wales = snow

thought id share these with you...



green lanes in north wales [ the ones that were passable ] were fantastic, as were the mountain roads and ditches ....

[ and this was spost to be a tarmac road, ]

and lenny keeps rolling along...

although in fairness as the lead vehicle this is what i was looking at the drive from...

this was before the snow ...


definatly a good trip. lessons learnt ... sheep still have more influence than that of welsh women

kieran

Brilliant photos! As I said on the blower, it's just as well I didn't pop over (shame, the company would have been awesome - sad about that part) or the panels on the Rangie would have ended up somewhat crumpled. I just know it, I have a track record in that department.

Much as I love it, snow and yours truly just don't mix.

Welcome back to civilisation ... sorry Welshland folk!

it was almost a year to the day, might as well keep up the christmas tradition



psst kieran i have only been on 1 RAC recovery home you have 2 :king:

That last picture's a goodun, Kieran!

It's obviously photoshopped, though ... both Pinky's headlights are the same brightness

Tom,

Just added a few more onto Facebook. It was like driving through a Christmas Card for most of the week ! But that trip into the snow ditch didn't improve Lenny's front wing !

Pssssssst Kieran and Johno, I win, made it to 4 recovery's already (and 2 times helped tot make my own way back)
Still, don't understand i made it to Calais :?: :?: :?:
Terrific pictures in Wales though, envie you.
We've only have 1 inch of snow by now and at the moment rain, freezing on to the roads.

Sylvia Johnson wrote:

Tom,

Just added a few more onto Facebook. It was like driving through a Christmas Card for most of the week ! But that trip into the snow ditch didn't improve Lenny's front wing !

What! Dont' tell me, it was the same infamous nearside front wing he fixed after not listening to my instructions at Abingdon. It just has to be.

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What! Dont' tell me, it was the same infamous nearside front wing he fixed after not listening to my instructions at Abingdon. It just has to be.

Me thinks it was Manby and also Sibbertoft (Christmas party) but yes the same wing!

Jaap - We were staying about 1200ft above sea level were the snow was. Until the last day the bottom of the valleys where still green ! And there was very little snow when we got home - that was until today when it put down about 6" of snow this morning and then !! Well all the kids were sent home from school and then the post office sealed the letterboxes and also all went home and several lorries broke down making Mansfield Gridlocked for most of the day !!

Us Brits just cannot cope with a bit of snow ! Most of our vehicles are not built for it ! My everyday car is a 7 year old X-type Jaguar and it really is safer to leave it at home !(with its flat battery) - Lenny to the rescue !

Kieran phoned tonight to say nothing was moving on the roads except 4x4's. "It looked good". Excellent!

Only about 4" here, but more than enough to go and have a lttle drive in the country. Off for a play today (Wed) I'll let you know how me and my oil-burner got on.

andy, i put new headlights in as i didnt think that the one that was full of mud would pass its mot

MOT examiners - no sense of adventure!

Must say in Holland the same shit if it snows. Yesterday the part around Amsterdam and above it had about 4 inches of snow at the end of the midday. All trafic stopped. Past midnight still traffic jams. Big news: we're almost out of salt...... prediction is more snow this weekend, will be fun.
Told you we had snow and rain earlier.The effect is fun, kids are skating on the roads, about 1 inch of pure hard ice.
Will last some time since there is no salt to spread. Today on the news: in one city they are spreading coloured and parfumed bathingsalt other places only pure sand.
Keep you posted

funny you should say that i plan to drive from mansfield to york tomorrow morning at 8 im sure it'll be a nightmare with the snow theyve predicted, i think ill buy a shovel befor ei set off as thats the most important but only piece of equipment i dont have

yeah snow predicted on sunday and the news just said if it does snow we will be out of grit salt, in many ways im happy as 4x4's will be king of the road truely once again, not to rub it in marc but ill do extra driving to make up for you

Marc's not the only one annoyed at the moment. Dean rang last night and he can't start his Rangie. Apparently he could see a dribble of water underneath - water pump or core plug/s I would say, let's hope it's not the block.

And yes Sylvia, I recall now, it was Manby that Keith led me astray into that black hole!

i was speaking to him on facebook last night, and i raise dit at mud club and it was suggested that it was the steel water pipe that runs through the V [ tom could you suggest it please]
fingers crossed,

Ah, that be the famous 'valley'. How do you know about that, you're an oil-burner devotee surely?

Know exactly which pipe you're talking about, but Gawd knows what it actually does. Obviously part of the cooling system (okay, I'm guessing) it must funnel down into the waterways next to the exhaust ports. Then again ...

Sorry Dean, you need professional advice here, something you ain't gonna get from me. Mind out Kieran, he may want that 3.5 V8 after all.

It was about this time last year when my engine went "pop" - hope it is ok Deano.....maybe TVR lumps aren't supposed to be driven in the snow and ice!

M.

Overnight engine heaters and strong antifreeze - definitely the way forwards.

andybloke wrote:

Overnight engine heaters and strong antifreeze - definitely the way forwards.

Couldn't agree more. When we used to go off-roading in Sweden, we noticed that in virtually every car park of blocks of flats there would be lines of vehicles 'plugged in' to the mains electricity supply via special boxes of about a dozen euro sockets - obviously heating the vehicles and their engine compartments as there was no frost on the vast majority of them! There would be a couple however dotted around that clearly hadn't paid their bill for these would be completely frosted over as though they just had a dusting of snow.

Definitely the way to go.

Tom Mc wrote:

There would be a couple however dotted around that clearly hadn't paid their bill for these would be completely frosted over as though they just had a dusting of snow.

Oh, I often still have to scrape the ice off of both sides of the windows, but the engine stays above freezing and starts really easily. The heater I have in the cabin is only 60 watts, so it's not so bad if the car's covered in snow, but if it's clear and frosty, it still gets rather cold!

Yorks/Lincs 4x4 Response just got a little mention on the BBC1 news "Snow Heroes" section.

Just saying to 'er indoors tonight during the six o'clock news that it's grossly unfair that folk should moan about 4x4's all year around and get the exposure, yet we they do good by helping out the authorities - again all year around - they never get a mention.

Well it seems they have at last, damn good job!