BogMonster Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Thought I would post a few pics from my 10 days away at Christmas: A beautiful morning to catch the ferry to West Falkland Up and on Black & white escort Christmas Eve on my bit of river Christmas Day BBQ - 100% Land Rover & 100% whole fresh lamb for the eating hate to think how much that lot would cost in Sainsburys Boxing Day BBQ - a procession trails across the empty landscape to meet up A few non Green Ovals I am afraid but a good do! Bit of an expedition on 27th, up this: Harold's 110 is somewhat dwarfed by the view Looking out across the islands, not a bad view And looking the other way Stop for yet another BBQ A bit further on Shogun looking a bit tiny on the track in the foreground Bit of a "Camel Trophy" moment with the tail enders kicking up dust on a clay track General bit of scenery, thought it was a nice shot Mountain climbing; Mount Philomel You know you are high when the local air service flies past below you Good view from the top Yes you can fit 33x12.50R15 and no they don't break the wheelarches A couple of days of P'ing rain on 30/31 Dec and the rivers and streams were going a bit ape - this is normally less than a foot deep.... I went through it one way, just about had kittens and decided to take some pics with the camera on multi mode as I had to go back through later to get home bit deeper now though!!! and this was tackled very slowly in 1st low to try not to empty the stream into the heater intake.... That bit of weed in the middle of the bonnet is evidence from the first crossing.... the main river was also going a bit quick but not as deep thankfully enough to give me a soggy fuse box though plus the usual amount of water inside that you'd expect with Defender door seals being what they are by 2 Jan the weather had improved again, off to another bit of our farm to knock off some wild goslings for the freezer and another bit of our river which produces some nice fish The Letterbox Stream was a bit lively after all the rain another part of the Chartres River The morning I left, up at 3.45am to catch the ferry, a bit early but a lovely early morning mist over the settlement This is the view from my father's front gate Back on the ferry and home Not a bad Christmas though - but I now have some waterproofing to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 That looks like an awfully good way to spend Christmas Stephen Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Cracking pics. Must be nice to have the freedon to roam like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJL Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Superb landscapes countryside ..............what a place for driving! And theres a couple of trees in the last pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Beautiful scenery, you lucky swine! Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 [envy] Very nice [/envy] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dottythe90 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Thought I would post a few pics from my 10 days away at Christmas: The piccy from the gate outside your Father's place is stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed0 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 And the lamb looks great as well!!! Sitting at work - stomach rumbling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 No wonder the Argies wanted to nick it back, it looks absolutely wonderful, Can we come round for tea??? Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Fabulous Steve, wish I could wander about like that with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MJG Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Great pics Stephen they must have cost a few bob to upload and an age over dialup..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkieB Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 very compact though, for such good image quality: 30-50KB per photo. Not so keen on the fraternising with the Japs tho', whatever next, eating Argie Beef? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 It's quite a pleasant holiday, as long as the weather is good Lara, if you can be here by 5.00 you can drink as much tea as you like Didn't take that long, about half an hour to upload and post I suppose? Part of my ongoing campaign to disprove the media image that this place is an icy rock 8 feet across with half a dozen penguins clinging to it, sometimes the weather is less than kind as it can be in any temperate country, but it does have plenty of redeeming features Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangover Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Spectacular scenery, where the hell do you get firewood from ? a distinct lack of trees i see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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