Off-roading 29th October

[josharb87]

Good to see you're having fun Matt, but i find it a tad backwards that you worry about lanes being closed, yet go inseek of 'challenging' lanes where you're anticipating to get a landy in mud terrains stuck, and been going fast enough to plaster youre landy in mud with clods by youre window.

 

green laning is a nice steady amble through the countryside imo, otherwise the red sock brigade will have more ammunition for their war on green laners!

 

Hi guys and gals.

 

My dad and i are planning another green laning day. We are planning on having it around west dorset as there are a few good challenging lanes.

 

PM if your interested

 

Anyone interested in going as need a couple of extra vehicles just incase the two (ours and a friends) get stuck.

 

The next excursion will most likely be up on Salisbury Plain and finish with the Ox drove again. Providing the Ox Drove doesn't have a blanket TRO on it like it did 2 years ago.

 

 

Would be great to see pics of you're landy at a pay n play day

[Matthew Arnold]

Good to see you're having fun Matt, but i find it a tad backwards that you worry about lanes being closed, yet go inseek of 'challenging' lanes where you're anticipating to get a landy in mud terrains stuck, and been going fast enough to plaster youre landy in mud with clods by youre window.

 

green laning is a nice steady amble through the countryside imo, otherwise the red sock brigade will have more ammunition for their war on green laners!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Would be great to see pics of you're landy at a pay n play day

 

Hi josharb

 

I know the way i put it sounds confusing but my dad and i's perception of challenging lanes is completely different to the "mud pluggers" perception of a challenging lane. We don't look for super muddy, easily chew up-able lanes and lanes that would damage vehicles because it is pointless and just gives the Ramblers Association ammo to get all Byways, UCR's, ORPA's, RUPPS closed to every motorised vehicle. We drive lanes that in our mind are driveable with care. We tickle along (10 mph max) the green lanes. The only reason we have a clod of mud on the wing mirror is it was flung off the shoulder of the mud terrains and it came through the gap between the wheel arch and mud flap. The grass on the towhitch was on a previous lane with large undulations and deep ruts caused by the mud plugger brigade. The lanes we drive are driven on a regular basis and are kept clear because of it. We use our common sense and if a lane looks very chewed up and rutted with the likelihood of our vehicles being damaged being rather high then we shall go to our next lane. We don't just drive down a lane because we want to. We drive down them to link us to the next part of the route. It also gives us an idea if any maintenance (clearance, rut filling, puddle draining,etc) needs doing. If it does then if it is quick we do it ( we cleared 4 fallen trees and 2 low branches on our travels), but if the lane is majorly overgrown, rutted or flooded then we contact the relevant authority.

[Sam Thompson]

With a bit of luck there will be more TRO's put on our national parks, to stop 4x4 and motor x bikes chewing up the lanes. Only my opinion

 

Hopefully put something in place to stop walkers, ramblers and MTBs buggering the mountains too.