Southampton Mini-meet 07/11/2009 - REVIEW

Well I enjoyed my day as ballast, and putting some faces to names, here's a few phone photos, if I can suss it out that is!

Fallen golf course branch.

Preparing to move said branch.

Heave ho!

Bits and pieces!

Hound comfort break.

We're on the road to nowhere!!

Just got home....

Blinding day....thanks Jim for organising... :dance:

nice to meet up with some more foggers and go find some mud!!!

Lovely down that neck of the woods too...and some super lanes, any more bumpy and it would be too much for the Mutt in the back...great choice Jim...

Thanks again will post some more stuff in a bit...

Laters

Gregster, Sally and Roma...

Good day out with some good crack an meet some old & new friends

Heres the Pics I took from the rear of the convoy.

Down the wrong lane, Practice a turn around.

Then find it was the best lane cos the "right" one turned into a bridleway half way down.

Car Park Line up

First of all, many thanks to Jim for organising a brilliant days laning and to Trev for assisting with his techie aids with the lane info.
Good to have meet up with the Southern Foggers who made us very welcome.
Fantastic contrast of lanes encompassing open landscapes, tight scratchy lanes, long wooded runs all mixed in with mud.
Really enjoyable lengthy runs (you lucky buggers with all that on your doorstep). Would have had even more but the local council came up on the blind side reclassifying some lanes to bridal paths. Good bit of banter over the CB, mainly at Jimbo's expense for taking the wrong turnings, but all in good fun.
Ended the day with a nice meal and beer near Basingstoke.
Here are the piccies that Sue took (my wifey) on her first day out in our Fronty. That was my cunning plan to get more green cards for the future. Worked because she said 'yes' to Bala next year if we can book into a B&B or such like.
As can be seen, views of the lovely countryside that we drove across and the balance taken from inside the car on the move. Apologies for the reflected images of my ice scrapper and sunglass case, but she wouldn't get out and run behind taking piccies.

Fighting with the computor at the mo...trying to get some video editing software working, then I will get some vids on here that Sally shot today...

Laters

Gregster

Nah, old school rules, still I guess it's hard to read a lappy the wrong way up! Not experienced this mappy technology, very impressed, respect to gadget man, even with the dodgy accent! :dance:

well everyone that looked like i missed an exellent day so will keep a lookout for the next one and shifts permitting me and audra shoud be thier and the pics look exellent :mrgreen:

A "BIG" Thank you to Jim and the crew for an excellent day's lanning.
I havnt laughed so much in ages.
Only got a few piccies(was laughing so much didnt have time to take photos).

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You actually went home eventually then Rich!!! :lol:

recipe for the finest november saturday.....

to prepare;

- take several used frontys (any vintage will do), condition with several gallons of fuel
- measure a narrow greenlane and cut it in half, force the fronty's through the gap - note, this will be very tight!
- leave to stand while the the host decides which way up the map should be
- cook each fronty in a jus of mud and water all day, most should run with the temp guage in the red. if in doubt check gregs leafer as a guide

to serve;

- when ready, adorn the freshest fronty with loads of gadgets
- place the all in a piece of in deepest hampshire woodland - any direction will do but sideways normally is best
- garnish with cracking of cb radio

apres laning;

- wash down with a couple of beers (or red wine & coke!!!!!)
- generally have a good laugh (not always about wilberfoce though)
- remember to smile all the (long) way home

this isnt any greenlaning, this is Marks & Spencer greenlaning

what a day, thanks to Jim and everyone who came along, hampshire rocks!