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Thanks Pete, At the end of a day that we had, all we were intent on was going home, my brain was frazzled and Rothwell MacDonalds staff were very welcoming so we stayed there till the recovery man arrived

HarryMann wrote:More power to your elbow Glen...! I like towing out in 'R' so you can see their reaction Seems to work well too...

Didn't think of it like that, but actully yes there was a good crowd to watch! The real resion I chose reverse over G is because I've fitted a westy towbar so have lost the rear towing eye, but as I haven't yet got round to buying the right size bolts the tow ball bit isn't fitted so I don't have any rear tow point at present - that job has since gone up my priority list.

.. and the front hoop/loop is a bit limited n clevis pin size. But seems immensely strong!

Bloomin heck Roger... still a fair old run up to Louth from Wisbech though....

What a cracking day... started off well when the syncro rescued the day by pulling the transit and burgervan up the hill on the way there, then again a little further on when conditions got a good bit worse.. when the burger man had difficulty pulling away on the flat, I thought it better for me to offer to tow it... easy job...

When we got out there.. I was a little concerned as I thought we'd get stuck in the ruts.. not having as big diameter tyres as the LR's etc.. Amazed at Mcjimny's little truck (Suzuki Jimny), what a star.. enthusiastic driving often saved getting stuck too often.. got to admire the effort before saying "need a tow, I think"...
We got stuck once.. silly of me to expect the syncro to drive side on with each wheel in a different rut all the way up that section... nearly did though.. and only needed a push out..

Paul (long standing club member) took us up a "large orange triangle" run (run back from the far end next to an earth bank), McJ got stuck in a nasty hole, Ade (Series 2 LR) had to go to the other end and reverse back to pull him out... I thought we might get stuck.. but we made it through.. when we got to the other end it was marked with a "black triangle.." (Triangles = small orange= "easy'ish, Large orange= hard, need good tyres/lift kit, Black = highly modifieds, only)"
By the end of the day some of the "easier" stuff was getting well slippery and challenging.. but what a great laugh... looking forward to the next one, got some pics and vid, will have to find somewhere to put them...