Greenlane Driving
I recently found out about this sport, a sport with so many devotees that there are clubs and holidays and everything. It's called 'greenlaning', though it might be spelt differently, and I just got to try it. It's great fun. You take a 4x4 (a real 4x4, not a pretend one) down a track that is technically a road but certainly won't take any normal car.
The Landy was tilting so far that the roof actually touched the 4' high sides of the track and we were worried about it rolling. There were patches of mud, tree roots, even one bloody great tree stump. The road had deep ruts in it the exact size and width of Land Rover tracks, and there was a groove down the middle of the road where other people's diffs had been before us. Our diff had mud on it when we got back.
Scary, but fun. Very, very fun. I think we'll be doing that again - and we'll be getting the steering and diff guards so we don't break the Landy doing it. Ah, the joys of having a real, honest 4x4 in real, honest 4x4 country. :)
The Landy was tilting so far that the roof actually touched the 4' high sides of the track and we were worried about it rolling. There were patches of mud, tree roots, even one bloody great tree stump. The road had deep ruts in it the exact size and width of Land Rover tracks, and there was a groove down the middle of the road where other people's diffs had been before us. Our diff had mud on it when we got back.
Scary, but fun. Very, very fun. I think we'll be doing that again - and we'll be getting the steering and diff guards so we don't break the Landy doing it. Ah, the joys of having a real, honest 4x4 in real, honest 4x4 country. :)