Snowing..

[muky-kid.]

:D  :D Its snowing like mad here in Urmston m/cr. At least an 1"1/2 in the past hour. Now lets see them eco warriors strugle in there poxy little 1.0 micras or what ever it is they drive. THANK GOD FOR 4X4s.

Ive had a drink so if i start to babble, tell me to get off...... :lol:

[Paul]

Ive had a drink so if i start to babble, tell me to get off...... :lol:

Isn't that what today is all about..?  I've had a few too.

[muky-kid.]

Ive had a drink so if i start to babble, tell me to get off...... :lol:

Isn't that what today is all about..?  I've had a few too.

Cheers, in that case ill have another pint please landlord.. :lol:

[Wolfie_]

All we've had so far is rain  :( but I'll keep my fingers crossed   :D

[POTASH]

snow in crewe :shock:  :D

[muky-kid.]

:D   Paul, ive noticed your asking about a fuel tank for you Rangie, so ive asked my mate dpg, who built my bobtailed rangie ( home made fuel tank ) to pass his knowledge on if he can. So far as i know it holds about £30.00 worth and sits were the std tank used to, but because he chopped off 18" of the chassis he had a tank specially made to fit what room was left. The filler is the std rangie one and protudes up from the floor about 1!1/2 . Surouding the filler is a steel lip fixed too floor were a lid was made to cover the filler and then the lid is strapped down. A breither pipe is also fitted near filler and runs in a loop out to the rear of the rangie. Its a nice neat job as well. :D

[muky-kid.]

:D  :D Its snowing like mad here in Urmston m/cr. At least an 1"1/2 in the past hour. Now lets see them eco warriors strugle in there poxy little 1.0 micras or what ever it is they drive. THANK GOD FOR 4X4s.

Ive had a drink so if i start to babble, tell me to get off...... :lol:

Just pulled a virtual xmas cracker with mother, and guess what i won the paper hat and she got a Bowler Tomcat 5.0 ltr v8 monster, s*ds law init. :(      

[Paul]

MK,

I've got a custom made tank now that is fitted in the same place
as the standard tank was, Trouble is the space is limited and it
only hold 5 gallon.... and thats not enough for a days playing. :(

[Bush Tucker Man]

Up on Holme-Moss after work this afternoon as I could see it had snow it on during my journey home.
I'd suggested it to SWMBO when I phoned earlier this morning.
When I walked through the door Amelia, SWMBO,& her parents were waiting with coats & boots on.

I was changed & back in the Discovery within 5minutes :roll:

There wasn't a lot up there, but the summit car-park was full with families sledging on the slopes.
Damn cold up there too, the women sensibly stopped inside a ticking over (& heated!) Discovery.

Just time before dusk for a quick trip into the northern fringes of Derbyshire to make a loop of the trip, heading back through Dunford Bridge (well known to any railway buffs on here for the Woodhead Tunnel)

A simple request from me to try the ford at Penistone on the way home was studiously ignored


By the Way; the lane to the north-eastern side of Holme-Moss is a nice little trip.
The location made the cover of the current edition of 'Discourse'. Andy has an album of it; 'Greenlaning. Holmfirth, Yorkshire'

[Bush Tucker Man]

Looked quite nice up there as the Sun started to set, this is the (roughly) north view overlooking Digley Reservoir & up to Holmfirh, Huddersfield & Emley Moor (where the Yorkshire television mast is)

[Andy.]

Yes indeed Richard, some nice lanes up that way  :D

[muky-kid.]

:D Great picture Richard, saved it as a screensaver. Should win some sort of competition with that.... worth a try. :D

[muky-kid.]

:idea: That gives me an idea. May be we could have our own little picture comp, judged by members. Pictures of this xmas wether out in 4x4s or simply with freinds and familys enjoying xmas. Sorry no prize, just for fun... :D  Ill start with this picture taken on Boxing day at Whitworth Quarry, santa looked a bit rough. Must have been a busy night.... :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

:D Great picture Richard, saved it as a screensaver. Should win some sort of competition with that.... worth a try. :D

What a picture of a grimy Discovery with a wilful (almost) 4 year old in front of it?


Given your location, I guess that 'the Moss' is well known to you, as are the pictures in my Yorkshire Scenes 6 WebShots page

[Bush Tucker Man]

'Muky'
This is a nice one of Salters Brook Bridge, just a half-a-mile or so before the Dunford Bridge turnoff.
It's on one of the old Salt trading routes & has a (not too sure on present legal status) unsurfaced roads leading in either direction from it.

Multi-Map

[muky-kid.]

:D Hi Richard, i know this route and drove it in my Suzuki last year, and yes it has legal rights of way. A bit rocky in places but great veiws. Not very long though. I think it may have been downgraded recently to a cycle route i may be wrong, but i remember council up there a phew months ago erecting signs i think cant properly remember.... they were doing it somewhere in that area?. Great picture though.... :D

[Range Rover Blues]

They've downgraded a load in North Notts recently too, I think it's dispicable, especially as some have been made horses only by virtue of the stupid gates they put up, not even safe to tackle them on a mountain bike!

[muky-kid.]

:( Sadly this is happening at an alarming rate up and down the country, and like you say you wouldnt take a mountain bike down them let alone a horse, i think there trying to ban use of motorised vehicles through the back door on the quite. But sadly it is a long process if you try and challenge your local councils about this issue. Luckily g.l.a.s.s l.a.r.a and other organisations are hard at it fighting for our cause.

[muky-kid.]

If you think about it, the councils are shooting them selfs in the foot. O.k they downgrade lanes for Ramblers,cyclelists etc but when these user groups start complaing about the rough surfaces etc, the councils will have to fork out a lot of money to repair or even rebuild these lanes to keep the ramblers happy. Were as at the moment they dont seem to spend a great deal of time and money repairing lanes whilst motorised vehicles still use them. Some lanes i know in the Peaks have recently been repaired for all user groups but a vast majority of lanes are never touched. What im getting at is that the councils are going to have to spend a lot more money now than they have done. A bit of an own goal i think......

[Range Rover Blues]

Arn't GLASS the only user group who voluntarily repair rights of way, for free!  They'll miss us when we're gone.

[muky-kid.]

Arn't GLASS the only user group who voluntarily repair rights of way, for free!  They'll miss us when we're gone.

Not at all, there are quite a lot of 4x4 groups who volunteer to keep lanes open and clear, cant remember of the top of my head excatly who, but l.a.r.a and the t.r.f have lane clearing days. And yes the council will miss there and are help.

[Range Rover Blues]

I meant more the fact that b****y ramblers never put themselves out.