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Suzuki Trialing? Green Laning? Extreme Off Roading? Concours d'Elegance? Do also check out: www.4x4adventures.co.uk/main/home.htm for some interesting upcoming Off Road events. Both non Winch Challenges and some interesting Off Road events to come. Green Laning events - we have had some superb runs out in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, more in the early part of 2007 too. This element of Club ZULU Membership hoped to grow further in 2007, but UK Government Pooness meant moving to France for this glorious way of viewing the Countryside for all, particularly the Disabled, may well be the only way forward. In retrospect this has now been the case. Since May 2007 the number opf driveable tracks in Somerset is reduced to 9. Do the right thing for you and your Children, preserve Countryside Rights of Way for Motorised Vehicles, or watch huge areas of Publicly owned land disappear from Public access forever... Paperwork can be forwarded to make application to upgrade your local favourite R.U.P.P. to B.O.A.T. Classification to maintain access for all. These are now being processed, and evidence gathered by Somerset County Council Rights of Way department. Check your favourite track for upgrade details, or view the Definitive Map online on the Rights of Way page for Somerset County Council. ? The September 2008 AWDC HOWLIN' WOLF CHALLENGE EVENT was a massive success!! Thanks to the many Club ZULU Members and friends of the Club who attended. If you would like an email copy of the write up of the event, email me on clubzulu@fsmail.net and I will be happy to oblige - worth a look. We have been invited back to do the same in August 2009, Members committed to Marshalling on the Sunday get a free drivearound day on the Saturday, and are invited to join the outside catering evening Barbeque and camp out - see you there first weekend of August! Next Event is July 12th at Bishpool Somerset. This is near Cothelstone Hill car park in Somerset, and a huge site providing an interesting and varied Terrain for Suzuki 4x4 drivers of varied experience from road legal standard cars to highly modified Trialing type vehicles. Please come to this next one, and tell your friends to come along as well! Go on then, bring your Suzuki (or lesser vehicle) and enter on the day, should be loads of fun and good value for four solid hours of 4x4'ing and puzzling out... hope to see you there? For more details contact: Mobile Trailer Services (Terry) on 07877 132559 Southwest Suzuki Centre (Chris) on 07984 701457 Club ZULU (me) on 07879 673038 or email: minky@lulgate.freeserve.co.uk Entries from about 8:30, starts at 10:00 and runs until 14:00 Two classes of vehicle only: Mot'd and taxed and non-modified - and those that aren't. Simple and commonsensible rules, the emphasis is on a Fun Day Out!! Some forty punches will be located around the site. When the event starts at 10:00, try to get your 4x4 close enough to punch the scorecard attached to your nearside Window frame. Some easy, some hard, some are really tough! Hope to see lots of Club ZULU Members and old friends on the day yet again, Catering facilities will be available for hungry participants and spectators alike, see you there... |
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Responsible Green Laning We go Green Laning Responsibly on R.U.P.P.'s, Roads Used as a Public Path. Many of these are disappearing around the UK. If Green Lanes are lost to the Public, or down graded to Bridle paths, massive amounts of English Countryside will be banned to most people. This includes many people with Disabilities. We like Horses, and Ramblers just fine too. If we don't occasionally use Green Lanes, the overgrowth closes them on its' own, as we saw in 2002 after 2001's Foot and Mouth epidemic left them untravelled for many months. There is currently a "Mechanically Propelled Vehicles on Rights of Way" consultative document before our Government which appears largely based on fantasy. Do please request your nearest Green Lane (or 2 or 3) be upgraded to a Byway Open To All Traffic as soon as you can. I can supply the paperwork to do this by E-Mail at your request. It is almost too late now, but make sure you are heard by your MP, MEP, and Disability Access Department of local Government now! New Definitive Map for Somerset should be online in early July, so legal and fun Green Laning can resume, can't wait! |
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Your Local Council will have a "Rights of Way" Officer. Ask to see the Definitive Map at your Town Hall, and see which routes can be used legally and properly for off roading in your County.
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If you would enjoy some good South West UK Green Lanes then come along on our next run.
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