offroading

Croatia Trophy 2010 Stage 2 Trophy Day

CT2010 Stage 2 Trophy Day: randomly selected teams overcome language barriers to meet certain challenges. Pink Panther can't take part. Continue reading

Croatia Trophy 2010 Stage 1

CT2010 Stage 1: A show start in Glina and the official start in a muddy forest nearby. Mechanical setbacks for Pink Panther. Continue reading

Croatia Trophy 2010 Prologue

CT2010 Prologue - a quick lap with a winch point to determine the starting position the next day. Pink Panther takes it's first knock. Continue reading

CT 2010 preparation for the prologue

CT2010 Prologue Preparation - getting settled into camp, signing in, obtaining team books and stickers, and of course ... testing cars. Continue reading

Croatia Trophy 2010

Croatia Trophy is F1 in the mud! A fabulous offroading competion that has different challenges to suit all kinds of 4x4 vehicles. Continue reading

Offroading for Dummies

Rob Mieras is a 4×4 driving instructor and has the patience of Job when it comes to teaching new offroading skills to nervous drivers. We had the good fortune of joining them on a camping trip to Freizeitpark Mammut in Germany, which was just fabulous.

The highlight of the week was definitely learning how to gear down steep slopes and charge through muddy pools. But it all started rather slowly for me … Let’s face it, keeping control of a beast that weighs more than two tons is scary. Continue reading

4×4 and Campfires

4x4 and campfires - Mammut, GermanyBuilding a camp fire is not allowed in most of the camping spots we’ve visited in the last couple of years, both in Holland and in Germany. But this one was different.

Freizeitpark Mammut is huge, with lovely grassy fields, ginormous trees and slopes to match, with forest areas, marsh lands and open savanah-type areas. It’s an off-roader’s dream!

But I digress … I was harping on about the campfires. Because that’s the way we used to camp as kids - rugged, full of adventure and a mesmerising fire to capture your memories.

And then there was the mud. Continue reading

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