flat · Aug 28, 2018

Hicap phill said:
I have taken freelanders out before & not got stuck. A D1 got stuck(beached) in tractor rutts.
You can get some freelanders into places that some Landrovers won't go.
I used to race(comp safari) a freelander & never worried about traction
Before that I used to annoy all the special Landrovers with a 4x4 panda

To be fair a panda 4x4 is actually quite good, skinny as hell tyres and weighs next to nothing, just floats over the top of everything!

Land_girl · Aug 28, 2018

flat said:
To be fair a panda 4x4 is actually quite good, skinny as hell tyres and weighs next to nothing, just floats over the top of everything!

Just doesn' have any height... based on those pics a hippo is very likely gonna be beached unless you can straddle.

Hicap phill · Aug 28, 2018

You could straddle these ruts if needed but the grass was a bit long.
Some people just follow the leader. We had been through the week before the other way with the series 1 on small tyres. No one got stuck but was intresting.

Land_girl · Aug 28, 2018

Guess it very much depends on the lanes as to wether or not a hippo could survive.

Hicap phill · Aug 28, 2018

Forgot the to upload this from the other week.
2 x S1 80" green laning with bride/groom bridesmaid etc.

Land_girl · Aug 28, 2018

Hicap phill said:
Forgot the to upload this from the other week.
2 x S1 80" green laning with bride/groom bridesmaid etc.

How cool is that!

flat · Aug 28, 2018

Land_girl said:
Just doesn' have any height... based on those pics a hippo is very likely gonna be beached unless you can straddle.

Straddle it is then, it’s about picking your line sometimes not how hard core your tyres are etc

Hicap phill · Aug 28, 2018

Result from the weekend.
Sent email regarding locked gate 18.00hrs on the 27th
Reply from ROW office 10.40 28th

Update 13.15 to say padlock will be removed today.

thanks to Wiltshire council

Pillar · Aug 28, 2018

Hicap phill said:
Result from the weekend.
Sent email regarding locked gate 18.00hrs on the 27th
Reply from ROW office 10.40 28th

Update 13.15 to say padlock will be removed today.

thanks to Wiltshire council

Ive always been very impressed with the Wiltshire service

Land_girl · Aug 28, 2018

flat said:
Straddle it is then, it’s about picking your line sometimes not how hard core your tyres are etc

If I didn't get car sick I'd ride shot gun on a first time out just see how it all goes etc.

flat · Aug 29, 2018

Land_girl said:
If I didn't get car sick I'd ride shot gun on a first time out just see how it all goes etc.

So your options are:

1. Go in your own vehicle, (it will probably be fine)

2. Go in someone else’s but take anti-sickness beforehand and sit in the front and be gate b*tch/photographer etc (involves getting out a lot)

3. Don’t go at all.

Land_girl · Aug 29, 2018

flat said:
So your options are:

1. Go in your own vehicle, (it will probably be fine)

2. Go in someone else’s but take anti-sickness beforehand and sit in the front and be gate b*tch/photographer etc (involves getting out a lot)

3. Don’t go at all.

Yep... I'd managed to work out my options already but thanks for clarification.

I'll probably go in mine but won' be till next year now as I got a few bits I need to sort first.

flat · Aug 29, 2018

Land_girl said:
Yep... I'd managed to work out my options already but thanks for clarification.
I'll probably go in mine but won' be till next year now as I got a few bits I need to sort first.

Option one is the best option, being gate bitch it laborious.

Deffo get it sorted and go, it’s surprisingly good fun

Land_girl · Aug 29, 2018

flat said:
Option one is the best option, being gate bitch it laborious.

Deffo get it sorted and go, it’s surprisingly good fun

Always wanted to give it a go... bit nervous about meeting a load of people I don' know but everyone seems nice.

Hicap phill · Aug 29, 2018

Never worry about meeting people off here for fun in the mud.

Iv done it a few times and its turned out ok so far

We all start somewhere.

flat · Aug 29, 2018

Land_girl said:
Always wanted to give it a go... bit nervous about meeting a load of people I don' know but everyone seems nice.

Yeah I can understand being worried about that, but take a mate, and leave a note at home of where your going and for how long and with whom.

Meet in a public place (the Surrey lot often meet at a cafe for breakfast first)

If you don’t like it, or don’t want to do a bit of a lane then that’s fine - don’t - and you can leave and go home whenever you want!

flat · Aug 29, 2018

One word of advice though, bringing cake rapidly speeds up group acceptance.

Hicap phill · Sep 18, 2018

Short bike ride round the ridgeway give the dogs a run.
Still nice & dry. No one out.
I have work to do on the landy but still may sneak a day before they close to motors at the end of the month.

300bhp/ton · Sep 18, 2018

@Hicap phill

Thought I should say thanks. You sent me some gpx files a few months ago. We made good use of them. Although didn’t do all of those lanes.

Hicap phill · Mar 5, 2019

@dieseldog69
@The Mad Hat Man @flat

So planning routes not far from sunny swindon again for May BH Monday.
5 motors to the group & some different lanes to what MHM & DD have drove before. Mostly non scratchy.
Start 09.30 till you want to finish if it's dry.

(Just waiting on the young German lady to confirm the dates.)

If you can't make it I can still sort GPX files out for your own driving

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