Hiya mate and welcome...
Jim (wilberforce) is the southern rep and organises stuff down your way matey...drop him a pm and I am sure he will be able to go and take you on some lanes near you....(theres some good ones down your way)...
You just missed a group outing to Slindon safari off road site near chichester last weekend,
but if you fancy joining the southern convoy coming to the next SE event you would be more than welcome, and I guarantee you will have fun...
we have our own 25 acre playground designed around the fronties capabilities...so loads to test your car out on in the company of loads of other fronties...and they are great bunch who come, so you will have a blinder...and where it is still dry, pretty much most stuff is do-able without extreme mud tyres
If you see the links below in my sig, you can see whats going on...and if you check out the index thread in the SE section, all the past events are archived with loads of pickies and vids...
Look forwards to maybe seeing you soon...