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!

‘We’ll be driving in a winter wonderland’

LOVE AT FIRST SITE • Mark Saville is wowed by a V8 Discovery 1, reworked into the perfect blend of classic camper and modern adventure vehicle

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 opposite for details

BOWLER CHALLENGE WILL BE BACK! • Land Rover SVO division’s winning recipe will return next year, still at impressively good value

News in brief

SKILLS SHORTAGE – ADEEPENING PROBLEM

BANDIT-PROOF DEFENDER

MAJOR’S MEMORIAL TRIAL, EASTNOR

WHAT’S GOING ON • The nights are drawing in – but the days are still full of fun things to do with your Land Rover

Overseas adventures

UK adventures

VINCE COBLEY LRO’S OFF-ROAD EXPERT • Make the most of your Land Rover on an adventure with the experts at ProTrax

WISE WORDS FROM VINCE – WADING

STUFF • Latest products for your Land Rover

USED & ABUSED • Tested by the LRO team

‘I do genuinely enjoy driving the electric car, but it wasn’t exactly the best experience for converting the reluctant’

‘If I’ve been organised the night before I’ll have filled a Thermos for the morning brew; often coffee with a slug of Bailey’s in it’

‘The view over central London was impressive but I really didn’t care and just wanted to get it over with’

BE WINTERWISE • Most Land Rover owners love it when winter comes around – but we don’t always avoid making mistakes. At least we learn from them, right?

The LRO Adventure Trail • Is there a county in the UK more blessed with greenlanes than Derbyshire? Probably not – which is why John Pearson has made a return, just a few months after his first visit

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW • LRO’s greenlane star rating takes into account length, scenery, terrain, driveability, local interest and the all-important ‘wow’ factor.

HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE • Sam Watson tackles his riskiest adventure yet, visiting two of the world’s most notorious troublespots. ‘An exciting and enlivening experience,’ he reckons. If you say so, Sam…

Almost perfect • What’s the point in having a great looking Series I if it’s not going to be driven? This one will be.

Backtracks • In 2002, Maurice Wostenholm flew to South Africa to embark on what should have been a six-month expedition through the continent in a 109 Series III with two friends. However…

James Taylor’s Roverphile • More archive gems and rarities from the world’s leading Land Rover historian

20 YEARS AND COUNTING • Wesley O’Neill has enjoyed two decades with his hard-working 110 Double Cab – the latest in a long line of Land Rovers on the family farm

YOUR THOUGHTS • Email, tweet, post online – and, hey, you can even write a proper letter! But do get in touch to have your say

‘SIMPLY FLOORLESS!’ • Martin sweeps his latest project off the floor of a mate’s barn – but just you wait until it’s finished. Just you wait…

‘HOW COULD I POSSIBLY SAY NO?’ • When Vicky was offered a day with this historic...