Land Rover Owner Spring Issue 2021

We’re nearly out of, or into, the woods I’m sure it wasn’t just me who breathed a sigh of relief that a plan was in place to reduce the restrictions we’ve been under. We may have a few more weeks before we see the benefits, and there may be setbacks along the way, but everything is moving in the right direction. I’ve certainly been spending a lot of time working out what I can do this year – and I actually discovered I had done most of what I had planned for 2020, which surprised me immensely. I’ve already started setting time aside to do things I hadn’t quite got around to – from updating my off-roading and recovery skills, to embarking on an epic cross-country trip. I won’t achieve…

We’re nearly out of, or into, the woods I’m sure it wasn’t just me who breathed a sigh of relief that a plan was in place to reduce the restrictions we’ve been under. We may have a few more weeks before we see the benefits, and there may be setbacks along the way, but everything is moving in the right direction. I’ve certainly been spending a lot of time working out what I can do this year – and I actually discovered I had done most of what I had planned for 2020, which surprised me immensely. I’ve already started setting time aside to do things I hadn’t quite got around to – from updating my off-roading and recovery skills, to embarking on an epic cross-country trip. I won’t achieve everything, but I’ll…

VICKY TURNER COLUMNIST • Vicky lives, breathes and sleeps Land Rovers – quite literally, as she reveals in her typically straight-talking column. You’ll find it on page 39 this month. JÉRÔME ANDRÉ INTERNATIONAL EDITOR • JA is fastidious when it comes to maintaining and presenting his own Land Rovers, so he was suitably impressed by an impeccably converted Defender – p6. THEO FORD-SAGERS NEWS EDITOR • Former LRO staffer Theo, now a regular contributor, has his finger firmly on the Green Oval pulse – so, just the man to take on putting our news pages together (p18). JULIE OSBORNE TAME CONTRIBUTOR • As a seasoned traveller, Julie knows all about extreme weather and extreme bureaucracy. And she battled both on her latest African adventure (p56).…

VICKY TURNER COLUMNIST • Vicky lives, breathes and sleeps Land Rovers – quite literally, as she reveals in her typically straight-talking column. You’ll find it on page 39 this month. JÉRÔME ANDRÉ INTERNATIONAL EDITOR • JA is fastidious when it comes to maintaining and presenting his own Land Rovers, so he was suitably impressed by an impeccably converted Defender – p6. THEO FORD-SAGERS NEWS EDITOR • Former LRO staffer Theo, now a regular contributor, has his finger firmly on the Green Oval pulse – so, just the man to take on putting our news pages together (p18). JULIE OSBORNE TAME CONTRIBUTOR • As a seasoned traveller, Julie knows all about extreme weather and extreme bureaucracy. And she battled both on her latest African adventure (p56).…

An ambulance body is a great base for a conversion Fourteen years ago Marc Barnett discovered a lovely Defender 110 camper at the Eastnor Land Rover show; it was owned by an Australian couple who had been travelling around the world with it. They needed a particular part for it – and it just so happened that Marc had one with him. Result! Marc and his new friends spent the evening together and discussed camper conversions late into the night. Marc was amazed by the possibilities that this configuration offered for long-haul adventures with his wife Jo. He was sufficiently inspired to start looking for suitable vehicles – ideally a 130, since he wanted more room and cargo capacity than his 110 station wagon. However, the project then took an…

An ambulance body is a great base for a conversion Fourteen years ago Marc Barnett discovered a lovely Defender 110 camper at the Eastnor Land Rover show; it was owned by an Australian couple who had been travelling around the world with it. They needed a particular part for it – and it just so happened that Marc had one with him. Result! Marc and his new friends spent the evening together and discussed camper conversions late into the night. Marc was amazed by the possibilities that this configuration offered for long-haul adventures with his wife Jo. He was sufficiently inspired to start looking for suitable vehicles – ideally a 130, since he wanted more room and cargo capacity than his 110 station wagon. However, the project then took an unexpected turn when…