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T66 - 6/1/10 at 03:09 PM

Was wavering on selling my Lada with the impending garage project, the wife surprised me by telling me to keep it.

However after a week on being forced to use it for work due to Northumberland being covered in snow, and getting the wife to work in a blizzard...

My little Russian tractor has secured its place in my growing list of cars.

Everyone should have one.

T66 - 6/1/10 at 03:23 PM

Breaker - 6/1/10 at 03:39 PM

Mr Whippy - 6/1/10 at 03:39 PM

that is a hopeless sledge ^

anyway from what I've heard the Lada jeeps were quite good offroaders. Keep it, one day it will be a classic.

[Edited on 6/1/10 by Mr Whippy]

paul the 6th - 6/1/10 at 03:41 PM

Stranded again...

McLannahan - 6/1/10 at 03:42 PM

Snow

The Mazdy and Patty - not moved for today! KC warm in his carpetted garage!

T66 - 6/1/10 at 03:50 PM

I have the use of a Discovery at work, not a huge fan of it to be honest.

A friend of mine does pipeline stuff in Georgia, and he had 6 Discoverys which they struggled to keep servicable, they gave up in the end and bought Nivas.

coozer - 6/1/10 at 03:50 PM

Anyone spot my 4x4 Jago??
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Cheffy - 6/1/10 at 03:55 PM

I work at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and took these as I walked home about an hour ago - couldn't shift the car this morning....

Palace under snow

Cars & Snow

Workshop under snow

Mart.

[Edited on 6/1/10 by Cheffy]

T66 - 6/1/10 at 03:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
that is a hopeless sledge ^

anyway from what I've heard the Lada jeeps were quite good offroaders. Keep it, one day it will be a classic.

[Edited on 6/1/10 by Mr Whippy]

They are quite good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaIujLEmhOQ&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-1-HM

Or here..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRBGr39uJBo&feature=fvw

Never buy a Land Rover

ernie - 6/1/10 at 04:10 PM

How do I post pics on this thread? ta

theconrodkid - 6/1/10 at 04:10 PM

me and my mate this morning
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Danozeman - 6/1/10 at 04:13 PM

I love them lada's

linky

Micael - 6/1/10 at 04:14 PM

-20 in Stockholm
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splitrivet - 6/1/10 at 04:16 PM

Used to go off roading with Mahindra Jeep my mate had a Niva either of us could go places Landrovers could only dream about.
Cheers,
Bob

scootz - 6/1/10 at 04:16 PM

Road to my house last night...

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Garden this afternoon...

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View from front of house this afternoon...

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View to village from house just now...

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pinto - 6/1/10 at 04:28 PM

just been up on hill(portsdown hill just outside portsmouth)to watch my son snowboarding

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chris.russell - 6/1/10 at 04:32 PM

no fair, I want to play in the snow damn this Florida weather (if its any help its cold here too, tonights forcast predicts -8c!)

no snow

ernie - 6/1/10 at 04:33 PM

cheating a bit here, lydden circuit APRIL 2008 just shows how quickly you can get caught out

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CraigJ - 6/1/10 at 04:52 PM

last night

this morning

this afternoon, she made me go with her on a walk with the dog.

David Jenkins - 6/1/10 at 05:00 PM

Scootz - your 3rd picture is now my desktop background...

dogwood - 6/1/10 at 05:17 PM

My garden this morning.

David

robocog - 6/1/10 at 05:18 PM

Snow in Gosport and more on the way!

zilspeed - 6/1/10 at 05:20 PM

The view from here before Christmas.

Still the same.
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scootz - 6/1/10 at 05:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Scootz - your 3rd picture is now my desktop background...

You're very welcome... I hadn't really looked a it until you mentioned it - t'is quite pretty!

PS - The hill range peaking out through the clouds is the Lammermuir's (if anyone's interested!).

iscmatt - 6/1/10 at 05:53 PM

scootz that is a cracking picture!!

Alan M - 6/1/10 at 06:09 PM

BBQ anyone?

T66 - 6/1/10 at 06:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Scootz - your 3rd picture is now my desktop background...

You're very welcome... I hadn't really looked a it until you mentioned it - t'is quite pretty!

PS - The hill range peaking out through the clouds is the Lammermuir's (if anyone's interested!).

I recognise that view , very nice Scott !

mcerd1 - 6/1/10 at 06:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
PS - The hill range peaking out through the clouds is the Lammermuir's (if anyone's interested!).

I'd never of guessed

you need to get up to the top of the monument for your next set of photo's

[Edited on 6/1/10 by mcerd1]

scootz - 6/1/10 at 07:10 PM

Can't... I'm scared of height!

Hellfire - 6/1/10 at 07:20 PM

Only car on the road, so thought I'd get out and take a scenic picture...

I wish

T66 - 6/1/10 at 07:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Can't... I'm scared of height!

So am I....

macspeedy - 6/1/10 at 07:53 PM

Was up boarding at Aviemore and got these shots -17 on the pugs dash

macspeedy - 6/1/10 at 07:54 PM

and this one

scootz - 6/1/10 at 07:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by T66

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Can't... I'm scared of height!

So am I....

Not particularly handy when you're bumping around the clouds in a helicopter all day!

Mind you, I suppose it's all a case of perspective... it doesn't seem 'real' at those heights.

The thing I find bizarre is that I'm pretty certain that I could jump out of a plane for a free-fall, but I couldn't do a bungee-jump (going up to the platform would freak me out)!

T66 - 6/1/10 at 08:39 PM

It is about perspective...

ie hovering close enough to a really high object you could probably jump onto, however if you miss you become a blancmange.

Myself and the wife did some snorkeling in the Red sea a few years ago, her indoors was freaked out lying/floating on her front with 5' of water over the reef with a 150' vertical drop down the reef face to the sea floor, very odd.

I could do a freefall, but never a bunjee .

Its a brain chemical thing

mcerd1 - 6/1/10 at 08:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Can't... I'm scared of height!

come on, its not that heigh....

(not my pic)

ice on the steps could be an issue though, lucky I've got a set of these:

mcerd1 - 7/1/10 at 09:43 AM

not mcuh snow where I was last week:

any guesses ?

T66 - 7/1/10 at 09:58 AM

Outer Isles ?

PS crampons are no use on fire bricks !, he will end up a blancmange.

scootz - 7/1/10 at 12:18 PM

West coast... Mallaig???

T66 - 7/1/10 at 04:07 PM

Not so much a snow picture but a video..

"The Quiet Way Home"

A1 like a jumped up car park for twenty miles, wife needs dropped at work, go the rural back roads in my Lada Niva.

Passed a snow plough and a farmer in his tractor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUo8fy5FbvQ

mcerd1 - 8/1/10 at 08:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
West coast... Mallaig???

quote:
Originally posted by T66
Outer Isles ?

Not far off - its Iona

and staffa too:

[Edited on 8/1/10 by mcerd1]

mcerd1 - 8/1/10 at 09:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Can't... I'm scared of height!

well this is what you missed yesterday at sunset

(wish I had a better camera for this stuff)

[Edited on 8/1/10 by mcerd1]

T66 - 9/1/10 at 06:15 PM

Interesting tower....

Did you know the Kerrs (Reivers) used to build there tower stairwells with a anti clockwise twist, as a lot of them were left (Kerr Handed) handed.

Pretty hard fighting upostairs with a sword in your right hand when your fighting arm is against the wall...

Useless trivia prompted by seeing the steps up the tower.

And relax

cd.thomson - 9/1/10 at 06:29 PM

mcerd1 - 10/1/10 at 05:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by T66
Interesting tower....

linky

T66 - 10/1/10 at 08:19 PM

Thanks for that...

reminded me of this obelisk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Langholm_09.jpg