RHINO RALLY 2004

 

 

A YEAR HAS BEEN AND GONE. ONCE AGAIN IT IS TIME FOR THE TRIP TO "TONG" FOR THE RHINO RALLY. THE BIGGEST SUZUKI EVENT OF THE YEAR. TIME TO SEE SOME OLD FACES AND ALSO MAKE SOME NEW FRIENDS ............... READ ON

 

EARLY MORNING WITH TONKA PARKED NEXT TO NICK INGRAMS CARAVAN.

 

NICE LJ. WE MET THIS LATER ON IN THE DAY

 

AS WE APPROACHED THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST WOODED SECTION WE SAW THIS SJ TRYING TO CLIMB THE EMBANKMENT ... SUPERB TO WATCH

 

BOUNCING ALL THE WAY UP

 

WE THEN TRAILED THROUGH THE WOODS FOR A BIT. TRYING TO FIND A FEW NICE RUNS

 

SUPAZOOKI PUTTING A SMILE BACK ON DAVES FACE.

 

GOOD TO SEE IT BACK AFTER ITS RECENT DROWNING

I HAD BLEACHED MY HAIR JUST FOR THIS WEEKEND ...... WELL I HAD TO ... IT WAS THE VOICES ... THEY MADE ME DO IT .. HEE HEE

 

BATH TIME .....

 

SHARON HAD GOT OUT FOR A WANDER WITH THE VIDEO CAMERA AND CALLED ME ON THE PHONE A FEW MINUTES LATER ASKING IF I WOULD COME BACK AND RESCUE AN LJ THAT WAS BOGGED DOWN. I DID AND WE ENDED UP USING A SNATCH BLOCK AND ANCHORING THE BACK OF TONKA TO A TREE IN ORDER TO GAIN ENOUGH PULL TO FREE HIM

 

THIS BLITZ HAD ALREADY BEEN TRYING TO FREE HIM ON A STROP BUT ENDED UP BENDING THE REAR OF THE LJ SLIGHTLY

 

WE ALLOWED TONKA'S CLUTCH 20 MINUTES TO COOL DOWN AND THEN HEADED OFF DOWN A FEW RUTS TO PLAY

 

DEEP RUTS!

 

WE ARRIVED AT THE LAKE TO SEE WHO WAS SWIMMING AND WHO WAS SINKING ...

 

SWIMMING

 

WELL STUCK IN THE MUD. NOT ONLY IS THIS LAKE DEEP IN PLACES BUT IT IS ALSO VERY MUDDY AS WELL. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHICH PATH THROUGH TO TAKE.

 

MONSTER COIL SPRUNG SJ

 

WELL CAPABLE ... TILL HE BUST A SHAFT A FEW MINUTES LATER ... TYRES VERSUS SHAFTS .... THE TYRES ALWAYS WIN

 

RAPID PROGRESS THROUGH THE LAKE

 

ONE VERY SLIGHTLY "DELAYED" MR JAMES HOLLOWAY

 

A TRICKED OUT SUZUKI WAGON R

 

IT FLEXES GOOD AS WELL!!!

 

AWESOME .. I WANT IT ..

 

TIME FOR A PLAY. FOLLOW THE LEADER AGAIN

 

GENERATION X

 

STUCK !!!

 

JAM .. CURRENTLY SELLING THE JIMNY SO THIS IS PROBABLY HIS LAST TRIP WITH THE LANERIDERS FOR A WHILE.

 

THEY TRIED TO THROW A CABLE TO THIS GUY TO SAVE HIM A WALK IN THE WATER ...

 

DIDN'T REACH HIM THOUGH. TIME TO GET IN AND COLLECT THE WINCH CABLE BY HAND ... TO A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WELL ...

 

ERRMMM I THINK HIS CARPETS ARE A LITTLE WET

 

TIME WAS MOVING ON SO BACK INTO THE RUTS FOR A PLAY

 

AWESOME CAR THAT JIMNY

 

FOLLOWED BY LITTLE DAVE. WELL SMART LITTLE SJ AND LOOKS GREAT WITH THE FASTBACK SOFT TOP.

WELL THATS IT TILL NEXT YEAR AT THE RHINO RALLY. IT WAS A CHANCE TO MEET UP WITH A FEW PEOPLE I HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE THE LAST RALLY. SEE THEM ALL THERE NEXT YEAR AS WELL I RECKON .......