Fundays

[fesuvious]

Whats the thoughts of everyone re: the off road days ? The ones that are 'playdays'.?

The reason for asking.... well it seems that there are not that many on here that 'do' these days ?

I should think just about all of us love greenlaning. But the 4x4 playdays seem a little different.

Whats everyones opinions ?............

[muddyweb]

I don't do many because there are seldom any close enough to be worthwhile.  I tend to get a bit bored at Pay & Play types days, as there is very little "purpose" to it... once you've driven round the site once, then that's about it.
I'd much rather go and do a challenge event or something similar.

That's just me of course, plenty of people enjoy them, and they are usually well booked up.

[fesuvious]

But where do I look to get into the challenge events and similar ??

I dont know where to start.
I figured that me mate and myself would at least gain a grounding and a base knowlage wise with the pay and play sites, and whilst I enjoy them I need more of a challenge / competition.

But where do I look ???

[muddyweb]

Ahh, well.. that's a different question.

I don't know what is around your area, but there is a very active challenge group called "Challenge South West" down here.  They run events for all levels of people.

A good place to start would be the Devon 4x4 forums, there are a lot of challenge people there and they might be able to give you some pointers to events in your area, or if you don't mind travelling the CSW events are usually listed there too.

www.devon4x4.com

[Bob696]

There is a midlands off road club. I have the link stored at home. I will post it later.

[Wanderer]

FOr me it's horses for courses.
The Greenlaning for a steady day and pay and plays for a bit of adrenelin rush.
It's always nice to combine both with a bit of caravanning and a social gathering,

Ed

[muddyweb]

Indeed...  just to qualify my first response...    I'm off to the Mud-Club "pay & play" next weekend, not for the off-roading, but for the weekend social.

If there was a pay & play nearby, I'd probably go along for a laugh...  I wouldn't travel too far for one though, as I prefer something like a competitive event.

Hope that makes sense

[Bob696]

http://www.midlandoffroad.f9.co.uk/

[Pete5844]

I think paydays are great fun and great for meeting people also I'm not so sure that myself or my car are up to competition standard.Just wish there were more of them. :)

[Paul]

Myself I prefer Green laning,

Nice gentle ride not knowing what is round the next corner. :D

Play & Pay are ok but I get a bit board after an hour or so. :(

[muky-kid.]

:D Evening all, firstly i love Greenlaneing like said previously looking at an o/s map or on wayfinder (a glass thing). Then setting of for the day. Exploring new lanes and places ive not visited yet.
As for play days i use them to test mods on my vehicle and my skill in offroad driveing. I often go to these play days with my mates so the banters good for when myself or my mates get stuck and have to be towed out. And there a good place to meet other like minded people and see what mods theyve done to there vehicles and vise verser... But a £25 or £30 quid a day we dont do that many, only visit well know ones like Tong.ironbridge,buildwas leisure and hartington quarry.

[Pete5844]

Am a member at Parkwood(Tong)but both the October and November members days have been cancelled for some reason ,my have to have a day at Langdale to make up for it. :)

[Range Rover Blues]

Personally I would love to do a pay 'n' play, there's supposed to be one round here but I havn't had any joy yet.  Of course I love greenlaning but I would also like the chance to see what the car will really do in a private space, without the worry of wrecking the countryside or getting stuck in the middle of nowhere.  I'm not interested in compaetitive off-roading though, I couldn't afford to keep up.

[Guy90]

I do both and enjoy both green laning and pay and play (run them for LRO)! Got into pay and play long before laning :lol:  :lol: .

If you want to break into challenge events (Which are a bit of a closed shop) then LRO/Protrax run a number of novice events in the year and Ed Cobley is also now running training events for those looking to hone their skills in this area. Visit the new look www.lroac.com for more info.

Guy

[gords]

I'm very new to the whole 4x4 thing. I've done a couple of greenlaning trips locally, which I found really enjoyable :)  I was actually going places, experiencing different terrain and seeing stuff you don't notice while blatting along the A roads :D

I went to Whaddon last weekend with my brother and friend. I had a good fun time, got to experience the limits of my cars/tyres grip (a couple of times) and had a few goes at the water!

But, after only 2 - 3 hours, I was starting to wonder what to do. Also, the site started to fill up in the afternoon and places like the small lake were just swarming with people going this way and that.

Personally and especially with the fact that I'm driving a fairly standard Discovery (All-Terrains + diff guards), I think that laning will be my main thing. Hopefully, closed events such as the upcoming Mucky Meetup will be more fun though!

Oh, and I'm really looking forward to the Cerriog / Berwyn Greenlanes trip - exactly the sort of thing I hoped to be doing when I bought my Discovery :D (No pressure Paul )