02/03/2003

 

 

WELL ... THIS WAS ONLY INTENDED TO BE A DRINKING SESSION AT DAVES THE NIGHT BEFORE ... BUT AS GENERALLY HAPPENS WITH DAVE AND I ... WE WENT AND DID SOME OFF ROADING AS WELL ....... JUST TO BE DIFFERENT, THE OFF ROADING WE DID WAS IN LIVERPOOL !!!!!.

 

THIS IS THE PATH FROM THE BACK OF LIVERPOOL AIRPORT THAT DROPS US DOWN ONTO THE SHORELINE. I HAD ONLY DRIVEN THE FIRST 700 YARDS OR SO OF THIS LANE, SO IT WAS A LEARNING CURVE FOR ME AS WELL.

 

THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE DIRECTION WE TRAVELLED ... SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD ENOUGH..

 

A QUICK STOP BEFORE WE SET OFF ... ENOUGH TIME TO CHANGE MY BOOTS AND LOCK THE HUBS UP

 

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE OTHER DIRECTION. AS YET WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS DOWN THIS WAY...

 

HMMMM IT MUST BE ROUGH.. .. AS THIS IS THE REMAINS OF AN SJ ...( DEBBIE ... WE FOUND A NEW PROJECT FOR YOU .)

 

THEN IT GOT NICE AND MUDDY ... GREAT ... THIS IS WHAT WE CAME FOR

 

NO PROBLEM FOR SUPERZOOK

 

EVERYTHING BEYOND THIS POINT WAS UNKNOWN TO ME, I ONLY CAME THIS FAR LAST TIME TO RESCUE A LANDROVER .... ( SORRY MARK )

WITH THE CALMINI GEAR ON AND THE BRONCOS ... THIS POSED NO PROBLEMS AT ALL

 

VERY VERY WET THOUGH

 

WE WERE A BIT STUMPED AT FIRST AS TO WHAT THIS STRUCTURE IS ... THEN DAVE POINTED OUT THAT IT IS THE LINE GUIDE FOR THE AIRPORT RUNWAY , WHICH WAS JUST BEHIND US.

 

WELL USED ... ONLY LIGHT RUTS THO.....

 

ONCE AGAIN WE WERE BLESSED WITH DECENT WEATHER

 

NEAR THE END OF THE SHORELINE WE WERE PASSED BY A LANDROVER AND A RANGEROVER.. THE LANDROVER HAD A FEW RUNS AT THIS HILL AND GOT UP ... A FEAT THE RANGE ROVER WAS UNABLE TO COPY.. AS HE DROVE PASSED ME HE SAID .. YOU GONNA TRY .. GAUNTLET WAS ACCEPTED AND I LINED UP FOR A TRY AT IT. CONTROLLED SPEED AS IT IS VERY RUTTED AND .... UP SHE WENT ... FIRST TIME ... THEN DAVE FOLLOWED

 

WITH ALL THE USUAL PANACHE ... WHEELS IN THE AIR

 

THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW STEEP IT WAS

 

THEN ... ON TO THE SITE OF THE OLD AIRPORT TO PLAY IN THE MUD

 

WELL RUTTED

 

THIS OBVIOUSLY SEES A BIT OF TRAFFIC

 

SOME OF THE RUTS ARE QUITE DEEP AND THE VITS EVEN TOUCHED DOWN IN PLACES.

 

NICE SHOT OF THE OLD AIRPORT BUILDINGS... NOW A MOTEL AND BUSINESS PARK

 

MORE RUTS, WITH THE RIVER MERSEY IN THE BACKGROUND

 

MORE DEEP MUDDY RUTS, THIS TURNED INTO A GOOD LITTLE DRIVE. ALL THIS LAND ON MY DOORSTEP AND I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. ANYWAY WE HAD A GOOD LAUGH AND EVEN MANAGED TO SHOW A COUPLE OF LANDYS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE !!!!!!! ( LOL ). UNDER THREAT OF DEATH, UNFORTUNATLEY I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS DRINKING SESSION. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE GOT PLASTERED ... GOOD STYLE ? DIDN'T WE DAVE .... ( HEE HEE HEE ) ............... MORE PHOTOS OF THIS TRIP ON DAVES SITE AT ... http://www.k9rdj.co.uk