Last Saturday Rob took a course in 4×4 driving to learn how to drive in tricky situations. It took place on the beach west of Cotonou. He learned a lot and had some fun too! Here are the four cars which took part (I’m third in line) The main things I learned on the course were: *How 4×4 works, and why Land Rovers can have permanent four-wheel drives when others don’t. *How to go down a steep slope, taking special care to be perpendicular to the slope. Here’s me going down one of the larger slopes – scary first time, but after a couple there was no stopping us! *Using an inflatable jack to change a tyre. Eddie, our instructor, deliberately got the Land Rover stuck, to show us how to get out! Look: All in all, it was a great day and I learned loads. Now I’m ready to tackle the trickiest of situations on difficult African roads. A big thanks to Ed & Steph for enabling me to do this course. It was well worth it! Thanks also to Hugo van Tilborg for the excellent photos. To see more of his work, click here Thanks for reading, more news soon!
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Caroline Hewlett on July 9th, 2007 at 10:31 am #
I am going on a similar course next week, here in Yorkshire, on a farm with rivers and muddy vlleys. Since moving to the dales last year, I have bought a Land Rover Discovery (10 years old, 3 litre engine, diesel, sutomatic). Will let you know how I get on! I am hoping to learn all that stuff too! |