18/04/2003
I HAD ARRANGED WITH "MARK"( MY COUSIN ) TO MEET AT HIS HOUSE AND SEEING AS THE LANDROVER WAS FIXED ( APART FROM BLOWING EXHAUST ) THAT WE SHOULD GO AND HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS FUN ON THE LIVERPOOL SHORELINE. WELL I ENDED UP STAYING OVER AT MARKS THE NIGHT BEFORE AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT THERE WERE SEVERAL WINES OPEN AND A TOP CLASS CURRY BEING CONSUMED. WELL WE GOT UP OK AND THESE ARE A FEW PHOTOS OF THE MORNINGS FUN.
WE APPROACHED THE SHORELINE FROM THE SAME POINT THAT DAVE JONES AND I DID A FEW WEEKS AGO.
MARKS KIDS HAD ROLLED UP THE SIDES OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT AS THE WEATHER WAS SUPERB. THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PHOTOS WE TOOK OF THE SHORELINE AS IT WAS PRETTY ROUTINE
WE CLIMBED THE STEEP HILL AT THE END OF THE RUN AND WENT ONTO THE OLD AIRFIELD . MARK HAD PUT THE LANDY UP A DECENT HILL AND THIS IS HIM ABOUT TO DO THE DESCENT.
SAFELY DOWN ... A CRACKING VIEW OVER THE MERSEY....
THEN IT WAS MY TURN
THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO GO UP, I DID NOT GIVE IT ENOUGH REVS AND AS IT APPROACHED THE TOP OF THE CLIMB IT STARTED TO BOUNCE AS IT TRIED TO GRIP. I GAVE MORE REVS BUT ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS WHEN WAS THE AXLE GONNA POP. I BACKED OFF, BRAKED AND ROLLED BACKWARDS FOR ANOTHER GO.
NO PROBLEMS.....
BOTH FRONT SHOCKS ON MY VIT HAVE RECENTLY BLOWN AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY SPECIALIST LEISURE, ON A WARRANTY CLAIM. THE RIDE FROM THE NEW SHOCKS IS SUPERB ONCE AGAIN.
THEN DOWN AGAIN WITH MARK CHECKING MY APPROACH TO THE RUTS.
IN SILHOUETTE
TONKA
MARK LINES UP TO DROP THE LANDY BACK ONTO THE SHORELINE
THE RUN IS A LOT DRIER THAN WHEN DAVE AND I LAST DID IT. EVEN THE RUTS AROUND THE OLD AIRFIELD ARE DRY, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT DECENT WEATHER WE HAVE GOT USED TO LATELY
DON'T THINK THIS PATCH WILL EVER DRY !!
AND EVENTUALLY BACK OUT ON TO SOLID GROUND. FOR THE COUPLE OF HOURS WE WERE THERE WE HAD A GOOD TIME. THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS THAT IT IS SO CLOSE TO HOME. NEXT TRIP FOR ME IS THE MUD PLUGGING AND ROCK CRAWLING ON SUNDAY 20TH APRIL . THERE WILL BE THE USUAL PHOTOS TO ACCOMPANY THE TRIP.