Some clot parked his car in a shallow ditch on a quiet back-road in Athol. He had to be towed out by the very kindly fly-tying 'Stu', who fortunately owned a grunty SUV. You'd wonder how anyone could do that. The road is wide, the skies clear. It beggars belief really.
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Ha ha, are you back home now?
We're hunkered down beside a blazing fire while outside the wind is howling and the hail lashing. How's the weather in Dun-Edin?
Wintery...
Nah it's easy enough to do. Drive fast enough on a gravel road, lose concentration, go slightly off line and hey presto!
Saw it happen from a passengers seat once. Hilarious! Because the driver was in the middle of telling us what a brilliant driver he was. Anyway,we got back on the road courtesy of a tow from a school bus. Very embarrassing.
Yes...but I was travelling at about 3kph, executing the notoriously perilous 3-point turn. That muddy ditch seemed shallow but proved to be both substantial and slippery :-)
Aha. That's easy enough to do too and I have to confess I've done something similar. Though in my case I blamed some snow. Even at 3kph the brakes don't do much. You can extract yourself with a bit of time, the wheel jack and some wood or stones under the wheels.
On a related subject, don't you think it's a little hypocritical to want livestock out of watercourses when you can't keep your car out of them? I can see a headline.....
The road owners should have that puddle fenced off. Protect our waterways!
Put your foot in it again, Rg??
Just to add to you sins, aren't 3 point turns on the open road illegal?
Right-front wheel, Sparky!
Nothing 'open' about that road, wildcrafty, it was blocked!
In any case, it was one-point, and no turn was executed.
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