OLD_ian
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I've just had a week off and decided to spend it clambering up Lake District mountains in the pouring rain. However, having never been to the Donnington Grand Prix museum I thought i would detour via that on the way up. So last Tuesday i pointed my 944 down the M4 and immediately pulled into an hour long traffic jam before I could get off at Maidenhead as they'd closed the M4 for some reason.
Once i got to the lakes it was wonderful, apart from the copious quantities of rain. The 944 is wonderful for driving in the mountains. I drove over the Kirkstone Pass which had superb views. A fabulous drive. The most memorable part of the drive was when i was driving down the shore of Thirlmere looking for the place to start my hike, when i heard a loud noise. Looking to my right a fighter jet passed me flying at the same altitude above the lake as me! Superb!
On the way back down South I was ahead of Google maps estimated time by almost an hour (in company with a couple of Audis we may have ummhhh, bent the limit by a teensy bit). All was good until I reached Maidenhead, where I spent an hour and a half earlier this afternoon circumnavigating the roundabout to get onto the M4. The only conclusion I can come to is that the M4 hates 944s, or at least it seems to hate mine.
Once i got to the lakes it was wonderful, apart from the copious quantities of rain. The 944 is wonderful for driving in the mountains. I drove over the Kirkstone Pass which had superb views. A fabulous drive. The most memorable part of the drive was when i was driving down the shore of Thirlmere looking for the place to start my hike, when i heard a loud noise. Looking to my right a fighter jet passed me flying at the same altitude above the lake as me! Superb!
On the way back down South I was ahead of Google maps estimated time by almost an hour (in company with a couple of Audis we may have ummhhh, bent the limit by a teensy bit). All was good until I reached Maidenhead, where I spent an hour and a half earlier this afternoon circumnavigating the roundabout to get onto the M4. The only conclusion I can come to is that the M4 hates 944s, or at least it seems to hate mine.
