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SAFARI in CORK - 12 MARCH 2000

Our first official club event was a Safari in the Nagle Mountains near Mallow, Co. Cork. Seven vehicles from the Irish Four Wheel Drive Club met up with four from Off Road Ireland , and we all set off for the mountains. Our little convoy consisted of: 3 Land Rover 90s, 2 Suzuki SJ 413s, a Land Rover Discovery, and an Isuzu Trooper from the Irish Four Wheel Drive Club , and 2 Land Rover 90s, a Land Rover 100 hybrid, and an Ibex from Off Road Ireland.

	This is our happy group getting ready for the off. Jimmy Dean's Ibex is followed by Damian Heneghan's 90, and Diarmaid Drennan's Trooper.
Various unsavoury characters in front of Mervyn Colton's 90 and Edwin Pratt's Discovery.
	The Trooper and the Discovery take a break at the top of a mountain. Note the tow ropes. Neither of these vehicles had to be rescued at any time during the whole day. Which cannot be said for some of the other 'off-roaders' out there.
Edwin's Discovery leads the way. The morning was spent driving the relatively easy and non-damaging routes across the mountains. For the afternoon, we abandoned the clean and shiny family vehicles, and headed off into the tough stuff.
	Time for lunch. Edwin and Robert bring on the provisions.
Diarmaid got his trooper dirty. Both the Trooper and the Discovery coped fantastically well with the slick and muddy trails we were driving. The only off-road equipment either were fitted with was all-terrain tyres. A quick power wash at the end of the day, and you'd never know they had been off the tarmac.
	Mervyn's 90 leads Edwin's Disco. See how clean the 90 is at this point. This would not last for long after lunch.
Malcolm's 90 was equally clean at the time. Note the 2 Suzukis trying to keep up.
	The 90 was lightly soiled soon afterwards. Yes, that is a tarmac road in the background.
Try as he might, Mervyn couldn't seem to get his quite as dirty as Malcolm's.
	Larry Wickham's Suzuki had some difficulty with the Land Rover sized ruts, but he never failed to keep up.
Damian Heneghan easily coped with the tough conditions in his very well prepared 90.
	Even deep water held no fear for Damian and his brother Jonathan.
Unfortunately, Richard Lombard in his Suzuki trialler did not fare so well.
	When his engine died in the middle of the pond, he had to perform unspeakable acts on his fuel system to get it going again.
To finish off a perfect day, he then managed to fill his left boot with water as he got back in to drive out.

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