BADLRC Green Laning

Green Laning:- The club regularly organize Green Lane runs in the Peak District and the surrounding area, details of these events will be detailed on this page as soon as the information comes in from the green lane coordinators.

Details of the 2008 Green Lane days are here see below for details

"2 DAY GREEN LANING / CAMPING WEEKEND IN NORTH EAST WALES"

Reservations have been made for 12 camping pitches on a camp site at Corwen near Llangollen for friday 30th May and Saturday 31st May 2008. Prices for camping are £6.00 for small tents and £8.00 for large tents per night.

The site has showers ,toilets and hot water to hand basins.Shops, pubs and restaurants are just a short drive away.

The idea is that we arrive on Friday afternoon/ evening and set off to navigate a 50 mile run the next day over hills moors and mountains.This should take a estimated 7 hours. We will start at Glyn Ceiriog and finish at Llandrillo,the route being covered by OS maps 125 and 126.

Written comments on the dangers of the route are:-

                  Scratches - occasional, moderate

                  Ruts - frequent,occasionally deep

                  Rocks - some extreme sections

                  Bogs - always stay on the track

It all sounds great fun and takes in the Wayfarer lane which is one of Britains longest lanes.

On Sunday we will do another exciting green lane for 4/5 hours ,aiming to leave for home at about 2pm.

A high level of recovery equipment will be expected of the vehicles taking part. Front and rear recovery points,various length strops and suitable shackles will be absolutely essential. The addition of winches,waffle boards,ground anchors, roll cages,spades,etc would also be an advantage.Don't forget your tool kit either!

If you feel that you are "Up for this",please e-mail me (Eric Toyne) toyne@which.net giving me all details of your vehicle and level of equipment, the number and names of the people wanting to go,the size of your tent and a contact telephone number.

Please ask any questions that you may have and I will endeavour to find an answer for you.

At this stage in the proceedings I have no ideawhether we will get 4 or 44 interested people. We will obviously be limited to camping pitches and the size of one party that we can take over the hills, so get your application in as early as you can.

Let us hope for some good weather on that weekend but I am sure that we will have a great time whatever the weather.

Eric Toyne

Other green laning events are:-

Sunday 6th July-- meet at Grindlow car park, Buxton @ 0930. SK 049719

Sunday 3rd August-- meet at Tesco car park,Whaley Bridge @ 0930. SK 0129820

The Second Green Lane trip is on Sunday 27th April 2008 meeting at Chatsworth Garden Center, grid ref SK 259 684 meeting at 09:30am for a map click here

If you are interested in any of these Green Lane trips please give you name to Eric Toyne or Dave Green using the email link for the Green Lane team below.

If anybody has got any photos that we could use to update this page please email mail them to use. click here

For further details or to book a place please contact:-

Mike "Royston" Hunter

17 Heath Grove

Buxton

Derbyshire

SK17 9HH

M. 07976 594 347To email Royston click here or to email the Green Lane Team click here

In Order to go on any of the above trips you will need to book and pay your deposit, this is to enable the Green Lane Coordinators to have enough leaders for the groups, so that you can have a better days green laning. Your deposit will be refunded to you on the day by the group leader. So that we can meet the recommended guide lines for green laning we have to restrict the numbers in groups, The method was set up to try and stop people booking places and not turning up. To Download the form in PDF click on the link below

When sending your green lane deposits to reserve your place, Please do not send CASH, You must only send a CHEQUE that will be returned to you when you turn up at the start of the trip.