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Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by ferris » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:41 pm

Looks like someone drove up snowdon in a frontera but had to abandon it on the way back down :lol: . Should of got a Suzuki :guns: .

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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by dan_2k_uk » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:56 pm

wonder if some stupid health and safety crap will stop them from removing it.

Im going there next week so will have a look :lol:


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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by ScottieJ » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:03 pm

Not giving the 4x4 crowd a good rep though is it! Just more ammo for the antis to get the few rights of way we have left taken :argh: not that there is a vehicular right of way up snowden but still whoever that was is a :tosser: hope he gets his frontera crushed!
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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by Edweird » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:33 am

I dunno. It's a silly thing to do but I suspect the fella wanted a challenge that was a little bit different. Possibly wanted to get on telly too. Not sure if I want to cheer him on or clock him one.
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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by twiss » Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:43 am

I'd love to just drive up to the top now... doesn't look that difficult?

I mean, why didn't they just follow the nice flat-ish train tracks, rather than getting stuck haha
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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by lazy rambler » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:39 pm

An update on the story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-nort ... s-14791178
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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by lazy rambler » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:31 pm

An other update http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-nort ... s-14947291
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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by ScottieJ » Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:54 pm

ok this time its' funny :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by dan_2k_uk » Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:04 pm

:hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

a bit wrong but fairplay if it was the same guy who drove it. He might as well get his moneys worth as he was gunna be prosecuted anyway.

still about 30m short of the summit tho!
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Re: Driving up snowdon in a vauxhall

Post by ScottieJ » Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:45 pm

dan_2k_uk wrote::hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

a bit wrong but fairplay if it was the same guy who drove it. He might as well get his moneys worth as he was gunna be prosecuted anyway.

still about 30m short of the summit tho!
Not sure???? the frontera was on ebay and all the money from the auction was going to go to the mountain rescue?

However the listing was removed so whether or not someone bought it and then decided to drive it up there again? who knows? :hahaha:
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