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CANCELLED: Plains play day and braai 20 August
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Red Oktober
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
We're going to have to pull out ....
we were over that way (near Romsey) over the weekend and it's too far for anna to travel ....
very sorry to pull out .. but Anna comes first
We're going to have to pull out ....
we were over that way (near Romsey) over the weekend and it's too far for anna to travel ....
very sorry to pull out .. but Anna comes first
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
email them to me and I'll add them viewtopic.php?f=69&t=11740
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
I'm also an unlikely starter as this stage. Apparently I have committed myself to another weekend function....
I'm also an unlikely starter as this stage. Apparently I have committed myself to another weekend function....
warrenpfo
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
Just got off the phone with Salisbury Plain (Range Ops Room 01980 674951) and the news is NOT GOOD.
They are half way through operations which will run into next weekend and the beginning of next week with very limited movement allowed across the area. This does not look good for our plans and propose we move the weekend?
Just got off the phone with Salisbury Plain (Range Ops Room 01980 674951) and the news is NOT GOOD.
They are half way through operations which will run into next weekend and the beginning of next week with very limited movement allowed across the area. This does not look good for our plans and propose we move the weekend?
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
Trevor
Not knowing the area like the back of my hand I would find it hard to answer that question. When Tony and I where there last weekend there red flags flying at every junction. We went over to Bulford Camp to see if we could get in from that side and there where flags everywhere.
Now I am not sure if they will be changing the area over the week but when I asked the chap in the opps room if there was anywhere we could come down and have a drive about his answer was "Best not as I cannot guarantee what will be open or closed as we are running one of our largest operations over the weekend".
Happy to wait and see if someone with a better understanding of the area has anything else to say/recommend.
I was so looking forward to getting out.
Trevor
Not knowing the area like the back of my hand I would find it hard to answer that question. When Tony and I where there last weekend there red flags flying at every junction. We went over to Bulford Camp to see if we could get in from that side and there where flags everywhere.
Now I am not sure if they will be changing the area over the week but when I asked the chap in the opps room if there was anywhere we could come down and have a drive about his answer was "Best not as I cannot guarantee what will be open or closed as we are running one of our largest operations over the weekend".
Happy to wait and see if someone with a better understanding of the area has anything else to say/recommend.
I was so looking forward to getting out.
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
Me too, I did go out laning last year with some guys in Wiltshire not too far away but don't have the knowledge either. Hoping someone has something on MM that would do at short notice.
Me too, I did go out laning last year with some guys in Wiltshire not too far away but don't have the knowledge either. Hoping someone has something on MM that would do at short notice.
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
I think the best thing to do on this day out is to CANCEL so that those who where thinking of attending can make alternative plans for the day. Sorry to have to do this but I don’t know enough routes for a full day out without having to go onto the plain and so it seems pointless going all that way.
If anyone wants to propose a new date for the future please do and we will see if we can get this to go ahead.
Have a good weekend all and sorry for the inconvenience.
p.s could one of the mods change the title of the thread to include "Cancelled"
I think the best thing to do on this day out is to CANCEL so that those who where thinking of attending can make alternative plans for the day. Sorry to have to do this but I don’t know enough routes for a full day out without having to go onto the plain and so it seems pointless going all that way.
If anyone wants to propose a new date for the future please do and we will see if we can get this to go ahead.
Have a good weekend all and sorry for the inconvenience.
p.s could one of the mods change the title of the thread to include "Cancelled"
Paul
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Re: Plains play day and braai 20 August
Its a shame, if i could be certain that i could attend then i would lead a group but work is so unpredictable due to the weather.
If we set a date a bit later then i can go. What was popular some time ago was day to take some people on known routes, but stopping many times and get people to plot the routes themselves so they could do it again at any time. Quite a slow pace but good map reading exercise, could even setup some simple map and compass courses.
Its a shame, if i could be certain that i could attend then i would lead a group but work is so unpredictable due to the weather.
If we set a date a bit later then i can go. What was popular some time ago was day to take some people on known routes, but stopping many times and get people to plot the routes themselves so they could do it again at any time. Quite a slow pace but good map reading exercise, could even setup some simple map and compass courses.
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Trevor
I dont know many if any lanes my way, there is one down in Surrey that was posted in the "database2 but i have never done it and so am not sure of its legal status or condition. There is someone in the Surrey area that knows more than I do but cant seem to find the thread.
I dont know many if any lanes my way, there is one down in Surrey that was posted in the "database2 but i have never done it and so am not sure of its legal status or condition. There is someone in the Surrey area that knows more than I do but cant seem to find the thread.
I'll be off to Berkshire 4x4 show http://www.berkshire4x4show.co.uk/index.htm in about an hour, anyone else going to be there?
I went for Sat & Sun, but if you didn't go you didn't miss much, the Berkshire 4x4 show http://www.berkshire4x4show.co.uk/index.htm wasn't really any better than last year, there was only one trader (R & G, selling anything vaguely connected with 4x4 but nearly all LR related) one stand with CB stuff, and one person who turned up on Sun with auto jumble bits & pieces, mostly it was food stands and things for kiddies, toys etc.
The stands were situated much too far from the sides of the arenas so it all looked too spread out.
There were three arenas, so it was a matter of going from one to the other to see whatever attractions were happening at the time. There was a monster truck jumping cars
, a display by a hovercraft racing group which was interesting , I got a ride in a small two seater one, that was great fun, I managed to cling on for dear life and not fall out 
, displays by junior motorbike riders (one was only four yrs old 
) a dog search and rescue group, a stunt group, quite good 
, but like all the others the commentary was given over to the performers so most unfortunately sounded a bit amateurish, and just about the worst display of all was a wrestling display, so predictable 
One chap I met up with again from previous years was the Reverend Tyrone Glover, a genuine Rev who runs The Church of 4x4 http://www.churchof4x4.co.uk/ dedicated to drivers who worship their vehicles, all a bit tongue in cheek but genuine all the same, as an example;
The Church Prayer
Our father who art in heaven,
Offroading by thy name,
Thy mud will come,
It will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven,
Give us this day our daily fuel,
And don't let any of us trespass,
As we forgive those what despise us,
And lead us not onto tarmac,
And deliver us from roadways,
For thine is the 4x4,
With power and diflock,
For ever and ever,
Amen and bless all.
The stands were situated much too far from the sides of the arenas so it all looked too spread out.
There were three arenas, so it was a matter of going from one to the other to see whatever attractions were happening at the time. There was a monster truck jumping cars
, a display by a hovercraft racing group which was interesting , I got a ride in a small two seater one, that was great fun, I managed to cling on for dear life and not fall out , displays by junior motorbike riders (one was only four yrs old ) a dog search and rescue group, a stunt group, quite good , but like all the others the commentary was given over to the performers so most unfortunately sounded a bit amateurish, and just about the worst display of all was a wrestling display, so predictable One chap I met up with again from previous years was the Reverend Tyrone Glover, a genuine Rev who runs The Church of 4x4 http://www.churchof4x4.co.uk/ dedicated to drivers who worship their vehicles, all a bit tongue in cheek but genuine all the same, as an example;
The Church Prayer
Our father who art in heaven,
Offroading by thy name,
Thy mud will come,
It will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven,
Give us this day our daily fuel,
And don't let any of us trespass,
As we forgive those what despise us,
And lead us not onto tarmac,
And deliver us from roadways,
For thine is the 4x4,
With power and diflock,
For ever and ever,
Amen and bless all.
