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A WINCH WEEKEND ON THE WEST COAST

2020 is a year we will all remember and talk about for a long time I am sure. Covid-19 hit and it hit us fast.

I won’t go on about it as I’m sure we are all but over talking about it at the moment.

I am a supermarket worker so my life didn’t change too much apart from having hubby Scotty hanging around the house all day. So when Level 2 came in and we got the all clear to leave our region it didn’t take long to organise a few fellow four-wheel drivers and head to Reefton. With a long weekend very close we organised it around that.

With the Mainland Winch Challenge Series canned for 2020 we had four winch trucks that had been parked up and ready for action. All being members of the Nelson 4WD Club we also thought it would be a great opportunity to see if any of the tracks in Reefton would still be suitable for club trips.

THE LINE-UP

First up there was obviously Scotty Newport and myself

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