Bal

got a furnace creek II last week, nice piece of kit. the guys up here reckon its a vast improvement (lighter, better trucks, graphics) than the mk I.

raid the fridge door - gets my vote too.

look in a couple of motorbike (motocross) shops. plenty available.

ryanair charge an extra 30quid for any piece of sports kit - irrespective of size/weight/shape. although they let me off with my golfclubs once upon a time. check the carriers rules and regs and good luck.

i'm off to biarritz on thursday - i think i'll head up to a place near biscarrosse called 'La Salie Plage'. Apparently its reserved for land yachts/buggies. I'll let you know if i make it that far.

one droopy boob says to the next, 'we better watch out, people might think we're nuts.'

PL Folding - not a bad little buggy. Fits in the boot of a 106 without folding over the seats. Just back from a week in Ireland with it. No problems over some pretty rough terrain in some breezy weather. Yeehaw.

just posted on the branny thread about buggy driving licences required on some beaches in northern germany. i also don't know if this is the answer.

just reading a german buggy mag in switzerland (which cost me 14quid!!!). very good. i forget the name right now. something like 'kite & friends' it describes flying sites in the north of germany, holland, denmark, etc. some of the beaches require all buggy's to display a number - this number can be obtained by passing a buggy driving test (GPA - german parakart assoc.?) you also need this licence to enter races. you learn about safety, rules of the road, etc. what i am trying to say is that when there is a site where buggyers and buggyeresses need to act responsibly - something needs to be enforcable. this again brings up the question of policing... nobody wants to be lumbered with the job of running half a mile up the beach to tell someone the rules. next were going to have penalty points and gatsos. in 'hot spots' like branny could enforcing buggy licences be an option or is it going a step in the wrong direction?

Although I arrived just as the wind blew itself out, I'm glad to have made the journey. Even managed to get the buggy 50 yards down the beach. yuuhuu, all the best, Bal.