Most Northerly road in UK?
Hi Guys,
well I know most people on this site are looking to visit far and distant area's but I've just had a look at the UK map and reckon I could almost reach the 60th Parallel North line in the UK!
It was a bit of a surprise to me, I must admit but the most Northerly road in the UK appears to be the B9087 Skaw road, on Unst, in the Shetland Isles.
So has anyone here been there?
I could be tempted to visit the place on Team Serow.
One interesting piece of info I've discovered is that the highest wind speed ever recorded in the UK was at the RAF Radar station at RAF Saxa Vord, just down this very road. The speed reached a maximum of 177mph, before the recording equipment and the radar itself were blown away! That's 96 miles per hour faster than Team Serow's ever reached, whilst going down hill, with wind behind!
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