Off road course recommendations

Landshandy · Jun 12, 2016

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has been on any off-roading courses and can recommend a good one?

Al2O3 · Jun 12, 2016

Do you mean lanes, pay and play sites or training courses?
I went on a Land Rover experience (half day) which was great

They are quite expensive though. I was lucky, went with a mate who had won it!

Also had a half day at an independent place on a farm near Durham. That was in a defender and it was also excellent. Don't know if the still do them.

NorfolkBird · Jun 13, 2016

Landshandy said:
Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has been on any off-roading courses and can recommend a good one?

I've done a half day LR Experience at Rockingham Castle. It is well worth the money as it's individually tailored to you, one-on-one and you can choose a vehicle or take your own. There's a very varied course too.

http://www.landrover.co.uk/sponsorship-and-experiences/lr-experience-drives/index.html

jai_landrover · Jun 13, 2016

Join your local land rover club, £20 a year ad £20 an event you will learn more in 6 months than you will in a 4 hr session costing you half a mortgage and usually taught by people that quite frankly I wouldn't let them park a tesco trolly. Also note that many of these courses are run on hard based substraits with mud and water above so the vehicles limits are never in question. Quite unlike the real world where a bog could be 8ft deep

You will learn basics (whats taught at the 4hr session) and you will be taught how to drive in almost every circumstance. Not only the safest option but how to read the terrain ahead and drive accordingly

Landshandy · Jun 14, 2016

Cheers for the advice guys. I'll look into them. I'm doing a trip to the Sahara so need desert experience but in the UK we struggle with these so someone advised me to just do a general off road one as the key points are avoiding trouble before it occurs

Paul D · Jun 14, 2016

People could be more specific it they knew roughly where you are in the country ... Jai has very good advice though ..

Landshandy · Jun 15, 2016

Paul D said:
People could be more specific it they knew roughly where you are in the country ... Jai has very good advice though ..

I'm in central London but happy to travel, I was even thinking of driving up to Scotland and doing some courses there whilst i'm staying with a comedian friend whilst the fringe festival is on in Edinburgh

jai_landrover · Jun 15, 2016

If you pop Up to Bedfordshire look at Anglian LRC in my signature

Your welcome to join us at a comp jump in if I'm competing or indeed drive your own vehicle. It's more trials based but always welcome.

We are running a comp safari race at Devils pit on the 26th not much driving except marshalling and helping run the speed event

Regards

J

Matty87 · Jun 15, 2016

A distance away from you but i did a few days 4x4 off road driving course with Tim Kirk at Holmfirth (http://tkftraining.co.uk/vehicles/) , West Yorkshire about 8 years ago. It is a Lantra approved course, so it is very thorough and professional. Fantastic course in the 'Last of the summer wine' country although desert it is not. It was very expensive, but a qualification i suppose (you have to have a test at the end).

Headtester · Jun 18, 2016

Landshandy said:
I'm in central London but happy to travel, I was even thinking of driving up to Scotland and doing some courses there whilst i'm staying with a comedian friend whilst the fringe festival is on in Edinburgh

I had a days off road training at Northolt which is a bit nearer to you than Scotland. It was a present and I can't remember exactly which company it was but after a quick Google of "Land Rover Off Road Northolt" I think it was this one: All Terrain Services. The instructor knew his stuff, I learnt a lot and had a great day.

goonarmy · Jun 18, 2016

Get a land rover experience last minute and they are quite cheap. There is one in MK that's pretty good but if I were you I'd get a specific course on sand driving cos the clay you'll find in the south east is a completely different set of driving skills.

jailon · Jun 18, 2016

"Jai is right" (i love seeing this in text as its also my name and the Mrs never says I'm right

)

I did an off road recently as part of a friends 40th, it was kankku in windermere. Was a bit expensive as we hired 2 vehicles for the day for 5 of us. Did some good green laning, with some glorious routes over the hills. It inspired me to start green laning rather than pay and play sites...... forum search initiated now for green lanes around west yorks. As what Jai said, I learnt more in that day than many more hours on pay and play sites
Good luck with it

payydg · Jun 22, 2016

I actually did a really good one down in Devon run by a guy called Dave. His company (aka just himself) is called bunch mechanics. It's run on David Bowyer's (of good winch fame) off road site. Not expensive and a great weekend. Learnt loads.

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