Drove a couple of lanes around Bucklebury on my own today. Decided to go down a lane we haven't been down for years but remember it being quite tight between the trees.
1hr 1/2 later after cutting back many Holly bushes I made it to the other end, not wanting to scratch the paint work too badly, scratched myself a few times though. Most of the lanes around there are suited well to plodding around in a Series in 2 wheel drive. All sign posted well and wooden stakes set in the ground in certain places to stop you straying of course, doesn't stop the boingy idiots knocking them down and chewing up the adjoining woodland though!
Had a splash through Bucklebury ford while I was there, not a great deal of water in it though.
Up the Chieveley common for a spot of lunch, then up to the Ridgeway to head home. I did drive a couple of lanes before getting to the Ridgeway which was a mistake! It's one of them lanes which looked ok but soon was very tight and it wasn't really feasible to reverse back out, my pruning earlier on was completely in vain as it wasn't really Defender size between the hedgerows. Oh well it will polish out, well, actually they won't, sometimes I think my wife is right, I can be a bit of an idiot!
Came across a few dog walkers, horse riders and bike riders and they all seemed pretty happy, which is quite a surprise in that area as they hate Green laners round there.
Only other motorists on the lanes were a couple of illegal motor cross bike on the Ridgeway.
Ridgeway was incredibly dusty, you couldn't even see the cyclists stuck behind me
Will put up a video when I get chance.
1hr 1/2 later after cutting back many Holly bushes I made it to the other end, not wanting to scratch the paint work too badly, scratched myself a few times though. Most of the lanes around there are suited well to plodding around in a Series in 2 wheel drive. All sign posted well and wooden stakes set in the ground in certain places to stop you straying of course, doesn't stop the boingy idiots knocking them down and chewing up the adjoining woodland though!
Had a splash through Bucklebury ford while I was there, not a great deal of water in it though.
Up the Chieveley common for a spot of lunch, then up to the Ridgeway to head home. I did drive a couple of lanes before getting to the Ridgeway which was a mistake! It's one of them lanes which looked ok but soon was very tight and it wasn't really feasible to reverse back out, my pruning earlier on was completely in vain as it wasn't really Defender size between the hedgerows. Oh well it will polish out, well, actually they won't, sometimes I think my wife is right, I can be a bit of an idiot!
Came across a few dog walkers, horse riders and bike riders and they all seemed pretty happy, which is quite a surprise in that area as they hate Green laners round there.
Only other motorists on the lanes were a couple of illegal motor cross bike on the Ridgeway.
Ridgeway was incredibly dusty, you couldn't even see the cyclists stuck behind me

Will put up a video when I get chance.
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