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Happy Valley: North Wales Greenlaning Adventure!

kevin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:24:36 +0000

Just got the video edited from our wild-camping off-road trip in the mountains for North Wales. It was an awesome adventure, as good as it gets in the U.K. I reckon! With fellow members of the North Somerset Land Rover Club we drove Happy Valley and several other excellent lanes just south of Snowdonia National Park. We drove my Defender Hi Capacity pickup, a ‘proper’ greenlaning Discovery 1, and a classic Series IIa. All vehicles were more than up to the challenges and proved that Landy’s really can “Go Beyond”… Here’s the story of the trip, including 2 out of 3 Land Rovers taken out by a nasty axle-twisting gulley!

Happy Valley Adventure: Part One:

Happy Valley Adventure: Part Two:

LRO Show – Land Rover Show Shepton Mallet

kevin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:29:16 +0000

Only 1 week to go to the big Land Rover show at the Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet near Bristol on June 19th & 29th. Last year it was a great event complete with every kind of Land Rover, Club displays, Land Rover jumble, tonnes of tents and camping gear, trade stands and a GREAT off road course provided by Xtreme Offroad, who run various off road motorsports activities in the South West on several large sites including the off road course at Shepton Mallet, which has been recently developed to deliver even more 4×4 thrills and spills. Massive drop-offs and steep climbs, a chunky rock steps section, deep mud wading pools and a new tunnel in the centre of the course lets you hear the roar of your vehicle’s engine like no-where else!

I was on the course recently with the guys from Xtreme Offroad, here’s a quick video of what to expect. But make sure you don’t miss the Land Rover show itself, where you can do driver training, be taken around by an expert off road driver and even bring your own Land Rover and take it around the course.

Basic Off Road Preparation Guide

kevin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:36:27 +0000

My local Landrover club the North Somerset Landrover Club have provided this useful guide to basic off-road preparation on their website. It includes advice on your vehicle, suitable tyres etc. winching points, the Greenlaning Code of Conduct ( from GLASS The Green Lane Association ) and how to travel safely in a multi-vehicle convoy. See http://www.nslrc.org.uk/Prep.html.

For information on joining this club see the membership page.