Thinking about this during the week i took the day out today having a good look around the area for some decent lanes and took a trip over to the Pay n Play in Bovey Tracey.
The area for the meet is still undecided as yet, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and put an idea out there, something which I'd been talking about before.
Firstly I'm working on a 1-2 hour trip around some lanes in the area i live, the reason for this is i know where they are and can be of some assistance. I spent some time working on the ins n outs of the lanes and planning a route and so far have apprx 1/2 of it mapped out with lanes.
Secondly i took an hour out to go over to the pay n play in Bovey Tracey, met Keith who runs it, and went for a trip around the standard part of the course.
My Landy has some AT grabber 2's, other than that it's a stock set up, so we took a drive around the course with Keith onboard giving me some tips and telling me what was what elsewhere on the course.
The standard course takes about 30 mins to drive around and includes bomb holes, door sill depth puddles and 2-3 drops ( one of them is pretty big for a newcomer! ). Plenty of mud, water and twists n turns to keep you entertained and costs a £5 for a run.
The fun can really begin when you start doing the parts of the course that require some skill as well as equipment. Certain parts are labeled ' winch only ', ie you don't do them without one as it's pretty certain you'll get stuck, some are pretty technical twisting slopes and some just look nigh on impossible, and one is a gearstick level water hole.
With a group of us, you can have some real fun, the whole track will be open to you, so you can go where you like if you pay for a day's play ( £25 ). There are some rules due to the whole area surrounding a local paint balling park, but other than that, Keith says as long as you follow the track and don't drive through young trees, the place is pretty much open.
Cost for the P&P is:
£5 for one run around the course ( standard takes 30 mins )
£15 for half a day ( standard runs plus a few of the more difficult areas )
£25 for a full day (10am till 3pm ) The whole course is open, take as long as you like on whatever you bit you like, some areas could be done fairly quickly, but you could end up trying to get out of some parts for an hour or so.
To sum up, the location is here:
Bovey Tracey - Google Maps
The lanes will be planned around this area here:
torbay - Google Maps
and to the North West is the moors
The Pay & Play has a Landy dealership ( Brookwells.co.uk ) nearby + Trago Mills.
I'll load up with plenty of Bacon, Baps, Tea n Coffee etc to keep everyone fed and warm but there's plenty of places around to grab food etc.
Like it was said on the other thread this may not be what everyone wants, some may be coming in non off road vehicles, if so then we can ditch the P&P and go for a local pub meal/drink and maybe some lanes later if anyone wants to.
All i can do is put the idea out there, if you've got another idea, feel free to add. I'll continue to map the lanes route out and may try and rope Vagrent into coming with me to test it out
Cheers
