Laning abroad: Netherlands

[JEOH]

Hi All,

have been to the netherlands and done a VERY interesting trip there. Restrictions are existing to public trafic, but there is a man who has permission to do trips with small grouos of 4x4 according some culturally important points you cannot do by foot in a day.

A few impressions:

Meeting before the trip for lunch (Robert and Marco have made this day possible for some Germans, tx for this!)



Preparation is THE key


Promising look


Histroical Sight:
Hidden village during the German occupation. Jews and partisans had lived there in such housings... Interesting!








The Night fell down on us






Every Team got a Roadbook. The Mrs did it well, both we had no experience with this! If we do this more often, I have to think about a tripmaster...
It is quite dangerous zeroing the daily meter during driving... The others made it comfortable: Lacking a co-pilot, they simply followed us!




Coffee / Tea break.


Sight: Royal Palace in a nearby city.




Sight: Radio Transmitting Station






Back to civilisation - Late Dinner around eleven o'clock pm in the city...


If you like to take part at this trip you are welcome to send me a PM and I will prvide you with the data needed for contact.

[Drift]

Looks a great trip, that village looked interesting

[JEOH]

Right Ste,

really interesting.
And - as a German - you get affected in a certain way...

[gregster]

Great picks mate....and like dwifty said those hidden villages look really interesting...

Whats the car on the left of the picture below???


Its not an Antera is it?

Surely not because it looks muddy???

[James Bass]

Great pics. Looks like a great time was had by all.

Greg...Most certainly is an Antara...although it is quite a surprise.

[gregster]

(as cant find the "falling off my chair" smilie)

[JEOH]

Mystery.....













Opel Antara?

Well, the trip has been considered for SUVs

There is as well an Off-Road track. We'll do it next time. But sorry, no Antara.







Here you have another piccy




YES, a


DACIA DUSTER!


Surprisingly good performance, even in the sand...



Courtesy of mischult, http://www.opel4x4.de

Do you have this in the UK already? Dacie is the romanian sister of Renault and they sale low budget cars with some effort in Germany. The Duster as a small SUV - starting Price e.g. 13.890,- euros... http://www.dacia.co.uk/ Dacia on FifthGear

But it is no alternative for us - keep the Frontera myth alive!!!

[snapper]

Some good pics there Ian, the Netherlands is without doubt a nice country, we spent a happy 2 years in Brunssum and managed quite a few of the local lanes and stuff (mainly forest tracks) in the companys motors.

Given the chance I would move back tommorrow.

[BoxCleva]

Ian , this car below ......



With 'Dragonriders' on the top of the windscreen was parked a mile from my house for a week just before Christmas. Here's a really bad pic of it.




Small world

[JEOH]

:shock: ...Ian , this car below ... was parked a mile from my house for a week just before Christmas. Small world

Indeed, it's Robert's truck. The guy on the left; he owns also a buggy and a VW T3 - on this base he has some friends in Wales and gives them regularly a visit. You can give him a visit, too: http://www.bad-dragon.nl/.

He has organized the trip with http://www.mercator-experience.com/.

You have seen his car here before on here:

pic courtesy of mischult http://www.opel4x4.de

[BoxCleva]

I'ev had a look at him website Ian and there are lots of photo's taken around my house. It looks like he always stays in the Swan pub just up the road from me. I remember seeing his buggy as well. Very nice