Surrey Hills Meet

[Kermit power]

JCW (in the Landie) and I (in the Shogun) have been out to play this afternoon, and a great time was had by both, as shown below.

We're planning to head back out again over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Anyone want to come and join us? Everywhere we go will be completely legal, but still fairly challenging from time to time.

[West4x4]

sure i saw that landy on the M3 saturday afternoon. was heading down to muddy bottom 4x4 in the new forest

[JCW]

Not me. Was heading north on the A1 on Saturday.

[bmw2002]

I could be around for this Chris depending on what day you go for.

[Kermit power]

I was thinking probably Sunday, but open to alternatives. It's my 40th birthday on Friday, so that should buy me some flexibility!

[Kermit power]

I've just had a request for Monday over on Difflock, so that's a consideration as well. What days suit you, Nigel?

[JCW]

Monday's good. I'm flexible but want to go to 'Wings & Wheel's on one of the weekend days so let me know.

[bmw2002]

Monday is good for me too

[Kermit power]

Let's work on the assumption that Monday it is, then!

Now we just need to work out starting place & time. My vote would go for a couple of hours before lunch, decent pub, then a couple of hours afterwards?

[don logan1]

Hello, i'm the 'request for monday over on Difflock'. I thought i'd join on here as well. My name's Lee and i'm looking forward to it. Keep us posted and i'll see you then.

Cheers.

[Kermit power]

Go on then, explain how you've got "Don Logan" as a login name with a real name of Lee!

So much for my PM!

[don logan1]

Haha, yeah i should have just called myself Lee, but i joined my first off road forum as Don Logan and though i'd keep it the same across them all. I do get called Don when i meet forum people for the first time. It's a film character. A very good one.

[JimexPL]

I'd be up for this if it's happening. I've only got my road tyres down in London though. Will I be ok?

James

[Kermit power]

JimexPL said:

I'd be up for this if it's happening. I've only got my road tyres down in London though. Will I be ok?

James

It's definitely happening. There would certainly be some places in which you'd struggle with road tyres, but we'll have ropes with us, and none of the lanes are so long that for trickier ones you couldn't just jump in with someone else for a while.

If it's actually raining on the day, you might want to reappraise that though. I know from experience that going down chalk lanes in the wet on road tyres is, erm, interesting!

[JimexPL]

Kermit power said:

JimexPL said:

I'd be up for this if it's happening. I've only got my road tyres down in London though. Will I be ok?

James

It's definitely happening. There would certainly be some places in which you'd struggle with road tyres, but we'll have ropes with us, and none of the lanes are so long that for trickier ones you couldn't just jump in with someone else for a while.

If it's actually raining on the day, you might want to reappraise that though. I know from experience that going down chalk lanes in the wet on road tyres is, erm, interesting!

They're not completely road biased (General Grabber ST 265/75/16), but do not compare with the MTs that I'd usually have on -



I'll look out for the time/meeting point info!

James

[Kermit power]

Ah, well, in that case, you're sorted! They'll get you everywhere we're going with no problem. I'm only using ATs, and they don't have any issues.

[Kermit power]

So, the where and the when... Better put it down now, as I'll be 40 by then, and might be going senile!

I suggest we go for a 10am start from the sports club car park at the bottom of London Lane in Shere. We can do the lanes around there in the morning, have a pub lunch somewhere, then head down to Hindhead in the afternoon.

London Lane is pretty easy to find. Just put "London Lane, Shere" into Google Maps. The fun starts where the lane on the map stops.

Happy to listen to any alternatives people might like to suggest.

[Stedman]

Kermit power said:

I recognise that place

[Kermit power]

Stedman said:

I recognise that place

London Lane. Meeting point for the next outing.

[JCW]

Would those of you joining us next Monday mind if I sent you a copy of a letter that I've sent to the local Countryside Access Officer, objecting to the proposed TRO that the NIMBYs are trying to organise? Its one of the lanes that Kermit and I used the other day, and if you're amenable needs personalising and a hard copy sending to the Access Officer BY AUGUST 27TH?

Its a 5 minute job and will add to the list of objections to the proposed TRO. The problem is that unless the responsible off roaders don't gain a voice soon, increasingly, these lanes are going to be closed off if the NIMBYs get their way.