rescue mish

[martha focker]

1 night last week we had a phone call at 6pm asking if we could go to north wales from stoke to help a friend who is stuck in the sand, the pics will show what happened.

when we got there it was gone :?


low tide was at 12 midnight


glorious sunset


this is me trying to pull it out, but in the end we had me and 2 other people with shoguns giving it a go


this was the end result


i mean iv heard of party in the park but not disco in the sea :D

we got it out as you can see, but it was a waist of a few hours, as the steering rack had gone, the tyres were burst, the back door was pulled off (my fault :shock: ) and the sea had ripped the bonnet off, so now its down the reckers yard.

so let this be a leson to you all :D

p.s. if you do this make sure you had fun like us getting the [!Expletive Deleted!] out :lol:

[thermidorthelobster]

Any idea what caused the tyres to burst?

And how did you rip the back door off?!

[martha focker]

dunno about the tyre, but because the waves were throwing it around the back door was the only thing safe enough to hook the rope around, or it could of crushed us :shock:

[Thrasher]

Tyres will have burst due to the pressure of the water on them if it had gone right under .... weight of water in and around vehicle :)

Back door off - my money is on someone wrapping a rope around the spare and pulling. If this *is* the case you deserve a big slap for being VERY STUPID :)

[Boggert]

Youch... will the insurance company pay out? I suspect not!

What year was the car?

[martha focker]

don't know the year and i dunno about the insurance, but i think not really :D

[POTASH]

where in north wales was it

[welshlaner]

come on where was it

not many beaches you can drive on legally, judging by the photos not easy but the stones before the sand is a clue so was it Abergele

Luckly you got it out, if the enivornment agency found it they could recover it for you and send you the bill for the recovery very expensive

[SWEETY]

All I can say about the disco is OUCH
Mind you the photo's of the sun set are lovely :D

[ben_haynes]

Back door off - my money is on someone wrapping a rope around the spare and pulling. If this *is* the case you deserve a big slap for being VERY STUPID :)

I completely dissagree

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dunno about the tyre, but because the waves were throwing it around the back door was the only thing safe enough to hook the rope around, or it could of crushed us

i think i would have done the same

[martha focker]

it was abagali(spelling)

[martha focker]

if anybody goes down porthmadog look out for our nissan patrol with martha focker on the side, pull us over and have a chat on the beach :D

[welshlaner]

it was abagali(spelling)

its spelt Abergele, some promunce it Abba jelly

Know the beach well, although there are plans to close it completely to motor vechicles, they have aready banned lauching boats etc even harmless sailing dinglies

Not only a silly thing to do but its against the law and since you cannot use the excuse of launching boats luckly not to be proscuted, don't worry i won't be ringing the plods cause i don't do that thing.

But there are individuals who are members of national 4x4 organistions who do, they troll though websites like this looking for the slightest deveration off the track and straight on the phone or email a certain plod whose job is specialist in dealing with us. Several greenlaners have been proscuted and there been one case which went to court, but was dropped after legal arguements. So not wise in posting the pics.

You were also luckly in that the "hobby bobbies" allowed you on the sand, i was once there when a 2x4 got stuck on the stone ridge, they though by going downhill onto the sand it was a way out. Only to get further stuck, we wanted to assist with others but were prevented by the "hobby bobbies". In the end pulled him up using serveral ropes and a winch, the driver received certainly a "ticket" although i don't know what happened after.

So be warned lose you truck, get a large recovery bill, a fine, court apperance and a crimminal record.

[Ja1983]

on a more cheerful note...

i take it you didnt try starting it?

....all i`m saying is HILUX... and TOP GEAR!  :lol:   8)

ok so you probably shouldnt have been there on the beach, but to be fair lesson learned.. and message spread, so all seems to balance out really..?

nice pics BTW ;)

[Thrasher]

Ben..

Why on earth would anyone try and recover using the back door? it's not exactly pinned in very well, and if you used the spare as the anchor point it would just pull out the ali skin and bend it, or rip the lock/hinges off. I've seen some idiots do this with a 90 in a mud hole. Before we could say STOP! there was a ripping noise and a door travelling VERY quickly on the end of a rope. LUCKILY no one was hurt, but the door and wheel did smash into the recovery vehicle.

It is not, nor will it ever a wise thing to do. If the waves were too bad - leave it.

[welshlaner]

I can understand why having spent many years launching boats, the waves even in shallow water are strong.

Not easy looking for a recovery point in the wet esp at sea, its dangerous too, seen a few knocked over by a boat hit by waves while trying to get ashore, those who go sailing and the like know bit like landing/take off in an aircraft.

by the way any kids down there when you went in, mine were around somewhere, though not mentioned it.

[martha focker]

you can see why we used the back door above, and i didn't know the rules of that beach as it was my first time on there, but i have a boat and use it on blackrocksands, porthmadog, you probly see us pulling cars and boats out there, off the north bank 8)

[welshlaner]

you can see why we used the back door above, and i didn't know the rules of that beach as it was my first time on there, but i have a boat and use it on blackrocksands, porthmadog, you probly see us pulling cars and boats out there, off the north bank 8)

don't worry about it the supid council puts silly notices in local papers and a small notice board and expects everyone to read it

Further to the east the council has banned dogs from the beach, but expects eveyone to know, the locals do cause we read in the local rag of poor tourists fined under ASBO laws for letting there dogs run free.

The supid thing there is no notices on the beach so you could walk from one area where its allowed to another and not know, the beach patrol waits and chases after you on quads.

I'am often at Blackrock sands its great use the series to tow a small boat out and last year with a group "buryed" it in the sand for a joke, don't go often now as just to busy.

As for Abergele once many years ago in the early 80's drove at very low tide along the beach to Prestatyn in a convoy with some others, can be done if you know the beach well, the misrable council won't even consider it now even for charity.