WOODLANDS 07MARCH

 

 

WELL .... WOODLANDS IS OPEN AGAIN AFTER ITS ANNUAL 2 MONTH CLOSURE. WE EXPECTED TO SEE MORE TRUCKS THAN THERE WAS, BUT THE FACT IT WAS FAIRLY QUIET WAS GREAT. NO MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT WE SAW BUT THE GROUND WAS VERY VERY WET. AS USUAL WE HEADED TO THE MIDDLE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON ...... THIS IS HOW EVENTS UNFOLDED ....

 

I HAD LOOKED AT THE "ROAD TO HELL" TO SEE IF IT WAS A VIABLE RUN AND DECIDED BETTER OF IT (GLAD I DID). WE WATCHED AS THIS SJ HEADED IN

 

OH DEAR!! . WE WATCHED HIM CLIMB OUT, THE MARSHALLS HAD WARNED HIM AWAY FROM IT BUT HE STILL TRIED IT(BEEN THERE MYSELF .. DOH!). NOBODY WAS AROUND TO HELP .... SO .....

 

I TOOK TONKA ROUND AND DROVE UP AGAINST A TREE. SHARON SAT IN TONKA TO KEEP THE REVS UP AND WE WINCHED HIM OUT.

 

SHARON THEN TOOK TONKA OUT FOR A PLAY. ENTERING THE START OF THE "ROAD TO HELL"

 

AND LEFT VIA THE ESCAPE ROUTE .. FULL MARKS

 

EVEN THE FIESTA/ RANGE ROVER WAS HERE AGAIN ...

 

SPOA SJ

HERE WE GO AGAIN, "TONKA" BACK AGAINST THE TREE AND FASTEN THE WINCH TO THE LANDROVER. AT FIRST HE WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT BEING RECOVERED BY A SUZUKI, BUT WE WERE THERE WITH THE WINCH

 

WE HAD NO TROUBLE GETTING HIM TO HERE, BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE DISABLED LANDY OVERPOWERED TONKA. LUCKILY AFTER A FEW COUGHS AND FARTS IT STARTED AND HE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST THE WINCH WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE.

 

IT WAS TIME TO GO AND PLAY. LOOK AT THE FLEX JAMIE .. HEE HEE

 

THE CALMINI SUSPENSION HAS SETTLED DOWN GREAT WITH OVER A YEARS BEDDING IN. I LOVE THE WAY SHE TWISTS, THE LSD'S WERE OUTSTANDING. THEY GAVE US SLOW SURE GRIP OVER ALL TERRAIN

 

I LOVE HER(AND THE TRUCK)

 

ZOOKS .. YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM

 

SPITTIN MUD FROM THR REAR WHEELS

 

NEAR STANDARD SJ FLEX .... SUPERB!

 

THE BEST VEHICLE OF THE DAY

 

OUTRAGEOUS FLEX

 

IF OUR V8 BLITZ WORKS THIS WELL I WILL BE STOKED!!!!!!

 

AND BACK TO THE "ROAD TO HELL"

 

WHAT DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF DAVE

 

AT ONE POINT THE FIESTA/ RANGE ROVER AND A V8 PICK UP WERE TUGGING HIM OUT. THEY COULD ONLY GET HIM SO FAR DUE TO A LACK OF TRACTION. YES YOU GUESSED IT ... TONKA BACK AGAINST THE TREE AND OUT WITH THE WINCH. THIS ONE WAS REALLY HEAVY AND THE WHEELS WERE TURNING AROUND THE TREE WE HAD DRIVEN UP AGAINST. WE EVENTUALLY GOT HIM OUT AND MOVED AWAY.
OOOOOH WHATS THAT HORRID GRINDING NOISE, I REALLY THOUGHT WE HAD BENT SOMETHING PULLING THE LANDROVER OUT. WE DROVE OFF THE SITE AND UPTO THE BARNS BY THE ENTRANCE, REMOVED THE DRIVERS WHEEL AND FOUND A PIECE OF FLINT TRAPPED BEHIND THE FRONT DISC. ONCE REMOVED THE NOISE WENT.
ALL IN ALL A SUPERB DAY, TONKA RETURNED IN ONE PIECE WITH NOTHING BROKEN. SEE YOU THERE NEXT MONTH