monkfish24
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This was all taken on private farm land, Around Goonhilly Downs, there are public bridleways but none of these were used so as not to annoy walkers and riders etc. The lanes we used are all farmers tracks and fire breaks. Just so ya know 
This week was spent replacing all the gear oil and cleaning it all up underneath to check it was ready for a bit of roading.
Turboman and mudfever may see this and think I'm a mud junky now..., sorry guys! Can i still come greenlaning?
We were on our own but i know the farmer well, the only reason he wasn't with us was because of real life duties like looking after a baby. However he was on call if we got stuck with a tractor!
So we started off at the farm and started putting the old series through it's paces on some mud track more commonly used by tractors and camels.... Yes camels!
All the way round the perimeter of the farm as the understanding was i go check the livestock as i go, give me good chance to work the low range going up and down hills before going up to the downs!
So first lane on to the downs is a gravel track leading to all the off road tracks that criss cross goonhilly downs. All normally driven by a tractor so quite tough going for an older landy.
We followed the path round to a small wooded area within which there is an old highwaymans house. Owned by the highwayman until he was caught for his crimes and hung apparently.
And then through a small narrow section which was very wet and so my first try at wading. The ground was peaty and wet but a route quite frequently used by a tractor for moving feed.
[Click on this image to see the video of me wading]
And then finished our day at the triangulation point just behind goonhilly earth station.
The only damage to the landy was a bent door. The fram has rusted and had to be slammed, the repeated slamming has now caused the skin to flex and the door doesn't meet the lock properly. The landy performed superbly! Got stuck three times and each time it just pulled itself out with the low range box.
I love my landy and don't regret spending so much time and money to get it back up to road and off road worthy condition.
This week was spent replacing all the gear oil and cleaning it all up underneath to check it was ready for a bit of roading.Turboman and mudfever may see this and think I'm a mud junky now..., sorry guys! Can i still come greenlaning?
We were on our own but i know the farmer well, the only reason he wasn't with us was because of real life duties like looking after a baby. However he was on call if we got stuck with a tractor!
So we started off at the farm and started putting the old series through it's paces on some mud track more commonly used by tractors and camels.... Yes camels!
All the way round the perimeter of the farm as the understanding was i go check the livestock as i go, give me good chance to work the low range going up and down hills before going up to the downs!
So first lane on to the downs is a gravel track leading to all the off road tracks that criss cross goonhilly downs. All normally driven by a tractor so quite tough going for an older landy.
We followed the path round to a small wooded area within which there is an old highwaymans house. Owned by the highwayman until he was caught for his crimes and hung apparently.
And then through a small narrow section which was very wet and so my first try at wading. The ground was peaty and wet but a route quite frequently used by a tractor for moving feed.
[Click on this image to see the video of me wading
]And then finished our day at the triangulation point just behind goonhilly earth station.
The only damage to the landy was a bent door. The fram has rusted and had to be slammed, the repeated slamming has now caused the skin to flex and the door doesn't meet the lock properly. The landy performed superbly! Got stuck three times and each time it just pulled itself out with the low range box.
I love my landy and don't regret spending so much time and money to get it back up to road and off road worthy condition.
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