Floods and rain

[Sooty09]

Its hard to imagine how others are suffering after such a wonderful weekend in this part of Yorkshire (Leeds)
Two great days of riding, sunshine with a light wind and only a few showers.
There is plenty of evidence of the appalling weather though, deep puddles across the roads and so much gravel and grit washed across the roads.
Yesterday round Reeth the roads had broken up into slabs like crazy paving.
Found the same today round Patley bridge. Some of the road edges were so undercut it may take months to put right.
Hope all you Gsers made it through unscathed.

Good luck to anybody going to the Yorkshire show. Went past today and the organisers are pulling out all the stops to make it work.

 

[AdamA]

Good luck to anybody going to the Yorkshire show. Went past today and the organisers are pulling out all the stops to make it work.

They failed.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

They failed.

Not entirely

They managed today, just

Actually on the Showground it was fine, the carparks were the problem

Tailbacks and cars being pulled/shoved in - glad I had a 4x4

They had a novel idea to 'push' cars in

A 4WD Quad with a bale spike (covered in a 4' foam block), push £40k Mercs and Beemers, just pushing against the back bumper

Heavy rain at 3.30pm, turned to a flood and it was a nightmare

We left a 5pm from a very flooded and mudbound car park, loads of cars stuck with even a RR Sport with all 4 wheels spinning and a couple Disco 3's up their axles, stuck - amazingly my 'softroader' Honda CRV Diesel went past those faux Landies, without blinking or even spinning

I was pleased with the performance in appalling conditions, of my CRV

Good shout to call it off, the carparks are unsustainable

 

[AdamA]

?..amazingly my 'softroader' Honda CRV Diesel went past those faux Landies, without blinking or even spinning

I was pleased with the performance in appalling conditions, of my CRV

I'm guessing it was more to do with knowing how to drive it than much else, tho weight might have been an advantage...

Which CRV you got? Might be looking at one in a few months time...

 

[AberdeenAngus]

CRVs are fine for anything short of 'proper' off road. For a muddy field, even on an incline, they're great. I'm on my second one. 10 years CRVing and all I've bought for them is consumeables. Totally reliable.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I'm guessing it was more to do with knowing how to drive it than much else, tho weight might have been an advantage...

Which CRV you got? Might be looking at one in a few months time...

I thought that, but it is amazing in snow too (plent of USA CRV drivers, go fine in 12-14" of snow)

With Honda's propshaft clutch it comes onto 4WD, in a nano second and is really impressive.

2012 iDTEC ES CRV on my 3rd now and £7-10k cheaper than an equivalent FL2

CRVs are fine for anything short of 'proper' off road. For a muddy field, even on an incline, they're great. I'm on my second one. 10 years CRVing and all I've bought for them is consumeables. Totally reliable.

I did a couple of really snotty green lanes in the Wolds in my old company one, deep ruts and mud and it went through