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brucewayne **
Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Eye, Suffolk
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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:40 Post subject: Trooper Dooper in Thetford |
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Well....now that I'm over my initial Trooper troubles (£900 clutch, dodgy door pillars, injector recalls) I thought I'd chuck the thing at our local Thetford Forest. So we bought an OS Landranger map, chucked the kids in the back with a picnic and set off on an 80 mile round trip of the dense woodland and green lanes.
Had an absolutely brilliant time and took a couple of pics, one of where I bottomed out at 6pm on Sunday night....had to wander around a bit and find some old logs to shove under the wheels, without those we'd still be there I think.
On the second day we saw a group of 15 deer and stopped for a while to watch.
Gonna get some more Landranger maps from the library on the rest of Norfolk/Suffolk this week and plan more outings....once I've poked the mud out from underneath.
And the great thing....no ENGINE CHECK light for the whole weekend
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J1ODY A ***
Joined: 05 Aug 2009 Posts: 167 Location: Suffolk
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 20:50 Post subject: |
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looks cool - am going to get into landranger maps now too... never heard of them before!
I'm Suffolk too |
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markymoan *******
Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 16267 Location: Naughty Step
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 21:08 Post subject: |
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They are standard Ordanance survey maps, the sort of thing people used before sat nav _________________ |
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The Laird Guest
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 21:30 Post subject: |
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Landranger maps include more tourist info. Including rights of way. There is a better series of maps called 'Explorer Map'. They are printed in a larger scale, 1:25000 or 2-1/2 inches to the mile, than standard O.S. maps, 1:50000 or 1-1/4 inch to the mile.
If you haven't done a lot of 'map reading' it is worth spending some time studying the map to familiarise yourself on how they work. |
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badendesigns Lifetime member
Joined: 01 Feb 2010 Posts: 851 Location: Wales
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:46 Post subject: |
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You can get the updated ones online through the club can't you? I'm sure I've seen them while looking for greenlanes near us. _________________ 99/00 Frontera B 3.2 V6
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Gribble *******
Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 8448 Location: Holset H221W
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 13:00 Post subject: |
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Only thing with OS maps is they are a bit behind with current info and you might find the lanes is not a byway any more or have winter traffic restrictions on it , in surrey and hants you can use the on line interactive council map to see whats open and drivable , plus its a free service .
Also you can report any blocked lanes , did one just outside Alton last week which had not been driven in ages as its a bit tame but where it came out the house owner had claimed it as Lawn now I am not the type to say ' its a lane I'm just gonna drive over it ' so did a 360 but I did log it with the byways man who said he would look at it and see if the guy had a claim in so maybe it will be opened up .
Would think they have them up North too ? _________________ 2 New Troopers ! |
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markymoan *******
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 13:08 Post subject: |
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I would have checked with the ROW Officer then gone back _________________ |
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rallymarshall *******
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 1728 Location: somewere thereabouts
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 13:22 Post subject: |
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if you want OS maps then try here
http://www.dash4it.co.uk/store/
£4.89 each _________________ atb kevin
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TimBanham Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 1258 Location: Newark, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:20 Post subject: Re: Trooper Dooper in Thetford |
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brucewayne wrote: |
Well....now that I'm over my initial Trooper troubles (£900 clutch, dodgy door pillars, injector recalls) I thought I'd chuck the thing at our local Thetford Forest. So we bought an OS Landranger map, chucked the kids in the back with a picnic and set off on an 80 mile round trip of the dense woodland and green lanes.
Had an absolutely brilliant time and took a couple of pics, one of where I bottomed out at 6pm on Sunday night....had to wander around a bit and find some old logs to shove under the wheels, without those we'd still be there I think.
On the second day we saw a group of 15 deer and stopped for a while to watch.
Gonna get some more Landranger maps from the library on the rest of Norfolk/Suffolk this week and plan more outings....once I've poked the mud out from underneath.
And the great thing....no ENGINE CHECK light for the whole weekend
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Looks good
Where abouts in Thetford are these as we go there quite a lot with the caravan and could always manage a lane or two _________________ 3.0TD LWB Citation |
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brucewayne **
Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Eye, Suffolk
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 22:20 Post subject: |
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Stick this into google maps
52.360286,0.67464
That's the monument to Kings Forest where we started, then SW from there _________________ 3.0TD LWB CITATION 2000 - 106,000mls (injectors/short engine@95k) - BF Goodrich ATs - L.S.D. |
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DAVID's J99P Lifetime member
Joined: 30 Oct 2009 Posts: 1614 Location: UK's Horse Doping Capital
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 22:35 Post subject: |
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We'll have to have a little get together one sunday i'm only 30mins away.
Give us a shout (PM) next time your planning on coming down with your tin tent Tim. _________________ aka x66dag
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The Laird Guest
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 23:05 Post subject: |
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I'd go for that too if I could. Pretty please! I'm on the Beds/Cambs border. Just off the A603, 5 miles from Arrington. |
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DAVID's J99P Lifetime member
Joined: 30 Oct 2009 Posts: 1614 Location: UK's Horse Doping Capital
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 23:18 Post subject: |
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Goes with saying mate _________________ aka x66dag
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The Laird Guest
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 23:40 Post subject: |
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Incidentaly, Check out my brothers web site! Minis
He made me drive one once when he was going to a mini rally! Said that I couldn't go in my own car! |
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TimBanham Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 1258 Location: Newark, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:28 Post subject: |
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looks like a good route _________________ 3.0TD LWB Citation |
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