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Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 655
 
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Thought I would share with you all how well the Disco 3 looked after us this weekend. It was a family gathering in The Lake District and the D3 did its usual trick of swallowing huge quantities of people, baggage, toys and dogs and transported us to Ambleside in great comfort and style on Saturday. Sunday it p***ed down all day so the D3 became a tour bus for 7 people (many D3 virgins) who all thought she was the best bus they had ever toured The Lakes in. After an evening in the Golden Rule, we hatched a plot to do some offroading early Monday morning. Monday dawned damp but clear and we hit a few lanes very early to avoid the frowns from walkers. The D3 took 7 people over the following route:
Knipe Fold (near Hawkshead) to Oxen Fell (A593) to Hodge Close Quarry to Stang End, to ford at Slaters Bridge to Elterwater. Thats about 12 miles of classic Lakeland green lane. The route is mainly rock (very little mud) but some sizeable steps, a few washed out gullies and a deep ford (it had been raining pretty hard for nearly 24 hours). To say everyone was impressed is an understatement. This car danced accross everything on the route with a huge grin on its face. Despite the wettest rock and thickest bracken she never slipped a tyre, never touched down, never failed a corner and never felt anything other than the master of the terrain. To then power all of us back to Ambleside all singing along with the Dooby Brothers / long train running gave everyone such a thrill and a great start to the day.
This evening she did the same trick of bringing us all home safe and sound with lots of damp rucksacs and muddy walking boots having spent the rest of today tramping the Fairfield Horseshoe. We all love this car ..... Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Evoque
Last edited by Smarticus on 29th Aug 2005 9:24 pm. Edited 2 times in total
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 29th Aug 2005 8:59 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
Posts: 16295
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Smarticus,
Brilliant 
Thanks for sharing, it's always good to hear of the happy times too 
Si The End
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| 29th Aug 2005 9:08 pm |
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KL
Member Since: 16 Jun 2005
Location: Gilling, nr York
Posts: 713
  
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Lovely.
My favourite is the Britannia Inn at Elterwater- a family friend runs it too!
Lucky man- lucky family- great day to be out and about on the fells. Discovery 3 tdv6 7 seat Buckingham Blue
Had it since new - sold Jun 17 after 12 years and 214,000 miles
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| 29th Aug 2005 9:27 pm |
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croyde
Member Since: 17 Aug 2005
Location: SE England
Posts: 459
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Sounds Great. Can't wait till we get ours this Friday.
Out of interest, where do you put the luggage when you are seven up?
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| 29th Aug 2005 9:43 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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croyde wrote:Sounds Great. Can't wait till we get ours this Friday.
Out of interest, where do you put the luggage when you are seven up?
Ask snow-white 
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| 29th Aug 2005 9:57 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Smarticus.,
Good to hear from you again, and what a great story. Could you let us have more details on the lanes you drove ? ie exactly where, how hard etc etc.
Cheers,
-s
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| 29th Aug 2005 9:59 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
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10forcash wrote:croyde wrote:Sounds Great. Can't wait till we get ours this Friday.
Out of interest, where do you put the luggage when you are seven up?
Ask snow-white
Where did she put her luggage then 
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| 29th Aug 2005 10:17 pm |
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