05/01/2003

 

 

FOUR TRUCKS SET OUT IN TO THE SNOW, THE MY TRUCK IS NOT IN THIS SHOT AS I HUNG BACK TO TAKE A FEW PHOTOS

 

I WONDER WHO'S TRUCK THIS COULD BE??????. STOP LOOKING AT YOUR HAIR DAVE

 

NEXT ACROSS IS MY COUSIN MARK AND HIS FAMILY, THE LANDROVER WAS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR HIS THREE KIDS ... WOW

 

THEN A CAR THAT HAS BECOME A REGULAR ATTENDER AT OUR LITTLE OUTINGS "THE HARPERS". THE CAR IS SOON TO BE GIVEN A NEW BODYSHELL... WATCH THIS SPACE

 

THEN COLIN AND HIS SON IN LAW "ALLAN". COLIN HAS ONLY RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS CAR AND PUT A 1.5" SPRING LIFT ON IT AND IS PLANNING A 3" BODY LIFT... WE HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THIS CAR

 

THEN THE GOING GOT TOUGHER, THE LANDROVER DUE TO ITS ROAD BIASED TYRES WAS STUCK IN THE DEEP ICY RUTS WITH NOTHING TO GAIN GRIP ON

 

THIS IS A WELL KNOWN OBSTACLE TO US .... NOT ONCE HAVE WE GOT PASSED THIS POINT WITHOUT SOMEONE NEEDING TOWING OR A SECOND RUN AT IT. TERRY ALSO FINDING THE GOING TOUGH AS HE TRIES NOT TO SLIP

 

I THINK THIS SHOT SHOWS WHY SUZUKIS ARE GOOD OFFROADERS, LOOK AT THE AXLE ARTICULATION FOR A RELATIVELY LIGHTLY MODIFIED VEHICLE

 

ALLAN WAVING A COMEDY "FALSE HAND" OUT THE WINDOW ... SORRY ?? WHATS THAT ALLAN ?? ITS NOT A FALSE HAND ... OOOPS !!

ITS YOUR OWN FAULT ROB, FOR ALL THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT LADY DRIVERS ?? ... HO HO

 

THEY'LL BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN .....

 

ALLAN DRIVING COLINS VITARA AND DECIDING ITS NOT AS ROUGH TO RIDE OVER THE RUTS AS IN THEM ... THE RUTS WERE EXTREMELY HARD GIVEN THE CONDITIONS

 

IF YOU LOOK CLOSLEY AT THIS PHOTO, YOU WILL SEE THE LARGE QUANTITY OF ICE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN BROKEN UP BY THE VEHICLE THAT HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS FIRST ....... MINE!!!!

 

THIS PHOTO SHOWS HOW HARD THE CARS HAD TO WORK IN THESE CONDITIONS, STEAM BELLOWS FROM THE SIDES OF THE LANDROVER AS IT EXITS THE ICY POOL

 

"CRAIG" THE ELDEST OF MARKS THREE BOYS, DRIVES HIS LIGHTWEIGHT THROUGH THE BIG PUDDLE AT ABOUT HALFWAY ALONG THE WAYFARERS ROUTE

 

DAVE SHOWING THE OUTSTANDING ARTICULATION OF HIS TRUCK

 

AND ANYTHING DAVE CAN DO I CAN DO B****R.

 

OK !!!!! NOT BETTER BUT I DID DO IT ...... WHO SAID JUST ????

 

OK !!!! THIS PHOTO SAYS IT ALL .... COLD ... WHERE DID I PUT THAT HIP FLASK??

 

THIS TRULY WAS A FANTASTIC DAY OUT. MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY, ABLE TO SAY THAT THE DAY BEFORE THEY HAD BEEN OVER A COUPLE OF MOUNTAINS AND HAD SNOWBALL FIGHTS WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE. THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE ON THESE EVENTS IS OUTSTANDING. ROLL ON THE NEXT ONE