Oldham Road trip

[Dilly]

We’re whizzing off to a barn in the middle of nowhere near Oldham for a well deserved and long awaited mini break.
Car says I’ll arrive with about 29% though it did the sums while not fully charged so say 35%. It’s 170 miles from home.
there is 7Kw charger there so I could do it without an SC.
just for the hell of it, I thought I might try Grantham or Rotherham.
any thoughts anyone or anything to be aware of?

 

[Mr H]

We’re whizzing off to a barn in the middle of nowhere near Oldham for a well deserved and long awaited mini break.
Car says I’ll arrive with about 29% though it did the sums while not fully charged so say 35%. It’s 170 miles from home.
there is 7Kw charger there so I could do it without an SC.
just for the hell of it, I thought I might try Grantham or Rotherham.
any thoughts anyone or anything to be aware of?

Don’t go near Limeside if you value your wheels….

 

[Dilly]

Don’t go near Limeside if you value your wheels….

Thanks for that. One quick Google says it all! We’ll be staying put in the wilderness.

 

[Mr H]

You could take a drive over the moors to Holmfirth. It’s a nice drive and sid’s cafe should be open (last of the summer wine)

 

[Dilly]

You could take a drive over the moors to Holmfirth. It’s a nice drive and sid’s cafe should be open (last of the summer wine)

thanks. That’s a great idea. We’ll be staying the Oldham side of the moor so it’s an easy 20 minute drive

 

[Dilly]

My navigator confirms that we pass through Holmfirth on the way there, so tea and wrinkles it is

 

[Cnixon]

Hollingworth Lake used to be nice nr. Milnrow. Should be charging at Birch Services on M62.

 

[Dilly]

Review of the trip

Firstly, thanks guys for the info.
the place we stayed at was great albeit up what seemed like a 1:3 track, but then everywhere round Uppermill was the same going up or down! The barn was situated in the middle of a hill and had stairs. Coming from a bungalow in flattest Norfolk proved a culture shock!.

Car did great. NoA & FSD a lot of the way. Not a single overtake ignored or bottled out of. Arrived completely fresh after what was for us the longest journey in a couple of years. No phantom braking or panics.
stopped at Tankersly Manor for a 15 minute supercharge and chatted with a guy in a 21 plate MSM 3. Saw 14 other M3’s during the trip. Waved most times but got nothing back (that I know of).

trip was 375 miles, 82kWh and 220 Wh/mile

one downside that has us bricking it was that I left my wallet with keycard at home and wife’s keycard wasn’t in her purse! It did ask for the key card a couple of times but swapping phones got round it.

overall a pleasing experience.

Oh, and walking round reservoirs was flat