Tag: Muddy Boots 4×4 wild adventures
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Provence sabbatical day 9 – la terrasse du soleil
I woke up early to get some bookkeeping done. What do you mean it’s Saturday? Really? Patricia collected me around 11 am for our stroll down to the village
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surviving Croatia Trophy 2011
Just how far would you be able to drag a (fairly) basic Land Rover into the Croatian bush?
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 8
The final day of the Croatia Trophy! And an excellent roadbook that has it all – riverbeds, steep winchpoints and very fast logging tracks
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 Stage 7 -Finito!
OUR FIRST FINISH!! A very long 75 km roadbook today, but everyone is getting their groove now. Good navigation and some challenging winch points
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 6 -Shopping in Zagreb
It’s hard to describe the feeling out there in the mud: Awesome or mind-blowing doesn’t quite do it justice. You’re out on the track in the middle of a forest all day long and YOU need to drag the car back to camp!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 4 Circuit Race
F1 in mud! A chance to drive as fast as you can/like!! Mad power and flat out along a challenging circuit, tyre change, floor it! Great fun!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 3 (Night)
Pitch black, narrow twig-lined tunnels. Branches thwacking off the windscreen. Ducking in the car to avoid getting whipped. No bearings whatsoever
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 2 team trophy
Team Trophy day is great fun for the spectators – the action is very close, especially the spattering mud, winching and hard revving engines…
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 1
Our baptism of fire as the competition gets off to a challenging start! A long and confusing roadbook and the scene of the infamous ‘Carwash’!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 prologue
The adrenaline level is high. The start signal goes off. I gas it… Some kamikaze runs at the hill… but eventually the winch is deployed
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 Prep Day in Staro Selo
Staro Selo – setting up camp, checking the car (again) and the most difficult of all – calibrating the Terratrip!