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Fit for a Queen! Video of the Queen driving her Land Rover

The Royal family have long had a love affair with Land Rover's, and here is a snippet of the Queen driving her 110 Defender around the Sandringham estate in England. The clip is from a BBC documentary dated from around…

Which Land Rover to take off roading? Series 1

In this first part of the Which Land Rover to take off roading series we are looking at the Land Rover which started it all - the Series 1. Old & fragile they may appear when compared to tricked up…

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…

Torbay 4×4 Club Pay & Play Day Photos

Just the other day I explained about pay and play days as part of the where can I drive off road series. Well, at the weekend, Torbay 4x4 club had a pay and play day at Trago Mill's in Newton…

Land Rover 200Tdi Cambelt Change: Photo Report

Following the purchase of the 200Tdi engine a few weeks back, work has been progressing on the engine to prepare it to be fitted to the 110. My dad has been painstaking cleaning the engine to get rid of all…

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 endurance rally drivers…

It’s snow time for your Land Rover

It seems winter has well and truly arrived in the UK, with some of the country experiencing its first snowfall of the season. Land Rover and 4x4 drivers love this time of year, as they continue about their daily lives…

RGS Overland Workshop

The Royal Geographical Society Overland Travel Workshop is an event held annually in York, in the north of England, and it's coming up again in a few weeks time. The Overland Workshop brings desert guides, experienced overlanders, expedition navigators and…

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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…