unofficial possibilities.

...and you have to use their instructors ??? I think not.

Steve

No, don't think so. When I first approached Jumbo a couple of years back that's what he said (thinking of insurance and liability issues, I would think), but when I said we were all mature, sensible guys* he relented and offered us a field to camp in and full use of the site - and it is a cracker. I have trialled there many times, and it ranges from moderately shiny-friendly tracks to hardcore class 5 ballbreakers and everything in between. DAve R knows the site well, too. We could have the use of a field to camp in, but no facilities. He'd probably provide a portaloo at cost, I'd guess.

It's probably too far for most folk, though. West Wales is a long way from anywhere, and Wood Park is a bastard to find even when you know the area :-) Martyn would take a month getting there via Aberystwyth.

• Then I said "like me" and he changed his mind again :-)

On or around Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:02:59 +0100, steve enlightened us thusly:

depends how it's done. PORC used to have an "instructor" in each group. Mostly, said instructor would jsut point out the most impressive mudholes. They did do a bit more when it came to the "steep downhill" slope for beginners - stopped at the top of the slope and a quick check that you knew what you were doing and were in a sensible gear and weren't going to try standing on brake and clutch.

I was there once in the auto 110. "Don't touch the clutch" said he. "I'd have a job, it's an auto" :-)

on another occasion, we were following the "instructor" in a G3 rangie P38, he motored off across a decidedly iffy-looking bit of terrain. "Sod that" I thought, "that looks like a swamp", and drove around on the track. Sure enough, he proceded to get seriously stuck, much to everyone else's amusement (and, to be fair, his) and had to be towed out.

shame that site has gone. 500-odd acres of varied terrain, with a couple of play areas with carved out holes and lumps to play on/in

ultra adventure sounds good though.

Its worth the drive for the company and enjoyment.

BTW Lizzy and I are down your way from Tuesday this week

Steve

Solva? Pint?

In the tone of this thread "Aye lad"

Steve

Dates?

If the plan is to first find a pay/play then fix up a weekend around tha= t =

.... could do worse that look here:

Husbands bosworth at the end of Sept looks good?? Pretty central in the UK

We can do the last weekend in Sept if that suits others. :-)

Don't you just love shifts!

Lee D

We can do whenever...

Ive been up to my neck in shit at work recenetly and not had time ot sort anything out.

me and bec would like to come... were on holiday the weekend in spet.... :(

Champion. Send us one of yon electrickery letter things. Ah'll sithi theer.

Can you do Peterbro weekend?

I have a cunning plan! ;-)

Whens that?

On or around Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:39:39 +0100, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

I was down at Internal fire, I note the end-of-season crank-up is October the 12th. It's well worth going there on the crank-up days, you get visiting engines and anything on-site that will run gets run, even things that are not officially running, if they'll start...

The other thing I want to go to there sometime there is the night-time thing they do sometimes.

Can do the saturday, but not the Sunday.

Another group im in (Northants4x4) has hired out Cranford Quary for the day on the Sunday - If you were in Peterborough, you'd be more than welcome to come there on the Sunday to play :)

yes

stunning :)

Lets get summat sorrted for last weekend in September?