I love driving the A1, it always makes me think of all the Old School drivers that have passed that way before me. Even now that it is virtually a motorway.
I had a complete rear light array stolen off my New EC11 at Kates Cottage once. I had only stopped for my tea. That was in '93 it wasn’t thier fault but I have never been there again.
I hope you don’t mind a post from a modern driver.
Br Al
Unless it’s been mentioned earlier 
does anybody remember the stretch of experimental surface of the A1 somewhere around Peterborough I think.It was like corrugated concrete,the Road Research Laboratory were in charge of it.AECs were noisy enough without running on that lot. 
Chris Webb:
Unless it’s been mentioned earlier
Yeah i remember that surface ,was there about about 10 mile of the stuff, the old Albions we had used to rattle along on that, its a wonder we did’nt end up with cold finger!!!
Yes I remember that too, its mentioned in the book although briefly cos I don’t know much about it. It was further south than Peterborough at Southoe, between Buckden and St Neots.
I don’t recall it being more than a couple of hundred yards long though 
Yes I remember it but I thought that it was only a stretch on the North bound lane about a couple of hundred yards long 
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Regards Steve.
Thats where the garage full of Volvo cars is isn’t it?
Wasn’t there a similiar surface on the A1 at Balderton (where the Lightning is)?
ERFMarc:
Thats where the garage full of Volvo cars is isn’t it?Wasn’t there a similiar surface on the A1 at Balderton (where the Lightning is)?
Yeah,thats the one i was thinking of did’nt think it was as far down as Peterborough!!
I know nothing about that one, with the mention of Albions etc it must have been before my time.
Lonewolf Yorks:
I know nothing about that one, with the mention of Albions etc it must have been before my time.
Yeah it was late 60s -early 70s.