Didn't even know about this place and it's only 30min from my house. Can't do this side of Christmas but will meet after if you go again. Please post pics & review if you do go
24th Nov 2016 9:33 pm
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
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MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
24th Nov 2016 9:34 pm
Beno2
Member Since: 18 Apr 2009
Location: SE
Posts: 994
I have done this pit many times really good day out.......
They have stopped spectators from watching now due to H&S...
Enjoy
D3 HSE
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24th Nov 2016 9:37 pm
Mikeyb
Member Since: 08 Nov 2016
Location: Maldon, Essex
Posts: 516
does the bloke still hoon around in his tank?
24th Nov 2016 9:42 pm
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
Posts: 831
Beno2 wrote:
I have done this pit many times really good day out.......
They have stopped spectators from watching now due to H&S...
I am a) novice and b) dont fancy getting knee deep in mud - so hoping there is some fairly tame stuff for me to do. Looking at some youtube vids, looks to be some - what you say?MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
24th Nov 2016 9:52 pm
Beno2
Member Since: 18 Apr 2009
Location: SE
Posts: 994
You will be fine. Some serious stuff to try and lots of easy non damage areas to explore.....
Just uploaded a few photos.D3 HSE
24th Nov 2016 10:02 pm
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
Posts: 831
MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
25th Nov 2016 7:02 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Keep away from the larger bits of water
25th Nov 2016 7:08 am
LaserTam
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Location: Essex
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I sense that's a comment from experience MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
Ha ha I think you're right The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
25th Nov 2016 8:19 am
LaserTam
Member Since: 31 Aug 2015
Location: Essex
Posts: 831
Ive been. Will I return? - probably not. As someone posted on another thread, the 'mud pluggers' churn most of the 'easy' tracks up, so a lot of areas were just not accessible to me in a standard D4 with just General Grabbers on, or at least I didn't feel I could.
Wasn't helped by my novice schoolboy error, had been there literally 3 mins, pulled to the side of a well trodden track to allow another car through and got stuck, needing a tow out. Confidence dented, i did find an area that was much drier and had a bit of up and down a few tracks, but I was a reluctant to explore too much for fear of further embarrassment.
There was fairly heavy rain last weekend, which probably didn't help.
This is my first experience of a pay and play site, maybe they are all similar, but I suppose I had some (perhaps naive) expectations, which were mostly completely wrong. We estimated maybe as many as 75 vehicles, maybe more. Of these, I only saw no more than 10 cars that looked to be standard, with just off road tires. I think there were only 2 other D3/4s - both standard cars. Each to their own I suppose, was good to watch some of the efforts to get up some gravity defying hills. May be try elsewhere next time, just they are all alot further away from me, should be shod with GG AT3 by then, which may help.MY2012 D4 HSE Nara Bronze with some extra stuff
27th Nov 2016 7:25 pm
Mr.Tom
Member Since: 01 Jun 2014
Location: St Neots
Posts: 1641
Yarwell is not too badSill protection - LED internal lights - LED reverse lights - boot liner - Dog Guard - Rock sliders
MY12 D4 HSE - been and gome
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27th Nov 2016 8:53 pm
John P
Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1282
I did one pay and play, and never again. As you've mentioned, it was full of none standard cars seeing how much mud they could churn up. I saw 2 roll overs, and we left shortly after that. I now do green lanes with a friend in his 90. I find the adventure of lanes far more appealing than hooning around in mud. We also go to the Plain occasionally.
27th Nov 2016 9:47 pm
Landie71
Member Since: 23 Oct 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
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I'd have a think about doing an off-road courses at one of the shows - I've taken my D3 round without any problem, there's plenty of marshals to point you in the right direction (there's more challenging sections for drivers/vehicles that want them & more realistic, but still fun ones, for our daily drivers).
My current avatar is from LRO's Peterborough off-road course at Yarwell a few years ago (I think)
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