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This morning Nat and I attended a session at TANK MANIA which was, I'm afraid to say give the cost, somewhat disappointing. Things didn't get off to the best of starts when we arrived at 9:45 (satnav went weird on route too*) and after a painful lorry ride and kitting out then waited until 11:45 in the blazing sun for things to get under way. I managed during that time to make a complete prat out of myself when I climbed a grassy bank to take a photo of the course and when arse over elbow on the way back down when my feet slipped out from under me on the wet turf. Came down hard on right elbow and felt it jar my bad shoulder. luckily no harm down apart from my bruised ego.
There were two problems; 1. Part of the course was still too water logged to use (the APV's [armoured personnel vehicles which is what we were actually going to ride in] were getting bogged down in the mud ... WTF ... Yo UK Army no going to war when it's raining then) so we were going to be limited to where we would be able to ride and 2. One of the vehicles developed a fault which meant that one group (OURS!!!) were going to spend a very uncomfortable time in the back of a military lorry being driven back and forth along a very bumpy track (five times in all).
All that said it was an eye opener and I certainly wouldn't envy 12 soldiers inside one of those things with the hatches down, no seat belts and very limited lighting traversing rough terrain for any length of time. We were stood with hatches up and the ride only just finished in time before Nat chucked his guts. Was touch and go for a minute after we disembarked.
We had two rides ... one on the open road and the other over the assault course. To be bluntly honest I wouldn't go again nor would I recommend it to anyone.
N8/iPhone SatNav
things weren't helped this am when we were on route to Tank mania when both the N8 and the iPhone seemed determined to take us home. Don't know what the hell was going on as I'd planned one route on Nokia maps and downloaded to N8 and the other on Google and downloaded to iPhone. Something was amiss and iphone kept saying compass needed re-orientating so GPS glitch? Eventually aborted routes and found location on map on N8 marked and did the Drive to Here option from currently location. After that it was perfect and guided us to the entrance of the very field we wanted. Twas most strange most strange indeed and I blame the wee pixies ... innit.
Eventually made it home for 2PM rather than 12PM so I shot off to bed to grab a few hours sleep before work tonight. When I arrived our seats were once again occupied by another team (this begins to wear) and while I was in loo Hasmukh called to say he's be late and was in charge tonight and that it was his birthday ... fuck I knew it was 14 August I just didn't realise that today is the 14th!!! Most of our team turned out to be off tonight for various reasons and we were left with just the six of us including Hasmukh. Lets hope it turned out to be a quiet night!!!
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