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Strata Florida (Wales) - April 7th 2007

Postby Trugga on Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:05 pm

Took a drive out with GLASS today, following a discussion on the GLASS forum whereby a couple of members fancied a drive of Strata Florida but had not done it before. So I volunteered and was also accompanied by the GLASS rep for the area.

A crackingly good day out in the Easter sunshine:

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Postby Trugga on Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:14 am

For those that are interested, here's a 10 minute video of our day out along a reasonably dry Strata Florida lane:

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Postby Red Oktober on Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:27 am

Lawrence
what make was the yellow pickup ...it looks the business 8)
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Postby Red Oktober on Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:42 am

Fantastic video as usual 8)
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Postby Trugga on Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:42 am

Red Oktober wrote:Lawrence
what make was the yellow pickup ...it looks the business 8)

It tells you in the credits at the end of the vid :wink:

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Postby Red Oktober on Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:48 am

yer i saw that .....after i'd watched the video

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Postby NiftyWolfie on Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:56 am

Brilliant video.......really makes green laneing look like a nice relaxfull day out
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Postby Red Oktober on Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:20 am

it is mate.....well i found it relaxing driving up over the wayfarer in wales 8) 8) 8)
also the veiws are just awsome :D :D :D :D
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Postby john (smifffy) on Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:26 am

lawrence

great video all made better by the good weather

how long did it take from start to finish including stops
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Postby Trugga on Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:13 am

As we had two vehicles (4 people) that had not driven it before, we really took our time driving the three mile lane - we started at 09:30 and finished about 13:30. Lots of stops for coffee and photo's - my kind of laning.

There was a lot of other traffic on the lane as well, that held us (and them) up as we pulled over to pass: 10 4x4's and about 14 motor bikes (not a single pedestrian).

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Postby john (smifffy) on Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:46 am

lawrence

3 miles is that all it is i thought it was much longer than that
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Postby Chris England on Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:57 pm

awesome awesome awesome!

Where abouts in wales is this place?
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Postby fuzion on Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:06 pm

Hi Chris.

Strata Florida begins (or ends) near Strata Florida Abbey in mid wales.

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Not a lane i have done yet, but really want to :D
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Postby NiftyWolfie on Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:22 pm

maybe someone can organise a trip out there for us then???
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Postby Chris England on Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:23 pm

Brilliant stuff thanks for the link its about 1 hour and a half from me I wouldnt mind having a go of that definately it looks brilliant.

Im quite new to the 4x4 world though I have had a couple before but mainly for the school run :oops: so might wait and see if there is a forum outing 1 day there.
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Postby fuzion on Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:41 pm

If you ae new to green laneing, you need to read

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Remember its not advisable to go laning on your own, especially in areas as remote as Strata Florida :wink:
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Postby Turbochops on Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:08 am

Nice one Lawrence

Isnt this one of the longest greenlanes in the country?
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Postby Red Oktober on Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:34 am

think the wayfarer or the gap are the longer lanes :wink:
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Postby fuzion on Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:37 pm

IIRC Strata Florida is approx 3 miles.

The Wayfarer is approx 5 miles :D

Not sure how long the Gap is :roll:
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Postby Drift on Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:54 pm

Off the top of my head the Gap is only about 3ish miles :D
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