ratty
I'm not special I'm limited edition
What sort of recovery equipment do you have fitted to your vehicle and/or do you take with you?
Leon.
Active Member
hi lift and shovels is all iv needed in the past. i have 2 short scaf bords as i carnt aford sand/bridging ladders (yes ther spipey in the wet) and an old ish hand winch that works well but i dont know hawmutch it will pull but iv a block and tackel tow rops and slings. no electrick winch or ground anker
ratty
I'm not special I'm limited edition
5 18" pieces of sharpened angle iron with holes in the top and some d shackles and either rope or chain will do you as a ground anchor. Just hammer them into the ground in a V and rope or chain then together.
fenby1976
New Member
In 2006 my girlfriend and I went up to the lakes in my 88" SIII - no other vehicles - and drove the 'Walna Scar' (O.S. coordinates SD 289 970 to SD 240 968)trail and the 'Old Coach Road' (O.S. coordinates SD 380 219 to SD 316 231). We took minimal recovery equipment: High lift jack; Shovel; Tow rope; Chain. We didn't use any of them. I think that going laning in one vehicle adds to the adventure - I really can't see why so many people are anti solo-greenlaning - I've always thought that if the vehicle suffered an irrepairable breakdown or got very badly stuck, I'd just find a farmer and offer to pay him to pull me out.
The 'Old Coach Road' was a nice easy drive, but the 'Walna Scar' was terrifyingly amazing. I think that the 'Walna Scar' has been closed to vehicles now though, but it's just as much fun on a mountain bike. If it is still open, then starting from the Western end and going to the top of the pass is an easy drive with fantastic views.
Does anybody know if Walna Scar is still opento vehicles?
The 'Old Coach Road' was a nice easy drive, but the 'Walna Scar' was terrifyingly amazing. I think that the 'Walna Scar' has been closed to vehicles now though, but it's just as much fun on a mountain bike. If it is still open, then starting from the Western end and going to the top of the pass is an easy drive with fantastic views.
Does anybody know if Walna Scar is still opento vehicles?
DTZ
New Member
Leon.
Active Member
naw iv looked at maps i drove a chunk or walna scar in the bmw about 6 years ago to cut out the slog wen running five fingers and coniston. seem to remember a dranesk thing stoping me near wer the path heads to goats water. that bm went places it shouldent befor i tracked it...
shame i carnt go all the way over it naw iv a moor capable vehical
shame i carnt go all the way over it naw iv a moor capable vehical
Wanagetmuddy
New Member
Well I am not anti solo for greenlaning but even the locals are the ones that catches you out.
I have many friends, who have called me at stupid o'clock before because they have decided to go on their own. These are also experienced and have been stuck for many hours due to lack off phone signals and digging their way out of the shiiiiit.
I would say if you wanna go on your own do so but dont take peps with you and and go in one vehicle you are just asking for trouble.
If you are looking for challenges for the future I would at least get a decent winch that could pull you out of the shiitte rather than a hand held !!!
I have many friends, who have called me at stupid o'clock before because they have decided to go on their own. These are also experienced and have been stuck for many hours due to lack off phone signals and digging their way out of the shiiiiit.
I would say if you wanna go on your own do so but dont take peps with you and and go in one vehicle you are just asking for trouble.
If you are looking for challenges for the future I would at least get a decent winch that could pull you out of the shiitte rather than a hand held !!!
Ryder
Having a senior moment
The problem here is that you're not going to be on your own. You are not risking just your own good health. None of us would critisize the courage of those people who challenge themselves to the limit but to challenge yourself and then make your friends gamble on your success is not simply irresposible, it is selfish and dangerous.
If you must take such risks then do them alone. Whatever else happens, do not go laning alone on unknown lanes with people who couldn't even walk themselves out of trouble.
If you must take such risks then do them alone. Whatever else happens, do not go laning alone on unknown lanes with people who couldn't even walk themselves out of trouble.
Ryder
Having a senior moment
I should adjust my observations since I had not noticed that you removed your passengers from the equation previously.
If your preference is to meet these challenges alone, then I can not critisize you since you are endangering no one else. Don't get me wrong I still think you're bloody mad!
I would remind you of a couple of things though... green lanes are not meant to be extreme challenges. Occasionally they may geta little soft but if they are really bad then (without wanting to sound like a ****) you really shouldn't be driving them. The second thing is quite simply that there enough green laners around the country that wherever you go it should be possible, with a small amount of planning, to make sure that you have phone numbers for local laners who have the necessary equipment to get you out of trouble. Of course that may not be a winch or bridging ladders, but a fanbelt or gallon of water!
The number one rule about not going out alone (with a few exceptions) is probably the best safety advice anyone is ever gonna give you.
If your preference is to meet these challenges alone, then I can not critisize you since you are endangering no one else. Don't get me wrong I still think you're bloody mad!
I would remind you of a couple of things though... green lanes are not meant to be extreme challenges. Occasionally they may geta little soft but if they are really bad then (without wanting to sound like a ****) you really shouldn't be driving them. The second thing is quite simply that there enough green laners around the country that wherever you go it should be possible, with a small amount of planning, to make sure that you have phone numbers for local laners who have the necessary equipment to get you out of trouble. Of course that may not be a winch or bridging ladders, but a fanbelt or gallon of water!
The number one rule about not going out alone (with a few exceptions) is probably the best safety advice anyone is ever gonna give you.
nuggets
Banned
can any one name me a place in the uk !!!!!please wher i could not find help /assistance with in say a ? 4 hour walk !!!! all this advice is great if ya in out back oz or going trans siberian or crossing africa
but just have a look at ya OS maps of the UK and breath out 
The bottom of lake windermere!
nuggets
Banned
all this advice is great if ya in out back oz or going trans siberian or crossing africa
squeeze me - yu cant change the ruules. yu sed any place and a 4 hour walk - yu try walking underwater.
