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Cool! Thanks Derek, I missed some of that on TV and now I can say I've seen it all. I don't suppose any normal 4x4 would have got through those boggy bits though. Must remember to take the boat anchor with me next time I go off-road. (Might help if I got a winch fitted too.) TonyB

I think that his choice of route was more aimed at providing photographic opportunities than getting from A to B unassisted. Even the most dumb wouldn't have tried some of what he attempted and there did appear to be other ways around the wettest bits.

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:07:39 +0000 (UTC), "TonyB" scribbled the following nonsense:

just don't look at the numptys holding the winch cable whilst winching in, lack of winch sail, and how close they are all stood to the cable.......

Nod. Now, that and a few other landy films I've been after are on

On or around Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:56:39 GMT, "Derek" enlightened us thusly:

I still say that's impressive. With Clarkson at the wheel, self-ackowldeged worlds-worst off-road driver, it still only got stuck twice (that they admitted to)...

only thing that gives me pause about it all is that it's not gonna work if the electronics fail. Actually, what will rpobably fail is wiring or sensors, not the actual electronics, but still.

As far as I am aware this is the trip where he was lifted off the top of the hill by helecopter, when filming had finished. The crew then discovered that Clarkson had the keys to the disco in his pocket Thus leaving the crew and support team up the mountain.

Oh how they did laugh...

On or around Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:31:23 GMT, "Paul Hill" enlightened us thusly:

that's the trouble with the modern lawless society... you get into the habit of taking the keys out of the motor even if you stop for a slash...

'course, those of us who drive kids around are already well-versed in not leaving the keys in it...

Anyone see that new cop-series last night about the bloke who gets transported back to 1973? The sets-and-props people must've had fun. Loads of shiny 1970s vehicles everywhere.

A particularly nice touch was the bit where the bloke's arrived back in the past, and his J**p has transformed into a rover P6 (considerable improvment) and it's still playing "Life on Mars", which he was listeneing to before, except it's now on an 8-track cartridge.

Looks like it might be good.

Thoroughly enjoyed it mind you wait till the 8 track spews tape all over the dashboard. It could drive my girlfriend nuts ( her being 'mercan and a few years younger ) with me telling her what the cars were how many I owned (including the mk3 Cortina 'sludbus' and that tasty Vitesse ) I even checked the 1973 charts no change tho' Steve Wright is still playing them in the afternoons Derek Walk On The Wild Side