RMS Offroad Day Afterthoughts - Flagstaff Adventures April 2015

[Coog]

Its sleeting here in saintfield. Good offroading weather!!

 

[Coog]

Lunch break!

 

[Coog]

Some pics from today. Great day out and a brilliant spot, really challenging areas as well as a couple of tame spots. The rally circuit a particular favourite of mine lol

 

[Coog]

 

[Coog]

And yes that is in fact @seaside-racer full of the rack on the rally track lol!!!!

 

[collyirwin11]

Looks like great fun. My brother was talking about doing an off-road day, but he has a chelsea tractor, would it be much use?

@Coog was that you behind me passing the city airport about 4ish, heading bangor bound?

 

[Coog]

Yeah it was mate.

 

[weeloaney]

Just home, awesome days craic.

Pretty challenging in places, loads of fun tho.

Will get pictures up soon

 

[weeloaney]

 

[Nicky]

Looks like you lot had a great day.

@Coog is the Drumaness off roading spot just up the road from me? Plenty of proper 4x4's on our road earlier.

 

[weeloaney]

 

[weeloaney]

3 Land Rovers were the last to leave.

All just after receiving a mud water shower.

Home safe, tho needing a bath.

Trying to remember what colour it's meant to be

 

[weeloaney]

Oh and this is the offending shock, there's meant to be a 2/3inch stud on the bottom to go through the mounting in the axle, with bushes and a nut.

All that is gone haha

Don't know what broke it or where it broke.

And also bust the left rear tyre on my way back down to the yard/shed. Must have nipped on rock just above that first grass hill

 

[seaside-racer]

home fed and watered. Sitting down to reflect on a great day now. Thank you all for turning up, was a good group of guys and the craic was mighty. As for the course, what can I say, challenging would be a start, lots of different obstacles deep water splashes, not so deep ones after @weeloaney drained the last one with some spirited driving, steep rocky hills, some nice grassy sections, a rally track, and the added bonus of being told to go anywhere we wanted we don't have to stick to the paths. I would say unless you have a half decent 4wd system with at least a high and lo box it would be too challenging once you get up onto some of the steeper climbs.

Definitely a good setup and would go again.

 

[weeloaney]

Wonder has the water stopped running down the hill yet @seaside-racer?

 

[Coog]

Any more pics fella's? Doing up a quick report here

 

[weeloaney]

That's all my good ones

 

[Coog]

Cheers

On the point of breakages - I did manage to bust my towing eye socket off today lol

Was wondering what the clattering noise was on the way down the road

 

[Coog]

Looks like you lot had a great day.

@Coog is the Drumaness off roading spot just up the road from me? Plenty of proper 4x4's on our road earlier.

Yeah there's a place just behind a petrol station near your way. We used to go trialing there. Tight wee site and a nightmare to tow the trialer into too.

 

[seaside-racer]

 

[seaside-racer]

 

[weeloaney]

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That's a cool picture

 

[weeloaney]

I got some looks on the way home with the brown Range Rover.

Laughed at you getting our to to take the picture @seaside-racer

 

[Cooper]

Fantastic write up and photos thanks to Coog:

http://reallymeansounds.com/off-road/rms-hits-flagstaff-for-off-road-adventures/

 

[Cooper]

Hold the phone where these @seaside-racer's pics?! Apologies if I have watermarked incorrectly