Happy Valley, Wales

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Happy Valley, Wales

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Anyone heard of Happy Valley?

I'm off to Wales for a week on Saturday (to go caving) and someone has suggested this for a little diversion for a day.

I've done a Google search and seen a few LR's on UToob bombing down a 'road'. Is a 14" syncro on road wheels capable of navigating it? Would The Van Formerly Known as Beaker cope with it?
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Re: Happy Valley, Wales

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I have never done this area in the van but did do quite a few welsh lanes on a trip earlier this year. One thing i would say is dont go alone or without another 4x4 to help each other out when stuck. I had goodrich ATs on and in the wet muddy bits they were "pooh" really, road tyres would have been well pony. I went with some people who were very experienced in off road driving and even they said some bits were frightening :shock: here are a couple of clips of the trip,

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Happy Valley ...... Isnt that where old people who go :D
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Don't know the route, but from the vid it looks to be fairly challenging.
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Yeah, great to see he put the gate back up once he had knocked it down and gone through! - Now where do off-roaders get a bad name from?

Word to the wise though don't lane on your own, it is strongly advisable to have 2 vehicles whilst out and about.
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