What a day
i started off early with spoonboy on his way up to meet me at the garage for a front sump guard to be fitted
before we went to meet roadrottie & roger at mcdonalds for our usual 0815 meet up
we feasted upon many items available from the huge menu
i just went for everything
we then departed and went towards saltash and all the lanes cornwall side
so many to choose from for nev but he wanted to do some nice tough lanes
yes mate bring it on
so off we trot with nevnav guiding me through the lanes
nev had to be branded with the
L for left and
R for right on his hands
this is nev our gate opener for the day
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oh no more causualties already
we took a drive down to view the river crossing at lamerhooe
by now roadrottie was banging on about lets use the kinetic rope
so we went to the best lane that i know for this
where its easy to get bottomed out
perfect
so we chucked spoonboy in with a slow speed till he got stuck
then the kinetic rope was attached to the vehicles useing shackles
we had a couple of goes at this so they could get the hang of it
im sure there were surprised with how easy they are to use
nev saw this old car pull out and said follow that car
so i did
it was a real minter
we decided to peel off the pursuite and head for this river crossing
i was deciding whether to deploy my armbands just in case of flooding
it was all good we had survived the huge current without any dramas
just up the road we met this chap ear he says have you been down there in that river
yes we replied
you are mad he says proper deep that is
then soon he was telling us about his reliant tray back
a real minter 850cc engine with a modified back axle he says it flies at 60mph
top bloke he was very funny
we stopped for some burgers at trago mills
then soon found ourselves down at panters bridge
where we decided to check out the bottom as its had a lot of rain wash down over the past few months
and as expected it was awesome
i said to nev what do you think and he replied i dont know
thats good enough for me
so in we got and had a go upwards
yes the old shogun got up the first step easily enough but then i had a couple of goes to get it up the rest of the way
without to much trouble
spoonboy gave it several attempts to get up but just got stuck on the same place time after time
he didnt want to give up but we called it a day because we didnt want to break the pajero
roadrottie also gave it a few goes but with the long wheelbase it was slightly longer and a defo disadvantage
so with me up the slope they decided to drive round to meet me at the top of the lane
to where we decided we will all go back down
on our way down roadrottie had the engine cut out and would not re start
so he had to go all the way down without the power steering and brakes fully working
not something i would want to do
top job
on inspection i found a fuse which looked ok but different from the others
it had blown right on the edge
but did look ok
so with it being a wierd blue fuse mitsubishi one
the only thing we could do was to put another fuse on the top of the old one which was held in place with an elastic band
we turned the key and the beast fired back into action
the fuse worked all the way back to plymouth
bear grilles eat your heart out
this was the last picture i took but i have got the upwards footage on video and will load tomorrow for you all
we did manage to get into trago before they shut to get some more fuses just in case our modification blew
at least we would have a spare one
big thanks to all that came out today a few un expected lanes from nev nav
but hey ho he needs the practise
till the next adventure
