Whaddon 25th July

Hi folks.... anyone going tomorrow? Would be good to hook up with a few others... if anyone will be there -

I have to go so that Kai can have a drive for the first time in ages, we'll be in the green disco with a full length roof rack and a driver peering under the steering wheel!

ATB

R

Have fun, I'll be fixing mine and watching the GP

Have fun, I'm Nearly fixed and would love to join you, But tomorrow I shall be on me push bike, Heading from London to Cambridge......

Good luck to you both!

Hey Ryder, How was Whaddon today?

B3aker said:

Hey Ryder, How was Whaddon today?

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He's probably still stuck

Spyderman said:

He's probably still stuck

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Well now... ya see many a true word spoken in jest.

We spent the best part of the day driving the easy stuff, kai was catching up on his driving and his young guest had a go at driving too. Did end up nose first in a deep one at one point; that was interesting! However,

Just heading for the jetwash and we noticed a rangie at the foot of the run up to the cliff face. He had just gone through the water at the bottom but his diff had got all caught up. He only needed a gentle pull over a squishy bit of mud so I thought this was a good opportunity for Kai to try the recovery in a safe and gentle manner.

He pulled into the water and manoevered himself into position - the rope was hookes up. Now, all he had to do was reverse back the way he had come.

Back he goes... "Left hand down a bit" I shouted.,... unfortunately he put the wrong left hand down and promptly reversed straight back into the peaty boggy bit adjacent to the water run's entry point.

Disco up to it's wheel arches (Rangie free though).

Pictures will follow - t'was a nicely mucky ending to an otherwise clean day. Took an hour to get the motor out of there... by the time we were being pulled backwards the entire disco was so caked in mud that the only outside visibility I had was through the rear mounted cam and the TV on the dash!

Looking to get recovered now Kai's done the deed!

A quality respray!

And the usual suspects - Look at the smile on Kai's face - "Now that's finished the day off nicely... now how do we tell mum?"