Sheffield Ski Village (With Sledging!), May 2014

[Landie_Man]

Me and Ben began our usual roadtrip with a fairly early start which meant arriving at our first port of call; Sheffield, with good time to spare. The sun was shining and we headed straight for the disued Ski Village with my "Skiesta" in tow....

The Ski village was believed to be one of Europes largest and played part in the training of Olympic Skiers. As well as the various training slopes, recreational slopes and varying Dendix and Snowflex surfaces there was a Quad Bike Track, a Laser Tag Centre, Downhill biking track and a state of the art Bowling Alley which was built in 2009.

A series of suspected arson attacks in Spring 2012 closed the slope and nothing remains of the main lodge building and bowling alley. The slope is decaying fast and has become a dumping site.

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The "Skiesta" a Ford Fiesta bonnet modified for Sledging

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VIDEO

Be sure to watch in HD

https://flic.kr/p/nyCiXM

More from the road trip to come

 

[skeleton key]

Im loving the "Skiesta" Landie pmsl

Cheers bud

 

[Landie_Man]

Im loving the "Skiesta" Landie pmsl Cheers bud

Its very fast, uncontrollable and absolutely unpredictable

 

[The_Raw]

Hahaha that video is nothing short of epic mate! Hope you didn't damage any of your equipment in the making of it lol

 

[mookster]

It was brilliant fun, so much so I forgot to take any photos...just enjoyed sitting up there in the lovely weather catching some rays.

Definitely going to make another trip there, although I worry that we may pick up too much speed on one of the longer slopes and end up in hospital...

 

[Landie_Man]

Thanks guys. Can't wait to go back with the now

Modified Skiesta

 

[shaddam]

interesting little place there Landie !

 

[Landie_Man]

Thanks guys hope to go back soon!

 

[TheBaronof Scotland]

lol, video made me laugh