| After
the wettest Jeep Fest ever, Mark
Askew's 'No Frills Weekend' was scheduled for
the 1st & 2nd July and we were all hoping for a dry
weekend. Having been to the site the previous year we
knew the off-roading would be good and Mark and his crew had
spent some time grading and mapping the routes. There
had been complaints the previous year, mainly by the car-park
warriors, that they couldn't find any challenging
stuff. Well I'm sorry guy's but you never will in the
car park! It's there, this site is over 2000 acres!
This year we were split into groups
depending on what level of off-roading you were up for. Our
time was spent with the Black groups.
The start of the course was a short
drive into the woods and then a climb up a
narrow gully
As we drove to the top the
sky's
turned black but the rain held off.
Well, what goes up must come down...
Paul in 'Mudder' making it look
easy...
This was a fun hill as right at the
very bottom was a small lip that dropped you about 9"
below the road level and forced your bumper into the ground.
Even 'Mudder' with it's massif lift and 35" tyres scraped
the bumper.
Only nutters would try this in
a Grand Cherokee without a lift!
When every one had cleared that
obstacle
it was on to the next decent. These hills never look as steep
in photo's.
When we reached the bottom we found
this nice little gully that gave everyone a chance to show off
and flex the suspension.
Those Rubicon Express lifts really do
flex!
You can't have a day's off-roading
without water and we found this lot just waiting for us!
I'd promised to let my wife have
a go - so life in her hands we took the plunge.....
Wow - I knew we should have
tested the depth! Even with a 5" lift!
easily passable with a well
lifted Jeep and snorkel - No problem!
Another chance to show off...
No one actually climbed the
waterfall...
...although a couple did cross the top.
It was then onto more climbs...
Have you ever noticed how things break when your
showing off.
Another of those hills that doesn't look
steep
After a great day off-road what's better
than to finish it off with a barbie!
"That's what he thinks - me I'd rather
have a hot bath and a bottle of wine any day!"
Ok - day two was great too, but I forgot to
recharge the camera battery. If you'd like to see other
reports for this event check out
http://www.uk-jeep.com/
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