For anyone outside the UK it might be worth pointing out that mild peril is a phrase used by the BBFC which classifies films, and gives brief descriptions of things parents might be concerned about, eg Winnie the Pooh's umbrella being blown away.
Great video once again, well done Elly and Ian but most of all well done Carly a woman with nerves of steel, never before has wine been so richly deserved 😊
I think three friends and myself literally carried a Morris Minor Traveller over that route, in the rain, with less gravel, and a lot more mud, whilst listening to Def Leppard. 😊
That's the way we French really used to drive the 2cv back in the good old days in rural France, when it was just a popular budget car that no one cares about. Just like my crazy uncle, I remember him trashing out his 2cv6 full bore on the beaten tracks of Charente, with me at his side, when I was a kid in the 80's. The FM was turned at full volume too, trying to cover the engine screams. That's quite wild. But the 2cv has surprisingly good soft suspensions !
@@julianevans9548 New housing developments, aircraft flight paths, people walking and dropping rubbish, allowing dogs to run off the lead and terrorise animals, fly-tipping, vandalism, etc all ruin nature and peace far more than someone just driving up a stone track. There are ways you can use a car to ruin the peace and nature, like throwing rubbish out the window, not driving with consideration for the people who live there, care for animals there, driving onto private land without permission, etc, regardless of whether or not you're on roads up to that point, but if you just drive carefully up a public track there's nothing wrong with that, nothing ruining nature or disturbing the peace.
this reminds me of something i did recently in vacation . My girlfriend was hellbent on hiking to some Windfarm to take some nice pictures with the turbines but since i wanted to do the real hiking elsewhere later and not arrive there already all tired and stuff i conviced her we could go there by car (and fulfill my secret "mild offrading in a totally unfit compact car" wish). Our Peugeot 208 struggled at times, especially where (winter) water had basically cut the trail (often perpendicularly to the trail itself) , the open diff was causing a real struggle. to traverse these ruts , most of the time just dipping the nose of the car at an angle with the tire at full lock pointing the other way and as soon as possible accelerating while turning back the wheel minimezed the external wheel wheelspinning like hell but it was tough nonetheless. The most critical moment was when (maybe my fault) i took a bump too hard and my girlfrend's cellphone flew out of the window. having had to stop the car , regaining traction from a standstill with the car on that kind of road and especially on that kind of incline made us achieve a good 4 second of wheelspin to get going again. hahaha. good times. Good job Peugeot!
Well done all. That was epic, a real test on ones driving skills. Its always worth the uphill slog when in Wales, the views at the top are sublimely rewarding.
That looked like fun! I'd like to think a Beetle could do it, although it's a long time since I owned one. The looser and rougher bits could be tricky, but I think it would make it. Maybe Elly should try it again, with a basket of eggs next time.
That was a superbly fantastic video of Elly doing her thing. Her willingness to conquer and your driving prowess. You all were brill. Good times. Hope the wine was good.
I find front wheel drive is better for going up hills like that but you need to go up backwards. I do the same in snow. With a front wheel drive you have the advantage of being able to change the wheel direction to try to find grip. Better still would be a Sahara! 🙂
About half a century ago as a student in North Wales I took my 10 year old Hillman Imp along a similar track. Good traction (rear engine), poor ground clearance. At one point I heard and felt a rock roll the whole length between the underside of the car and the track. Checking later on I discovered the rock had bent the fuel line. Very relieved that the damage wasn't any worse, it would have been a long walk home.
A great success showing what a 2CV is capable of, along with some skilled driving. Your comment about the limits of front wheel drive reminds me of one of our trips home up a local mountain in a snow storm. The front wheel drive wouldn't go up it, so, we backed up it. It actually worked!
Stunning scenery, love it! Well done Elly for making it.. Miss HubNut made it too, no need to be scared it's an adventure.. Finished off with confusing French Folk seeing a 2CV coming out of the countryside 😊
The microphone problems did not spoil the delivery of the classic line, "Shall I get out and push?" A splendid combination of fear, fury, and how the hell did my life get to this point? It was perhaps an anti-climax that the descent was on a sealed road, which is the point at which I tend to go half-a-crown sixpence, or whatever that is in new money. Takes me back, long ago, to taking my parents round the Coromandel Peninsula in a Triumph Herald (!), when floods closed the civilised routes and we had to take a steep and twisty gravel road across the hills. At the crest, my parents gave sighs of relief and muted cries of success, and I started really worrying. Well done Elly.
I've watched this with a big smile on my face. Absolutely fantastic to see Elly conquer that track. Your comments back and forth only added to the fun for me. And what a beautiful part of the world you live in!
Gloriously reminiscent of a family holiday in the south of France, circa 1987, when a fellow camper took us up a mountain track in his new Citroen BX (16TRS I think), possibly to go fossil hunting (I would have been about 13 so memory is sketchy on some details). Nevertheless I recall much fun was had with the adjustable suspension and the plucky Citroen's willingness to relentlessly scramble up a very steep hill. I think we may have even found some fossils, though my memory is all about that BX...
10:47 "Holy crap holes!" 😁 Such a relief, Carly! I must admit I felt a bit like you when you were driving up the hill. I've got a 1973 2CV. Keep going! Incidentally (Just joking 😊), beautiful view!!!
Nice to see you and your good lady at Aberaeron this morning.............. You surprised me when you came out on the tarmac... I didn't know that was a BOAT..
Great spirit of adventure. Well done. The terrain was of course no problem for the magnificent 2CV - built for both work and pleasure. And still commonly used in rural France to this day. I have visited the Creuse area in mid France a few times in the last year and seen quite a few still in active service. Along with M49 and M59 Berlingos! Vive les Citroen! Great video - keep up the good work.
If you want to go up steep slopes (or any significant slope in snow), then you need the driven wheels at the rear for reasons of load transfer, so on an FWD car you can sometimes go uphill in reverse when you can't manage it forwards. Also, reverse can even be a lower gear.
My dad's partner had a 4WD Jeep pick up. His idea of fun was to take an after dinner drive, up an old mountain pass road, passed the snow closure sign and to then see how far he could drive before he got stuck. 4 or 5 kids riding in the back. Adults inside. Snowing. Then cutting tree branches to rock us out of the pits the spinning wheels had dug when we were hign-centered. When my family had a VW 1300 we also had a starter subscription to the VW owners magazine. It shared the same technique you used of using the narrow wheel track to straddle the ruts and avoid the abyss😂.
Ian, I never had any doubt about Elly getting up the hill. But as you know, you must keep the revs high and not worry too much about the tyres or rims. The suspension has been designed for this sort of activity, i.e. the original and famous ploughed field and eggs test, and should be the least of your worries. BTW, you really must adjust the position of the LH wiper, Welsh greenlaning and the Welsh countryside is much prettier than the wiper blade!
When I had a dyane I drove up a very steep ice covered hill slowly and it got to the top fine. Various people (I am biting my tongue and will not call them idiots) were doing a Clarkson in their company Ford Cortina and sliding everywhere including each other. Nothing quite like keeping a steady speed in my sewing machine smelling the burning rubber from all the stuck cars. Front wheel drive seemed to help as it kept the wheel pressure just light enough not to cause the wheels to unstick. Quite surprising.
Hubnut, the channel that has us all leaning forwards, with racing hearts, cheering on Elly the 2cv as she triumphs against crazy hills in rural Wales! BBC and ITV ain't got nothing on this! And proof that it's entirely possible to do crazy things without destroying the car!! You should do a 2cv off reading t shirt next ❤
Goodness, that was fun to watch! Ms Hubnut, congrats on overcoming your fear, but I seriously doubt you were ever in danger. Ian knows what he's doing and Elly is made for doing crazy stuff like that
Ellie, the little Lady who lovingly lumbers along the lane. What a beautiful (yet at times a tad concerning) drive. Kudos to Carly for hanging on throughout. 👍
That looked like FUN!!! During my 20 years in the film business working overnight security, I have had to go into places that were really not roads at all, and some that were not even Rights of Way! The people I worked with would gauge what production vehicles could go where based on whether I made it easily or with difficulty. Keep in mind that in the majority of those years I was driving either 78 or 79 Ford Thunderbird coupés. Definitely not the stuff of off road capabilities. The last 4 years was in Arthur, my trusty 1990 Volvo 240 Estate. Ma had gone off roading intentionally in the old car. When she was 75 and Arthur 15, she joined an off road group driving a Right of Way to keep it open. What the kids in the Keeps thought I have no idea. What I do know is that there was barely a speck of Ice Blue showing. Arthur was mostly mud brown. Still, that car has never backed down from a challenge. Not sure if the car is that good or we are that nuts. I suspect the latter.
2CV's are surprisingly capable off-road. It was part of the original design brief that it be able to carry four people and goods over rural unpaved rural roads.
Fan-bloody-tastic! Someone give Carly the George Cross for courage and fortitude beyond the call of duty. You're probably aware of it already, Ian, but a little trick I've found useful in slitherous conditions is to engage second, keep revs high-ish (to prevent stalling) and creep forwards using judicious clutchery to manage progress or lack of same. Just thought it might be useful. And a hearty congratulations to Ellie for her valiant efforts.
I had nearly got over catastrophic withdrawal symptoms after the end my week long trip to mid Wales on my adventure bike. Now, not so much.😂 It’s a very very beautiful part of the kingdom. Particularly loved the Elan Valley and Devils bridge bits.
Very enjoyable. I remember in the late 1970s the Renault 6L had a very good reputation with the local farmers for being able to get to places that Land Rovers could not get to. Our 2CV was not pushed to these sorts of limits. Happy days. No mountains in these parts just Woulds.
I wasn't expecting to enjoy that but it was great. That was like making your granny climb Snowdon ( sorry YR Wyddfa) unfortunately now everyone will see how amazing mid wales is and those roads will get very busy.
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Here it shows how adorable couple you two are doing this sort of crazy stuff! Thumbs up! 😀
I've owned a 2CV and been a passenger in many - across fields, up tracks, along beaches and through forests. For gradients like that, usually just select 2nd and floor it, adjusting with the clutch. All you need is a good tyre budget. The rest, they just take in their stride.
Worked all around West and Mid Wales for over 40 years. There are some brilliant roads and spectacular views . One of my favourites was driving from Llandovery via Llyn Brianne to Aberystwyth. I was so lucky with the area I worked .
Michelin made a mud and snow tyre in a size bigger at 135 x 15 that I used on my Citroen Dyane. They might still be available in France from someone like Citroen club Cassis who are remanufacturing parts. They were blooming marvellous when the going was difficult.
Carly it looks like you deserved a big hug at the end, well done on getting through it. Hopefully the scenery plus the wine and cake made up for the terror!
Pushing the limits of machine and man... 😀 Great video and it reminds me of my climb of the 'col de la bonette at 2802 m' in southern France with our 2CV6 in 2012. The highest pass in the Alps, road surface was not so much our problem, however the height was. Every 1000 m of altitude roughly causes a 10% drop in engine power output and close to the summit 1st gear was the only option at about 20 kph. But it was a memorable experience.
Watching in bed, headphones on, my other half said “are you ok? What are you watching?”, probably imagining all kinds of unsavoury options. Just driving every inch of that road with you, urging Elly on. Apparently I was hyperventilating and getting rather hot! I absolutely love this car of yours!
'If it was dangerous I wouldn't do it' says the man who's seen 60mph in an Invacar! I tensed up myself, watching the worst of that. Still, great adventure and great views!
That was great, Ian.😂 No real physical danger though, the worst could have been to break down. Mind you, if you got stuck along that road and it got dark that would not have be nice. In Africa we do that sort of thing quite often if you love the outdoors.
Great video! Looks great fun in the 2CV as it makes it a challenging drive! I occasionally drive a few green lanes while on holiday but my wife hates it like Carly so I fully appreciate how she was feeling!
Well done, go Ellie, what a great adventure! I should get my little Fiat Panda 4x4 out on some green lanes, they are like little mountain goats on tracks like that.👍😁
I went up worse than that in Arizona with a hired PT cruiser. In the end we were ploughing through two foot of snow, some quad bike riders told us to go back but there was no where to turn round so we had to go on, got through in the end surprisingly easily.
I once went ‘dustbineering’ in the early 90s. Great fun round North Yorkshire, and the look on the faces of the pot holing Land Rover drivers was something to behold, as a convoy of 2CVs drove past them. The only casualty was a rather lovely restored van, whose driver decided to bounce it through the ford, rather take it gently, as advised by our outing organiser.
Your Citreon 2CV made it up that steep gravel track they were deigned originally to be used on farms frive across paddocks but what a spectacular view a Sahara would have gone a lot better
Back in the '70s, I drove worse Australian roads than that in a 1968 Chrysler Valiant. I suspect a 1968 Falcon could have also. BUT over the years cars became lower, tyre profiles became lower, bumpers became plastic , they put plastic covers on everything and roads that a "family car" could traverse became 4WD only. In 2003 Ford released the Falcon RTV ute. Raised about 3 inches and with a locking rear diff, it could go almost anywhere a 4WD could in high range.
I worry too much about my clutch and undercarriage to try that myself haha. Respect to Ellie the 2CV to climb that. Reminds me of driving a 207 hire car in crete where the road eventually became a rocky mountain road and getting it beeched and smelling some seriously strong clutch, let it cool for 10 mins and back down we went. Hire company probably had no idea what I've done to that poor clutch 😂
I am wondering when the term "green laning" started as in the my days of rallying, we refereed to them as as white roads or white roading as per the OS 1" maps.
For anyone outside the UK it might be worth pointing out that mild peril is a phrase used by the BBFC which classifies films, and gives brief descriptions of things parents might be concerned about, eg Winnie the Pooh's umbrella being blown away.
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Oh, bother!
Another example of mild peril in relation to film might be Ron Jeremy looses his watch.
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Oh drat!
Great video once again, well done Elly and Ian but most of all well done Carly a woman with nerves of steel, never before has wine been so richly deserved 😊
Driving cars in places like this - even sensibly as you are - ruins the nature and peace for everyone else. Keep cars on the road.
I went up that track a few months ago on my mountain bike. The last half a mile was a push. Respect to the 2CV!
I think three friends and myself literally carried a Morris Minor Traveller over that route, in the rain, with less gravel, and a lot more mud, whilst listening to Def Leppard. 😊
Didn’t the drummer only have one arm ?
@@adzy166 yep, lost it rolling/crashing his Corvette.
Had a Moggy myself in the late 60s , lent it to my Dad one boxing day and some guy come over a stop sign and hit him wrote it off .
That's the way we French really used to drive the 2cv back in the good old days in rural France, when it was just a popular budget car that no one cares about. Just like my crazy uncle, I remember him trashing out his 2cv6 full bore on the beaten tracks of Charente, with me at his side, when I was a kid in the 80's. The FM was turned at full volume too, trying to cover the engine screams. That's quite wild. But the 2cv has surprisingly good soft suspensions !
"Shall I push ?" - now that's a keeper 🙂
Doing exactly what the cracking 2CV was built for, off-roading 👍
With une dozen ouefs dans le back seat.
Driving cars in places like this - even sensibly as you are - ruins the nature and peace for everyone else. Keep cars on the road.
@@julianevans9548 New housing developments, aircraft flight paths, people walking and dropping rubbish, allowing dogs to run off the lead and terrorise animals, fly-tipping, vandalism, etc all ruin nature and peace far more than someone just driving up a stone track. There are ways you can use a car to ruin the peace and nature, like throwing rubbish out the window, not driving with consideration for the people who live there, care for animals there, driving onto private land without permission, etc, regardless of whether or not you're on roads up to that point, but if you just drive carefully up a public track there's nothing wrong with that, nothing ruining nature or disturbing the peace.
Well done both, what a trier Carly is, keep going girl.
this reminds me of something i did recently in vacation . My girlfriend was hellbent on hiking to some Windfarm to take some nice pictures with the turbines but since i wanted to do the real hiking elsewhere later and not arrive there already all tired and stuff i conviced her we could go there by car (and fulfill my secret "mild offrading in a totally unfit compact car" wish). Our Peugeot 208 struggled at times, especially where (winter) water had basically cut the trail (often perpendicularly to the trail itself) , the open diff was causing a real struggle. to traverse these ruts , most of the time just dipping the nose of the car at an angle with the tire at full lock pointing the other way and as soon as possible accelerating while turning back the wheel minimezed the external wheel wheelspinning like hell but it was tough nonetheless. The most critical moment was when (maybe my fault) i took a bump too hard and my girlfrend's cellphone flew out of the window. having had to stop the car , regaining traction from a standstill with the car on that kind of road and especially on that kind of incline made us achieve a good 4 second of wheelspin to get going again. hahaha. good times. Good job Peugeot!
Well done hope you poured Miss Hubnut a large glass of wine.
Fantastic scenery what a beautifal part of the world.
This really ought to have been sponsored by a 2CV tyre specialist
Well done all. That was epic, a real test on ones driving skills. Its always worth the uphill slog when in Wales, the views at the top are sublimely rewarding.
Anyone question their life choices… Ian merrily carries on! Superb! Miss Hubnut, I tip my hat to you!
Well done getting a 2CV up that hill! And well done Mrs. Hubnut for going along.
That looked like fun! I'd like to think a Beetle could do it, although it's a long time since I owned one. The looser and rougher bits could be tricky, but I think it would make it.
Maybe Elly should try it again, with a basket of eggs next time.
I can smell the clutch, and I'm thousands of miles away 😁😁
Same, 😂. I'm in Russia. And I'll be back in nz soon, I'm sure I'll smell the clutch all the journey home!
I’m 12 thousand miles away and I can smell the clutch !! ……lol 😂
That was a superbly fantastic video of Elly doing her thing. Her willingness to conquer and your driving prowess. You all were brill. Good times. Hope the wine was good.
I find front wheel drive is better for going up hills like that but you need to go up backwards. I do the same in snow. With a front wheel drive you have the advantage of being able to change the wheel direction to try to find grip. Better still would be a Sahara! 🙂
About half a century ago as a student in North Wales I took my 10 year old Hillman Imp along a similar track. Good traction (rear engine), poor ground clearance. At one point I heard and felt a rock roll the whole length between the underside of the car and the track. Checking later on I discovered the rock had bent the fuel line. Very relieved that the damage wasn't any worse, it would have been a long walk home.
A great success showing what a 2CV is capable of, along with some skilled driving. Your comment about the limits of front wheel drive reminds me of one of our trips home up a local mountain in a snow storm. The front wheel drive wouldn't go up it, so, we backed up it. It actually worked!
Lovely countryside and views! should have taken a picnic to enjoy the scenery... 👀👍
Stunning scenery, love it! Well done Elly for making it.. Miss HubNut made it too, no need to be scared it's an adventure.. Finished off with confusing French Folk seeing a 2CV coming out of the countryside 😊
The microphone problems did not spoil the delivery of the classic line, "Shall I get out and push?" A splendid combination of fear, fury, and how the hell did my life get to this point? It was perhaps an anti-climax that the descent was on a sealed road, which is the point at which I tend to go half-a-crown sixpence, or whatever that is in new money. Takes me back, long ago, to taking my parents round the Coromandel Peninsula in a Triumph Herald (!), when floods closed the civilised routes and we had to take a steep and twisty gravel road across the hills. At the crest, my parents gave sighs of relief and muted cries of success, and I started really worrying.
Well done Elly.
I've watched this with a big smile on my face. Absolutely fantastic to see Elly conquer that track. Your comments back and forth only added to the fun for me.
And what a beautiful part of the world you live in!
Best video in ages! Literally shouting NO at the screen when Miss Hubnut offered to push! Lovely drive in the countryside. Well done Elly!
Yes, I did enjoy that, very much. Thank you.
Gloriously reminiscent of a family holiday in the south of France, circa 1987, when a fellow camper took us up a mountain track in his new Citroen BX (16TRS I think), possibly to go fossil hunting (I would have been about 13 so memory is sketchy on some details). Nevertheless I recall much fun was had with the adjustable suspension and the plucky Citroen's willingness to relentlessly scramble up a very steep hill. I think we may have even found some fossils, though my memory is all about that BX...
10:47 "Holy crap holes!" 😁 Such a relief, Carly! I must admit I felt a bit like you when you were driving up the hill. I've got a 1973 2CV. Keep going! Incidentally (Just joking 😊), beautiful view!!!
You two are great! Stunning scenery and such great content. Happy days
Nice to see you and your good lady at Aberaeron this morning..............
You surprised me when you came out on the tarmac... I didn't know that was a BOAT..
Nice driving Mr Hubnut, and well done Miss Hubnut way to go!!
Elly is looking and sounding awesome, hope Miss Hubnut is feeling better 👍
I've had to use similar roads in my work van, delivering drinks and glasses. The journey back when empty is more entertaining...
Brilliant video, well done Elly ! Not many cars could do that and what a spectacular view !
This brings back memories of driving a 3 cylinder Subaru Justy hire car on Cyprus dirt roads many years ago; great fun!
Great spirit of adventure. Well done. The terrain was of course no problem for the magnificent 2CV - built for both work and pleasure. And still commonly used in rural France to this day. I have visited the Creuse area in mid France a few times in the last year and seen quite a few still in active service. Along with M49 and M59 Berlingos! Vive les Citroen! Great video - keep up the good work.
Well done Miss Hubnut. Great video, one of the best.
If you want to go up steep slopes (or any significant slope in snow), then you need the driven wheels at the rear for reasons of load transfer, so on an FWD car you can sometimes go uphill in reverse when you can't manage it forwards. Also, reverse can even be a lower gear.
My dad's partner had a 4WD Jeep pick up. His idea of fun was to take an after dinner drive, up an old mountain pass road, passed the snow closure sign and to then see how far he could drive before he got stuck. 4 or 5 kids riding in the back. Adults inside. Snowing. Then cutting tree branches to rock us out of the pits the spinning wheels had dug when we were hign-centered.
When my family had a VW 1300 we also had a starter subscription to the VW owners magazine. It shared the same technique you used of using the narrow wheel track to straddle the ruts and avoid the abyss😂.
I know that tarmac road well and often wondered where the BOAT track went. It is indeed a lovely area.
Ian, I never had any doubt about Elly getting up the hill. But as you know, you must keep the revs high and not worry too much about the tyres or rims. The suspension has been designed for this sort of activity, i.e. the original and famous ploughed field and eggs test, and should be the least of your worries. BTW, you really must adjust the position of the LH wiper, Welsh greenlaning and the Welsh countryside is much prettier than the wiper blade!
When I had a dyane I drove up a very steep ice covered hill slowly and it got to the top fine. Various people (I am biting my tongue and will not call them idiots) were doing a Clarkson in their company Ford Cortina and sliding everywhere including each other. Nothing quite like keeping a steady speed in my sewing machine smelling the burning rubber from all the stuck cars. Front wheel drive seemed to help as it kept the wheel pressure just light enough not to cause the wheels to unstick. Quite surprising.
That was absolutely brilliant! Super, skilled driving to get to the top! Well done all, and hope the wine and cake were good afterwards!
Hubnut, the channel that has us all leaning forwards, with racing hearts, cheering on Elly the 2cv as she triumphs against crazy hills in rural Wales! BBC and ITV ain't got nothing on this! And proof that it's entirely possible to do crazy things without destroying the car!!
You should do a 2cv off reading t shirt next ❤
That was fabulous Ian, and full marks to Carly for sticking with it.
Just goes to show you don’t need a 4x4 tank to do that sort of thing.
Bravo Elly
What a brilliant video. That had me on the edge of my seat urging Elly along. Those incredible views made it all worthwhile.
I got lost up this mountain too. It was in a 60 plate Megane Diesel. It did okay, but we got scared!
My favorite part was when Mrs. Hubnut offered to get out and push. She is such a trooper!
Goodness, that was fun to watch! Ms Hubnut, congrats on overcoming your fear, but I seriously doubt you were ever in danger. Ian knows what he's doing and Elly is made for doing crazy stuff like that
As strange as it may seem - the view is uncannily like many areas of rural NSW, inland, particularly around Orange area. ?
6:25 "shall I push" not gonna lie that did give me a giggle.
Well done Miss HubNut and Elly, such fun 😁
Ellie, the little Lady who lovingly lumbers along the lane.
What a beautiful (yet at times a tad concerning) drive. Kudos to Carly for hanging on throughout. 👍
Well done ELLY 💪💪💪. And to miss Hubnut for getting through it also !! A fantastic backdrop of views there just brilliant 👍👍👍
That looked like FUN!!! During my 20 years in the film business working overnight security, I have had to go into places that were really not roads at all, and some that were not even Rights of Way! The people I worked with would gauge what production vehicles could go where based on whether I made it easily or with difficulty. Keep in mind that in the majority of those years I was driving either 78 or 79 Ford Thunderbird coupés. Definitely not the stuff of off road capabilities. The last 4 years was in Arthur, my trusty 1990 Volvo 240 Estate. Ma had gone off roading intentionally in the old car. When she was 75 and Arthur 15, she joined an off road group driving a Right of Way to keep it open. What the kids in the Keeps thought I have no idea. What I do know is that there was barely a speck of Ice Blue showing. Arthur was mostly mud brown. Still, that car has never backed down from a challenge. Not sure if the car is that good or we are that nuts. I suspect the latter.
2CV's are surprisingly capable off-road. It was part of the original design brief that it be able to carry four people and goods over rural unpaved rural roads.
Fan-bloody-tastic! Someone give Carly the George Cross for courage and fortitude beyond the call of duty.
You're probably aware of it already, Ian, but a little trick I've found useful in slitherous conditions is to engage second, keep revs high-ish (to prevent stalling) and creep forwards using judicious clutchery to manage progress or lack of same. Just thought it might be useful.
And a hearty congratulations to Ellie for her valiant efforts.
An additional bonus, when traversing dry lanes with a central grass strip, is that the underside gets a nice, gentle scouring.
Well. It was designed to drive across a ploughed field! Cracking stuff Elly!
Well done all.
I had nearly got over catastrophic withdrawal symptoms after the end my week long trip to mid Wales on my adventure bike. Now, not so much.😂 It’s a very very beautiful part of the kingdom. Particularly loved the Elan Valley and Devils bridge bits.
Reminds me of the 2CV chase scene in For Your Eyes Only: "Love a drive in the country!"
Very enjoyable. I remember in the late 1970s the Renault 6L had a very good reputation with the local farmers for being able to get to places that Land Rovers could not get to. Our 2CV was not pushed to these sorts of limits. Happy days. No mountains in these parts just Woulds.
I wasn't expecting to enjoy that but it was great. That was like making your granny climb Snowdon ( sorry YR Wyddfa) unfortunately now everyone will see how amazing mid wales is and those roads will get very busy.
Here it shows how adorable couple you two are doing this sort of crazy stuff! Thumbs up! 😀
I loved this video. So impressed with Miss Hubnut for perservering.
I hope you both do more greenlaning. 😊
Miss Hubnut seems ecstatic about the prospect of greenlaning!!!
I've owned a 2CV and been a passenger in many - across fields, up tracks, along beaches and through forests. For gradients like that, usually just select 2nd and floor it, adjusting with the clutch. All you need is a good tyre budget. The rest, they just take in their stride.
There's no way she was going up that hill in 2nd! There are many hills on tarmac she can't go up on 2nd.
Worked all around West and Mid Wales for over 40 years. There are some brilliant roads and spectacular views . One of my favourites was driving from Llandovery via Llyn Brianne to Aberystwyth. I was so lucky with the area I worked .
We did Llyn Brianne a few months ago in Elly. A good workout for the arms! Didn't video it, just a day out.
Carly I hope Ian got you that wine because you deserve it, but what can I say but, what a view😱
Looks like the landscape here in the island of São Miguel - Azores. Used to do what you've done, but in a Mehari, or in my (long gone) type 181 VW!
Michelin made a mud and snow tyre in a size bigger at 135 x 15 that I used on my Citroen Dyane. They might still be available in France from someone like Citroen club Cassis who are remanufacturing parts. They were blooming marvellous when the going was difficult.
Michelin still make them I think. Not cheap!
Carly it looks like you deserved a big hug at the end, well done on getting through it. Hopefully the scenery plus the wine and cake made up for the terror!
Pushing the limits of machine and man... 😀 Great video and it reminds me of my climb of the 'col de la bonette at 2802 m' in southern France with our 2CV6 in 2012. The highest pass in the Alps, road surface was not so much our problem, however the height was. Every 1000 m of altitude roughly causes a 10% drop in engine power output and close to the summit 1st gear was the only option at about 20 kph. But it was a memorable experience.
You know when Miss Hubnut isn't totally happy ....she starts saying "whatnot" !!😊
Watching in bed, headphones on, my other half said “are you ok? What are you watching?”, probably imagining all kinds of unsavoury options. Just driving every inch of that road with you, urging Elly on. Apparently I was hyperventilating and getting rather hot!
I absolutely love this car of yours!
Excellent adventure . Now look up Lands end trial , it's got to be on the cards .
Bloody gorgeous, the scenery ain't bad either ;)
I need another drive out to Wales (not green laning).
The place you stopped at the end looked nice, will have to try and find it.
Beautiful people, beautiful location.
'If it was dangerous I wouldn't do it' says the man who's seen 60mph in an Invacar! I tensed up myself, watching the worst of that. Still, great adventure and great views!
Brill, proper giggle with mild peril 😁 Cheers!
That was great, Ian.😂 No real physical danger though, the worst could have been to break down. Mind you, if you got stuck along that road and it got dark that would not have be nice. In Africa we do that sort of thing quite often if you love the outdoors.
Speed is the way me and friends bought a 7 seat scenic Impressive some of the lanes it went down especially with 7 of us.
Great video! Looks great fun in the 2CV as it makes it a challenging drive! I occasionally drive a few green lanes while on holiday but my wife hates it like Carly so I fully appreciate how she was feeling!
Ian Fantastic and the look on your Fiancée's face was priceless!
Well done, go Ellie, what a great adventure!
I should get my little Fiat Panda 4x4 out on some green lanes, they are like little mountain goats on tracks like that.👍😁
Just come back from rural Italy and spotted a couple old 4x4 pandas (the originals!), still going strong. That would be perfect vehicle on that lane.
Well done and this is one 9f the reasons I stopped using Waze for mapping as it tries to send me up a track not as bad as that near me
I went up worse than that in Arizona with a hired PT cruiser. In the end we were ploughing through two foot of snow, some quad bike riders told us to go back but there was no where to turn round so we had to go on, got through in the end surprisingly easily.
I once went ‘dustbineering’ in the early 90s. Great fun round North Yorkshire, and the look on the faces of the pot holing Land Rover drivers was something to behold, as a convoy of 2CVs drove past them. The only casualty was a rather lovely restored van, whose driver decided to bounce it through the ford, rather take it gently, as advised by our outing organiser.
Your Citreon 2CV made it up that steep gravel track they were deigned originally to be used on farms frive across paddocks but what a spectacular view a Sahara would have gone a lot better
Back in the '70s, I drove worse Australian roads than that in a 1968 Chrysler Valiant. I suspect a 1968 Falcon could have also. BUT over the years cars became lower, tyre profiles became lower, bumpers became plastic , they put plastic covers on everything and roads that a "family car" could traverse became 4WD only. In 2003 Ford released the Falcon RTV ute. Raised about 3 inches and with a locking rear diff, it could go almost anywhere a 4WD could in high range.
Elly struggled a bit but succeeded well done Elly.
What beautiful scenery.
I worry too much about my clutch and undercarriage to try that myself haha. Respect to Ellie the 2CV to climb that. Reminds me of driving a 207 hire car in crete where the road eventually became a rocky mountain road and getting it beeched and smelling some seriously strong clutch, let it cool for 10 mins and back down we went. Hire company probably had no idea what I've done to that poor clutch 😂
Great fun.,,..sound was perfectly fine.
That looks excellent for a picnic Ian
good girl elly! and good on ya carly, really proud of you xx
Excellent escapade that , thoroughly enjoyable
We have just moved from the Sperrins in Ireland, that was like our view every day.
I am wondering when the term "green laning" started as in the my days of rallying, we refereed to them as as white roads or white roading as per the OS 1" maps.