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somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:29 am

is there anything happening around the somerset devon or cornwall areas??
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby nightowl on Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:08 pm

Hi havent heard of anything on down this neck of the woods i live in cornwall dont know if there are many members down here pity as there is lots of moorland just waiting to have fun on lol. will keep an eye on this and see hopefully something will come up ive got a 3/4 acre field along side my house that people could camp on if they wanted . good excuse for a few :drink: . and a laugh . not far from bodmin moor the home of the famous beast of bodmin :axe: lol . heres hoping theres a few members down the south west .
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:49 pm

yeah lets hope there is some intrest
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby paul higgi on Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:56 pm

will be down you area at the end of august/september for a week hopefully so could meet up if you want
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby meooo on Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:21 pm

Unfortunately, you cant go off-road on the moors..you can only use the roads going through them.
There are very few lanes in Cornwall now.....most being classed as footpaths or bridleways, although the Surf boys have a couple way down west.
Main place is Baldhu nearTruro, you can go anywhere as its unregulated, but beware of DEEP water and LOADS of TREES!!
There are some pictures of the site in this section.

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=16840

Myself and Jim (woodwizard) usually link up with the Toyota Surf guys when they have their annual Run To The Sun weekend, but this years has been cancelled due to health problems.
There are lanes around Plymouth area, some going right through to Torbay, some more (non challenging) ones around Newton Abbott.

The bad news is that I am shortly taking the Queens Shilling (well £2000 actually) and disposing :cry: :cry: of my Fronty this week :( after two happy years.

But if anyone wants to go to Balhu at any time, give me a shout and I'll lead you there (weekends only...its closed through the week) and I'll be your camera man
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:54 pm

thanks for the info mate good to no
and yeah if your around aug/sept let me no will be good to meet up have a chat and :drink:
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby MyMu on Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:49 pm

Hi Neal, There is Dundry off road on the 4th July if your interested, Compton Basset this Sunday the 14th June (very short notice)or the 28th June, or if you just want a quiet plod, there are a lot of green lanes around the Bristol/Mendip area .
Check out the following links. :lol:
http://www.dundryoffroad.co.uk/index.php?pr=Home_Page
http://www.cboffroad.com/forum/index.php?action=ezportal;sa=page;p=3
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:47 pm

MyMu wrote:Hi Neal, There is Dundry off road on the 4th July if your interested, Compton Basset this Sunday the 14th June (very short notice)or the 28th June, or if you just want a quiet plod, there are a lot of green lanes around the Bristol/Mendip area .
Check out the following links. :lol:
http://www.dundryoffroad.co.uk/index.php?pr=Home_Page
http://www.cboffroad.com/forum/index.php?action=ezportal;sa=page;p=3


hi thanks for the reply cant do sunday where can i find out about the lanes the routes etc?
just want to start off with some thing simple as the fronty as no mods yet and im just getting in to so do want to run before i can walk so to speak lol
but will have a look at the link and if im free on the dates will pop along and have a bash
cheers neal
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby MyMu on Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:49 am

Dundry I have never done in the dry. In the wet I would say that it is only useable with mud tyres and even then expect to get stuck. Compton Basset I did a couple of weeks ago with my road truck that has no modifications just BFG AT tyres. If you pick your routes you would be fine.

How much off roading have you done? If its very little I used a company just south of Bristol for off road training as I had been out of the scene for 20 years and wanted to brush up. He charged about £90.00 for a half day training bigginers course and was spot on. My insurance company then reduced my excess by £150 as I had taken an official course. :dance:

As for lanes I am a member of Bristol and west offroad club and they set up Greenlaning days so I let them do all the looking. They are worth having a look at and meet once a month for a pint and a chin wag. I know quite a bash around the Chew Valley if your interested we could sort out a small run to get you into it.
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:23 am

thats sounds good mate havent do anything like pay and play before have done some very light lanes when i lived in kent a few years ago but thats about it :oops:
just fancy having a proper go at it this time as i have no other hobbies at the mo and i have the 5x4 sat outside (my 2 year calls the fronty a 5x4 and its just stuck lol)

im not to far from chew valley bout half hour so so yeah we can sort some thing out when we both free etc that would be good
i think i would like to change the tyres first as there chunky but just road tyres dont want to be stuck every 5 mins :lol:

thanks for the advice mate
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby woodwizzards_missus on Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:06 pm

Woodwizzard and I are in Somerset - Exmoor, but the Tiverton side as opposed to North Devon.
I actually work in Highbridge, Burnham and Cheddar areas so just travelling that far for a greenlaning day would be much better for us. Had a quick look at the Bristol and West Offroad and saved to Faves.
Maybe we could get a small south west group together for a mini meet? :lol:
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:41 pm

small world im living in highbridge now
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby woodwizzards_missus on Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:04 pm

OOOOooo yes...small world! :lol: lol I've seen quite a lot of Frontys on the way to and from work once I'm off the M5 and onto the A38. Maybe there's an opportunity to increase the southwest membership....best get some flyers printed...LOL :lol:
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:59 pm

sounds like a idea :lol: well if you ever in the area and got a spare 5 min give us shout be good to say hello
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby woodwizzards_missus on Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:40 am

Hi Neal
I'm an area youth worker for the North Sedgemoor Local Service Team. I was working in Highbridge Morland Hall on a Monday night but from next week I am doing some detached work around Highbridge and Burnham in the evening. If I see a Fronty flying around I'll give ya a wave..LOL :lol: Mind you, I could get some strange looks as I know you are not alone in your choice of vehicle in this area! LOL :lol: It would be good to get a few offroading days in fairly locally. Where we are on Exmoor most of the lanes are closed now. :(
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:54 am

im not sure on the lanes round hear but as said on the thread there are some round by chew vally area so that may be some where to start
as my fronty you will no it by the reg plate m61 our and its black
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby safeNsecure on Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:20 pm

hi ive just bought a 2.4 lwb looks standard apart form tyres i live in burnham wheres best to have a go offroading? so far the only offroading ive done in the frontera is the beach.
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby combatcoupe96 on Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:38 pm

hi all , live in bridgwater , so if thiers any thing being arrange let me know . cheers Kev
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:57 pm

thought i bring my old thread back to life see whos around now and if any one no of any frontys for sale
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Re: somerset devon cornwall

Postby neal on Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:59 pm

dose any one no of any frontys for sale
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