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Lewis · Last edited by Lewis on Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:59; edited 4 times in total

Having missed an earlier event I got an invite from Strangerover to join him and some others offroading around Corwen in Wales.

So having left my diving club AGM and social night early at 10.30pm, having been on the Kaliber 0% alchohol lager, I was up at 5:30am and on my way to meet him at 6:00am. I was going to go over the tops fom Holmfirth to join the M56 via Stockport, but a roadsign about a mile down the road from me was flashing and showed the A6024 to be closed with snow, as was the A635 and the A62! :? So I had no choice but to go down the M62 and the M56 to Chester Services to meet up, (never saw any snow).

Having met at Chester we then set off at a brisk, very brisk Razz

rate, to meet the others. Only two Landies had turned up with some more to arrive at 10:30am so we four set off for some fun. Smile

First off a nice little warm up run up a muddy track followed by a crossing of the 'Corwen Car Wash' at Cnywed which was about 2' - 3' foot deep. Then off to tackle a more interesting route, which was interesting due to having to bash through some deep snow at the top of a trackway as it went into a field. 40 minutes and 100yds further it was thought wiser to turn round and go back! Rolling Eyes

This, of course, was only to meet up with the late arrivals in Corwen. Laughing

So off we set again this time up some more 'UNDULATING' routes during which I almost had to change my undies! due to the angles at which the Deli was obtaining Shocked

I now know why a bash plate is called a 'BASH' plate:? Plus why its best to mount foglights and reversing lights above the rear bullbar! Crying or Very sad

Now I'm not going to write an epic adventure story here, as pictures speak louder than words. Unfortunately I don't have piccies of the snowy bits but I'm sure Strangerover or his mates will eventually come up with them.

Strange rover had the honour of towing a landie 110 backwards out of a snowdrift and later on a Pajero, down a deep rutted track after it bottomed out on the snow in the centre, a bit like a sledge really! Though the Landie reclaimed his honour by towing Strangerover backwards out of a moorland bog, the results are noticable in a piccy below, RE: Mud! Laughing

I also discovered that the old saying about how some 'boys' love to play in the mud more than others others is very true, isn't it Strangerover Rolling Eyes

I will let you all judge by the relevant photo's! Wink

Part of the route Crying or Very sad

. My Bashplate Crying or Very sad

edited on 2010-12-29 to correct broken photobucket links
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Keefe · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 14:15 Post subject:

:D :D :D :D
Nice piccies!

Oldskool Beat · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 14:44 Post subject:

Great piccies thumbleft

It always amazes me how far these Delis' lean Shocked

As somebody said before....your bottle will go before the Deli' will...so true Wink

Looking at the Deli there ain't much mud left in the field Laughing

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ACE DELI · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 15:12 Post subject:

Great pics Lewis, I see what you meant by the 'undies' :D I wouldn't want to go on Strangrover's more 'challenging' event Laughing

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L400_Davet · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 19:49 Post subject:

Looks like you had a good day out,

and someone even got a new paint job with window tints to match Laughing

4th piccy down

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Darrel · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 20:02 Post subject:

The route to the lake is interested to say the least.
Did Mark take the muddy route by the lake by any chance?
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Lewis · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:27 Post subject:

Lewis · Last edited by Lewis on Wed Feb 04, 2009 0:54; edited 1 time in total

Well I managed to digitise some videoclips from the trip on my old Hi8 tape camera, took a while as the PC didn't like the software and I had to reboot a few times for it to find the firewire link.

I also found out why my front bashplates seemed a bit odd compared to strangerovers! the back one isn't there anymore :? its probably being used by a Welsh sheep as a sledge by now. Laughing

So just click on this piccy to see the video. My apologies its not to brilliant though.

edited on 2009-2-03 to correct broken photobucket links
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BadgeStar · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 245 Location: STAFFORD UK

No need to apologise for the quality of that video Lewis, ..... it's really very good, .... much better than a lot of others I've seen!

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tonkatruck · Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 173 Location: Huddersfield

Well done lewis ! But next time you go get yourself off to tesco had get a pack of pampers mega size!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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strangerover · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 15:09 Post subject:

How did I not see this post earlier ???

great video Lewis...

And that was "non-damaging" in so far as I have not damaged anything that I can see Laughing

Bash plates are bashed to hell and back !! Laughing

paint needs a polish !
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Lewis · edited on 2010-12-29 to correct broken photobucket links

REDNECK · Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 1085 Location: Dorset

Say no more drunken

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crazychris1 · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 19:43 Post subject: cool pics

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