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CFB



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Anyone fancy a Lake District Laning day with Kankku?
Considering booking a day's laning with Kankku, they will do it for £250 for 4 x vehicles which is steepish for using Green Lanes I know but it takes the stress out of the research etc.

Anyone interested? It would be a mid-week day. Andy
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Re: Anyone fancy a Lake District Laning day with Kankku?
CFB wrote:
Considering booking a day's laning with Kankku, they will do it for £250 for 4 x vehicles which is steepish for using Green Lanes I know but it takes the stress out of the research etc.

Anyone interested? It would be a mid-week day.


Shocked the research is part of the fun Thumbs Up
Post #29942 16th Apr 2010 8:25am
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Maybe, if you have the time and a memory-map equipped GPS, of which I have neither! Andy
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I spent all day sorting routes with a red pencil and a 1:25,000 OS map for a days fording with the kids tomorow Mr. Green
Nice to plan where your going and do it at your own pace Cool

Booked trips can be fun too but hope you don't get companions from hell Rolling with laughter 59 2.4 110 XS Utility
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Post #30016 17th Apr 2010 6:06pm
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Well I decided to delve into Memory-Map today and with the help of the LDNPA website have marked up a load of lanes so looks like I'll save the £60 and do it myself!

Surprisingly my new phone (HTC Touch-Pro) has GPS and works a treat with Memory-Map, never even checked before as work supplied it Very Happy Andy
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This is one of the places I got to with my paper map and red pencil Thumbs Up
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Only person I saw was a frankly beautiful jogger but decided not to take a pic Razz
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Took the kids to the lakes last week and took the TD5 while the roll cage was fitted Mr. Green It was so wierd to drive after 9000 miles in the Puma but fun all the same Thumbs Up

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Post #30063 18th Apr 2010 5:36pm
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Andy,

Ill organise another weekend soon for nought.....have memory map and touchscreen in the car..Sonic and I have all the routes that outfit do Thumbs Up You cannot teach stupid people to do clever things
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Cibit - that roll cage really makes the Defender look awesome.

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Back to the original question.

Never used Kankuu and I would object to paying someone to tell me where to drive on public roads anyway.

However not very impressed with them...

I was on holiday in the Lakes recently and walking from Grizedale Forest visitors centre towards Esthwaite Water on the Byway known as "The Fox".

Now this byway has a voluntary restriction on it so that it is only driven West to East. The reason being that driving down the rocky descent towards Grizedale (Westwards) causes excessive erosion as it pushes the rocks down hill.

So you would expect a local operator to know this but no, half way up we met a Kankuu 90 coming down the slope. Not only that, the driver under "instruction" was obviously still in high range and relying on the brakes all the way down. Rolling Eyes

I have also heard stories the owner refuses point blank to assist with any voluntary repairs in the area despite the fact he is earning money from and potentially damaging these byways.

Make your own mind up! MAD COW

2007 90 Hard Top - 2009 BMW F800GS - 2002 CCM 604E Dual Sport

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Looks like they are still going strong - even expanding judging by the fleet they have.

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They've always ignored the voluntary restraints..... Sad
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Rosco



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CFB,

I'd be interested in a day out laning depending when you had in mind

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Ignore that I've just realised how old this thread is Embarassed 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
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Oops ! I didn't notice that !
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Adding into the thread resurrection-

Going to be up in the lakes this weekend (Ravenglass area-ish) keen to get out and do a bit of laning if anyone local is heading out that would like some company?

Chris
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