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Lucy here..... Thanks for your comments Adrian, love you x The locations we are looking at at the mo are the usual suspects Slab Common, Hogmoor, Slindon and then West Harptree, Coney Green, Devils Pit/Tixover. In which order is yet to be confirmed but will let you know asap. Lucy x

Just a quick note to say that the August event will actually be on 9th August and not the the 2nd as published. Thanks

Hello Mrs Bass here, as you are probably aware I am not a frequent visitor to this forum but I will try to get on here as much as possible to answer any questions you may have regarding this event. I would like to thank everyone for the support they have given and hope this event is as successful as we hope it will be. We will be confirming the venues hopefully within the next week once I have had confirmation from all of the Landowners. If you have any questions or need me to post an information pack to you rather than e-mail please don't hesitate to call me on 01252 325930 or 07836 713677. My email is sales@challenger4x4.com and the return address for any completed forms with cheques is Challenger 4x4, Stadium Works, Oxenden Road, Tongham, Surrey. GU101AJ. Hope this isn't too much information at once. Looking forward to speaking to you all. Lucy xx

Basically we will decide wether you are novice, intermediate or expert by what your previous experience in challenge events is, for example if you have competed in the Tay or Muddy Truckers you would be considered an experienced challenge driver. Alot of consideration will go into this and we aim to keep everyone happy as well as keeping the whole event fair.

Thanks Chris .... Looking forward to it already I cant wait !! Paul

there may be a date clash next year with Tay There may be a clash with the Outback Challenge Morocco too...as there is talk of it being September/October!! It was difficult enough getting the missus to allow me to do all three events in a year let alone all three in a month

Any chance of making a class 4 for this one Neil.... My 30 year old Lightweight is up for it but Dom hasnt been out much this year! Paul

The latest i have heard is that...(alledgedly) the workshop will carry on as a L/R workshop under different ownership & all mail order, stock etc will carry on from a different location again under different ownership. But still unconfirmed..... The suspense is killing me!!

Rumour has it that Scorpion Racing have gone bust! Workshop closed,Shoroom closed, stores emptied, the lot!!! Can anyone confirm this?

Loved every minute of it.... Pleasure to share the experience with the other UK teams who all added to such a great week, Many thanks to Aghostino & Jonny English for helping us through the language barrier & any other problems we had, your help was very much appreciated!! Much has been said already about the stages being too easy or short & i would totally agree as on day one 20 of the teams including all 3 from the UK were given a 40 minute penalty (2400 points)which pretty much put us out of contention as the vast majority of the remaining stages were only a few minutes long ( Jim completed one in 7 seconds!!!) so made it very difficult to catch up but on the bright side it gave us the oppurtunity to have a real good laugh & get to meet other competitors!! Myself & Nev were humbled to win the team spirit award as it is such a large part of the ethos of the whole "Rainforest" event & voted for by the fellow competitors...Thank you it means a lot!! Highlights.... Jack Daniels, Elton John, Mooning, Jonny English, EO !! Gilles, Watching the sunrise!! Aghostino, Trophy, Elastic band of doom! I would recommend it to any one... Cant wait for next year!! Obrigado...Gracias

Hi Filipe Can you confirm that this is Murca.... Villa Real as multimap has 2 different Murcas & I wouldnt want to be in the wrong place!! Paul

My name isnt on the list as the application only went out today Too busy getting ready for the Tay & overlooked it!! By the way how did it go in bonny Scotland?

I hate water even when not in a car, irrational fear the wife says!! In the regs it says something about the co-driver driving some stage/s i reckon i`ll nominate Nev to do this one!! Paul

Hello Kev, Lucy here Yes Slindfest is on this weekend, it is running Saturday and Sunday from 10am. Drive round on Saturday and Sunday. There will be a punch challenge on the Sunday with two levels, easier punches for newbies and beginners and a seperate set of punches for extreme drivers like yourself. There will be camping, a bonfire and a bar b on Saturday night and if I am sure if you and my husband have anything to do with it there will be some alcohol involved!!! Weekend ticket including camping is £40 or £25 per day Saturday or Sunday. Spread the word everyone welcome!!!! But unfortunately my husband will be in a tent with me so you won't be able to watch **** together in the van!!!

Full report (courtesy of Daniel Moylan) out now in this months LRM....

I got 1 or 2 pics of you rolling after the beer tent session!! Paul

Oh S%*T it`s this weekend!!!!

And here.... http://picasaweb.google.fr/francoise.euro4...UTBACKCHALLENGE Hopefully someone more techy than me may be so kind as to make it clicky? Paul

Load of good pics here...http://picasaweb.google.fr/francoise.euro4x4/040508OUTBACKCHALLENGE02 Paul

And the classic little Dave takes a dive....sorry about the quality watch closely!! Paul

Some pics of the weekend courtesy of Stuart Dawson.... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1708...mp;id=506764849 Paul

Scores are in.......... 1st Place :Adrian Turner & Richard Wetherley 10340 2nd Place:Chris Jones & Justin Degen 10055 3rd Place: John Sales & Carl Hurst 9105 4th Place: Zoltan Guzi & Lee Marchant 7410 5th Place: Andy Nash & David Ley 6905 6th Place: Daniel Thomas & Jimmy Farnell 6520 7th Place: Chris Berryman & Lee Broderick 6285 8th Place: Glynn Yates & Phil Cross 6210 9th Place: Pete Roberts & Ben Burge 3740 10th Place: Mark Belcher & George Hancock 3440 11th Place: Neil Aust & Robert Bass 1870 12th Place: Martin Tennant & Matt Rhodes 1775 13th Palce: Clive Billing & Dominique Brione 1370 14th Place: Luke Billing & Mark Gadsby 630 DNF : Simon Wilkinson & Chris Abel Speak soon Lucy xx

Hello chaps, Thank you all for coming to our event and making it sucessful, I so glad you all had a great time even though that north wind was blowing. Anyway I will post the scores later I haven't unpacked the car yet(apart from the children) home very late last night, scary drive, very tired!!!! Hope to see you all soon and hopefully I wont smell of bonfire!!!!! By the way our next event is at Slindon 2-3rd August. Lucy xxx

For those of you who have sat nav the postcode for the site is LD1 6PG. That will take you to the end of the drive and there will be signs from there anyway. Pauls mobile is 07818 415276 in case you have problems. See you soon. Lucy xx

Now, now children, lets all be nice!!!!! Lucy x PS What happened to Rob, Chris I will get you to fill in a membership form when you get there.