New London to Cape Town World Record set by Land Rover Discovery 3
A British team has set a new world record for driving from London to Cape Town, making the 10,000 mile journey in just 10 days, 3 hours and 16 minutes. Driving a Land Rover Discovery 3, experienced...
View ArticleVideo: Land Rover greenlaning in Oldham, Holmfirth & Saddleworth
I enjoyed watching this video from Lowrangers 4x4 earlier this week, so decided to share it here as well. Looks like there are some awesome green lanes up north. Maybe a visit is in order! Enjoy the...
View ArticleFind green lanes with the online byway map
I have just stumbled on this website for the first time and I am so impressed I thought I would share it on the blog! It details all the BOATS (Byways Open to All Traffic) that can be driven off road...
View ArticleLand Rover Defender Challenge – new rally championship announced
Land Rover has announced its sponsorship of the 2014 Defender Challenge by Bowler, a one-make rally series operated by Bowler Motorsport designed to act as a feeder series to the annual Dakar rally and...
View ArticleLandy Live – a new Land Rover show for 2014
Back at the end of September, we covered the Adventure Overland show that was held at Stratford Racecourse. Seeing how well that event went down, and after all the positive feedback, event organiser...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from the Land Rover Blog
Merry Christmas from the Land Rover Blog! I hope Santa brings you all your favourite Landy goodies!
View ArticleHow to stop trapping your seat belt in the door of your Land Rover!
I recently had an email question from a reader: This is my second Land Rover Defender 110 and I have had the same problem with both. Although it is minor it is frustrating, the seat belt continually...
View ArticlePhotos: Fitting new front brake pipes to a Land Rover Defender
At the end of last year, the Land Rover was off the road for a while as a brake pipe burst. It was caused by corrosion, that hadn't been picked up by the MOT man a few months earlier! The brake pipe...
View ArticlePhotos: My Land Rover 110 – the story so far…
Just a short post today as I have recently added some new additions to my Land Rover 110, namely some new wolf wheels and Goodyear G90 tyres. So I just thought I would post up the changes I have made...
View ArticleFitting a Land Rover heater intake snow cowl
Over the past few months the Land Rover has been running around without a heater box. I had to remove it to fix the heater blower motor which was not working due to water coming through the heater...
View ArticleHelp required: Overheating Defender TD5
Had an email this week from James, who is having problems with his Land Rover Defender TD5 overheating. Here's the email: Can any of you readers help out James with some suggestions as to what might be...
View ArticleLand Rovers at the Torbay Steam Fair!
Last weekend I paid a visit to the Torbay Steam Fair. There were plenty of Land Rovers on display, and some of them were busy doing important jobs around the fair site! So, being a Landy nut, I had to...
View ArticleLand Rovers at the Yesterdays Farming show!
Had a trip up to Somerset over the weekend to visit the Yesterdays Farming show near Crewkerne. The Land Rover Series One club had but on a great display of old Landys, so it was rude not to take a...
View ArticleVideo: Traction Engines pulling a Series Land Rover
This video is from the Torbay Steam Fair a few weeks ago. The 2 traction engines are 6 inch scale versions (half size) and it just goes to show how much power the smaller versions can produce. Further...
View ArticleNew winter project: Land Rover Discovery 300tdi
Here's the latest addition to the Land Rover Blog, a nice 300tdi Land Rover Discovery. I bought this one from a friend, and its pretty clean to be honest. Its a 1996 model with 109,000 mile on the...
View ArticleLand Rover Discovery 25th Birthday Party!
This weekend sees the birthday bash to celebrate 25 years of the Land Rover Discovery. It is being held down in Plymouth, which is where the original Discovery launch was held back in 1989. The event...
View ArticlePhotos: Land Rover Discovery 25th Birthday – Part 1
What a great it was on Plymouth Hoe on Saturday, with over 150 Land Rover Discoverys lining up to celebrate the 25th birthday of the launch Discovery! There were many Discoverys there that took part in...
View ArticlePhotos: Land Rover Discovery 25th Birthday – Part 2
Following on from part 1 of the Land Rover Discoverys 25th Birthday Party photo gallery, here is part 2 with more photos from the great event! If you were there and want any of the photos in full...
View ArticleLand Rover Defender: The beginning of the end…
Defender production ends in Decemeber 2015, and Land Rover have gone back to the place where it all began to start a year-long celebration of the iconic Defender. A unique 1km sand drawing at Red Wharf...
View ArticleIntroducing the Land Rover Blog Freelander!
Its been around 3 years since I last owned a Land Rover product, and hence this website has been pretty dormant over that time. But now I have purchased a Land Rover Freelander TD4 HSE as a project car...
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