The Dirty Dragons

A quick little trip this one, honest!

There were 4 of us…..

Camo and Minx in Minx’s Sport trax, driven by Camo, and myself and Cavenam, in Caveman’s Sport Trax.

The plan was to stay local ish, and have a quick out.

We headed out, heading towards the hills, and fairly quickly we found a little ice about. This was about the time that councils were running out of grit, so little side roads were not a priority.

We got the a bit of a hill, (all still on normal highway, tarmac and all!) however the ice coverage was fairly thick. Caveman possibly had some issues with his hub lockers, and we possibly clicked in and out of 4wd. We got up, with some dificulty in places, and attempted to look at the lockers….there seemed that one was out slightly, and was tight to turn. It was turned, possibly too much, or was that a sign of an issue?

we carried on, adn found the snow level. All was good, not issues with traveling along. Still on tramaced roads, not silly enough to actually hit off raod in these conditions.

Still, the nights’ plans were falling onto place, a little out that gave us some nice viewa, and some snow proactice!

After travelling along the snowy path, it was time to head down. This lane was also, a little icy. Camoflague was in the lead, and a the top we stopped to see how his progress was. Well actually, we stopped when we heard an odd radio transmission. It sounded like, we’ve gone…..

And they had….the first bend, and the sort trax didn’t. We tried to reccy the lane on foot….but it was sheer sheet ice. Time to head back up.

When we got both all the way up, we headed back along the snow path, and headed out a different root. That was flatter, and perhaps a little more sheltered. No major issues, but it was travelled extremely slowly, incase  any black ice was around.

A late night, some good experience, with plenty learned!