LandRover World show @ Eastnor Castle

[farmeryellow]

Who's Going then?
I will be camping all weekend in my s1 Disco this time.

[camel]

I'm going on Saturday and will be getting my new and shiny Rangie a bit dirty

[PeetBee]

Probably going Sunday, any idea what the off road courses are like?

[camel]

They are advertising three; easy, intermediate and advanced. I booked a slot on the intermediate which hopefully will be a good compromise. The advanced could be a bit damaging and I think the easy will just be a trail. We'll see!!

I've driven some of the tracks there on Land Rover Experience days in the past and it is a very extensive area with some interesting features. Mud holes, steep hills, wading trenches and side slopes.

Looking forward to it.

[PeetBee]

Sounds good, I may go for the intermediate too!

[farmeryellow]

camel said:

They are advertising three; easy, intermediate and advanced. I booked a slot on the intermediate which hopefully will be a good compromise. The advanced could be a bit damaging and I think the easy will just be a trail. We'll see!!

I've driven some of the tracks there on Land Rover Experience days in the past and it is a very extensive area with some interesting features. Mud holes, steep hills, wading trenches and side slopes.

Looking forward to it.

Back in 2005 the off road course was very tame even the hard one was basic, They had some stick over it so last year they made the hard course very hard, too hard because most people were getting stuck even myself, It was that bad the JCB recovery got stuck as well I spent over 3hours in the woods! The funny thing about it, it was the same bit of woods that I was testing in 2 months before (in a freelander after a dry winter) go in my Modified classic Rangie after a wet may and get stuck.

Unless your Landie is modified and you dont mind the odd knock keep off the hard course, But its worth driving the easy course just for the views.

The link below show what to expect, note the difference between wet and dry.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=320492&f=23&h=0 

[camel]

farmeryellow said:

It was that bad the JCB recovery got stuck as well I spent over 3hours in the woods!

Must have been a bit embarrassing for them

Will keep an eye on the forecast I think!