[Scott.T]

Well....wouldn't normally venture out but it's Olivers B'day tomorrow and we are clean out of food.

Was going to hike up to Sainsbury's with rucksak, but as snow and wind keep getting up and I didn't fancy it, so I ventured on foot down to the A21 to see how clear.

Wasn't that clear but traffic was very light so thought I would go for it in the car.

The Seat Altea was still covered in snow and has been since early this week...thought 4WD, the Scoob and nigh empty roads would be alot more fun.

Going was fine with very light trafffic....only 2 Morrisons and 1 Sainsbury lorry stuck on the A21 on the hill !!!

Returning was different, everyone was out and que's had built up back towards home.
due to this decided to go my normal route but more challenging route up Ledsham Ave...this is quite a steep road but tracks were already cut through, so thought someone else has made it, so lets go for it.

Things went well and I said to my son "this is easy....yeee harr!!!!! thank god for 4WD".

Then about half way up it stopped, and started to spin all 4 wheels.
I had a parked car on my left and when I stopped and put the foot on brake the car started to slide backwards towards the main A21 and the nose of the car also swung round about 45 Degree's towards parked cars....Oops !!!! not good I thought.

I managed to get the arse of car pointed into another close but the front then came round even further.......then it stopped phew!!!!!!

Reversed cars back wheels up onto pavement in order to level thing out a bit.......

I then managed to turn the car round and thought about abandoning.....but nowwhere to park safely and didn't fancy leaving the car behind.....

So pointed it back down Ledsham and towards the A21, 1st gear and hope.
Running down hill...well sliding down hill it was a case of try 1st gear, try not to touch brakes...instinct then has you touching the brakes as sliding speed builds up...car goes left...car goes right...car goes sideways.

Arse end kiss's the kerb...bloody low profiles take no prisoners......crunch a bit of alloy gets left behind.

At this point I am on the horn warning people on the A21 I'm coming.

Thankfully I managed to reduce the slide and speed enough to stop 10ft before the junction.

What amazed me was I was clearly sliding, on the horn, yet drivers on the A21 just seems to look at you and continue..thank god I stopped.

Alloy has a inch long gash on the rim, but not too bad considering the situation and the same rim I have hit twice before.
A bit of my special mix of Ford champagne gold and Vauxhall graphite (bloody Bright Flitter PFF7's, why didn't I get a silver alloys), and they will be fine.

Thankful tho', as it could of been alot worse, with the gradient of that hill it could of had me flying across the A21 collecting a few cars and potentially into what are very steep gardens on the other side.

Take it easy out there...and don't take 4WD for granted.