I have been going here for fifty years now - used to take loads of hay bales to Seathwaite on an artic. for the farmers in the Duddon Valley. The passes are no problem to a modern car, but fifty years ago some cars struggled to start again if they missed a gear on the steepest bits. Years ago we used to sit by a steep bit and watch the fun.

I was told by a local that the inside of some of the sharper corners is even 1:2. Went up here 50 years ago in an Austin Maxi with a slipping clutch; put it in first gear and did not dare to try to change until the top.

I rode this several times both ways in 1956 and 1957 on a 1955 Ariel 650cc bike. This video has a better impression of the steepness than the other videos I have seen but is still inclined to 'flatten' the road

Followed a Morris minor through this pass east to west. I was driving a very unpleasant, early diesel Vectra. The Morris seemed to cope better.

Did it some years ago in a 1.9 laguna diesel. No probs at all ,2nd gear driven hard lock to lock. Loved it.

I failed it in a rented transit van full of musical equipment. The clutch just would not hold and even though I had my foot flat on the accelerator, the van was still rolling backwards. We made it to about 1:53. I slammed on the brakes, told my passenger to be ready to jump, and did a ten-point turn right there. It was his idea of a joke - he knew how steep it was! To this day, I still have nightmares about it (and thank heavens that band whose gear it was never found out about it!) Damn Johnny Green!!!

Done this many times in a variety of old bangers, no need to spend £70K, haha

I did it in a Ford Sierra about 25 years ago, and in an Escort a few years before that. It IS steeper than it looks in this video, but my little cars managed it.

Shot up there easily in a very snowy winters day in my Lada Niva Cossack.

My son drove this way last week in his Ford Fiesta 1.0 ecoboost st line. I was with him it was steep and sometimes scary. We made it, but he will never do it again 😅 We were coming from skellfell Pike going back to bowness.

First time I drove over Hardnott and Wrynose was as a competitive section in the R.L.Brown Rally in 1977 in the dark. Timed at an average speed of 30 MPH I dropped 3 minutes.

Best HKP video! Still doesn't show how steep it is in real life😂

My wife dd it as a learner in our 1300 Allegro, she passed her test fine a while later. No video does it justice

Here we go! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Nice viewing mate

Not done this one yet. I’ve done Applecross in Scotland.

Thanks for the footage....looks wonderful but so glad i chickened out last week . Route better done in a landrover and a younger me😊

I did it in February 2020 in my Ford Echo Sport, it was fabulous. 👍

Went up in a Ford Anglia many many years ago.

`Did this several time sin my A35, and then in my HB Viva. No problems.

Vale Street, Bristol is about 40% gradient at the bottom (22°). Driven up it in a Series 3 LWB Land-Rover and a Bedford Viva van. Sat at the bottom and spun the clutch in a VW LT-35.

Oh, .. and also in a Kia Sedona!

did you stop at the Roman remains?

Did this with ease in my disco 3 on ice last xmas i spent most of day towing other cars out the ditch 😂

Crossed it several times in my Mini and later Escort - Granada - Senator.. Subject back at the hotel bar was #1 Weather, #2 Menu and #3 "that bit of steep hill"....... It is not a trip to Mars for goodness sake...

Did this in my TD5 Disco 2 a few years ago

Looks like an epic climb. Would be great to pull up somewhere and do some hiking.

this way is harder than coming up the other way i think

Nice please how is it call? Thanks for the film

Equally amazing is how badly maintained the road is.

The first time I drove over, nearly 60 years ago, our A50 stopped suddenly (as it like to do at awkward moments) about half way up the east side. It was misty and a bit eerie but after 10 minutes it decided to restart and we carried on. Never sure, but I think going east to west is a bit more challenging that the other way. Do you agree?

I ve cycled up a hill near Oxford, it was like a brick wall

It looks a lot less steep on camera ! I wouldn’t attempt this road in a RWD car in the wet the corners are so sharp and so steep you would lose traction. The Landry did a fine job 👍🏻🇬🇧

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Done it three times on different BMW bikes ( 1150 GS, 1100 and 1200 RT) and also a Yamaha Fazer Fabulous scenery but you need yer wits about you. Steve

know it well and done it in standard cars.

What’s the big deal, crossed it in the pouring rain loads of times in my old VW Beetle. It never had a problem.

I am sure Rosedale chimney is the steepest road in England

you do know that If you going UP-Hill you have right of way, as folk coming downhill have gravity on their side, just saying....

lol did it in an '83 ex nato military series 3landy packed full of camping gear-it walked all over it-have to admit there are some awesome bits on there tho😂-and i know the road well as a local but wouldn't do it in winter conditions

I have driven this road about five times, the first time in the 1980’s in a Austin Metro. Don’t understand the need for a Landrover.

14 year old volvo XC70 with 4 people and two dogs. did not even struggle. Who needs a land rover for tarmac.

Jesus you need a landy with the state on that road

Did you actually see any of the scenery? I know the fish-eye lense effect can make it seem faster that it really is .. but you seem to be driving like you're in an F1.

I don't wish to sound mean, but this is really little more than "a stroll in the park". Lovely scenery of course, but quite possible in a Kia Rio. To see what really challenging 4x4 mountain pass driving entails, take a look at this (a pass I traversed some years ago - It climbs/descends some 9,000 feet, or 2,750 metres): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMmcnJCCtsq5qZ8.htmlsi=DTZOxIJmi14mAtOY

A other one of those land rover owners who carries luggage everywhere. Barrels and boxes strapped to the roof, serving little to no purpose, just so we are all clear he can go off road and into the wilderness. I'd be embarrassed mate.