I hate off road driving. In the Falklands our section went out one weekend for a jolly. It was my turn to drive. The others knew of my driving ability. So I was given the short wheel base. Because it was unboggable. As it turns out, it wasn’t. Thank **** a local benny was passing with his tractor.
I did off-an road driving course at Brandsburton once, it was a good laugh, anyone know if that place is still open? (it also did shooting, pilot car racing, quad bike racing)
I tried those once, they didn't last a single journey. Problem is the main roads are for the most part cleared within an hour so the bare road rips them to shreds in no time. But they are cheap and do work well.
My lad and me went shooting on Sunday in Brandesburton at Humberside shooting. There was fishing there too. I don't believe they did anything with vehicles though.
Just looked on Google Maps and it is on the same site, what's now the fishing lake used to have a race track round it and the 4x4 course went through the woods.
Turns out it's not just us then... Snow in Europe triggers transport chaos Heavy snow blanketing northern Europe has caused many flight cancellations and delays at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands and Brussels airport. About 400 flights were cancelled at Schiphol - one of Europe's biggest airports - and about 200 in Brussels. Travellers have been advised to check flight updates at home, rather than set off for the airport in bad weather. In Germany the heavy snow has caused many car crashes and traffic jams, as well as train delays. please log in to view this image More than 300 flights were cancelled on Sunday at Frankfurt airport, the busiest in Germany. The Dutch airport at Eindhoven was temporarily closed because of the snow, and many Dutch schools remained shut on Monday. Conditions improved later at Brussels airport, where planes were able to take off from one de-iced runway. But Brussels Airlines scrapped all its flights. In the UK, dozens of flights were cancelled at Heathrow and road conditions were described as treacherous in many areas. In France 32 regions were put on an emergency "orange alert" footing, as a storm nicknamed "Ana" battered the Atlantic coast, with winds gusting as high as 150km/h (93mph). Later the alert was reduced to eight regions in the north and far south. There were also avalanche warnings in some French Alpine ski resorts, after a metre (3.3ft) or more of fresh snow fell above 2,000 metres. Nationwide at least 120,000 homes had power cuts on Monday, most of them in the Loire Valley. The motorway section between Calais and Boulogne was closed after heavy snow in northeastern France. Snow also spread southwards to Italy, causing some travel disruption in northern regions. The snow caused the closure of schools in Liguria, Piedmont and Tuscany, Italy's La Stampa daily reported. Ferry services to the islands off Naples were suspended because of strong winds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42310933
My mate from Hull is currently en-route to our place (Heathrow to Toronto) today. His flight's departure was delayed 4 hours. Must be because conditions at the UK were bad enough to back-up departures. Even though we had our first semi-heavy snowfall over here last night, because we are always pretty well prepared for such situations, it wouldn't be a problem at this end. With a bit of luck, the airline will give him dinner because of the delay, so we won't need to feed the bugger when he get's to our place ! He'll be knackered anyway.
I drove from Cologne to Amsterdam last Friday and it was starting to look a bit hairy but because all Dutch people drive Volvos, and the country is so ****ing flat, and the roads don't have corners everyone managed fine. It is a dull country to drive through though. The only saving grace of driving through The Netherlands is at least you're not driving through Belgium. Oh, and there's less chance of accidentally ending up in France.
