LRO is the world's biggest magazine dedicated entirely towards the Land and Range Rover enthusiast. Every issue you'll find our team of experts writing inspirational features on: - Adventure! Off-road adventures in some of the world's most spectacular countryside - Restoration! Inspiring tales of old Land and Range Rovers lovingly rescued and restored... - Maps! Tough tracks with OS maps for you to try - Rare models... find something unusual in every issue - Land Rovers and spare parts for sale... a fantastic range of parts & vehicles for sale, every month Plus the latest club news and events from around the world. Love Land Rovers? Love LRO!
WELCOME • It takes a crew willing to push themselves to produce the world’s best selling Land Rover magazine
WORLD OF LAND ROVERS • Send us your pics – we’ll publish as many as we can fit in! PLUS Great prizes for the best two in each issue – see over for details
DEFENDER TROPHY BACK FOR ROUND II • Land Rover Classic reveals limited-edition, expedition-inspired Defender Works V8 Trophy II
NEW-OLD-STOCK DEFENDERS
A TDCi – IN A SERIES?
BOWLED OVER
LRs BRILLIANT IN BRESL AU
News in brief
THE LRO SHOW IS JUST A MONTH AWAY! • It’s time to book your tickets for the best Land Rover show of the year – head to LROshow.com now
BIG ENTRY FOR BUXTON’S TWO-UP TRIAL • Peak & Dukeries competitors join in to make a top weekend of competition, as Gordy Renshaw reports
VERDICT ON C&D CHARITY TRIAL? YOU’RE BRILLIANT!
NICK JENNINGS: OFF-ROAD LEGEND
SO, WHAT’S GOING ON?
ADVENTURE CLUB
STUFF
STUFF
USED & ABUSED
‘My son has a girlfriend and he wants to take her camping – and he’d like to take the Carawagon. Of course he would’
‘They had just floored it, hoping the big 4x4 would use its expensive electronics to cope with the soft sand. It didn’t’
‘The Freelander was indeed showing signs of hard use but, when it was demanded it be taken off the event, I saw red’
DUST-UP IN WALES
the LRO Adventure trail • The Peak District National Park is worth a visit in its own right. But its network of terrific greenlanes makes its appeal to Land Rover owners even more compelling, as John Pearson finds
TO THE PLACE WHERE ALL ROADS MEET • All roads, maybe – but certainly not all vehicles. This area on the Nepal-India border is the sole domain of Land Rovers
CHECK YOUR HEADING • Overlanding tsar Tom Sheppard assesses the ideal Garmin GPS unit for overlanders
Get ready, the LRO Show is almost here!
Truck cab trumph • After a lifetime of managing multinational engineering projects, Les Barras found an ex-Aussie Series I that badly needed his unique skills
WELL WORTH THE WEIGHT • Brendan vowed to treat his very special Lightweight to a full rebuild one day. After many years, that day duly arrived – and just look at the result
James Taylor’s Roverphile • More archive gems and rarities from the world’sleading Land Rover historian
CAPE CRUSADER • Maurice’s South-African-built, BMW-powered 90 has departed Cape Town for London town – and an all-new adventure
LIVING THE DREAM • Harry’s dream of owning a P38 has come true at last. And after some cosmetic improvements, it’s proved to be a dependable beast he can rely on. Well, mostly...
LAND ROVER PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2022 • IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRITPART
YOUR THOUGHTS
‘CAN AN EXHAUST BE SEXY? W ELL,I THINK SO’ • ‘What, demanding? Me?’ Helen treats the 110 to a new chassis and a new exhaust – but doesn’t make it easy for her professional helpers
WORKSHOP
INTERIOR TOUCHES
REPLACE A SPLIT CV BOOT • How to easily fix this common MoT failure
LET YOUR F2...