Land Rover Owner

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 great people to produce the world’s best selling Land Rover magazine and show

MAKE IT MINE • It takes a special kind of Land Rover to survive a brutal working life deep underground. Mark Saville discovers one that has been built specifically for its unique role

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

HONOURING HER MAJESTY

News in brief

£70k – FOR A P38!

75th ANNIVERSARY

THE END OF BEARMACH

SAVING THE BEST UNTIL LAST • The end of an era – this year’s Land Rover Owner International Show was the last at Peterborough

BABY, IT’S WET OUTSIDE!

IT’S ALL GOING ON!

ADVENTURE CLUB

STUFF

USED & ABUSED

‘I’ve considered leaving social media. Facebook has become unrecognisable from the social network it set out to be in 2004’

‘It’s slowly dawning on me that my three Tdi Land Rovers will shortly be very limited in terms of the cities they can visit’

‘The Porsche convoy must have been impressed that the new Range Rover was special enough to warrant a police escort’

UPGRADED! FREELANDER

ISLAND WHIRL • AlliSport owner Andrew Graham, arm duly twisted, entered Rally Barbados – and was awestruck by the hordes who cheered on his Ninety’s every twist and turn (and slide…)

THE MAGICAL MOUNTAIN TOUR • In part two of his Portuguese adventure, John Pearson drives amazing routes in the Magical Mountains and scales Hell’s Gate

A NATION DIVIDED • Peter Crichton is on a mission to track a new alignment through Scotland’s Watershed Divide. In this second and concluding instalment, he plots a route to journey’s end at Hadrian’s Wall

Classic LRO • Reliving the golden age of steam with this remarkable piece of British Railways history

The station master • This truly unique ex-British Railways Series I oozes heritage and character from every rivet

TREASURED HEIRLOOM • Edward Pirie’s 1960 Series II has led a charmed but busy life, clocking up over 170,000 miles

James Taylor’s Roverphile

One Ten’s Swiss role

Northern ambulances gone south

Some royal fun

BARGAIN HUNT • Adam Kent and his dad scoured the country for the best-possible Defender deal. They looked at loads – but went back for the first one

Forget the midges, come for Scotland’s bridges! • Email, tweet, post online – and, hey, you can even write a proper letter! But do get in touch to have your say

SIZE MATTERS • Sam has been putting the final touches to his desert-bound 130, and finds that any shortcomings are easily overcome

PLIMSOLL’S PURPLE PATCH • Mark’s Series I joins Severn Valley Railway’s Purple Weekend, sporting a purple bonnet for the occasion, and hits the track

‘WHAT – AGAIN? THIS IS OIL I NEED…’ • Russ gets a nice view of Devon from the back of an AA van – for a second time

WORKSHOP

SORT SERIES STEERING

Cut down on NVH • How to locate and silence your Land Rover’s annoying symphony of noises –...