Thought I'd catch a little bit of dry weather today, but looked out of the window at 1030 and the rain was coming down, but thought what the heck !

did a 100 mile return run into the base of peak district and back.

scoped out a route, and wow, the B5056 from just north of Ashbourne up to where is meets the A6 is just amazing !

its 16 miles of pure B road blast. did it both ways, so 32 miles of pure enjoyment (except when you are behind a Vectra!)

Will be a great route to do at 6/7am when its quiet.

Great road, tight twists and lots of elevation and interesting road. Definitely a new favourite of mine I'll be returning to.

Only down side was its a 50mph road. to be fair, with 550PS through the rear wheels I wasn't going much over that but I can imagine in the dry you will be at risk of unwanted attention. a break of dawn run would be advised.

The F is really quite surprising in the wet. You can really hustle it along without it tying to kill you, but rest assured it will gladly do so with a small prod of the right foot at the wrong time.

anyhow, time for some pics

 

Beautiful Car! Love the wheels!

 

She's a beauty for sure...!