Thompsons Track, take 2

**rogerh** · 10th April 2010, 18:31

Yep. An excellent day. I don't regret being a chicken.

We didn't realise quite how stuffed we were until we got home. But I am thinking I will go back while the drought lasts, and explore some of the side tracks. Don't think I would bother trying to get right through as I don't like being too nasty to the machinery, and swimming in mud is not my thing...

Thanks guys

**.chris** · 10th April 2010, 19:40

Was a bloody excellent ride, was not very muddy, and hardly a drop of water anywhere. We are definitely in a drought!

From ADV Thompsons Track

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**Box'a'bits** · 10th April 2010, 19:49

Holy shit! Just had a look at your photo series Chris. Them there ruts are some serious shit..

..Wouldn't want to be there if it wasn't a drought. You could fall in some of those holes & never be seen again! How do people get through when there's water about - raft them?

**.chris** · 10th April 2010, 19:53

What a great sequence.

**Crisis management** · 10th April 2010, 19:56

Originally Posted by c.h.r.i.s

What a great sequence.

Thanks for taking the time to photograph Chris, I've just been showing my wife and she is highly impressed!

Must admit it looks wetter than I thought it was, have a look at the off road forum thread on Thompsons there are some pics of the bit we didn't get to.

**Padmei** · 10th April 2010, 20:11

Great pics. Serious stuff - welldone

**.chris** · 10th April 2010, 20:17

Originally Posted by Crisis management

Thanks for taking the time to photograph Chris, I've just been showing my wife and she is highly impressed!

No worries, impressing the ladies is what is all about! right?
I am pretty impressed to get through the day without incident on the Sahara's, I was a bit worried I would get seriously stuck on some easy bit, which would just be embarrassing.

Great effort getting through that last bog hole Mark, you made it look pretty easy (not quite easy enough for us to be convinced to go through tho)

**Kokopelli** · 10th April 2010, 20:36

What a great sequence.

Sure is. I bet this was before you guys got to that big drained mud hole. I'd have expect to see some skeleton, or at least some old bike parts down there. A bit like the La Brea tar pits.

**dino3310** · 10th April 2010, 20:42

Originally Posted by BMWRSNUT

Holy shit! How do people get through when there's water about - raft them?

machete and go around

**.chris** · 10th April 2010, 20:59

Originally Posted by Kokopelli

Sure is. I bet this was before you guys got to that big drained mud hole. I'd have expect to see some skeleton, or at least some old bike parts down there. A bit like the La Brea tar pits.

Nope, that was on the way back up to the top, not long after that big mud hole. Mark was the only one who went through it, the rest of us were more sensible/less talented.

I do have a a few more photos, but I do not want to upload them and have Mark ban me from the KCAR. Mark do you want them uploaded?

**rogerh** · 10th April 2010, 21:02

Originally Posted by c.h.r.i.s

Great effort getting through that last bog hole Mark, you made it look pretty easy (not quite easy enough for us to be convinced to go through tho)

Too true! But I know looking easy does not mean it is. I would have made a pigs arse of it if I had tried. Good riding.

Originally Posted by dino3310

machete and go around

And a spade

At least!

Originally Posted by Crisis management

Thanks for taking the time to photograph Chris

Yeah. Good pics. I seem to be fairly consistent in producing crappy pics myself. These are great, and it does make it look wetter than it felt. Or maybe I had my rose tinted specs on.....

**MXNUT** · 11th April 2010, 10:16

Originally Posted by c.h.r.i.s

I do have a a few more photos, but I do not want to upload them and have Mark ban me from the KCAR. Mark do you want them uploaded?

If i banned them they would only mysteriously surface later on so........... go for your life.

**MXNUT** · 11th April 2010, 10:34

Chris , that first photo of Iain that you posted is awesome.
Nice Work.

**.chris** · 11th April 2010, 12:28

Originally Posted by MXNUT

If i banned them they would only mysteriously surface later on so........... go for your life.

I feel like I may have hyped the photos a bit more than the deserve, I think people will be expecting you upside down in a bog with your bike on top or something.

Anyway, an amsuing sequence, almost more for rogers antics as much as yours I reckon.