steve b Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 It'll be worth it Nige , Peter Graves did this a few times and had a great time , of course the follow up to this used to be the Croisieres Blanc for a bit of white laning if the weather came right isn't there someone on here that does upgraded washers......? oh hang on ..... I'll be off then cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Today is get sorted day...120km drive to event start. scrutineers truck stickering drivers and navigators briefing Major turns up tonight to alk and start event On phone only so will keep brief hope readable ! The event will be a sort of 3 day green laning event. Each day you set off from where you ended previous day Each day is 99% off road in the mountains and circa 100-120kms 100 4x4s set off in 3 stages we hope to be the early 7.00am group as if you are last group there can be chaos when others get stuck It's tough Greenloaning plus winching waffles etc....not a nice gentle trundle but not a full blown challenge....but 120kms is still going some with a few sticks chucked in ! More later. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Good luck, careful on your roaming charges ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 crutinerring past stickers on pre breifing 1 at 8.00pm... we are on group 1 leaving 7.00am after briefing 2 at 6.30am. .. then it's 3 days of off roading 300-400 kms of fun.... can't wait. ...book in lovely old place 3 ft thick walls ..heated ..vvv clean ...shower ..bed.. bog 30 euros !!! poss early nights ....bring 6.30am lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Ooooh.... also have on board video cam for the entire event to capture those "possible" <cough> ooooh f moments....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 You might need this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Lolololol M. bosse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Dear Mr HFH, The following is the only frogesse that you will need on your trip ………. BTW ….. been there, done that. ça pute – a generalized vulgarity ça me fait chier, - mumble this at random je m’en fou – you will need this a lot Ta Gueule –shout this at 'off road toad' when the frogs are in earshot C’est vraiment des conneries - this is what you say to the course marshalls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Ahh they don't call him M. Bosse - it's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Thank Ian.. Steve 'babblefish' Francis has done the translations.... Probably makes fridges help even more definite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 So must be laning time by now. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Quite a nice video on YouTube from the 2010 event : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I'll be really interested to hear about how it goes. I've looked at this for a long time. I'd be interested to know how difficult it is - the application has a fairly minimal vehicle spec, whereas some of the videos show sections that look to require a locker and have the potential for damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Some events offer different routes depending on vechile don't know if this is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve King Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Ahh they don't call him M. Bosse - it's.... It is better in Norwegian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Brilliant !! Looking forward to hearing how team DumpiDump get on ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 If only we could get a mod to alter HFH's title to Team DumpiDump ......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Shame we didn't stick a tracker on Nige so we could watch his progress on Googlemaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Er yes... Me... A chap with less than f all sense of direction.....In charge of days navigating 12th ms on 45 pages of tulips....With a terratrip . ..side get lost ! Steve drove perfectly. ..no damage ...many entrants had severe damages / breakages... Some sections could put a full blown challenge to shame...and the rocks. ...not much give lol We have clunk. ..think its just worn jockey bushes otherwise fine Definitely will have good kids May have to edit language Pic shows a near deep vertical drop with rocks to kick you off track ....followed by moe more and more of the same hill climbs of 300 metres on slippery rock... wow wow wow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Can't wait to hear more about it ! Are these lanes or private land ? Do they offer different routes ? Or is everyone on the same track ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 3 groups 7 8 9 am starts All on same lanes but not too much bunching Mix of private lanes common land lanes national park lanes etc etc Steve says Takes some organising 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightfoot Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 It was an excellent event, taking the Discovery 3 around was interesting to say the least - its a bit fatter than all the 90's! Still it got round with nothing more than scratches on the bodywork, which is more than can be said for the tree sliders and the winch bumper, but they saved the bodywork. I would thorougly recommend it to anyone, but it is tough - half simple green lanes, quarter interesting and quarter full blown challeng tough. It was great to meet Nige and Steve, and a thoroughly good time was had by all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I'd love to do it ! If you have any pictures or more tales to tell ... I'd love to hear them .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Guess Nige's iphone is at the bottom of a river about now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Rather that than les urgences .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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