Salisbury plain

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NashGT

467 posts

183 months

Monday 18th August 2014
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Lofty999 said:
first visit to the plain for a while and came across an abandoned 4x4 in deep water between shrew ton and chittering!
Most likely some one went wondering alone and/or with out any recovery equipment

Lofty999

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288 posts

127 months

Monday 25th August 2014
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Went up the plain ,muddy hole/ village area and noticed piles of old Tarmac ready to be laid!some already down,anyone got a digger!

coniambrela

1 posts

115 months

Sunday 7th September 2014
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Can't say I'm altogether surprised if this is your idea of a good day's laning image above

Spare tyre

9,575 posts

130 months

Sunday 7th September 2014
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I invited my mate out on the plains the other day

He turned up in an escalade and brought about 30 of his mates in ranger rovers

Even had a police escort down the byway at the stones

100SRV

2,134 posts

242 months

Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Spare tyre said:
I invited my mate out on the plains the other day

He turned up in an escalade and brought about 30 of his mates in ranger rovers

Even had a police escort down the byway at the stones
Not a great way to win friends and influence ramblers. Please keep your laning groups to an absolute maximum of six and preferably four.

Pcot

863 posts

182 months

Thursday 25th September 2014
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Lol@ sparetyre.
I seen them...quite impressive.

gareth h

3,550 posts

230 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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What's happening with the land wardens? I was told that they were no more!

Spare tyre

9,575 posts

130 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2014
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100SRV said:
Spare tyre said:
I invited my mate out on the plains the other day

He turned up in an escalade and brought about 30 of his mates in ranger rovers

Even had a police escort down the byway at the stones
Not a great way to win friends and influence ramblers. Please keep your laning groups to an absolute maximum of six and preferably four.
It was a joke about Barack Obama visiting laugh

Spare tyre

9,575 posts

130 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2014
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gareth h said:
What's happening with the land wardens? I was told that they were no more!
Hmm I thought I saw one the other day when I was driving along the road

I'm sure one of the 4x4 forums I'm on would have mentioned this.

Hopefully they will stay to keep the idiots under control

Clivey

5,110 posts

204 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2014
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Spare tyre said:
It was a joke about Barack Obama visiting laugh
laugh That went over our heads - I didn't realise he'd been!

JVaughan

6,025 posts

283 months

Tuesday 23rd December 2014
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gareth h said:
What's happening with the land wardens? I was told that they were no more!
Still there ... Usually 3 on duty at any one time (one for each section of the Plain) running shifts. Backed up by the MODPol patrols & the Usual security perimeter patrols around the camps.

Expect them to be paying particular attention to Imber Ranges this time of year as passage to the Village Church is permitted.

Lofty999

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288 posts

127 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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JVaughan said:
Still there ... Usually 3 on duty at any one time (one for each section of the Plain) running shifts. Backed up by the MODPol patrols & the Usual security perimeter patrols around the camps.

Expect them to be paying particular attention to Imber Ranges this time of year as passage to the Village Church is permitted.
On the subject of imber I understand that the hard pack tracks are open,is this true,or is there one fixed route?Understand access is from Warminster end,but are we allowed to access from other points,ie chitterne area?

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 1st January 2015
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Was on the Plain today. Not sure I'll bother again for a while.
Despite us being the only two cars we saw out there, the Plain as a whole is clearly getting massively over-used now, even for such a large area. Most of the main routes have at least one massive claggy mud pit somewhere along their length, with some parts evidently now so far gone they won't ever recover and will become permanent water-features.
More fences have gone up, more lanes are now closed for good.
Oh well. Good while it lasted.

JVaughan

6,025 posts

283 months

Monday 5th January 2015
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Crossflow Kid said:
Was on the Plain today. Not sure I'll bother again for a while.
Despite us being the only two cars we saw out there, the Plain as a whole is clearly getting massively over-used now, even for such a large area. Most of the main routes have at least one massive claggy mud pit somewhere along their length, with some parts evidently now so far gone they won't ever recover and will become permanent water-features.
More fences have gone up, more lanes are now closed for good.
Oh well. Good while it lasted.
I noticed that when we were out on boxing day. Time to call it a day too frown