What is Overlanding? A Primer
Simple guide to overlanding: what it is, how to get started, essential gear, and tips for a successful adventure.
Overland
Land Rover
Immerse yourself in the realm of overland travel using Land Rover Defender vehicles through our tag-specific blog posts. From thrilling Land Rover Defender adventures to maintenance insights, explore a treasure trove of information and stories tailored for Land Rover Defender enthusiasts and explorers. Gain valuable tips on enhancing your Defender for unforgettable journeys and extraordinary escapades.
Overland, Vehicles
Exmoor Trim Land Rover Defender Seat Upgrade
How to Refurbish, Upgrade and Fit Exmoor Trim Defender Heated Seats In this post we’ll take you through why we needed to fix our Land Rover Defender seats, which still had the original fabric, we’ll show you how we did the re-trim and give you a review of Exmoor Trims Outlast Seat Covers. When we
Early Years, Overland, Vehicles
The Land Rover has Gone… We will be off soon after.
Well, the Land Rover left to a new life several weeks ago. I hope she is looked after, it was sad to see her go. Sold to the first viewer at the asking price. I never thought I would sell, but life is full of surprises. If your wondering why? Well we are moving to
Albania, Balkan States
Exploring the Ancient Greek and Roman City of Butrint
We had a fairly good night’s sleep and woke up early ready to hit the road. We decided to avoid the breakfast which was spoken of last night as dinner was a little ‘dodgy’, for want of a better word at the hotel. We opted for just a coffee instead. On our way out, just
Western Europe
Overland Vehicles Crossing the Channel Tunnel
Well we are at this time just over 40 minutes late on our booked departure time, the board is saying we’ll depart an hour and six minutes late. Luckily apart from not having a place to stay yet when we get to France, we have nowhere important to be. Seen a nicely refurbished Mercedes truck,
Vehicles
Land Rover Defender Upstand Corrosion Repair
Land Rover Defender Corrosion issues I promised to do some posts about our planned trip, which we are due to depart on in 11 days. As of now we have not even booked the channel tunnel crossing or got our international driving permits. We are cutting it fine this year. Every Defender 110 owner knows
Overland, Vehicles
Quick Warm Up and Last Minute Fuel Pump Change
Last weekend we got lucky with the weather, mostly. We spent a couple of nights camping in Wales. On the way we decided we’d break the journey, by stopping the night at a pub that allows camping in their garden. So we stopped in Wiltshire at The Parish Lantern, highly recommended. The whole journey avoided
Overland, Vehicles
Land Rover Disaster in Antignano, Livorno – Italy
Vacuum Pump Failure – Covert Repairs Carole and Daniel have decided that they would like to look for a small camping fridge. We looked for a Decathlon and used the GPS find our way. It was along the way and we were heading towards Bari now. We found a Decathlon, but were not in luck,
Overland, Vehicles
How to Fit a Safari Snorkel to a 300tdi Defender
Thanks to being the lucky recipient of a Safari Snorkel for my Birthday and many Christmases to come, I managed to get a Safari Snorkel fitted to the Landy last week. It was all fairly straight forward and I forgot to take many photos.The most intimidating bit for me was drilling the holes in the
Overland, Vehicles
How to: Defender Split Charge – Version 2
During the trip last year into the Balkan states, we had a slight issue that the split charge contactor started failing to close. At first this was intermittent, then it became permanent in the heat. I was sometimes able to get it to close by tapping the contactor with a fair force. Eventually that did