http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:10:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/999 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/999#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:53:23 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=999 Sorry to the Brown and Furnell families for being so slow to upload these photos! The families kindly gave me a CD each of their photos of the trip at the Peterborough Land Rover show, and Peter also gave all of us DVD copies of the video footage that has been uploaded onto Youtube (the three [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/999/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/981 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/981#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:00:52 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=981 For everyone on the trip, please send your best photos (of anything on the trip) to be included here – I’ll update this thread to show them all. Here are a couple Neil sent me of my 109, one climbing up the early stages towards the glacier, and the other in the descent through some Fohn [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/981/feed 1 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/949 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/949#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:29:10 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=949 Saturday 26 July (Day 1) Helena did the first day’s driving. We left Bedford at 0700, allowing an extra hour for the expected three hour drive to Dover, for the 1100 rendevous with the group. It didn’t take long for things to go awry, with a speeding caravanner loosing control and closing down the [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/949/feed 7 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/941 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/941#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:11:37 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=941 The trip was absolutely fantastic, in no small part due to the great people on it. There were a total of eight vehicles, including the two guide cars and our 109. Pete Girling was leading the tour in his Toyota with his partner, Jo Austing. Peter is a former teacher, which is where he [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/941/feed 0 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/935 http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/935#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:07:46 +0000 Nick http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/?p=935 The last few details have been done. All the fluid levels have been checked, the correct operation of all vehicle functions (gears, handbrake, all electrics, doors and windows and so on) have been inspected, and the final arrangements for stowage made. The left Jerrycan locker now holds its 20L water can, while the right locker [...]]]> http://www.nickslandrover.co.uk/archives/935/feed 2