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Had a fun day out at the LRW show on saturday, main part of the visit being taken up with going round the LR test track. Took my 2 lads and the eldest's girlfriend for support. Here's a couple of pic's to show what it was like 
Started with a nice little hillock
And then moved on into the forest were the going got a little sticky
Had a bit of a delay at one section whilst we watched a couple of Disco's failing to get up a hill after a sharp turn at the bottom. Both then had to be winched up to the top. With a queue forming behind us, I am pleased to say that Growler held its own and took us round and up with no external assistance
After conquering both this section and the next, after the Disco in front was towed out again, we ran into a small problem as the truck grounded on the centre keeping one of the rears off the track. It was at this point I had to yield as I had completely dug in and was going nowhere without a little assistance from a winch.
It would appear we were the last truck to attempt that part of the route and they were going to take the section out until they could fill in the ruts to make it passable again. Once past this little hiccup it was plain(ish) sailing to the end of the course.
All in all a good day out was had by all, next year I need to go back with 33's fitted instead of the 31's just glad they were MT's though courtesy of Carl (The Lang-Shankit Scunner)
And finally a couple of end of day shots
Started with a nice little hillock
And then moved on into the forest were the going got a little sticky
Had a bit of a delay at one section whilst we watched a couple of Disco's failing to get up a hill after a sharp turn at the bottom. Both then had to be winched up to the top. With a queue forming behind us, I am pleased to say that Growler held its own and took us round and up with no external assistance
After conquering both this section and the next, after the Disco in front was towed out again, we ran into a small problem as the truck grounded on the centre keeping one of the rears off the track. It was at this point I had to yield as I had completely dug in and was going nowhere without a little assistance from a winch.
It would appear we were the last truck to attempt that part of the route and they were going to take the section out until they could fill in the ruts to make it passable again. Once past this little hiccup it was plain(ish) sailing to the end of the course.
All in all a good day out was had by all, next year I need to go back with 33's fitted instead of the 31's just glad they were MT's though courtesy of Carl (The Lang-Shankit Scunner)
And finally a couple of end of day shots
Staying in a posh hotel in Ledbury was also quite demanding, still the full breakfast soaked up the previous nights lager quite well. Thanks work! 
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