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Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:57:45 +0100, steve Taylor
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> I think this sort of plan is best run by GLASS before going any
>>> further.
>>
>> Indeed. Where is Simon tonight ?
>
> Prolly doing some extreme washing-up - or otherwise keeping Dawn sweet
> prior to their journey oop-norf on Saturday!
>
> GLASS have an area rep there though, check the website.

Saw him last week, he's got a silver 110 with GLASS written on the side!!

Gotta be him

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"


 
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:57:45 +0100, steve Taylor
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>Mother wrote:
>
>>>I did wonder if we couldn't get some GOOD green lane publicity by using
>>>101 GS's to move and dump a few tons of hardcore on top of some
>>>geotextile in the "worn" bits.
>>
>>
>> I think this sort of plan is best run by GLASS before going any
>> further.
>>
>
>Indeed. Where is Simon tonight ?
>
>Steve

Was down the local enjoying a very blue steak.

Some repair work sounds like an excellent idea! One problem though, I
am not allowed to cancal my holiday to crete in favour of the
unofficial....... bah humbug
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis
 
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:55:36 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:57:45 +0100, steve Taylor
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> I think this sort of plan is best run by GLASS before going any
>>> further.
>>
>>Indeed. Where is Simon tonight ?
>
>Prolly doing some extreme washing-up - or otherwise keeping Dawn sweet
>prior to their journey oop-norf on Saturday!
>

Yes, got to keep her sweet so I can part with some money.....
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis
 
steve Taylor wrote:
> There's a passable country pub /caravan place at Trefach, where we have
> been on astronomy events in the past. The folks there are really nice
> and friendly, and they do good food too, its near Macnyllldu (or
> something), which is a shortish trot out of Carmarthen, and right on the
> way to the Presellis.
>
> http://www.trefach.co.uk

I COULD firm this up into an activity for Sunday Lunch or something.
What does the team think ?

Steve
 
On or around Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:40:40 +0100, Steve Taylor
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>> midwales gets overused by the organised laning people and by such as LRO and
>> other magazines, which tends to annoy the locals, even when they behave -
>> people runnning 12-vehicle convoys and suchlike don't help.
>
>I did wonder if we couldn't get some GOOD green lane publicity by using
>101 GS's to move and dump a few tons of hardcore on top of some
>geotextile in the "worn" bits.

you'd need a fleet of 101 tippers... part of the problem is cost: hardcore,
to the council, is no doubt cheap but getting it to where it's needed is
difficult and expensive. Looking at the situation around here, there's not
enough maintenance or money spent on the main roads, never mind green lanes.
Taking the much-discussed (by some) Brynglas trail, now the subject of an 18
month TRO - the amount of hardcore required is measured in at least 10s of
lorries, I reckon, to get it back to a state where you can just drive it -
bearing in mind that 10T of hardcore on a lorry looks big, but only until
you start tipping it in a big hole, then it all disappears - there are holes
on that one trail that would take more than one 10T load to fill. Then it's
got to be spread and compacted a bit if it's to be of any use.

's no wonder, really, that they close things instead.

If maintenance is done a bit at a time, as is practiced by some of the clubs
in some areas, it's much easier, of course.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms...
------------------------------------------------\
>> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them.
a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!
 
In message <[email protected]>
Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> On or around Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:40:40 +0100, Steve Taylor
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Austin Shackles wrote:
> >
> >> midwales gets overused by the organised laning people and by such as LRO and
> >> other magazines, which tends to annoy the locals, even when they behave -
> >> people runnning 12-vehicle convoys and suchlike don't help.
> >
> >I did wonder if we couldn't get some GOOD green lane publicity by using
> >101 GS's to move and dump a few tons of hardcore on top of some
> >geotextile in the "worn" bits.
>
> you'd need a fleet of 101 tippers... part of the problem is cost: hardcore,
> to the council, is no doubt cheap but getting it to where it's needed is
> difficult and expensive. Looking at the situation around here, there's not
> enough maintenance or money spent on the main roads, never mind green lanes.
> Taking the much-discussed (by some) Brynglas trail, now the subject of an 18
> month TRO - the amount of hardcore required is measured in at least 10s of
> lorries, I reckon, to get it back to a state where you can just drive it -
> bearing in mind that 10T of hardcore on a lorry looks big, but only until
> you start tipping it in a big hole, then it all disappears - there are holes
> on that one trail that would take more than one 10T load to fill. Then it's
> got to be spread and compacted a bit if it's to be of any use.
>
> 's no wonder, really, that they close things instead.
>
> If maintenance is done a bit at a time, as is practiced by some of the clubs
> in some areas, it's much easier, of course.

You should get in touch with the local council and try to arrange
something for Nationl Green Lanes Day (don't know what the date
is/was this year). Quite a lot of them will provide advice, materials
and plant if convinced that "event" is serious.

Richard
--
www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
Running a business in a Microsoft free environment - it can be done
Powered by Risc-OS - you won't get a virus from us!!
Helping keep Land Rovers on and off the road to annoy the Lib Dems
 
On or around Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:07:56 +0100, Steve Taylor
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>steve Taylor wrote:
>> There's a passable country pub /caravan place at Trefach, where we have
>> been on astronomy events in the past. The folks there are really nice
>> and friendly, and they do good food too, its near Macnyllldu (or
>> something), which is a shortish trot out of Carmarthen, and right on the
>> way to the Presellis.
>>
>> http://www.trefach.co.uk
>
>I COULD firm this up into an activity for Sunday Lunch or something.
>What does the team think ?

I'm all in favour of a decent pub lunch for Sunday, meself.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Appearances: You don't really need make-up. Celebrate your authentic
face by frightening people in the street.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
On or around Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:12:03 +0100, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>"evelyn snowling" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> yeh but i dont need the v8 pulling power... its a fire engine ;)
>
>A quick fire engine, pah ridiculous ;o)
>

Chap in the fire service was reminiscing about the engines they had which
had something like an 8 litre rolls engine, or somesuch, went like smelly
stuff off an earthmoving device, and did about 2 gallons to the mile if
driven enthusiastically.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Appearances: You don't really need make-up. Celebrate your authentic
face by frightening people in the street.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
Austin Shackles wrote:

>>>http://www.trefach.co.uk
>>
>>I COULD firm this up into an activity for Sunday Lunch or something.
>>What does the team think ?
>
>
> I'm all in favour of a decent pub lunch for Sunday, meself.

Its 24 miles as Mapquest flies. Let me see if they'll do us a deal....

Steve
 
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:57:13 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>In message <[email protected]>
> Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>You should get in touch with the local council and try to arrange
>something for Nationl Green Lanes Day (don't know what the date
>is/was this year). Quite a lot of them will provide advice, materials
>and plant if convinced that "event" is serious.
>
>Richard

NGLD is the last sunday of october, the 30th. The next one is the
last weekend in Feb, Sunday 26th Feb 2006
--

Simon Isaacs

Peterborough 4x4 Club Newsletter Editor and Webmaster
Green Lane Association (GLASS) Commercial Officer
Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, Fully restored, ready for sale! Make me an offer!
Suzuki SJ410 (Wife's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT
Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery
1994 200 TDi Discovery body sheel, being bobbed and modded.....
1979 Range Ruster body shell and chassis
 
so Austin Shackles was, like...
>
>> I COULD firm this up into an activity for Sunday Lunch or something.
>> What does the team think ?
>
> I'm all in favour of a decent pub lunch for Sunday, meself.

<winnie-the-pooh>
I'm all in favour of lunch. "Decent" and "pub" make it even better.
</winnie-the-pooh>

Count us in.

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:32:15 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

><winnie-the-pooh>
>I'm all in favour of lunch. "Decent" and "pub" make it even better.
></winnie-the-pooh>

Pure logic - faultless.

>Count us in.

Us 2

Go bookem Stevo...

 
On or around Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:39:07 +0000 (UTC), Simon Isaacs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:57:13 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
><[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:
>
>>In message <[email protected]>
>> Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>You should get in touch with the local council and try to arrange
>>something for Nationl Green Lanes Day (don't know what the date
>>is/was this year). Quite a lot of them will provide advice, materials
>>and plant if convinced that "event" is serious.
>>
>>Richard
>
>NGLD is the last sunday of october, the 30th. The next one is the
>last weekend in Feb, Sunday 26th Feb 2006

It's a thought. trouble is, I'm not sure of the reaction of the locals on
the ground. I could try sounding them out - but most of 'em evinced relief
and satisfaction that the lane in question has been TRO'd. Then again, the
people using it were a PITA. It's also one of those lanes that cross a
county boundary.

But it might be worth a shot. Since the TRO is 18 month, it must have about
a year to run still, unless it gets lifted, of course, which ain't likely.

I've a lot more sympathy with the idea of volunteers assembling to help
maintain lanes rather than going to court to try to force the council to
maintain 'em - I'm not convinced that's very helpful - it absorbs a lot of
time and effort, and if successful, it absorbs council resources which would
better be used for making a decent job of maintaining the main roads. In an
ideal world, of course, there'd be enough resources to maintain the main
roads and also the greenlanes.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect
other people to be entirely to your liking?"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xvi.
 
Mother wrote:

> Us 2
>
> Go bookem Stevo...
>

Done !
Also, route suggestion for the Sunday Drive, approach Rosebush by the
B4113, and then take the road from there to Mynachlog-du and lunch.

Also, K-quads will do a night's camp only for a fiver.

Steve
 
steve Taylor wrote:
> Mother wrote:
>
>> Us 2
>>
>> Go bookem Stevo...
>>
>
> Done !
> Also, route suggestion for the Sunday Drive, approach Rosebush by the
> B4113, and then take the road from there to Mynachlog-du and lunch.
>
> Also, K-quads will do a night's camp only for a fiver.
>
> Steve

Right, we're in!

Check yer paypal account Steve!
--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"


 
On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 21:28:27 +0100, steve Taylor
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Also, route suggestion for the Sunday Drive, approach Rosebush by the
>B4113, and then take the road from there to Mynachlog-du and lunch.

Seems a good idea to me - p'raps put it on the webe?

>Also, K-quads will do a night's camp only for a fiver.

Super value, I'll let them have a copy of the DVD :)

 
Nige wrote:

> Check yer paypal account Steve!

Ta ! Duly logged and noted.

Steve
 
Mother wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 21:28:27 +0100, steve Taylor
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Also, route suggestion for the Sunday Drive, approach Rosebush by the
>>B4113, and then take the road from there to Mynachlog-du and lunch.
>
>
> Seems a good idea to me - p'raps put it on the webe?

Sure, I'll have to try and get a decent OS section or link to it.

Steve
 
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