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fr33agent
 


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United Kingdom 2011 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Santorini BlackDiscovery 4
South Wales Greenlaning Scary Sideslopes



The first lane we did with Bob @ Compass Adventures on a weekend trip last year.

He did warn us beforehand that there were some pretty hefty sideslopes and offered the opportunity to bypass it, but we thought "why not, let's go for it". Halfway in we were wondering about the wisdom of that decision!

A great weekend very well led by Bob, we did some awesome lanes and Strata Florida certainly lives up to the reputation.

The rest of the GoPro footage from the weekend corrupted when I transferred it to the PC. Just means we'll have to do the trip again!

Thanks Bob

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Great video Thumbs Up and looks like a hellovalot of fun and squeaky bottom time in equal measures Rolling with laughter
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Looks like a great lane to tackle.

Its a shame you lost the other footage, but I guess a bonus having to go back for another try Mr. Green

This is one to add to my list.
  
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Crikey Shocked

Fair do's to you for tackling that angle. Daft question but I assume the oil sump/pickup is designed to handle angles like that for so long without suffering oil starvation?
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Shame Bob doesn’t do a bit of maintenance on the lanes he uses if only cutting back the holly bush
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yep, it was fun & squeaky bum at the same time! Shocked

as far as I know re the sump, it's fine for short periods. I did turn the engine off when we were sat there while the Defender got unstuck just to be on the safe side, I read somewhere (in the manual?) that D4s are fine for (I can't remember how long) at extreme slopes. The manual doesn't mention the drivers heart rate and laundry bill for some reason............... Laughing

to be fair, I was the only one worried about my paintwork, the others on the trip were Defenders, an old Jeep and Bob's 78 Series Landcruiser, and the rest of the lanes were fine. I carry a cordless hedge trimmer when laning for the worst parts, but I couldn't open the door to get out for the holly bush! Laughing nothing the guys at the car wash can't rub out though Smile

Looking forward to redoing the trip Wink
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That looks interesting, thought I had done most of the lanes in South Wales but defo not that one, whereabouts is it?
  
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Hi Indy, couldn't tell you exactly where mate but it was pretty close to the meeting point at Knighton
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Had a look on Trailwise and think I've found it, smack bang in the middle of 4 or 5 other lanes I've done in the area, surprised I missed it
  
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