What kind of noises were you talking about!?

I drove to Epsom (30 miles away) to the dentist, and then treated SWMBO to a McDonald's on the motorway services.

I recon they were Doggin noises  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

If there were people having a night of passion in the woods and I got caught, I don't know how I would explain the fact that I was creeping around in a dark woodland with a 26x zoom wide angle camera in the car.

It was more like beasties, wildlife, it was just creepy. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Better get the night light plugged in and check under the bed  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Night light already on  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Didn't drive it today. SWMBO stole it!

The other week drove up to Surrey, not sure where I was but about 30 miles from Epsom. Got lost and drove into a posh gated cul de sac. Blinded by the gleam from a black FL2 and its shiney arse. Knocked over a bench and a tree in my rush to escape. narrowly missed a BMX lying in the road.

A few Saturdays ago I went the country route on the way to work as I was in rush. Drove passed the Cuidrilla site at Balcombe. Not sure if it was me, the car or just general yobbishness but got the middle finger from a nice gentleman sitting by his camp fire. Made me laugh and I laughed even harder when heavy rain came on.

2herring wrote:

The other week drove up to Surrey, not sure where I was but about 30 miles from Epsom. Got lost and drove into a posh gated cul de sac. Blinded by the gleam from a black FL2 and its shiney arse. Knocked over a bench and a tree in my rush to escape. narrowly missed a BMX lying in the road.

The shiny arse stands out on black.

Met up with my brother in Teesdale yesterday and we decided to drive Grasshill across to the Burnhope dam in Weardale. This is the highest road in England, apparently, and has spectacular views from the top - I thought I might even get a shot for the calendar. So here, for your delectation, are:

The view over Burnhope dam and reservoir



The view back over Teesdale on the ascent



Hmm - maybe not quite calendar material! Guess I'll just have to go back sometime.

Annoyingly the day before the weather would have been perfect.

Got it mucky at a ploughing match.

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Pab, is the gate on the Burnhope dam side unlocked I was in the area last year and there was a locked chain around it

All the gates as far as the dam were unlocked. We didn't go as far as Ireshopeburn, though, turning left off the causeway onto the road which runs across the dam. We parked up at the dam, had a walk by the reservoir, then retraced our route back over the causeway to Teesdale again.

A locked chain on any of those gates would, of course, be illegal (not that that will stop some people!) and should be reported to the local council.

Edit: Looking at the map the first gate is the one past the dam turn-off coming from Ireshopeburn. So all gates were unlocked. The only obstruction we faced was a group of sheep who refused to move even when the car got to within about a meter of them. I had to get out and move them on.

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