Amazing what you see down country lanes
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flying haggis
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how the hell??
Looks like she is a nurse , The car will be OK
Phil Pascoe
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There should be a bollard at the end of the lane she entered (the Mining Trail, where a couple of centuries ago the wagons were hauled) but it's rotted off. She went a couple of hundred yards along then came to the bollard at the other end and decided rather than reverse she'd attempt a three point turn.
The hedges are overgrown atm she went into the lane through a four or five foot gap in the undergrowth - most people would have stopped there, realising vehicles hadn't been through for a long time. A Range Rover dragged it around.
The hedges are overgrown atm she went into the lane through a four or five foot gap in the undergrowth - most people would have stopped there, realising vehicles hadn't been through for a long time. A Range Rover dragged it around.
L M Joinery
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What a Plonker Rodney
When I was learning to drive, my dad took me down a little cobbled lane near the local harbour, walled on both sides and had me "three point" turn in it. There was barely enough space and it took me near 20 points to achieve the turn.
I took a lot of confidence away from the experience and have turned my cars in tight circumstances many times over the years.
I took a lot of confidence away from the experience and have turned my cars in tight circumstances many times over the years.
flying haggis
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How do people get themselves in to situations like that without stopping and thinking " this won't work". Do they panic and therefore get it wrong?
Phil Pascoe
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I had a woman come into work one night and ask if I could move her car as it was parked a bit tight and she wasn't confident to move it. After about a seventeen point turn I shifted it. It was a week old Overfinch. Brown trousers.
BillHoughton
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I take it this is a phrase with a sarcastic meaning in Brit-slang. Even without knowing what y'all mean, I think I get the idea.
John Brown
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I had to Google Overfinch. I don't generally mix with the big spenders.
profchris
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However, if you can get out the other end a big trailer is no problem at all. I once took an 11 metre (what's that, 36 feet?) glider trailer through Devon lanes, and everyone backed up to a passing place for me. I might have destroyed a hedge or two, but otherwise it was problem free
Phil Pascoe
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'Xactly why I googled it originally.
The clue here for USA visitors to this group is UK workshop
John Brown
Freeloading Social media influenza
I think it should be an option to delete Cornwall from your satnav.
A good friend's father, at an advanced age, destroyed much of Mevagissey with a caravan in tow. Amazingly, he wasn't given a medal. Actually I have no idea if he was charged with anything. Must remember to ask.
A good friend's father, at an advanced age, destroyed much of Mevagissey with a caravan in tow. Amazingly, he wasn't given a medal. Actually I have no idea if he was charged with anything. Must remember to ask.
John Brown
Freeloading Social media influenza
Not really sarcasm, brown trousers are an effective camouflage for involuntary bowel discharge during stressful or frightening situations.
@John Brown
Err, a bit off topic, but I was intrigued by your 'signature'. Is it from this Desmond Tutu quote? I guess so.
Err, a bit off topic, but I was intrigued by your 'signature'. Is it from this Desmond Tutu quote? I guess so.
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.
John Brown
Freeloading Social media influenza
Well it's a mashup of the teach a man to fish/ it takes a village to raise a child/a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
Now I shall have to change it again.
