Team Wales weekend , the evidence ;)

[Paultrol]

Looks like a bloody fantastic weekend.

 

[johnb5177]

Really great pictures of a fantastic weekend.......how did the relatively un modded Terrys get on, with what looks like challenging routes......:thumb2

 

[Banshee]

Fez has got some great pictures there, beat mine hands down

Friday Night insode the Bothy just after getting the fire going

Mine and Robs truck by the moonlight

Through the Keyhole - Bothy Edition
Who lives in a house like this.........................

Whose coat is that jacketttttt?

 

[solarman216]

Really great pictures of a fantastic weekend.......how did the relatively un modded Terrys get on, with what looks like challenging routes......:thumb2

A truly fantastic week end with a fantastic crowd of guy's n girls, Fez as before top notch in his organising and route planning, all the motors did extremely well, but it is not just the motor, good driving goes a long way as does expert spotting by Fez and Zac, as for damage, as said by others, T Doug did an indicator lens, Ian and I lost rear plates, I also dislodged my rear bumper on the last drop on the "Bastard" lane and on the drop before that did a OSF indicator lens, but I should have removed the half tonne of gear that I carry full time (rear bump rubbers are in good contact with the axle full time) but as always just lack of time, think I now regret the effort involved in removing and indeed replacing my tow bar, it would have saved some damage, might have hung on it but as it is on the body a bit of rocking would probably be enough to free it off, unlike when I hung on my rear diff but nonetheless a bit of rocking got it off, anyway it was a great experience, food was good caravan proved itself and although the motor is vibrating at idle I think this is due to exhaust rubbing and will need doing for imminent MOT anyway, so well happy, Rick

 

[Banshee]

 

[jims-terrano]

Wow, looked really great fun guys but I have to say I really wouldnt risk the damage a couple of you guys picked up.
Looks a great part of the world, the bothy looks ace.

 

[Banshee]

Just move it :doh

 

[Banshee]

Rob getting in after TDoug took the deep route through the ford and stalled his engine

Doug's 2nd mishap of the day, Power Steering fluid cooler pipes developed a leak so we cut it out with a junior hacksaw and re attached the ends with the flexible rubber section

Nice to see people in the club merchadise I gave away a few meets back

Get those rear anti-roll bars off!!!!!

Drying out Doug's air filter before a well earned dinner

Dinner Gang!!!!!!

 

[solarman216]

Zac will be pleased I have vid of his rear end the whole time I was following him, yes including the bad drops etc, but I will need some tips on how to get them to him as I only have a 10gb monthly allowance, maybe I will put them on a USB stuck and send them? Rick

 

[Banshee]

Day 2

The moon was full and the black Pearl was looming over in that direction somewhere, after Fez donned his Poncho, we decided to do a run across the moors, we heard the roar of the pearl in the distance, caught up with flashing lights and then gave the pearl a personal escort back to base camp :thumb2

Blocky giving that lip a shine, look at that gleam!!!!!

Black Pearl Flex

Doug taking it easy after some routine maintenance

The Man, The Mind, The Machine!!!!!!! Mr Solarman and Mags with Rusty the dog

Black Pearl Down!!!! When Pete lost his steering

 

[Banshee]

Blocky got a little stuck, would have been OK if he had a LOKKA :naughty

Rick picking the best route down with his experienced eye

T-Doug taking what he thought would be the last picture of his car intact once he'd seen "basta*d" lane :lol

The dreaded goodbyes after the last lane of the day, always sad when everyone jumps in their motor and 1 by 1 makes their way I hadn't been dricing 5 mins and was already thinking about the next meet

Thats all I have picture wise, all videos I took will be linked tomorrow and we be accessible only if you have the link which I will post on here.

Videos will not be findable via YouTube, keeping them private for club members but feel free to distribute my 1080p content as you please :naughty

 

[Banshee]

Zac will be pleased I have vid of his rear end the whole time I was following him, yes including the bad drops etc, but I will need some tips on how to get them to him as I only have a 10gb monthly allowance, maybe I will put them on a USB stuck and send them? Rick

I'll send you some sticks down Rick :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

I think the only pics of T Doug and water ingress he suffered, here we have decided to remove the intercooler and glow plugs

 

[solarman216]

Look see

 

[solarman216]

Water in Turbo , but on reflection someone has vid of engine blowing steam, Rick

 

[Banshee]

I swear me and Fez are long lost brothers!!!!

I've got the Video of the the steam train [emoji38]

Will post tomorrow

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[solarman216]

I'll send you some sticks down Rick :thumb2

I will put them all together and find out how much mem (yours that is) they take, I started with some 8 gb sticks but need loads for whole W/E so gave up, all copied to the hard drive at the mo, Rick

 

[makeitfit]

Damn fine weekend , even if I did only manage the Sunday.
Black Pearl was thrown in the deep end only a few hours after it's ground up rebuild.
Not finished or tested it did cause a few delays
Fuel system was sucking in air and the ground support team was awesome. Never had so many spanner monkeys in in my bonnet :lol
Thanks all who got me going again :clap
Later on the road section to Bastard lane I lost steering and had to do an emergency parking manouver
Luckily a gap opened up at that split second and so I put my towel right on it
Again big thanks to all who rummaged about trying to find a nut to suit.
Unfortunately I had to bow out at that point and let the convoy continue.
I waited for recovery but as it was taking forever , decided to make more of an effort to fix it myself.
Again I think Karma was with me as I found a tractor restorer chappie only a few hundred meters up the road. A rummage about his boxes eventually revealed the nut I needed to fix the Pearl
10 mins later I was on the road again.
Sorry I missed the end but home again under my own steam was very satisfying.
4x4 mojo well and truley found again.
Cheers all

 

[solarman216]

Yep well done Pete, not many would be able to not only deal with the sudden steering loss and bring it safely to a stop in a lay by, but to go off and repair it locally as well = assume, Rick

 

[Mr K]

Thats absolutely terrific guys. Great to see the pics and cant wait for the vids.

I think after a trip like that and finding the limitations of your vehicle, there may well be a few more modded trucks getting some nice off road treatment :lol t-doug, blocky...