Dave's "S200KYS" Jimny 'laner Build...

After a leave of absence of three months due to illness and subsequent recuperation, today I went out for a local wander to ease myself back into greenlaning. Some of the group had been out on a laning trip to Shropshire on the 24/02/19 but I felt that was too long a trip / day for me in my stage of recuperating from pneumonia and most of January in hospital. So I ,muted the idea to Alan my co-driver and Darren, a local chap with a Jimny I'd chatted to in the shop. and also seen on YouTube that he was out regularly greenlaning. I also mentioned it on our group's WhatsApp group, but on the day it was just...



Darren in his Jimny and Alan & I in S200KYS that met for...



Breakfast in the WhistleStop Cafe in Rhuddlan, before ...



Setting off to drive the route that Alan had plotted on paper map nnd I had then transferred into MemoryMap to follow on the dash mounted iPad in my Jimny. Some 16 greenlanes on the route, with a 9am start we figured that would take us to mid-afternoon...

Not a full blog on this one, just some highlight photos...



At the top of a BOAT (ByWay Open to Al Traffic) above Tremechion , not far from my house!



SNOW! Wasn't expecting that! Below the Moel Y Parc TV mast in the distance.



Up to the top of Moel Dywyl in the Moel Famau Country Park.



Driving along the side of the Clwyd Valley, stunning views when it's clear...



Our view ahead to Rhyl on the coast in the distance.



A great sign on another BOAT, that says it all!!!



Dropping back down into the Clwyd valley...

We would have finished the route early, so we added another 5 lanes at the end of the day to make 21 in all, and I was still home in time...



To drop this rather dirty Jimny round to the...



Hand Car Wash 100 yards around the corner from my house... note the sign on the wall! - "PLEASE NOTE - EXCESSIVELY DIRTY CARS ... WILL INCUR AN EXTRA CHARGE" Yup, a tenner! LOL Saves me taking it five mile away and washing it myself at a friendly garage...



Clean and shiny and back on the drive waiting for it's next jaunt!

A great day out! Lots of 'lanes and still back in time to get the Jimny washed, write this mini-blog and have roast 'dinner' with the family.

THANKS to Alan for plotting the route and opening and closing countless gates, and to Darren for the company / second vehicle... I'm loathe to venture out on my own, just in case...

"Our little groups" next trips are a weekend in Northumberland on the 30th/31st of March, but I said that was too much for me yet, and the Lleyn Peninsula on the 28th of April... so to keep my tyres wet and muddy we're squeezing another little Sunday wander in on the 7th of April... from the llangollen area to Betws-y-Coed.

I'm hoping to restart the buggy project soon too when I can rip myself off the sofa on Sundays LOL :lol:

So glad to see you out and about again!

Thanks Lambert! So glad to be out again, it's been far too long!

Superb day out there, some very nice scenery round your way

Darren's YouTube compilation of the day -

Very nice