Anyone remember the Hawkswood S bends in North Canterbury?

**98tls** · 19th July 2012, 16:59

Between Parnassus and the old Conway store (long gone also) there was the Hawkswood S bends,coming from Ch-CH it was a righthander then down hill to the bridge then left and uphill into a tight right hander where the road went back up the other side of the gully,long straight then more good stuff leading into the Hundaless,if you do remember it any chance you can tell me the year they bypassed it and went with the boring straight stretch?Cheers.(yea i know i mispelt Canterbury,apoligies to the pedantic)

**JimO** · 19th July 2012, 18:27

1956 so you must have been in your 30s then

**Howie** · 19th July 2012, 18:40

found This pdf file (6 mb) in google, on page 151 says Hawkswood realignment happened in 1999-2001.

**yod** · 19th July 2012, 18:42

Originally Posted by 98tls

(yea i know i mispelt Canterbury,apoligies to the pedantic)

Pedant here, you also misspelt mispelt and apologies.

Edit: anyway, take a left and do the Leader Rd

**Kickaha** · 19th July 2012, 18:44

Originally Posted by JimO

1956 so you must have been in your 30s then

1956? doubt it, was in the last 25 years, see I narrowed it down a bit already

Conway store was gone probably 30 years ago

**JimO** · 19th July 2012, 18:55

Originally Posted by Kickaha

1956? doubt it, was in the last 25 years, see I narrowed it down a bit already

Conway store was gone probably 30 years ago

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

**Transalper** · 19th July 2012, 20:12

The road is still there if you want to use it.

**dangerous** · 19th July 2012, 20:48

Originally Posted by 98tls

Between Parnassus and the old Conway store (long gone also) there was the Hawkswood S bends,coming from Ch-CH it was a righthander then down hill to the bridge then left and uphill into a tight right hander where the road went back up the other side of the gully,long straight then more good stuff leading into the Hundaless

fucking right, that was when the road was to ride not just get from a-b, saftey they reckon, crap more dye on straight roads.

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Conway store was gone probably 30 years ago

noooo shit no, time hasnt passed that quick, a old mate of mine grew up there his parents running the shop, burnt down what 5yrs back... 7 8 maybe, shit

**pete-blen** · 19th July 2012, 21:03

Originally Posted by Transalper

The road is still there if you want to use it.

It is & yer can..Its a bit slippy on the top in the trees....

**neels** · 19th July 2012, 21:07

Last time I drove through just for fun there was a farmer dropping pine trees across the road, had to stop and wait for him to drag one out of the way so we could get through.

Will always remember a mate from the north island in his XY falcon who'd never driven it before getting to the hairpin heading south, locking everything up and going straight through the fence. He asked why I'd told him to go that way and not down SH1.

**Mully Clown** · 19th July 2012, 21:31

There's a Hawkswood Festival of Speed held at times. I think by the Canterbury Car Club. A good excuse to head up that way for a bit of entertainment and an excuse to go for a blat along the Leader.

**98tls** · 20th July 2012, 02:10

Originally Posted by dangerous

fucking right, that was when the road was to ride not just get from a-b, saftey they reckon, crap more dye on straight roads.

noooo shit no, time hasnt passed that quick, a old mate of mine grew up there his parents running the shop, burnt down what 5yrs back... 7 8 maybe, shit

The original Conway store did burn down,happened after the guy that owned its wife returned home after a holiday in Stralia to find her husband in the sack with the 16 year old they employed.was a fucking lot longer than 5 years ago D.

**98tls** · 20th July 2012, 02:12

Originally Posted by Howie

found This pdf file (6 mb) in google, on page 151 says Hawkswood realignment happened in 1999-2001.

Cheers................

**98tls** · 20th July 2012, 02:18

Originally Posted by yod

Pedant here, you also misspelt mispelt and apologies.

Edit: anyway, take a left and do the Leader Rd

Have done, many times a long time ago.I was born there dont need directions but cheers anyway.

**98tls** · 20th July 2012, 02:21

Originally Posted by neels

Last time I drove through just for fun there was a farmer dropping pine trees across the road, had to stop and wait for him to drag one out of the way so we could get through.

Will always remember a mate from the north island in his XY falcon who'd never driven it before getting to the hairpin heading south, locking everything up and going straight through the fence. He asked why I'd told him to go that way and not down SH1.

Whats really sad is the loss of an XY.