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| alantd Member Since: 14 Dec 2008 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 1513   
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Great pics. Looks like you had a good time
 One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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4th Jun 2010 9:44am |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459 
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Yeah had a great time, nice to be on the Plain as a civvy
Camp site was good and only £10 per night |
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4th Jun 2010 9:46am |
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| fekete Member Since: 24 Dec 2008 Location: Here on the other end of the computer Posts: 3626 
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Great pics
NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY |
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4th Jun 2010 11:42am |
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| nicks Member Since: 21 Aug 2008 Location: south coast Posts: 469 
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can anyone go on the plain then - i though it was just for the military?
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4th Jun 2010 5:27pm |
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| The Boy Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: East Northants Posts: 1459
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yes as long as you keep to the green lanes and there is no live fire. During live fire all the lanes through impact zones are closed. If you abuse the lanes and go off onto other areas the wardens have the authority to take your vehilces and they do! Get your self OS maps to keep you on track and you will be fine. One of the our party had a fab bit of kit. A littl bigger than a Iphone but a gps preloaded with OS, it wasn't cheap but boy was it good. To give yourself an idea of the amount of lanes go to multimap and clisk the o/s button. Some are easy to find and others are little used and can be hard to follow. We found some lanes this year that we simply did not know where there but that was down to the bit of kid i mentioned earlier.
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4th Jun 2010 6:41pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897  
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You didn't tell them about the tyres
One fifth of all the green lanes in Britain are in Wiltshire. Has to be worth a visit.  |
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4th Jun 2010 8:53pm |
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| harveyg77 Member Since: 09 Apr 2010 Location: Derby Posts: 309
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I've been escorted off the Plain twice.
1st was leading a group, no flags anywhere just a dark blue Defender with blue light & bloke in uniform. 2nd time there were red flags & a sign saying do not proceed beyond flags. I took this to mean if I stayed parallel I was not passing them & therefore could continue Plus there were cattle, tractors & various army vehicles. I assumed they wouldn't want to pay compo to farmers or hurt themselves. Anyway Defender turns up and asks who I am so I said "Harvey", he asked who I work for so I said "Mott MacDonalds", he asked what my role was with MottMac and I said Resident Engineer for Mechanical/Electrical SCADA Installations", he said I shouldn't be there and asked me to follow him off. At the time I wasn't trying to be funny or sarcastic, but possibly gave the impression I was possibly working there abouts, don't know if that stopped my Disco2 neing confiscated or whether they weren't going to do it anyway  |
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4th Jun 2010 9:29pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897
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There are phone numbers available for the MoD Police and the Range Wardens.
Always worth a call before venturing onto the Plain. |
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4th Jun 2010 9:46pm |
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