somerset February 2014 the lanes that nev forgot

[supersurf]

We took a gamble on the weather this weekend ?
With all the floods ect around somerset
We went anyway expecting the worse but it turned out great
Year another successful weekend away with plenty if banter and laughs along the way
Roll on the next one I say.    

a big thank you to young einstein who was the navigator for both days
despite his window shopping this morning did an awesome job leading the way
well done mate top job  

we started the day with a few local lanes







shaun broke his mirror in the first lane  





i had to make a few improvements as with a change of phone came a new phone holder

new stereo and cb

it was the first trial with it all linked together  

and it all worked faultless



im gradually catching up with the rest of the world  





this lane was a lot deeper than it looked  



























between myself and einstein we had enough chocolate to see us through till summer    











this road was well and truly under water  



who ever owns this house has stopped the building work on the house

but started building a boat just in case the water rises any more  









these wet fields are ideal for growing ducks  













its a tuff choice as i like that bit and also that bit which one shall i cut first  















































grendle asked farmer if he would like a sandwich

farmer said ok then

next thing you know grendle had made this in the back of the diahatsu on top of the tool box  

wow a tower doorstep sandwich  





kar.mats light fuse kept blowing    



































farmer put on his shower cap as it started to rain









einstein hard at work

yes in 50 yards we shall be turning left  



we continued until dark

then went back to the hotel

as we never did find the fault with kar.mats lights  



we were soon at the pub for tea  

all 6 courses of it  



i simply had the mixed grill  



with a side order of onion rings and chips and garlic bread as i was starving  



farmer went for the steak and ale pie



that was the end of day one  

the video of the day is now on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/leesautos

called the lanes that nev forgot
 

[supersurf]

day two and yes we went back to the pub for breakfast

grendle was eyeing up the butter

oh are im liking the look of that  



luke even had the large fry up today

as he was given some money and he wanted the big one  



after that we were good to go for at least a few hours till our next feed















einstein was only just saying he needed the loo



waste not want not

some dodgy builder left this behind  









this was tight































































































well thats all i have from this weekends weekend away  

i would like to thank einstein once again for a fantastic set of lanes

which he navigated

also to all that came to make it yet another historic weekend away full of laughs

till the next adventure  

 

[Grendle]

What a cracking weekend. Lee & Einstein linked some fantastic lanes and we had good weather.
I jumped in with Farmer who it has to be said is pleasant company
Our fearless leader came prepared and ventured forth to check the water



And in we went





We had to keep moving as Sean was pushing some water



Once again our intrepid leader dons PPE to check the depth of the floods



No need to deploy a chainsaw for this fallen tree plenty of clearance





Thought I'd get a snap of the Disco before bits started falling off



 

Seans clearing the highway of junk...tisk tisk fly tipping in lanes



So our gallant leader (Left) sets us to clearing a fallen tree so we can follow the old county road. It's a 2 chainsaw job and we set to, moving the cut sections over to a lesser lane to our left.



Here we go







10 yards later and..............



So we move the tree bits and proceed up the lesser lane to the left



We decide to go to the seaside so SuperSurf can demonstrate how he got his name....I think I've got the wrong end of the stick . any way it was a tad rough so we moved on.



Not too sure about this house, is it a statement?



Sean hit the brakes unsure whether he should continue up this track



Please Sir anymore



Sean was led astray again refusing to take the councils well meaning advice



Our gallant leader takes a well earned break drawing on a leaf



Now we come to the lane that claimed 2 winches







And this is as far as farmer got. I'm not pointing the finger, BUT Einstein did have hold of both broken winches. i leave it to you to make up your own minds



We had the usual Jap issues  



Was I the only one who saw this nasty incident???









Disco receiving rust(ing) treatment



Yep that should do it! right up into all those nooks and crannies



Its is sad to relate that we have a sticky fingered thief among us. Please find exhibit one



I think this was a locals attempt at cutting traffic through this lane



Sean about to retreat the Disco just in case he'd missed a bit



Words fail me



How kar.matt must have suffered!





Impressive standing wave



Thorough as ever Lee doesn't think  Sean has done sufficient rust(ing) treatment to the Disco and leads the way to to another treatment opportunity



This should do it



And again







Due to our sweets going walkabout earlier Farmer and I are reduced to meager fare

 





This was FUN















 And finally our lead team basking in a job well done!

[supersurf]

einstein had a good thing going

everytime he opened the gate as the cars went past they gave him a sweet

except one car that wanted to keep the sweets for themselves

so when the opportunity arose

when we were offered the sweets we took enough to share with everyone else    

its just no good keeping them all for yourself grendle as they would only have made you car sick  

[m_attt]

looks like a great load of lanes, so gutted I missed it due to car failure 

[supersurf]

mate you would have loved those lanes

we even named one mattts lane

because you would have had a right good bash at it   

[Grendle]

It was a brilliant weekend. The lanes were excellent. Farmer the perfect companion.

hope you all enjoyed the sweets....that's why I bought them.

looking forward to next time.

Lee I note the "website etiquette" apologies

[farmer]

   another great weekend away good lanes   (well done Einstein for navigating job well done) the only thing that let me down was when Einstein was to rough with my

   winch & broke the cable  





 note the land rover neck scarf





here we have chef Grendel making a spot of lunch

 



 to winch or not to winch

















Einstein fancied another night out



bath time





  that's all folks  

[cider]

Nice to see you all making use of the lanes around my neck of the woods

[supersurf]

yes we went all over the place over the weekend

einstein took us window shopping and we saw your jimny parked in the street

 

[Daniel]

 Thank you all for a great day, it was a lot of fun as usual, I did miss greelaning, hopefully I can make it back soon.

Will upload my pictures soon.

Thanks.

[roadrunner]

what an amazing weekend away , lovely sights , nice weather and unbelievable food

big thanks to kar.mat for letting me ride as passenger and sean for letting me ride in the land rover for a bit

day one started with only 3 cars

[supersurf]

 

some excellent picture yet again

well done people   

[roadrunner]

day two





















































































till the next time ...

[BearV8Classic]

The best weekend away yet!!!  The weather made the lanes very interesting indeed.  Thanks to Einstein and Lee for leading the way.





Roadrunner was very excited to be in an actual Land Rover.  A real 4x4 at last!!!



And then into the lanes…..





Lee demonstrated the correct safety equipment for lanes in these conditions…







Einstein was the runner for the day….. Lee made sure of it ?



There was some debris in the lanes following the storms …











Out come the winches ….







This was Einstein breaking the second winch of the day !!!!





Stop swinging on the cars Einstein …..









It was time to assess the damage to Farmer’s winch …



As night fell we ventured into the spooky woodland lanes …





And Day 2 ….















Some spare parts for the Disco!!!!