The B1225

Dervy’s Favourite Haunt

This document illustrates some of the reasons why I enjoy driving on the B1225 so much!

This particular stretch of road is 26·0 miles long. Regrettably, Kermit’s current record time is twenty four minutes.

The early strait, just after the airport.

Easy right, this corner can be rather nasty.

A beautiful shot of the road, showing the lovely series of bends.

One of the tighter corners - SLOW means it. Taken at 65 in the Mondeo TD was “exciting” but it’s no bother in the Ka.

Another of the tighter bends, but this one tightens up mid way around. Take it wide and deep: don’t cut the corner, else you can de-stabalise the car half way around.

This shot was taken by Charlie at some speed! This S-bend is a good test of how well the car changes direction. A gentle right hander leads into a tighter left hander. Be careful of this in the winter, because the left hander can get quite slippery, especially if you’ve carried lots of speed through the first bend.

A blind summit, and another corner that starts of fairly slack, then tightens. Again, take it deep, don’t cut the corner.

Just after the above, there is a spot that many people consider to be an ideal overtaking area. Not really thanks to the hazard. Best to wait a little bit.

A good shot of the road about a half mile before the second junction. The hidden dip is known as “ton hill” to some.