09/03/2003

 

 

SAMMY D .. HAD ARRANGED A GREENLANING SESSION ROUND HIS NECK OF THE WOODS AND DAVE AND I HAD SAID WE WOULD GO. JAMIE AND SUSIE HAD KINDLY AGREED TO PUT US UP FOR THE SATURDAY NIGHT AND FEED US A BIG CURRY AS WELL .... WE EVENTUALLY GOT TO JAMIES HOUSE IN COVENTRY AT ABOUT 11.30 PM ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT. THEN SAT UP DRINKING AND EATING CURRY AND HOME MADE CAKE TIL 02.30 ...... SLEEEEEEEEP !!!!!

 

AFTER A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP , AND A FULL ENGLISH BREKKIE ( THANX SUSIE ... YOURE A STAR ) IT WAS TIME TO READY THE TRUCKS FOR ACTION.

 

JAMIE AND DAVE FITTED THEIR WINCHES AND WE SET OFF FOR THE MEET UP.

 

WE GOT TO THE MEET IN TIME AND A FEW OF THE PARTICIPANTS HAD ALREADY ARRIVED, ALL EAGER TO GET UNDERWAY.

 

ANOTHER VIT ... THIS ONE IS ALSO GOING THE CALMINI 3" LIFT AND BODY LIFT WAY ... OOOOOH IT ALL STARTS HERE ... REALLY NICE LOOKING HOMEMADE BUMPER ..

 

EERRRRRR LANDROVERS ... WHO INVITED THEM !!!!!! SAMMY

 

A PAIR OF SERIES 3 LANDYS ... I SUPPOSE ITS OK .. SEEING AS THEY WERE BEING ESCORTED BY A COUPLE OF SJ'S ..... HEE HEE

 

SO DOWN TO BUSINESS ... WE STARTED THE LANING ON SOME VERY VERY VERY VERY GENTLE LANES .

 

THEN RE GROUPED FOR THE NEXT LANE

AIR HORNS ANYONE ... FLIPPIN ECK

 

THE NEXT LANE INVOLVED FORDING A RIVER ... OH GOD ... ITS ALL GOING TO END UP NASTILY ... READ ON !!!

 

LOOK AT THE BREAKOVER ANGLE ... EXCELLENT

 

JAMIE AND SUSIE

 

JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED THE LAST ONE ... HEE HEE

 

THEN WE STARTED DRIVING BACK AND FORTH OVER THE FORD ....

 

DAVE ... GETTING SOME DECENT SPRAY GOING

 

MULTICOLOURED SJ SOFT TOP

 

LANDROVER HAVIN A GO

 

AND RICHARD IN HIS SJ ... SOON TO BE BATTLE SCARRED

THIS IS WHERE IT ALL WENT HORRIBLY WRONG FOR ME. I CLIMBED OUT OF THE WATER UP THE SLOPE WHICH WAS QUITE STEEP AND WET

 

I TURNED THE VIT ROUND ON THE EMBANKMENT AND HEADED BACK INTO THE FORD. THE FRONT WHEEL BURIED INTO A DEEP HOLE AND THE VIT WAS STUCK, I REVERSED UP A BIT AND WENT FORWARD WITH A BIT MORE MOMENTUM ... STILL STUCK ... TRIED AGAIN AND .... BANG ... SOMETHING BUSTED !!!!!

 

JAMES HOLLOWAY STOOD ON DAVES REAR BUMPER AND A RESCUE MISSION WAS LAUNCHED .

 

I WAS TOWED BACK TO DRY LAND . AND THE PROBLEM WAS OBVIOUS

 

YOU GUESSED IT ... LOOKS LIKE IT IS MY TURN TO SMASH AN AXLE OR 2 .... DAMN

 

JAMIE DOING THE BREAKOVER ANGLE TEST ... AND PASSING

 

I DECIDED TO CARRY ON WITH THE LANING IN 2WD. HAD NO OPTION REALLY .... THIS IS ACTUALLY A ROAD THAT IS ALWAYS FLOODED

 

DAVE AND JAMES HOLLOWAY CREATE A TIDAL WAVE AS THEY REVERSE BACK OUT OF THE RIVER INTO THE FLOODED ROAD

 

THIS IS THE START OF THE LAST LANE .. I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS LANE ALL DAY AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REAL BAD. BUT NOW I WAS RESTRICTED TO 2WD, IT SEEMED TO LOOSE ITS SPARKLE ... OR DID IT !!!!!!!!

 

ONE OF THE TWO LANDROVERS HAD REAL DIFFICULTY IN DOING THIS RUN AS THE RUTS WERE WET AND DEEP.... DAVE HOWEVER MADE IT LOOK LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK.

 

I GOT THROUGH WITH LESS PROBLEM IN 2WD THAN THE LANDROVER DID IN 4WD .... LOOK AT THE ARTICULATION ... thanks to SAMMY D for this foto

 

JAMES STORMS OVER THE MUD TO PROVE SUZUKIS TAKE NO MESSING AROUND

 

THIS LITTLE CUSTOM SJ IS POWERED BY AN OPEL MANTA ENGINE ... IT DID BLOODY WELL ... TRUST ME

 

AS THE LITTLE ORANGE SJ WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE THICK OF THE MUD, JAMIE DECIDED TO SEE HOW FAR HE COULD GET ... AND THIS IS IT ...... WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY AND I WILL LEAVE JAMIE IN THE NEXT FOTO TO FINISH IT ALL OFF FOR US

 

GOODBYE THEN !!!