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How to clean the main earthing points on a Land Rover

The Land Rover has been suffering from some slow starts in the mornings recently. It has been bloody cold, and the I have been running some vegetable oil mixed with diesel, but it still seemed to struggle a little. My…

Getting stuck on Dartmoor – snow driving & recovery

Just the other day i wrote a post on driving in snow & ice. As it turns out, I needed to call on everything i wrote in that post, and more, after the south west awoke to the worst snow…

Where can I drive off road? Part 3: Europe

Many Land Rover owners like to take their vehicles abroad to explore off road possibilities in foreign places. Most European countries are blessed with plenty of off road sites very similar to the pay and play sites in the UK.…

Cornwall Public Rights of Way Map

About a year ago I published the link to the Devon public rights of way map. In the past few days I stumbled across the Cornwall public rights of way map, so thought I would give you the link as…

Video: 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 video!

Photos: 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…

How to tint the rear windows of a Land Rover

If you have been following the blog over the past few weeks, you will have seen I have been on a quest to make a secure area in the back of the Landy. Firstly I ditched the windows by fitting…

Which Land Rover to take off roading?

When choosing a Land Rover for off-roading you are spoilt for choice: Series, Defender, 101, Freelander, Discovery and Range Rover. But which one of these will be up to, and beyond your off road needs? Well, over the next few…

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Land Rover Videos

10th December 2018
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70 years on, watch Dorothy’s emotional Land Rover reunion
A new video has been released by Land Rover. It features 87 year-old Dorothy Peters who enjoyed a literal drive down memory lane when Land Rover took her off-roading in one of the earliest Land Rovers in existence. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, the retired employee got to go off-road in…
Land Rover Freelander

29th October 2017
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Introducing 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 for future articles on the website. It took me weeks to…
Land Rover Defender

7th January 2015
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Land 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 Bay in Anglesey, UK, marks the launch of three exclusive limited edition models and…

Popular Land Rover How To Articles

How To

30th November 2010
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How to use the Land Rover diff lock in snow & ice
I have had a lot of questions recently about the use of the diff lock in snowy conditions. The simple answer is yes - use it! If you are driving on snow and ice and you think you are likely to loose traction, then engage diff lock. So here is…
How To

24th November 2009
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How to fix a Land Rover Defender Indicator Fault
One of the first thing's I needed to do to my newly acquired Land Rover 110 was to fix the indicator fault. Basically I had no direction indicators and had to investigate why this was. A quick search on the internet showed it would most likely be a hazard switch…
How To

9th June 2011
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How to adjust the steering play on a Land Rover
So I have had the new Land Rover for a few weeks now, and the first thing I noticed from driving around was the play in the steering box. The steering wheel moved around 2-3inchs before it started to turn the wheels. The Land Rover steering box has some adjust…

Popular Land Rover Driving Articles

Land Rover Driving

29th October 2013
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Find 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 with your Land Rover in the UK. The map…
Land Rover Driving

2nd November 2009
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Where can I drive off road? Part 1: Greenlanes
Your Land Rover is a passport to off road adventure, but where exactly can you drive it legally in the UK and beyond? In a series of articles over the coming weeks, I will explain where you can drive off road in the UK and beyond, and more importantly, where…
How To

18th December 2009
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How to drive your Land Rover in snow & ice
With more heavy snow in the UK right now, having a Land Rover means it's time for fun. The snow hasn't reached us in the south west yet, but with most of eastern England under a heavy blanket of snow, it seems a lot of people are searching for how…