Spent the weekend doing a recci on a Coast to Coast route we have planned for later in the year on the other forum I'm on, all the existing routes we saw were further north and had virtually no offroading.. we have come up with a 262 mile trip with nearly 50% off road, we know the Lake District lanes well so started Saturday morning in Skelwith Bridge at 9am and stopped near Scotch Corner well gone 10pm so a real full days laneing, then another full day on Sunday and ended up in Whitby for fish and trips...

Some pics and a video, rock sliders actually got a small dent on the video, it is edited a bit as we waited for some walkers a couple of times, the FF struggled a bit at the top, the rear off side was off the ground as the rockslider had hit a boulder and picked the wheel off the ground, the other rear wheel was on a knife edge with no grip and both front tyres were on the slipperiest substance known to man... wet grass, with no weight on them, you can see my mate wedge a waffle board under the front wheel to help with the grip, first time I've had to turn the traction off and spin it up to get going, but she did it....
































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Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Pete
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Great pictures and stunning scenery!  Si. <This is my name.

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Nice weekend by the looks of it. If it dont work.......burn it!

If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF.

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Great pictures - whereabouts are they all?

Nice one pal, glad you had a fun trip and achieved the goal of getting to Whitby in a weekend Dan

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Thanks chaps, it was a great weekend

Trommel, they were all either Cumbria or North Yorkshire... Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Hi,

Really lovely scenery up there in Yorkshire but I'm not going to make myself popular when I say that using a car in that environment is only going to ruin the pathways and landscape long term. Some of the pictures show a clear wearing away of the surface of the moorland and using a vehicle will only make it worse. I know the routes are probably legally accessable but I think it is a shame that the car is having such a harmful effect on the environment out there.

I love my Land Rover but would only ever want it to stick to the roads. Thats what they are there for. Each to his own I suppose.

Paul

awesome pictures ! it great to see a range rover doing what it was designed to do

mogman50 wrote:

Hi,

Really lovely scenery up there in Yorkshire but I'm not going to make myself popular when I say that using a car in that environment is only going to ruin the pathways and landscape long term. Some of the pictures show a clear wearing away of the surface of the moorland and using a vehicle will only make it worse. I know the routes are probably legally accessable but I think it is a shame that the car is having such a harmful effect on the environment out there.

I love my Land Rover but would only ever want it to stick to the roads. Thats what they are there for. Each to his own I suppose.

Paul

Haylands wrote:

Trommel, they were all either Cumbria or North Yorkshire...

mogman50 wrote:

Hi,

Really lovely scenery up there in Yorkshire but I'm not going to make myself popular when I say that using a car in that environment is only going to ruin the pathways and landscape long term. Some of the pictures show a clear wearing away of the surface of the moorland and using a vehicle will only make it worse. I know the routes are probably legally accessable but I think it is a shame that the car is having such a harmful effect on the environment out there.

I love my Land Rover but would only ever want it to stick to the roads. Thats what they are there for. Each to his own I suppose.

Paul

Sorry. You've got it all wrong. Responsible laners don't go out to destroy these public roads e.g. We steer clear of sensitive routes in bad weather. Most damage is caused by natural water erosion. I too am a GLASS member etc.
Land Rovers are built for this not tarmac roads  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
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Many, many other Landies over the years
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Trommel, we are stopped next to Mallerstang Sculpture.... Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Looks like a lovely drive Pete. Great to see the FFRR used as Land Rover intended as well. I'm not averse to the odd green lane myself, even in a 2011 'Charger. I recall also taking a 3 year old Vogue SE TDV8 across Salisbury plains too. Can't find that link but Stan will know for sure.

Dom

I can show folks around the Plain sometime but you would simply be following me, not an official tour and I won't be liable for any damage..... No trees and the big ruts can be avoided  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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@Dom,

link to the plain trip, [was it really 4 years ago ]

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic5577.h...bury+plain


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