Canterbury trip 22/23rd november

[nickcampbell]

Greetings all, my brothers girlfriend is coming down to canterbury and wants to go 4x4, anyone keen?? anyone got a track that'l make her scream haha umm my brother says in the afternoon on the 22nd or 23rd of november, and after we will go into town for some drinks afterwards or something, if anyones keen and has any ideas of a place to go, dont be shy, i dont bite, just leave a message

[Elmo]

Worselys will make most girls scream (depending on what line you take depends on how LOUD)

A simple gravel pile has been known to make a few girls scream too!

[nickcampbell]

umm just looking for one person to come or if more want thats fine, jsut thinking either worsleys or selwyn river depending on the other persons vehicle, weither it has a snorkel or not will determine what we do.... anyone keen?

[Elmo]

You can put me down as a probable. Ashley is very doable at the moment. The 4x4 track has a little mud but nothng major.

[COMILUX]

may tag along depending what day you go and where you go, will be first trip since trucks been back on/off road so wont be doing anything to seriouse

[nickcampbell]

umm we can do Ashley river, its a very simple track, nothing major, more of a godo family day out sort of trip... only need a snorkel and descent tyres, and your set

[nickcampbell]

ooo day... umm what day you ask... can be either satuday or sunday, what ever suites you best really, ill come on a day i know someone will turn up

[yeti]

im in ...when and where

[4Paws]

I'll come along for a bash, lets say sunday 10am at the carpark by the ashley river bridge at rangiora?

[nickcampbell]

sweet, cool beans, happy to have u along 4paws this will be my first proper trip with my truck haha, yeah ok, ill confirm the meeting time/day: Sunday 10am, going to meet at a carpark just before the ashley river bridge, the car park is on your right as your leaving, if you go over the bridge or see it youve gone to far

[COMILUX]

im out cant do sunday sorry

[Elmo]

Yeah Im out for sunday also

and as for the ashley, Ive did it twice last weekend.

So sorry, Im out too.

[nickcampbell]

greetings, its suppose to be 27degrees tomorow and northly winds, but looking outside it looks like rain :/ but hey, if its raining, like set in rain the trip wont go ahead, but if its showers or light rain ill still be going. I havent check water levels as im not smart enough to udnerstand it, but it hasnt rained for awhile so should be all tickaty boo, anyone remember what way to go to get onto the stream as i remember last time someoen said not to go down off the bridge way as it disturbs birds or something?

[tallsam66]

If its raining the track will really improove...it was very dusty & dry last week with hardly any mud.
The track is quite over grown in places so expect some minor bush rash.(maybe we should arrange a working bee day to go up there & trim it a bit sometime)
To get to the river drive over the bridge & up the rd a cpl of km..then hang a left to the river (Rossiters Rd), this avoids the nesting areas forthe birds.

[4Paws]

whats wrong with rain? mud is good! Dust is bad. your going to spend 90% of the time inside a vehicle so ignore the rain and have some fun

[nickcampbell]

if it rains to much its going to ruin river crossings possibly... depends who turns up and how much, i want to get right up to the gorge way past where we got to last time 4paw, when we had like 15trucks. there was a tiny bit of rain tonight haha this time im gonig to remember to put my truck into 4x4

[yeti]

thanks nick and 4paws, was fun ...hope ya trucks up and running soon 4paws......told ya how to fix it at the pub (buy a jeep) just kidding dude.......let us know when ya up and running and we can plan something .......cheers again ....

[red-devil]

do tell what happen

[nickcampbell]

we was clsoe to the gorge and me and tobbie had a go at this river cross and a step vertical bank on the other side, i got it after the 3rd attempt, and tobbie was striggling abit, think his rear was snagging on the bottom ro something, and yeah, he kept having goes then he got stuck somehow and suddenly stopped moving about, after while i revered back to tow him out and i think his front wheels were jamming up, after like 10min of towing n yanking we got him out, and he had broken his CV's, i gave him a call the other night and hes totaly destroyed his CV's n that so yeah, was still a good trip, extrmeely good weather couldnt of asked for anything better, could of only asked for mroe water in the river hah, and no damage, forgot my camera though, only stopped once though so wouldnt of got any