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Toyota Land Cruiser at the Essen Motorshow.
Despite looking like a BJ45 Land Cruiser it is actually a HDJ80.
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Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a heavily modified Land Rover Defender, modified for extreme off-roading, and is taking part in a live action show at a Land Rover show.
Note the roll bars over the roof, the winch on the front, and the rugged looking tyres (tires), all of which are part of the modifications.
The guy in the Union Flag T-shirt is the driver or the co-driver of this rugged Defender.
What they were doing, was to attach their winch cable to another Land Rover, seen below them, at the bottom of the photo, so they can use their winch to help their Defender climb up the most difficult slope, to get on top of high ground.
Having done that, they are seen in the photo, putting the winch cable back, and preparing for the next stage which is to come down.
This was happening as part of the live action show, to showcase the Land Rover’s capacities of dealing with the rugged landscape.
The weather was very hot, even thought it was September, it was as hot as a July weather, and I’ll explain what happened to me in the next chapter, below.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hour drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I wore light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.
"It’s been drowned, it’s been torched, it’s been crashed, it’s been pummelled, it’s been dropped from the air, and yet it’s still running."
The Hilux is probably the vehicle I've had the most questions about, both on Flickr and in real life. And I did originally plan to upload it as one of the original 10, but I wasn't very happy with that version and at the last moment decided against uploading it.
You'd think that doing something as boxy as an old Hilux would be really easy in Lego, but I was surprised at how tricky it turned out to be. That bonnet, for instance, is at an angle that's too shallow for any standard Lego slope.
Also, there are plenty of pickups from that era that all look sort of similar, and making it clearly Hilux in 6-stud scale took me a while to figure out. It's still not perfect, but I'm happy with how it eventually turned out.
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Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
This is the aftermath of the photo (File: 2023009-0249) seen here:
The Land Rover Defender seen upside down, had been heavily modified for extreme off-roading, with roll bars, modified suspension system, and rugged looking tyres (tires).
As part of a live show, this Land Rover with a few others similar modified Defenders, was doing a showcase of their off-roading capabilities, by going over an artificial rough ground and also by speeding around the arena.
Here, this one must’ve turned too fast, and the driver lost control, then the Land Rover flipped over a few times before landing on its roof. As you can see, the driver and the co-driver are both fine and well.
They are seen preparing to turn their vehicle back up on its feet. The plan is to attract a cable to their own Defender, and the other end is attached to the winch on another Land Rover. It is a simple case of the other Land Rover pulling this one upright.
The weather was very hot, even thought it was September, it was as hot as a July weather, and there was a lot of heat haze, which would need a lot of dehazing setting, but I thought to convert it into black and white for a dramatic feel to the action.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hour drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I wore light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
Feel free to comment on my photo about the photo itself, or about the subject in the photo.
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Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a customised Land Rover Defender modified for extreme off-roading. I have no idea what kind of engine it got, and I don’t have much information about it, as I didn’t get a programme for this event.
Here in the photo, it is seen showing off its off-roading abilities over some kind of a mock up rough terrain, during a live display show in the arena.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hours drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I worn light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.
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Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
Those two are heavily customised Land Rover Defender 4x4 modified for extreme off-roading. I have no idea what kind of engine they got, and I don’t have much information about them, as I didn’t get a programme for this event.
Seen in the photo, they are showing off their off-roading abilities over some kind of a mock up rough terrain, during a live display show in the arena. The one at the back is seen going on a seesaw, a balancing beam.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hours drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I worn light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.
"Soviet cars were weird."
These little things really were as oddly proportioned as they look. Pictured are the earlier 969 and the later 969M. Originally built by Ukranian ZAZ as the ZAZ-969 (1965 to 1971), after which LuAZ took over until 1991.
"Cheap, practical, multitasking."
Apparently they were really good offroaders. They were also really good at launching people out of the cabin in a crash, and equally good at spewing toxic carbon monoxide through the air vents.
Thanks to Wlad Prokopets for asking me about this. I've seen pictures of it, but had no intention of trying to build it until he mentioned it. Then I suddenly became very interested, and it got bumped straight to the top of my list.
1985 Land Rover Range Rover Classic Rometsch Jagdwagen Nr.2 at the Techno Classica in Essen.
Four of these were built for Erich Honecker, the first was modified by Morgan/Panther-Westwinds and the rest by Rometsch.
Of course all hunting cars were paid with state money...
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During the Land Rover Owner International Show at the East of England Arena, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Saturday 15th September 2018.
About the photograph.
This is a Land Rover Series III.
Both the Series II and the Series III share a common side design, thus is harder to tell the difference between the two. The Series I have a different looks when seen from the side.
The best way to know if it is a Series II or a Series III would be to look at the front, as there is a difference design style between the II and III.
In 2017, I became a Land Rover owner and driver when I got myself a Land Rover Freelander. That is why I decided to go to this Land Rover show, hoping to pick up any spare parts for my Freelander, or pick up some information, and that was really what I was there for, to enjoy a day out for myself.
I bought along my camera in case I may find interesting shots, and figured to take some photos of various Land Rover models. I took this photo, but did not think to make notes of what model it is.
This is one of the many models on static display, not very far from the entrance to the showground.
About the overall subject.
Land Rover Series.
After the end of the Second World War, the luxury cars manufactured by the Rover Company was not in high demand, and raw materials were rationed for the rebuilding of the country.
Inspired by the Willys MB jeep, the Rover Company decided to design an off-roading four-wheel drive vehicle for light agricultural use, for the civilian market.
The design and development started in 1947, and by 1948 they rolled off their first Land Rover. At that time, it was simply called Land Rover which itself was a model name instead of a brand name.
By 1958, they designed and produced the second generation model, and decided to call the first model as the Series I, while the call the new one as the Series II (1958-1961). The Series II also included improvements which would become known as the Series IIA (1961-1971).
In 1971, they produced the third generation known as the Series III, which went on until 1985, when it was replaced with what is then known as the Defender.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photograph, but only about the photographs, the subject in the photographs, or your experience relevant to either my photo or the subject.
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Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
The Land Rover you see in the front, the one with the number 9 on the door and the number 575 on one of the windows, is a Land Rover Discovery.
Notice the taillights are higher up, therefore this is a Discovery Series II.
It had been customised for extreme off-roading, likely by replacing the factory standard shock absorbers with aftermarket parts, also notice the extra cage bar around the roof and sides, plus the all-terrain tyres (US: tires).
The Discovery is a series of seven-seater family SUVs, manufactured by Land Rover (later renamed as Jaguar Land Rover).
The Range Rover was designed to be an everyday 4x4 that could work as either a utility vehicle or a family car, while the Series models (1948-1985) was often seen as a light agricultural and utility vehicle. However the Range Rover moved towards a more upmarket luxury vehicle, so the Discovery was intended to fill in the role the Range Rover was originally supposed to be for.
The Discovery Series I was presented during the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show, it was based on the Range Rover, but designed to be more affordably, and as a fully off-roading everyday family car. It offered a more luggage space with the optional of adding two more seats making it a total of 7 seats.
Behind the Discovery is a heavily customised Land Rover Defender modified for extreme off-roading. I have no idea which version this is, and don’t have much information about it, only that I know it is a Defender.
The Land Rover Defender started life around 1983 as either a replacement or a total overhaul of the original Land Rover, often known as the Series Land Rover or Land Rover Series.
The Defender looked very much similar to the Series, both being boxy shaped, have similar style, and designed to work in similar way, hence some people tend to mistakenly call the original Land Rover Series as Defender.
But there is a major difference between the two, such as the Series having two plate windscreen while the Defender have one whole window. The Series used leaf spring suspension compared to the Defender having a coil spring suspension, those being the two of the many difference.
Here in the photo, both are seen showing off their off-roading abilities over some kind of a mock up rough terrain, during a live display show in the arena. The Defender is going up a balancing beam, which is basically a seesaw.
The photo was shot in colour but due to strong sunlight, a lot of dehazing option was needed, however I thought to convert them into black and white, by using Adobe Lightroom, for a more dramatic action.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hour drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I wore light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.
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At The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, on Friday 23rd June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photograph shows a couple of re-enactors dressed as Second World War American soldiers, often nicknamed as G.I., sitting in their Willys MB or Ford GPW jeep. Note another re-enactor as an American soldier, kneeing on the other side of the jeep, near the rear.
The photographs were converted to black and white in Adobe Lightroom and cropped for a more dramatic action, and as homage to the WWII era where black and white photos are more common than colour photos.
The Willys MB or the Ford GPW jeep is formally called US Army Truck, ¼-ton, 4x4, Command Reconnaissance, and more commonly known simply as the Jeep.
When Germany was starting to arm itself, they manufactured their own light multi-role utility vehicle known as the Volkswagen Kubelwagen. The Americans decided they want a similar light multi-role off-roading vehicle to do a similar job.
A number of automobile companies joined together with the US Army, to come up with an idea. The companies included theAmerican Bantam Car Company, Willys-Overland, and Ford Motor Co.
They started the design work in 1940 and lasted into the early 1942. Unlike the German vehicles which had to be built to specifications approved by the German military, the Americans opt for vehicles built in part using commercially available parts, and in part to military requirements, making it possible for the vehicle and spare parts to be manufactured by various car manufacturers.
( Side note: This is the reason the Americans were able to churn out a lot of M4 Sherman tanks in high numbers (approx. 49,000), compared to the Germany building only approx. 1,300 Tiger I tanks. )
Between 1941 to 1945, over 647,000 jeeps were built, of which 359,000 by Willys and 277,000 by Ford.
The jeep’s standard specifications are the same for both the Willys MB and the Ford GPW models.
The jeep uses a 2.2 litre engine offering up to 60hp, with 3 speed gearbox, and four wheel drive. The total weight without fuel is 2,337 lbs. The jeep could go up to a maximum speed of 65mph on the road, and an optional range of up to 300 miles.
It became the most iconic military vehicle of the Second World War, and had been offered to various Allies, including Soviet Union.
About TANKFEST and The Tank Museum.
The Tank Museum is found next to the British Army military base, simply called Bovington Camp, and is used by various tank regiments.
The writer Rudyard Kipling once visited Bovington in 1923, and saw some damaged tanks left from the First World War. He recommended that a museum should be set up.
However the museum was simply a shed, and was not open to the public until about 1947, when the museum was finally set up.
By about 1982, the museum was expanded and modernized, it housed many various different tanks in the Exhibition halls, along with working tanks which are often show in the live action arena.
The museum also has the only working German Tiger I tank, known as Tiger 131.
TANKFEST is an annual live action re-enactment event showing off various working tanks in staged display, in the museum’s showground known as Kuwait Arena.
For more information, just Google “TANKFEST, The Tank Museum, Bovington.”
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Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.
About the photograph.
This is a heavily customised Land Rover Defender modified for extreme off-roading. I have no idea which version this is, and I did not buy a programme guide, so I don’t have much information about it, only that I know it is a Defender.
Here in the photograph, it looked like it got stuck or something, and if you notice in the front of the car, is a man wearing an Union Flag T-Shirt.
He is seen pulling out the cable from the winch, with the aim to attach it to another Land Rover, for the purpose of pulling it out of a jam.
The Land Rover Defender started life around 1983 as either a replacement or a total overhaul of the original Land Rover, often known as the Series Land Rover or Land Rover Series.
The Defender looked very much similar to the Series, both being boxy shaped, have similar style, and designed to work in similar way, hence some people tend to mistakenly call the original Land Rover Series as Defender.
But there is a major difference between the two, such as the Series having two plate windscreen while the Defender have one whole window. The Series used leaf spring suspension compared to the Defender having a coil spring suspension, those being the two of the many difference.
The photo was shot in colour but due to strong sunlight, a lot of dehazing option was needed, however I thought to convert them into black and white, by using Adobe Lightroom, for a more dramatic action.
More action photos of the man in the Union Flag T-shirt will be uploaded in the near future.
About the day.
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hours drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.
By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I worn light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.
Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.
So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.
When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photographs, but only about the photographs, or the subject in the photographs, or your similar experience. The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.
Экспозиция МОО «Военно-техническое общество» на праздновании Дня пограничника в Парке Победы. 28.05.2018.
This jeep is an alternative model from Creator Expert set 10271 Fiat 500 and a reimagination of the classic 5510 ModelTeam offroader. More info @ www.NKubate.com . Instructions available @ Rebrickable
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During the Land Rover Owner International Show at the East of England Arena, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Saturday 15th September 2018.
About the photograph.
This is a 5-door Land Rover Discovery Series I in the Camel Trophy colours and markings, along with an engine snorkel, and some of the equipment on the roof rack, plus extra lights.
This specific model was used during the 1997 Camel Trophy event in Mongolia. It is a 2.5 L diesel 300tdi model, produced between 1994-1998.
About the overall subject.
About the Land Rover Discovery.
The Discovery is a series of seven-seater family SUVs, manufactured by Land Rover (later renamed as Jaguar Land Rover).
The Range Rover was designed to be an everyday 4x4 that could work as either a utility vehicle or a family car, while the Series models (1948-1985) was often seen as a light agricultural and utility vehicle. However the Range Rover moved towards a more upmarket luxury vehicle, so the Discovery was intended to fill in the role the Range Rover was originally supposed to be for.
The Discovery Series I was presented during the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show, it was based on the Range Rover, but designed to be more affordably, and as a fully off-roading everyday family car. It offered a more luggage space with the optional of adding two more seats making it a total of 7 seats.
About the Camel Trophy.
The Camel Trophy was an annual off-roading competition that ran between 1980 to 2000, and used mainly various Land Rover models. The vehicles were often modified by Land Rover Special Vehicles department, for heavy extreme off-roading challenge.
It was considered to be more like the Olympics of the 4x4s, and the event was sponsored mainly by the cigarette company that made the Camel cigarettes.
It was later replaced with the G4 Challenge between 2003 to 2009.
About the Land Rover Owner International Show.
Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.
It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.
The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
You are welcome to comment on my photograph, but only about the photographs, the subject in the photographs, or your experience relevant to either my photo or the subject.
The comment boxes are NOT adverting spaces or billboards for the groups. Comments with clickable links to groups are considered as clickbait spam and therefore will be deleted.