LANERIDERS DOWN SOUTH

 

 

JOHN SACKLEY WANTED TO GO LANING AND SAID HE KNEW OF A COUPLE OF LANES WE COULD GO AND DO, PLUS A COUPLE HE HAD FOUND ON A MAP, NEVER BEING ONE TO TURN DOWN A DAY IN THE MUD ... WE DID IT ... BOY DID WE DO IT.

 

THIS IS THE START OF THE FIRST ONE. AS MOST TEND TO BE, CLOSE BUSHES AND NARROW PATH, SHARON AND I WERE AT THE BACK WITH KEITH AND SUE IN FRONT.

 

TYPICAL LANE. AN OLD BYWAY DOWN THE SIDE OF A FARMERS FIELD

 

THIS WAS NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT. VERY EASY UNDERFOOT. WE GATHERED AT THE END FOR A CHAT AS THE GATES WERE CLOSED BEHIND US.

 

NOT OFTEN TONKA IS SEEN THIS CLEAN AFTER A LANE

 

THE NEXT ONE PROVED MUCH MORE OVERGROWN AND HAD RECENTLY HAD A FEW NEW PATHS CUT INTO IT

 

WE ARE STILL AT THE BACK, THE TERRAIN STARTS TO GET MORE UNEVEN AND THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER.

 

A CHANCE FOR SOME PUDDLE SHOTS. NICK INGRAM GOES IN FIRST

 

FOLLOWED BY SHARON DRIVING TONKA

SO I HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH AS WELL

 

THEN JOHN SACKLEY, WE SEEMED TO OF MISSED KEITH DRIVING THROUGH ..

 

STEAMIN ... HEE HEE

 

THEN MORE FARMERS FIELDS. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST WE WERE GONNA GET... READ ON

 

START OF THE 3RD LANE. VITARAS ONLY JUST GET THROUGH THE GATE

 

I SEE A MUD RUN AND HEAD STRAIGHT INTO IT

 

I NEED TO GIVE IT FULL BOOT TO MAKE HEADWAY ( THE STEEL AXLE HELD SUPERBLY ) LSD'S WERE OUT OF THIS WORLD ... TRACTION WAS AMAZING ... WELL HAPPY

 

TONKA STILL LOST OUT HERE ON GROUND CLEARANCE THO

 

IF YOU COULD SMELL A PICTURE THEN THIS ONE WOULD MAKE YOU WRETCH. THE STAGNANT WATER STANK BAD

 

STROP ON AND PULLED THE REST OF THE WAY BY VIAGRA VITARA

 

JOHN KICKS UP THE MUD AS HE MADE PROGRESS THROUGH THE RUTS

 

WHY HAVE YOU STOPPED JOHN ??

 

COS I'M BLOODY WELL STUCK ... HEE HEE

 

ONCE JOHN WAS PULLED CLEAR BY KEITH. NINGRAM HAS A GO ... HE'S GOT LOCKERS YOU KNOW ... HEE HEE

 

STUCK ALSO

 

AGAIN RESCUED BY KEITH IN "TIN TOP"

 

ERRR KEITH STUCK AS WELL ... HEE HEE . A GOOD CAPTAIN STAYS WITH HIS SINKING SHIP

 

TONKA PULLS HIM OUT ON THE END OF A STROP

 

ONCE AGAIN WE STOP TO CLEAN OFF ABIT AND LAUGH AT THE MUD RUN WE JUST DID

 

THERE'S A NICE LOOKING WOODY RUN IN FRONT OF KEITH SO WE DECIDE TO FOLLOW IT ALONG SIDE SOME BAD RUTS

 

KEITH SETS OFF BEHIND NICK

 

WERE SOON IN THE THICK OF IT AGAIN ... SOOOOOPERB

 

JOHN STUCK FOR ABOUT THE 3rd TIME TODAY

 

TONKAS REAR WHEEL RIGHT OUT OF THE ARCH

 

BUT SOON WELL STUCK. I DECIDE TO WINCH MYSELF OUT BUT END UP BURNING THE MOTOR OUT ON MY WINCH ... BUMMER

 

WE SET OFF AGAIN AND THE FUN CONTINUES WITH MASSIVE RUTS AND DITCHES ... EXCELLENT

 

NICK DOING SELF RECOVERY. THE X9 WINCH IS A TOP PIECE OF KIT ... WANT ONE

 

JOHN APPROACHES THE END OF THE LANE

 

WE STOPPED TO CHAT AND PLAN THE NEXT MOVE. WE DECIDED TO DO A SECTION OF PILGRIMS WAY NEAR ASHFORD BUT AS WE STARTED IT I HAD A PUNCTURE AND ONLY JUST GOT TO JOHNS WITH AIR STREAMING FROM THE TYRE. DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE REPAIRED EITHER. SO THATS A WINCH AND A TYRE THE DAY COST ME ... BUT WHAT AN EXCELLENT DAY. WE ARE GOING BACK SOON ... SO IF YOU FANCY COMING ALONG THEN SPEAK TO VITARA JOHN ... VITARAJOHN@TONKA-TOY.CO.UK