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Aldermaston Saturday 16 October 2021


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2 hours ago, digger said:

Hi all, many thanks to those who put in all the work! 

Had a gr8 time but a very different ,unexpected day for me. Still,  met lots more folk than I've met before and I was given some gr8 rides. Cheers everyone!

For those who haven't had a good laugh already,yours truly took a new member,Terry (silver TJ) for a ride and another (Cameron + Ben) following behind for a few basic tips. 

On the way we saw Tom having fun and stopped for a piccy or ,as it turned out, two or three or....!  '' Old git says , how about if I do it and would you take some pics please'' ''No prob!'' What did I do, exactly what I'd just told Terry and Cameron , not to do! Dong! My excuse is,last time I was here I had done all of this area without any trouble! So, I drove down to the bottom and went up the gully,without looking to see that the hole in the bottom was now considerably deeper than before! Nearly made it but going too slow resulting in a fail and stuck in hole tried to get out(almost )and (I think)  at this point breaking a front drive shaft) causing a second retreat back through hole and out. Forward again trying to bridge rut with hole but slid o/S into rut causing a bit of an issue. Oh dear!

Many thanks to Tom for winching me out and thanks too to young Ben who took some gr8 pics! Cameron too for helping maintain my equilibrium!

ps I gained a dent from rolling backwards  into a tree. Annoying. At the time I thought I had brake failure too because the 'brake pedal' went to the floor with no result. However, with hindsight I now think the truth is, that I had slid across the seats as we started to move back and was sat on  Terry. In the  heat of the discomfort my foot found the clutch, not the brake!  Bother, must remember not to do that again!

Ah well , could have been worse.  Regear brought forward a few weeks! Stronger driveshafts too I guess!

Thanks too to Spookie and Mannie for assisting me as well. Don't those WJs have comfy seats!

A few pics top to bottom.

Cameron going for it. Tom in action. Cameron working hard! Cameron getting an even better view! Tom doing the business.  Gerry G having fun.

Terry's first dip! Now Cameron!   Wary Spooky! Tom having fun too! What another fantastic JOC turnout !

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Hi Digger take it you got home alright? Back of a low loader?

At least it was just your pride that got hurt and that's what counts at the end of the day 👍🙏

Great photos mate and looking at them you were right, I should have tried the big muddy puddle - what's the worst that could have happened ................. ohhhhhh yeh that's right repeat of Summer Camp and Rakhee laughing even more at me. I am sure she was following me around during the day just waiting for the stupidity to start 🤣🤣

Your more than welcome to ride with me anytime and next time your welcome to have a drive too ....................... just don't break it too bad 🤣🤣🤣

As I said to Manny you don't have to thank us .............................. it's what Jeepers do -  "Never leave a fallen comrade behind" 👍😁👍😁 (unless you have taken the photos first)🤣🤣🤣

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If you look carefully in the background image.png.c1bfbf092790e606671458337936b4a7.png

                                                                                             You can see Alice the Renegade lurking/waiting for Aardvark to do something stupid 🤣🤪😳🤭

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4 minutes ago, digger said:

HaHa. Lol. 

Yep low loader, picked me up after breakfast. Excellent!

Now that's what I call fuel economy 🤣🤣

Glad you got home ok mate 👍🙏

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13 minutes ago, spookie the aardvark said:

Now that's what I call fuel economy 🤣🤣

Glad you got home ok mate 👍🙏

+1 to that.  I am still feeling guilty about the whole 'incident', so glad at least that you got home without more incident 👍

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1 minute ago, UKTJ said:

+1 to that.  I am still feeling guilty about the whole 'incident', so glad at least that you got home without more incident 👍

Was that your poo stains up to the top of the window??????????????????????????? 💩🤣

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5 hours ago, Matthew said:

Had a great day out and thank you to all for organising the event. It was great to make new friends at our first event and will definitely being doing more. Also thank you to the guy (apologies I didn't get your name) for rescuing us when we got beached!!! Now to clean the car 😒

It was me 😁 😁 cheers Steve 

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Hi UKTJ,

Gr8 to meet you and Cameron. Nout for you to worry about responsibility all mine! Sorry it cut our day short!

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It was great to meet everyone yesterday.  Ben and I had a fantastic time and loved getting the buggy dirty!!!  Thanks everyone for being so welcoming to newbies!!!

 

@digger Thanks for the guided tour and advice.  Love the photos too (except for the rear end shots 😆 - personally I prefer the angle below but I have my son to thank for the angle in your post).

 

@UKTJ  I enjoyed having another TJ buddy out there

 

Looking forward to the next time we can join the club on the trails.

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On 17/10/2021 at 16:55, spookie the aardvark said:

If you look carefully in the background image.png.c1bfbf092790e606671458337936b4a7.png

                                                                                             You can see Alice the Renegade lurking/waiting for Aardvark to do something stupid 🤣🤪😳🤭

Yep. Was behind you just waiting for it to go "right" for a photo 😆

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1 hour ago, Raakhee said:

Yep. Was behind you just waiting for it to go "right" for a photo 😆

Sorry I didn't do the stupid thing 🤣🤣🤣

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Had an awesome day giving the road tyres a hard time. She has fully recovered from getting a bit beyond the official Wade depth in the ocean at the bottom of the site. Great to see everyone and glad to see digger got off home safely. 
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Hi PDB, yep o/s drive shaft front dana30. All my own fault though. Didn't inspect first,  '' I'd done it before'' then too much welly after I'd slid back into holetrying to get out Ah well, its just added a bit to my regear as I've ordered chromoly shafts , remove disconnect kit etc

Its slowed me up a bit but I will post my pumpkin protector when its done.

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