Strata Florida & The Gap Rd Camping Weekend Review

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Quality shot there Mark,,,,,,,,,,,,

Why thankyou sir..........did u like the one of the red tail kite earlier.....when i took it i said to Ste if that comes out Bernie will br proud of me :dance:

The Kite,the mushroom , I did really like your sign & a lot of the car based shots,but that would be the shot I would most have liked to have taken myself :wink:

I just turned around n saw it n thought it was a real tranquill scene :wink:

then Phil said i didnt know u had a naturist side to you :lol:

Ive seen the piccy change..................ermmm what can I say :oops:

Great pics Mark. Glad you had a great weekend and got home safe. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous :mrgreen:

Love the nature shots and the ones of the kite, mushroom and water were nice too :lol:

well you know the old saying ste?

Where there's muck
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Don't bloody stand in it plonker :lol:

I was kicking turf to cover the evacuation up and it was on a slope and it was stumble back with my foot or fall right into it :oops:

I felt more sorry for Mike my passenger, I dint get it all off my foot at first :oops:

Making you ANOTHER at the moment :wink:

what is the record for avatar changes in a single afternoon ?? looks like you had a good time

still not jealous :mrgreen:

We need to get the saying changed.......................do bears pooh in the woods.........yeah n Drifty does :lol:

I have to say it was a fantastic weekend and company, good old gang and quite a few new faces and friends

Andysd1 drove down with furball as a copilot and I was on my own, Ive never laughed so much in a car by myself as on that trip, Andy is plain mental, thank the lord for a cb and I didnt have to sit next to him, the theme continued for the weekend, Andy had everyone terrified of him with his antics but on the same note he had them laughing :lol:

Even on top of The Gap he was giving cakes out to hikers..........sorry female hikers :lol:

It was a blast, my copilot on Saturday was Mike Dogger ( he explained the name Dogger and I felt better) brilliant, we got christened " Right said Fred" ......dunno why :oops:

Sunday we all had a change of plan and went to different lanes.
Thank to Phil for finding some cracking lanes.

And thank you to everyone for the weekend

Made by Mark & modified by me
There you go chap
Avatar number Three...........poetry as well :lol:

Why thank you kind sir

Well I only took a few pics as I was driving so here they are, with a few vids thrown in.

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Sunday lanes

Having spent less time on the forum over the past few weeks, I was thoroughly reminded this weekend of what I have missed.

What a great bunch of people FOGgers are; equally ready to have a laugh or lend a hand - and we had plenty of both over the weekend - a sterling bunch, the lot of you. :clap:

Arriving at around 18:00, once the tent was up, an evening meal came courtesy of a local chippy (thanks Alex/Spencer), and once the wood burner was lit, settled down to a little socialising with a couple of tins.

From 07:30 the camp site oozed the aroma of bacon, egg, sausage and tomato and other wholesome breakfast foods.

Whilst Dir Doris lead the "Scousers", I would lead the the "Midlanders" in the Sport (almost nicknamed "NASA" or "Space Shuttle"). The Gap Road was first:

Followed by the scratchy lane (lots of lanes appear to be tagged so):

After an enjoyable 40 minute road section, we came to Strata Florida:

After the two groups meeting up at the northern end for a social, we about turned and re-drove the lane. Over the CB, Alex was airing concern that the 2.8 estate did not "feel right". Having gotten out and prodded and poked various items of suspension, nothing untoward was found, so continued with caution.

After entering the wooded section (about 2/3's in) a near side coil spring made an impressive break for freedom. Dusk had appeared quickly in amongst the trees and a number of torches were used to try and reseat the now retrieved coil spring. The dark and the damp and soft ground were not the ideal location to be doing this, and the arrival of another (non FOG) laning group prompted us to make a slow and careful drive for a tarmac surface to work on. With young Spencer in another vehicle for just in case safety, the rest of the lane was slow going, but once on hard ground, the refitment of the wayward spring took all of 20 minutes.

A phone call to the camp site would determine we were too late for free food ad a birthday BBQ, so stopped of in Buith at a Kebab shop, returning to the camp site to catch up on some beer.

On Sunday, the "Scousers" headed north, while the "Midlanders" headed East and to a Total Off Road route around Kington: Talk about scratchy lanes...

although the later lanes were more scenic, and a number of stream crossings added in for good measure:

Thanks guys, was a cracking weekend.

Lawrence

well what can i say. oh i know, man boobs, belly button fluff, and locked tents, ILL BE BACK,

what a great weekend, thanks to graham for the organisation, thanks to Phil for leading, thanks to furball for the fluffing on the way down, thanks to drift for cleaning me up, thanks to lee,(Mrs drift) for the scouse, and thanks to all for the entertainment, it would never be a good weekend unless its with F.O.G,

thanks,

video getting edit tomorrow, up loaded tomorrow night,

Great photos and some absolutely amazing scenery, looks like a blast. I'm very jealous