd bother doing it in the reverse direction unless desparate. Thanks to all.Write your comments here...good to hear Nellie, glad all went ok.
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Glad you made it OK. The reverse direction is no worse. How was Macc?
It may be no worse, but it's a heck of a drag all the way from Macc up to the top. We got through the town ok, as we knew the right lanes to take having driven through there a number of times in the past.
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P.S. Assume you meant braking points rather than breaking?
Fat finger syndrome!0 -
Do remember the queue behind you will blame your caravan for them being held up and ignore the slow lorry ahead of you!
Fortunately on this trip there was only one other vehicle behind me, an SUV towing a cattle trailer, so we were both doing about the same speed....well at least he didn't try to pass me!
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