After some theiving pikey bastards siphoned my first ever tankload of fuel out of my first car..
I had to drive very gingerly to my Computer Science exam at College to conserve fuel.

Approaching a slight bend at around 30 or 40 I turned the steering wheel on my Mark 1 Escort a little sharply due to my inexperience. I wasn't prepared for the way the car behaved.

Spinning 180 degrees into the oncoming lane, bouncing over the kerb to hit the armco on the other side of the road, I was then span another 180 until I bounced into a low verge on my side of the road.

The vehicle I narrowly missed as I crossed lanes stopped to check I was ok and then left me be.

If I'd have been going a little faster or the armco hadn't stopped me I'd have bounced into the valley some couple of hundred or so feet below.

When I got in touch with my dad he did say,"Those Mark 1's are a little tail happy."

Here's the spot I lost it - and the armco that saved me from a possibly grisly demise:

goo.gl/maps/1EVT9
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Fri 5 Jul 2013, 16:16, 4 replies)

I didn't realise they
had cars up there.

You probably skidded on horseshit.
(username failed moderation, Fri 5 Jul 2013, 16:49, closed)

If you have to spin your mark 1
that looks a fair location.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Fri 5 Jul 2013, 22:19, closed)

Glad you're OK
Seems many aren't on that road, the 15-20 emergency vehicles I see flying up it every Sunday makes me wonder how many go wrong.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 8 Jul 2013, 13:19, closed)

It's mostly for the motorcycles.
It's rated as one of the best roads in the country for motorcyclists to see whether they can lose their life.
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Tue 9 Jul 2013, 11:03, closed)