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Land Rover Defender Project: Adding Electrical Accessories

I been a bit busy lately, trying to sort the interior of the Land Rover to my liking. Up until now I have had no power sockets in the Landy to run accessories from (likes GPS, phones etc). So at…

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…

How to convert a series Land Rover from a truck cab to a canvas roof

The one thing I like about Land Rovers are the Mechano type build. Everything is just nuts and bolts, and if you want to fit a canvas roof for the summer, you can remove your truck cab or hard top…

Where can I drive off road? Summary

Over the past 4 weeks we have examined where you can drive off road in the UK, Europe & around the world. I hope you enjoyed reading it, and have found it useful. I would love you to comment on…

Across the Sahara Video – Part 3

Here's the third video in the Across the Sahara series we have been featuring over the past few weeks. This time the team return for the journey through the jungles of Central Africa, from Ghana to Uganda, including the chaos…

Devon Public Rights of Way Map

Here is a hugely useful tool courtesy of Devon County Council. It's an interactive map of all the public rights of way in Devon, including all legal byways. Why should you care? Because you can only drive your Land Rover…

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…

Land Rover Off Road Modifications: Seats

Not many people consider seats when looking at modifications to their vehicle. As you know, Land Rover Defender seats aren't the most comfortable in the world, and there are many alternatives when it comes to replacing them. In an old…

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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

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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…

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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…