how far have you been???

Whats the furthest anybody has travelled in a Series Landy??????
Just bought a 67 Series IIA and planning to travel to Timbuktu! Is this do-able????

Well aye!!

dependin where yer settin off from and how long you got

its not to bad a trip from Douentza. be forewarned, tho - French is the official language, although many of the inhabitants speak only their native tribal language

The Mad Hat Man said:

its not to bad a trip from Douentza. be forewarned, tho - French is the official language, although many of the inhabitants speak only their native tribal language

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you bin eatin Lonley Plannet books agen daft?

i'm leaving from near london. And planning to either get a ferry to the south of France or the north of Spain. and we have left ourselves a Month to the whole trip

this might help ?

Go fer it mate!

I am and i will Go for it. just need some help with kit and how to prepare the beast first

What, a month, there & back?

Of course it's possible. I met a couple of Kiwis 2 years ago at Beltring in a Series 1 that they'd driven over from NZ. They were then off to Scotland for a quick visit



(Steps back and waits for the quips about underwater driving and birds driving LRs )

Marcus said:

What, a month, there & back?

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yes one whole month. as long as i'm there for Xmas day i'll be happy

Gareth Coe said:

Of course it's possible. I met a couple of Kiwis 2 years ago at Beltring in a Series 1 that they'd driven over from NZ. They were then off to Scotland for a quick visit



(Steps back and waits for the quips about underwater driving and birds driving LRs )

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well i'm a bit scared at the mo. i haven't even driven her on the road over here let alone a few thousand miles across the desert.

kimanchi said:

I am and i will Go for it. just need some help with kit and how to prepare the beast first

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here wer supposed to be a link in that bit


Land Rover Expedition Preparation

there yer go fer starters

kimanchi said:

well i'm a bit scared at the mo. i haven't even driven her on the road over here let alone a few thousand miles across the desert.

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Don't worry about a thing. As long as you give it a good service beforehand, you should be OK. It's what they're built for

Thanks gareth that what i keep telling myself. its just the little things like winchs and tyres and stuff that i really need to sort

braver man than me.
i load the everything/kichen sink into mine when i go further than burnley.

ormus said:

braver man than me.
i load the everything/kichen sink into mine when i go further than burnley.

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Your alright u've got the space for everything in yours. Your lucky you've even got a radio.

thats why you need a sankey trailer!
to carry all the spare parts you will need!

ps, take a radio. itll help pass the time whilst you wait for the AA man.

Take it easy and take good ear defenders.

dont furget a compressor fur when the tyre comes off the rim!

and 3 backup trucks.

kimanchi said:

Thanks gareth that what i keep telling myself. its just the little things like winchs and tyres and stuff that i really need to sort

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A winch? Ain't a little thing, will weigh down yer front end something chronic, require major messing with your batteries/charging system, you'll probably never need it, if you do it may not work & you might be better off with a hand winch for emergencies or even just use a hi lift jack if it really became neccesary. Have a practice with a high lift, amazing what you can do with them with a bit of imagination.

Just me two pennorth!