11-13/07/2003

 

 

WELL THE LANERIDERS HAVE BEEN PROMISED THIS WEEKEND SINCE THE CLUB WAS FORMED. DAVE JONES AND I HAD BOOKED THE SITE A GOOD WHILE AGO AND WHEN WE ARRIVED TO FIND WE HAD THE WHOLE FIELD TO OURSELVES IT WAS EXCELLENT. LOADS OF GREAT PHOTOS TO FOLLOW

 

THERE WERE A FEW OF US EAGER SOULS WHO WERE UNABLE TO WAIT TIL THE SATURDAY TO START THE CAMP SO WE GOT THERE A DAY EARLY. HERE IS JAM AND HIS CARAVAN ON THE SITE,

 

WE DID THE FIRST LANE ON THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON ONCE WE HAD MADE CAMP, THE LINE UP AS FOLLOWS ME, DALE, SIMON TOURON AND JAMNY

 

TONKA FLEX

 

WELL MY DAUGHTER WAS IMPRESSED

 

DALE IN HIS TIDY LWB SJ

 

SIMON AND VICKY TOURON IN THE VERY CAPABLE CAMO SJ . DIESEL MOTOR UNDER THE BONNET

 

JAMNY FLEX

 

THERE ARE A FEW GOOD SUSPENSION TWISTERS ON THE WAYFARERS

ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS RIDE THEM

 

 

 

WAYFARERS LEADING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE

 

IT WAS GONE 8PM WHEN WE REACHED THE CAMP. TIME FOR SOMETHING TO EAT

 

THE NEXT MORNING A FEW MORE TRUCKS ARRIVED SO WE WENT LANING AGAIN

 

HONORARY ZOOK FOR THE WEEKEND

 

DALE

 

 

 

 

THE JAMNY FINDS MUD IN A DRY CLIMATE

 

SIMON AND VICKY REALLY GOT INTO THE SPIRIT OFF THE WEEKEND. A NICE COUPLE WITH A CAPABLE SJ

 

MARKS YOUNGEST "SEAN" RIDING THE RUTS

 

"TONKA"

 

THE EVER PRESENT JAM AND SUSIE IN THE FROG

 

 

 

ALL LINED UP FOR THE START OF THE ROCKS RUN

 

CRAIG

 

JAM

 

BACKEND OF THE FOREST SECTION, JUST BEFORE THE ROCKS

 

DANIEL SWAIN

 

MATT LOOKS PENSIVE NOW HE KNOWS WE ARE DOING THE ROCKS

 

THE AWESOME TONKA ... HEE HEE

 

LOOK AT THE TWIST IN THAT JIMNY .. AWESOME CARS

ANDY WHALLEY GETS THE JIMNY CROSS AXLED, MARK BEGINS TO ROCK HIM TO AND FRO

 

BRETT

 

MATT GETS SOME ADVICE AS HE WENDS HIS WAY DOWN THE ROCKS

 

NICE TO SEE MATT OUT DOING IT

 

JEREMY GETS A BOOT IN THE AIR

 

THE LADS SOON LEND A BIT OF WEIGHT ... WHERE R U DAVE .. HEE HEE

 

 

EVEN DALE IN THE LWB SJ GETS A WHEEL WOBBLING IN THE AIR

 

NEW BITS ON HIS TRUCK AND DAVE IS READY TO GO

 

DAVE ALMOST LIFTS A WHEEL

 

 

ONCE WE HAD GONE DOWN WE TURNED ROUND AND WENT BACK UP

 

NICE SHOT OF THE HARPERS OVERLAND BUMPER

 

BRETT AND BECKY DRIVE THE LITTLE SJ HARD TO ENSURE IT MAKES THE TOP ... NO PROBLES

 

DALE HAD A DIFFERENT PROBLEM WITH HIS SJ BEING A LWB. WE ENDED UP USING JAMS NEW WAFFLES TO GET HIM UP ... BUT HE DID IT.

 

START OF THE LAST RUN ON SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SAW US ALL AT LIGHTS WAITING FOR THE OFF . LOOK AT ALL THOSE ZOOKS IN A ROW

 

THIS IS THE SIGNS WE LIKE TO SEE

 

ALL LINED UP IN THE SCRUB HEADING FOR THE STEPS

 

BECKY TAKES IT ALL IN HER STRIDE

 

AS DOES ANDY

 

MATT

 

AND DALE

 

 

LOOK AT THE FLEX IN THAT JIMNY

 

HI BECKY

 

 

 

WELL THIS IS THE LAST PIC. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND, ROLL ON THE NEXT ONE. ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED AND MADE IT SO GOOD. THERE IS A GREAT SOCIAL FEELING WITH THIS GROUP, THE WAY WE ALL HELP EACH OTHER OUT REALLY IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS FACT......