So, at long last, and having managed to avoid the same panic attacks I had last year- possibly because I now have full control over my car again instead of worrying about damaging it because of my mum needing it (she got a new car a week or two ago)- I finally committed to trying some of the farm tracks and fields in my area.

Annoyingly, here in the north it's been fairly wet for a while, so the idea of driving straight on into the field/s was out. As much as getting really stuck would be fun, on the practical front I'd prefer to not have to walk and find a farmer to come get me out. (This is kinda important because I had dressed myself up in full secretary outfit, what with being early in gender transition and wanting to go with a fairly fun outfit.)

The track that I came to wasn't too rough I don't think, though I did end up leaving sooner than planned as I had passed a tractor doing some hedge cutting shortly beforehand, and wasn't sure if it would come up the track I was on. I could use some advice on that; provided a track isn't too rutted that I have no ground clearance, should a stony and muddy track be cause for concern in something like an older VW Polo?

Anyway, I got up to the field entrance in question. All the way up the track, in spite of not putting in much more power as I went, I could hear the revs occasionally climb up and settle back down. I reached the field entrance, and while I had planned to drive straight on in and see what happened, that was not going to work: the field was extremely rough and full of deep puddles, a tractor would probably be the only thing that could safely get over that. Not to mention, the field was in clear view of some houses a few hundred yards away. I could've possibly pushed on further down the track but didn't want to push it too far, that and the aforementioned tractor's presence.

I can't get the photos to upload onto here because of the size, but even my short little efforts to get turned around threw up a fair amount of mud onto the car, and got my heels fairly caked in mud with how soft the ground was. Probably for the best that I didn't try driving straight into any field entrances or else I'd have gotten way more than I planned for.

Debating of trying again somewhere later in the month, though I have assignments and college stuff to worry about.

@scotsman Nothing too fancy, a white blouse and blue skirt suit with some 4" stiletto heels that had over-the-foot buckles, ideal to keep them on my feet when having to try and move around the car through all the mud.

@Hipbootsdriver A and B probably. FWD isn't too bad but I'd love to have a RWD/AWD car. TT Quattro would be superb, AWD on road tyres and a bit heavier than my '08 Polo. Enough to think it'll be able to handle a little mud, heavy enough to really not XD

That said a 2WD/AWD selectable like the Vitara or Jimny as something small could be fun too.

@stuckfanjay Perhaps, yeah. Problem is finding somewhere for that though I can probably manage. I just prefer to be a ways out of sight so I'm less likely to be seen... which has the flipside effect of guaranteeing questions may be raised if I were discovered.

@stuckfanjay That's a possibility to be fair, though I do still think it's just the act of going out and trying to get stuck that's causing the bulk of the anxiety. Will give that a go sometime later in the month though, got some tight riding pants and heeled boots to try with.

@westfil11 Eh, it's varied. The fells aren't great, and a lot of the other soft patches I've found are often too close to places where people are. I have found one or two spots that are a little ways (1/4+ mile) from the nearest houses using google maps, but I've not had chance to go poke around at them yet.