That which came before.

So, now that I've got this blog and linked to it from my web pages I suppose that I should write stuff in it.
My name is Robert and I own a 1982 Series III 109" Land Rover. I recently had a revelation that perhaps I was now old enough (pushing the big 4-0) to admit that I was a Land Rover anorak and just get on and enjoy it.

I bought Otly (said Landy) about four years ago direct from the MOD; from the TA reserve to be more precise. She was a 109" 3-door hard-top in green and black camouflage. She's been through a few changes since then but none as big as the most recent. When the UK government changed the child seat laws and the kiddies could no longer sit in the back I did the only sensible thing; I rebuilt Otly as a 5-door station wagon. This has taken some time because of the Guerilla nature of my working in an open field but is finally finished (as much as any Landy project is ever finished).

The "new" Otly was finally unveiled to a waiting world just this last weekend at the 2008 "Leafers at t'Pit" event at the National Coal Mining Museum in Yorkshire......and yes, it IS the same vehicle; even the DVLA believe me now.

We had a fabulous time and what a great bunch of chaps and chapettes they are. Thanks to them all for a fabulous weekend and introduction to the world of anorak rallies. The event was organised jointly by the Series2 club and the Old Leafsprung LandRovers forum; which you should visit for a laugh.

We made it there and back (sometimes at the staggering speed of 35mph on the M62 it must be said) with whits intact and never a flinch from the temperature gauge; the fuel gauge was another story that I refuse to go into.

Since then, the tow ball has been replaced with the NATO hitch ready to tow the Sankey off on a camping holiday this weekend so more tales of LandRovering fun are soon to follow.......