I've had a go at getting to bockets but I've hit cones md road closed signs at every turn, with the addition of wombles in yellow jackets flapping like grumpy chickens. Anyone up for another go next weekend?

A friend of mine was out that way this morning and apparently there was no problem getting around there. So I think just leaving a bit extra time to get there and we should be fine

Red tape or heatshrink will make black cables red

Looking at the map of the route we're meeting in the middle of the big loop in the route. I think access from any direction is going to be pretty restricted. Does anyone know of an alternative route we could do?

Looks like its the mens race on Saturday and the women's on Sunday. Probably be best to give it all a wide berth

Brilliant cheers, see you there.

That sounds good to me. I have only one question, where/what is bockets farm?

If you've got room for me to join the group then i'll also vote for sunday

Room for another one?

Yeah it is definitely going to last a while now. I just wish I'd changed the hydraulic side of it when I put a new clutch, gearbox and t box in it a couple of months ago.

I've got my 90 and an astra van, i'm a self employed sparky so got the van on the theory that it gets used for work and the 90 is for playing. But in reality the 90 gets used for everything and the van operates as an extra shed and only gets driven when i break the 90.

Thanks everyone for a great evening. My clutch finally gave out completely as I reversed onto the drive! Thankfully managed to get parts today and it's back on the road again :-) Anyone planning the next trip yet?

If your doing Friday would you have room for a greenlaneing first timer to join you?

I think the pump for the rear squirted is located on the side of the washer bottle under the bonnet rather than at the back

mud stuff do a panel to replace that oval bit where the fag lighter is which is pre cut for their rocker switches

I think so, best check with the seller though

I was looking for the bit of black pipe on eBay when I noticed them in one sellers shop and in a flash of inspiration I bought one to see if I could make it work. Just look on eBay for pneumatic fittings and you should find them

I joined this lovely forum shortly after buying my defender and have found a great deal of useful information by using that search thingummywhatsit, I realise this is not the correct way for a newby to use the forum and am very sorry but sometimes you just gotta break the rules. Now back to...

No, it won't do any harm but they do measure megohms not ohms so won't give an accurate reading of the values being dealt with here.

Before I Entered the wonderful world of defender ownership I used Harley wax on my cars. Now I just use the standard issue layer of locally acquired mud to protect the paintwork.