Bongo Fury

dobby wrote:I had a chat with Ranger, they run an off road tour of the chase, you need a proper 4x4 to do it. I suggested to him that perhaps we could do a more sedate Bongo friend-Lee tour of the fire roads. He's asked me to find out if there's interest for a half day tour? The full day 4x4 one is £40

The chase has a lot of military and natural history so it would be a good day out.

We'd definitely be interested in this

Here's a small clip of the Chase at Dawn. Have a listen to the Mickey Birds



Chell

Muzorewa wrote:

dobby wrote:I had a chat with Ranger, they run an off road tour of the chase, you need a proper 4x4 to do it. I suggested to him that perhaps we could do a more sedate Bongo friend-Lee tour of the fire roads. He's asked me to find out if there's interest for a half day tour? The full day 4x4 one is £40

The chase has a lot of military and natural history so it would be a good day out.

We'd definitely be interested in this

Me too, alas I only have a 2x2

Never mind I could always jump in with another 4x4 nutter.

Few more piccies for you.

a sneaky peek



The Barrington Family



Di of Di and Jamie, another Northern Nutter



Mr Muz himself Gotcha



Introducing Mr Snow_Kiter in the middle of the group with Di.



Ummm, lunch time ladies.






Mr Hogggman and Family

I cant really top what my mum has said (B*Witched Blingo)
so all I'm going to do is post some of my photos
Not sure how they will look as they were taken on an iphone

I must give a HUGE thanks to Chell (B*Witched) for inviting me to join her on this little jaunt. It did seem a little odd not being in my own Bongo but Chell is a true friend who made sure I didn't feel 'lost'. She even let me share her porta potti as I didn't have a pot p*ss in It was nice to see so many 'different ' faces. I dont mean different as in weird I mean different as in not NW crew. Honest
Bigs thanks to Dobby for arranging this. It's a beautiful location and to camp there was a pleasure despite the lack of facilities.
See you all soon - maybe I'll catch some of you at the Big One
Cheers
Di

B*Witched Blingo wrote:

Muzorewa wrote:

dobby wrote:I had a chat with Ranger, they run an off road tour of the chase, you need a proper 4x4 to do it. I suggested to him that perhaps we could do a more sedate Bongo friend-Lee tour of the fire roads. He's asked me to find out if there's interest for a half day tour? The full day 4x4 one is £40

The chase has a lot of military and natural history so it would be a good day out.

We'd definitely be interested in this

Me too, alas I only have a 2x2

Never mind I could always jump in with another 4x4 nutter.

Don't worry about the four wheel drive bit, as bongo's are not suitable for off roading in the same way a chelsea tractor should be used. What I'm thinking is that the route and roads used would be suitable any bongo 2 or 4 wheel drive can do it as none of them have the right ground clearance or angle of approach to do anything radical. Had an email from Andy the Ranger and he's very keen on it. Would suggest its an overnight at Tackeroo and then a tour? We should use the fire roads similar to the ones on the site. Issues would be traction if wet, possible stone damage and spirited driving by aspirational rally drivers? Going to try for £20 per bongo for a half day?

So far we have:

Me
Muz
Chell

Who have I forgot?

This has got to be an exceptional opportunity for some video footage

Maybe you can do a deal with him with the camping fee included, to encourage people to camp in a beautiful wilderness

Probably should take advice from our Russian friends

Looks like you all had a great time. Great pics

we will be up for the next one looks a good meeting place

And here's a video that chell made, that captures it well:

http://www.vimeo.com/11171414

dobby wrote:And here's a video that chell made, that captures it well:

http://www.vimeo.com/11171414

Nicely done not sure about one of the stills though

And what one would that be

Well done Graham. Looks like everyone had a great time again Wish I could have been there

Cheers Anna