SE picnic in the woods REVIEW...11th April 2010

Blimey....I am too organised if I am posting this in anticipation!! :lol:

Tis gonna be a blinder, and post ya comments/piccies and vids here 2moz evening :wink:

hi guys

hope your having a good day , i am sorry i am not there but i have a problem with the truck a gain , it will get sorted, i have been knowd to scrap a moter for lesser trouble, but i like these frontys and the support you get with them sutch as FOG

just a thought guys how a bout a LIVE LINK direct from the picnic site to members who can not be there for some reason or other :?:

have a good day ..........pete

Just finished unloading the motors at home, (well that which cant wait till 2moz evening!) bleedin knackered, but had a brilliant and eventful day...
Thanks to everyone who came today and made it a success, lots of new faces, and sadly the "regulars" :lol:

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Will do a proper post after a shower and grub...
Thanks again everyone...you made it yet another blinder!

Oh yes a blinder it was and a shame some of the other members couldnt make it.... I got some pics and a couple of vids for your
enjoyment.. All the really thick mud has virtually gone barring a couple of places but generally getting round the site is alot easier.

Anyway here are the pics......

One word comes to mind 'GUTTED!'.

Cant believe the truck broke down on saturday meaning I couldnt attend.

Judging by them videos, I think I may have struggled with my standard road tyres on.

Next time.

Well what a day

A thankyou to Tom for organising the convoy from this end.

A big thanks to Gregg and Sal for organising this excellent day

Thanks for the friendly welcome guys

Finally got my tyre from Jim and he took me out in his 2.8 and managed to get stuck in style :shock:

Without a doubt a brilliant day in the "woods" roll on next time

Kev.

Unfortunately Ive was ill as I wanted to come along. Looks like you all had fun though...maybe next time!!

What a blinding day.. Great turnout!
Carnage, mud and mayhem followed.....

The site has dried out nicely, but still a few gloopy places to get your paintwork looking the way it should

I had the first stuck of the day :mrgreen:

- within 5 minutes of setting off - :dance:

top bombhole and a bit too much caution and I ended up crossaxled, quick tug out and Martha spent the rest of the day charging round having fun..

Martha went topless for the day - and a fiend I brought got frozen on the way there - and back but good news.. No damage, broken bits of stuff falling off.

Huge thanks to everyone - in no particular order:
Tom - thanks for bringing the Rad (got Greg out of a pickle) and the lights (sorted out BadBoy last night), good to see you (and Mum) again
Greg - for the most entertaining extraction - 3 cars roped together to get Lil (white leafer) recovered after an extremely 'enthusiastic' attempt at a climb - The brain was certainly in the glovebox for that one!
2much - or "stuck again" as the FOG Frog became known - for the chef of the day award for manning the BBQ
Sal - well just for being Sal.. and keeping the kettles going (with Mum).
Krusher.. just for being Krusher really and the "mercy mission" with Tom, Vargas, myself and Graham to go and rescue Greg - Cameras ready!!
Houndog & tribe (kept Mel amused!)
mapracing (one armed bandit!!) great job on the car - looks fab!
Retro - always good company - you have a PM about the shackles
Vargas, Tazman and the other newbies - Welcome along! - nice to put a face to the name, hope you all had fun and will come again..

Heres the pics (and a couple of vids) i managed to take before the batteries in camera died...
2Much doing his stuff....

Greg.. What have you done!!

2Much stuck on a tree stump...

And mapracing stuck on a tree trying to rescue 2Much..

Krusher in the Bombhole..

and again..

Arrival lounge

2much - wiggling his way round in the bomb hole...

Wilberforce getting some grief..

Retro - the other way..

and again...

Whats the story behind the one with its 4 wheels pointing in the wrong direction (krushers 3rd Pic down)

Looks very clean as if didnt even make it to the site.

Trev

Hi Trev...
Krushers 3rd pic is Toms (Dads) Radio conrolled Frontera :mrgreen:

made me look twice and I was there! :oh yer:

cool car.. !

John

Ah that make sense as to why it looks so clean and tidy. :mrgreen:

Had me total fooled as I was just quicly looking whilst at work. :dance:

Trev

Just to say great day thanks to greg and sally for another well organised event and to pete and steve for puting up with me (getting stuck and needing a tow or 2) :lol:

any way manage to break the front diff so now on the hunt for a replacment hint hint :wink:

leaf spring model please

That's a shame mate.... You sure it's the diff, not just a hub or something that's let go??

Either way, it was nice to meet you, and your truck - you've done an amazing job there mate...
Jim

had the hub and disc/caliper off today all looked fine so only leaves diff on that side really

looks like you all had a good time, pitty i didnt come im going to be honest as a newbie i dont no you guys and thought it was just going to be a meet in the woods chatting about fronteras rather than actual offroading thats why i didnt come,pitty i didnt looks like it was a good laugh, mind you judging from the pics i dont think my tyres and ground clearence would have been up to the task, hopefully next time i wont be so judgemental and will have better tyres and lift, so count me in ,