We got stuck!
Spent 10 mins being spotted through deep ruts.
It pissed down, track turned into clay stream. Then, through driver error (me) managed to get wedged sideways in the ruts and buried the exhaust 3 inches into the clay bank.
Engine died, so spent 30 mins digging the bank back with a trowel and unplugging the pipe. Proceeded further up the route and decided it was unpassable. Doh! Had left (sand) ladders at home and felt the verticals were too high to approach without them.
20 minutes reversing in fading daylight. 30 minutes to effect emergency exit through a field. Got home 2 hours late.
On Saturday I'll stick to the easy ones!
Lots of lessons learnt - take 2+ vehicles, walk or know route in advance, take full size spade, give ample time, be grateful for calm and game company, be grateful for get out clause (friend with capable vehicle + winch on standby 1 hr away), be grateful for 24hr supermarket which sold me a beer afterwards. etc etc etc
cheers
p.
It reminds me of a time Jake Ollie and myself got well stuck on a lane and spet the best part of an hour getting round a tree that grew over the lane. We eventually got round it after Jake split his eyebrow open thinking thank god for that, only to find the banks of the lane had collapsed five minutes up the road so we had to the same maneuver in reverse 
Great buzz when you get yourself out of trouble though isnt it?
