rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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| Fancy abit of green laning/off roading, Hemel? |
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Would like to try a bit of it but would like somewhere local to do it..
I live in Hemel (Hertfordshire) so closer the better.
If any of you have any good places then that would be great.
Thanks
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 16th Feb 2013 7:30 pm |
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RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
 
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The Ridgeway runs around Princes Risborough & High Wycombe areas but its closed until May.
Devils Pit is a good pay/play site near Luton.
Whaddon is another pay/play site near Milton Keynes but the last time I was there it was overrun with  idiots with MOT failure off-road wrecks who were totally mad, including one who despite clear warnings ran over my winch cable while I was doing a recovery! I just managed to take the tension off in time. I would never go back there but that is just my personal opinion. Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
Member of Wessex4x4Response, (Bristol team)
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| 17th Feb 2013 7:01 am |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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Ok, thanks,
What about any green laning routes round this way? Keep hearing something about Watford-Luton?>
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| 17th Feb 2013 11:02 am |
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RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
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If you check out the Oct 2011 edition of LRO it lists some lanes around Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield & Hoddesdon and more east of there but I can't find any closer than that.
I can email you a copy of the pages if you'd like? Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
Member of Wessex4x4Response, (Bristol team)
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| 18th Feb 2013 6:25 am |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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If you wouldn't mind, that would be great..
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| 18th Feb 2013 8:56 am |
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RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
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Got your pm.
On nights currently, will scan & sent it over in next couple of days. Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
Member of Wessex4x4Response, (Bristol team)
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| 19th Feb 2013 2:37 am |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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Anybody around the Hemel area that does a bit of green laning??
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| 21st Feb 2013 9:14 pm |
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jcuk
Member Since: 21 Mar 2013
Location: Tring, Herts
Posts: 5
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Hi Rich
I've just joined the forum (and not a D3 owner), but I do have a LandRover, live down the A41 from Hemel and do the occasional bit of laning.
There is a group of us that go out in the Beds / Herts / Essex area and we have a pub meet every month in Dunstable
If you're new, I'd be more than happy to show you a few local ones.
jcuk
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| 21st Mar 2013 9:56 pm |
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rich89
Member Since: 23 Jan 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 96
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Hi,
That would be great if you could.
What Landy do you have?
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| 24th Mar 2013 2:33 pm |
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jcuk
Member Since: 21 Mar 2013
Location: Tring, Herts
Posts: 5
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Hi Rich
I've got a 1963 LWB station wagon, but I'm under pressure from SWMBO to get rid and get "something better" so I was toying with the idea of a D3. I do a bit of laning now and again, but wondered if it was going to be a bit too nice. I'm used to not caring too much about scratches and dents, so I've been looking for people's D3 laning experiences.
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| 2nd Apr 2013 8:28 pm |
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RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
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Hi jcuk,
I'm also in the your area & greenlane regularly. I also go to pay/play sites occasionally. My other club (www.rrr.co.uk) do regular trips over Salisbury plain & charity courtesy rides at various events, the biggest being the Silverstone Classic weekend (www.silverstoneclassic.com) in July. If you check out the 'whats on' section you'll find my car  and a couple of the pictures in my gallery are from Silverstone last year.
All this in a D4 which is not yet 3yrs old (its a GS with the 2.7L engine so its closer to a D3 than most). The paint is scratched (quite badly if I'm honest) but I haven't dented it yet 
In standard form they are great vehicles off-road, with minimal modifications they are unstoppable.
D3's are becoming very sensibly priced today I would recommend them everyday of the week..... do it & join the ranks of the owners of a 'permagrin'  Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
Member of Wessex4x4Response, (Bristol team)
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| 2nd Apr 2013 9:00 pm |
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jcuk
Member Since: 21 Mar 2013
Location: Tring, Herts
Posts: 5
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Wow, I'm really impressed that you're laning a D4 - what I don't want to do is buy something nice and not go laning because I'm scared to damage it. One of the guys from the pub meet I go to brought a brand new 90 (his first landy) and took it laning the first week he had it, so I guess I just need to man up a bit!
As for the scratches - I have a vague recollection from an LRO magazine of a clear plastic protector that could be applied to bodywork a bit like smartphone screen protectors. Maybe this would give me a bit more confidence.
I'm definitely getting more and more tempted. I managed to park my 109 next to a D3 last week and sizing them up it looks like I could get one in the garage which is a good thing. Next time I go past the local main dealer I think I'll pop in and see if there is a D3 I could test drive (I've never been in one let alone drive it one)
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| 12th Apr 2013 11:25 pm |
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RRR207
Member Since: 12 Oct 2011
Location: Bristol
Posts: 372
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Sold two RR's, 1 highly modified classic off-roader & 1 very nice 2001 p38 Bordeaux, the D4 had to do both jobs. It was bought to use, it's always left dirty for a couple of days after a trip out to show people it's no 'Chelsea tractor' 
I have looked at some paintwork protection but most are quite expensive & really I should have looked BEFORE the first lane, it's a bit late now 
Go on, do it  Nick
2010 D4 ....... now gone and replaced with a 05RRV Autobiography
Member of Wessex4x4Response, (Bristol team)
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| 13th Apr 2013 12:10 pm |
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jcuk
Member Since: 21 Mar 2013
Location: Tring, Herts
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Ooooh. You are really tempting me now. You are a bad man 
I quite often think about getting rid of the 109, usually when the brakes fail in three different ways simultaneously (last time it was a hose, slave and master cylinder all went at once) but this is the first time I've felt like it when it seems to be running ok.
I keep thinking of the benefits. Heating. Not being dripped on when it rains. Not having ice on the inside of the windscreen in the winter. Being able to hear passengers talk to me. Being able to go up hill without slowing down. Not needing to do 27 point turns in car parks. Being able to overtake things. Having a handbrake that works.... The list goes on
I've found out that there is a land rover experience center in Luton, so I'll save up the Tesco vouchers and take out a D4 to see what its like driving off road with Terrain Response. I'm assuming that the D4 and the D3 are similar and both massively different that I'm used to. ETC? DSC? E-Diff? ABS? Variable Ride Height? Pah! My big red lever seems to work fine without all that stuff. I just hope the electric gadgetry doesn't get in the way or make things disappointingly dull.
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