http://j33p.org/_club/events2.cfm?event

Loads of you have been before, you know the score (wow poetry!)

The BBQ is a hoot as well as a good chowdown.

SS's with punches as a non competetive but hairy chested sidline to the big picture which is having fun off road.

This will be the 10th event at 7S thatI have been Chief Marshal - I may get it right soon. The usual team will be there but I am shy of three marshalling crews so PM me if you are up for it

Camping is most likley at Dan Yr Ogof and Tangoman will be along to act as midge decoy.

Jolly dee!

Looking forwards to this again. Will be my first 7S in a 90!

Is Mr Brocklehurst coming too? We can't do without the Les & Nick nighttime duet can we now...

HH, I trust you know you have myself, JST and TJ on board?

Portugal is nice this time of year...

Chris

Chris, you, Mr Jones and young Trembath are all on the list - you are doing the SS's/Punches

Charles - Les who?

And back to the top again

All booked up and raring to go. Bit of a busy month, that's the following weekend after we come back from the Pyranees

Glad you brought this to the top again HH,, missed it early May, as some of us were away !!

Best i check some dates !!!

You have me down I hope!

Going to need to borrow a jerry can and get a mortgage to get there but that's ok by me.
What type of event is it? In other words Insas or ATs? I'm going to try bloody hard to get my MTs, don't like the idea of going up on the Insas..

Baah,

Bluddy sister in law has decided to get married that weekend. Not a hope of getting a pass out.

Oh well, I shall just have to drown my sorrows in Guiness!

You can get away with both types of tyres there. Last time I went I was on MT's, hopefully this time I can get a trailler, in which case I'll be wearing the Simex. I certainly wouldn't drive there on Simex, I like my ears to much and I want to stay married. Well for a bit longer at least..

AT's will do 90% of the site, as the shale / rock gives good grip.

wadda ya mean......... Les who ????

Put me down, for helping with the punches....give me an excuse to get out

and a target to aim for

Okay, got enough Marshals for now

Myself and a few mates from Belgium are planning to attend some more international events. We have a good deal of offroad experience, but little or none involving competion/SS.
Would you recommend this as a starter event?
And if so, are there still places available?

Greetz,

Filip

100% abosoulty,,excellent weekend, as easy or as hard you you want to make it,,

You need to follow the Link to J33P club to register,,

Beat me to it Tim!

Flip,

As Tim said this event is what you want to make of it. We always have extra marshals who are happy to guide you round the site, advise or coach, act as recovery. J33P is an excellent club that despite it's name is not just for Jeepers, they have a great sense of cameraderie and the BBQ's are excellent.

THX guys, now I just have to convince the rest of the crew.

To echo what HH says the BBQ is excellent. If that's not to your fancy there is a nice pub within walking distance which serves lovely food and some nice beer ontap. What more do you want for a weekend away. Offroading, good food and good beer. And of course good company

combine it with a few days of laning too, as there are some great off road tracks nearby in this part of Wales.

Cheers

Steve

Is this some spamming by the Welsh tourist office?

Chris

To right, boyo!

I'm sure the misses would like that!

well i wont be missin gmy yearly fill of Andys Welshcakes

ill toddle off and sign up i think.

Sorry about this but my leave pass has been pulled by SWMBO
Got to go to a blooming wedding instead
Maybe next year.....

Sent the cheque today......can't wait. First time driving the V8 at Seven Sisters.

Will have to get it stuck in the waterfall like the blue one,, and test the CV's out

oooh goody another sunday afternoon case of hyperthermia then!

I've been all the way from Kent on Insa Special Tracks - twice!! It's not too bad. In the Range Rover I had a loud stereo - this time, I'm relying on the 200TDi to drown out the tyre noise!!

All signed and paid up. Just got to get to the bottom of my oil disposal problems!! And waterproof the tent - it is Wales after all!!

Hmm we'll see then! If the weather is not too bad there's no way I'm going on the Special Tracks over ATs!

I'll take your special tracks and you can borrow my Macho's if you want

That would work out well, I could see what the machos are like, but are you sure you can tolerate the racket they make? I am definetly up for that though. I am also trying to avoid wearing out the STs as I'm trying to sell them, I don't know how much they wear on road though.

Right all packed up and ready to for the off to get up there and help setup this afternoon - i see rain is forecast for the weekend - typical Welsh weather really!

Sam - you still coming up with HH and Matt?

New avatar James ?? Is that a jack i see, under it, while parked in the garden

Talking avatar and 7S ! who going to try the lake, as per mine

Ooooh, get him and his diesel and going in water Will be setting off at 5.30 ish, see you there.

There were certainly right about that

Another cracking event, even if it was a tad on the damp side, never mind, it made the tracks more interesting to drive.

Was good to see the regulars, and a few new faces, not many major issues over the weekend, a few broken Jeeps and a certain 100".

Not many pics from me as i hardly saw anyone all weekend

Failed drop arm ball joint. The steady limp home lasted about 10 miles then a flat back taxi to Matt's at WSM for a fix, then on home.

The weather surpassed itself, almost constant rain form Friday night to 07.00 this morning - then after a rest it started raining again!

The search for the punches

Its here somewhere


Ah their it is


Not the only one looking


Theirs on here ?? !!!

A few "actions" shots






Walfy testing the diff guards

Dave, Tim some nice pics there. Anymore?

Had a great weekend,good to see everybody except WALFY great weather as normal.
Had fun taking the 90 out for a run,thanks to andy again for the welsh cakes and coffee


See you all at slindon

Cheers Nick. Nice to meet you as usual

Somehow Mark,, you avoided most of mine
Nick doing Les's job !!

Gary,, (Pickup90)

That was an enjoyable weekend, only got a few pictures though.







Here's a photo I was told to take of some clever trailer loading technique...

Under the direction of Mr Trembath I expect. The plan was to park the trailer close to the bank and then just drive over the bank as my other 1/2 isn't to keen to get involved with loading the truck on . Didn't go to plan as the handbrake on the tow truck wasn't on as tight as it could be . So ended up doing a conventional load in the end with another veh crew. But thank you for pointing this out .

A great weekend despite the weather. Will post pics when I've sorted through them.

Looks like you all had a great time Loving the pictures.

Next year....

Had a great weekend, a huge Thank you must go to all the Marshalls for helping out with setting and clearing the course, and the support for the two days in recovery and fixing vehicles; very much appreciated by myself, Angela and Mike.

An excellent event laid on by Mike and Angela from J33P - well done guys, its certainly worth the effort and greatly appreciated.

It was good to catch up with everyone and the venue and general atmosphere of the event certainly make it a superb social weekend. A big up for Jum Pugh for not only supply the Steaks for the Bar B Q but cooking them as well - cheers Mate. Chris and Tim - thank you for helping with all the logistics on fri and late Sun, greatly appreciated.

Sam - hope you enjoyed your trundle around with us on Sun.

A few pictures to start.

Another great weekend- even taking the rain into account- and by hell did it rain! Good choice on bringing the camper Tim- made life bearable knowing you could get warm if you needed. Thanks to Angela et al for all the time organising. Really Really enjoyed the punches- they were just right for me, andi even managed to avoid getting too much panel damage. Car performed very well i thought - showing Mahoosive traction at times.

Cheers to Tim, Nick and James for spotting as and when necessary- made the day much more enjoyable- highlight of weekend for me was doing 80% of the maxitrial without winching and drama- just wish i could have climbed that last slope at the top.

Lowlight was on sunday morning when i got far too close to rolling the truck over into a pond jsut whn i had a passenger for the first time- got my line in wrong and just starting slipping sideways- serious brown trouser moment whicn can be seen in pictures below looking like there was nothing wrong!

the rain had transformed the site turning th place into very very slippery clay in places (very very unexpectedly for 7S in my experience)- did one last climb of the day which would have been fine even under normal wet conditions and before i knew it even with the car in reverse i was slipping sideways off the hill- absolutely zero traction!

Tim can you stop taking photos of me please- i always look dreadful!

Some photos i took (and sorry for the cruiser content- i didn't seem to have many other photos!) in reverse order which are clickable for full size: