WOODLANDS IN MAY
TIME COMES AROUND QUICK FOR THE MONTHLY TRIP TO WOODLANDS. TONKA HAS NEW REAR SHOES (NOT GONNA LAST LONG) AND A FRIEND OF SHARONS(BECKY) HAD JOINED US FOR THE DAY.
WHEN WE ARRIVED THE MARSHALLS INFORMED US WITH GREAT DELIGHT THAT THEY HAD MODIFIED WIPEOUT HILL, THIS WE HAD TO SEE
WE WATCHED A LWB LANDROVER HAVE A HALFHEARTED RUN AT IT AND FAIL. BECKY GOT IN AS CO-PILOT AND IN WE WENT
NO PROBLEM.... TONKA WENT STRAIGHT OVER IT. THIS IS A NICE VIEW OF THE NEWLY MODIFIED HILL.
KEITH LINES UP IN TINTOP FOR A RUN AT IT
ALSO WITHOUT A PROBLEM
WE THEN DID THE FIRST PART OF THE ROAD TO HELL. YOU WILL REMEMBER I TRIED IT LAST MONTH AND FAILED. ENDED UP DOING A BIT OF SELF RECOVERY
THE FRONT OF THE WINCH PLATE ACTED AS A SCOOP FOR THE SOFT MUD
TIME FOR A PLAY
THEN SHARON TOOK BECKY OUT TO SCARE HER ... OOOOOPS I MEAN SHOW HER ROUND THE SITE .... HEE HEE
V8 DEFENDER ... SOUNDED NICE
INTO THE ROAD TO HELL ... GUESS HOW THIS ENDS UP
GOING NOWHERE FAST ....
WE ALL SEEM TO END UP STANDING ON THE BONNETS IN HERE
TONKA AGAINST A TREE FOR A SOLID HOLD AND OUT WITH THE WINCH
I LOVE RESCUING LANDROVERS ... THEY HATE BEING RECOVERED BY A ZOOK
ANOTHER ZOOK HAVING A RUN AT THE NEW WIPEOUT HILL
THIS ONE HAD SEVERAL VIOLENT RUNS AT THE HILL, THEN THE PASSENGER GOT OUT TO PICK UP THE STEERING DAMPER THAT THEY SMASHED OFF ... DOH
YES ..... YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST, A 4 MONTH OLD PORSCHE CAYENNE IN THE MUD AT WOODLANDS. THE OWNER HAVING RECENTLY PAID £64000.00 FOR IT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WOULD GO ANYWHERE A LANDROVER WILL GO...... HE WAS HERE TO TEST THE THEORY
SHARON POWERS TONKA OUT OF THE CHALK PIT.
FOLLOWED BY A TIRED LOOKING SERIES
TOO FAST TO APPROACH THE START OF THE ROAD TO HELL.
"TONKA FLEX" OK JAMIE .. HEE HEE HEE.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE TONKA BADGES ON THE SIDE .
LSD'S DOING THERE THING.
ARE LANDROVERS SUPPOSED TO SMOKE LIKE THIS ... HEE HEE
WE THEN NOTICED A TRUCK STUCK IN "NESSIE". WE STROLLED OVER AND FOUND THIS FRENCH GUY IN THE MUD TRYING TO ATTACH A STROP TO THE UNDERSIDE OF HIS TRUCK SO HE COULD BE RESCUED. HE WAS IN THERE FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
THEN HE CLIMBED BACK IN TO DRIVE OUT ... MAD AS A BUCKET OF FISH ......
ZOOK WITH A MUDDED UP CLUTCH, WHERE IS TONKA??????
WE PUT TONKA INTO THE START OF THE ROAD TO HELL AND SET THE WINCH UP SO WE COULD PULL HIM BACKWARDS ENOUGH SO HE COULD BE WINCHED FORWARDS OUT THE ESCAPE PATH ON THE ROAD TO HELL.
NO PROBLEM
IT HAS BEEN GETTING QUIETER IN THE AFTERNOONS AND THIS WAS A REALLY NICE BOBTAIL WE SAW LAST THING BEFORE WE HEADED HOME. HE WAS PULLED OUT BACKWARDS AND THEN WENT OF TO PLAY FOR A LITTLE LONGER.