Land Rover Series 1 Tour 

Thank you very much - that's very kind - so pleased you enjoyed it. It was such a fun trip. I really must do another one as everybody has been so supportive and encouraging.

Thank you. So glad you like it. It was fun and relaxing to make until bits started to fall apart technically - but we limped home! Really want to do another trip - so much gets in the way! Northumbria, what a great area to explore with a Land Rover too! Enjoy every minute!

All the great things in life - the great outdoors and fresh air too!

Thanks Tony. Hope you feel I did it justice and you enjoyed the video.

Great to hear that you have a Landy now and do please get out there and enjoy it. I find mine one of the easiest and lightest vehicles to drive but it is only 2WD. Get the brakes sorted and some slack taken out of the steering and it will be a joy to drive but drive slowly! Our type 2 VW camper used to take huge concentration as it wandered all over the place. Got the steering sorted and it became so much easier! Hope you have fun with your 2A. Let us know how you get on! If only I had the time to get out again...!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Another RU-vidr is driving around the world in his Defender. He stopped here in California last fall and filmed my Land Rover. If your interested , it is “LandyAndy4X4” Castle Air Museum part 2, towards the end of the video. Let me know what you think! Cheers👍

Great, I will have to have a look and be jealous!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Haha! I’m the one who is jealous.👍

@@calsurflance5598 Just seen it and what a lovely Series 2 you have. In your weather I think it will probably last forever and cost you nothing in repairs... but then again it is a Land Rover! Do use it and you will turn heads everywhere you go. It looks fantastic and, as you say, keep it looking like a working vehicle and not something that people are too frightened to even touch!

Pleasure and thanks for your kind words. It was amazing how I found routes that were just so quiet but when I did meet people they all commented on the Landy and told me about theirs! If you were to watch the film in black and white I feel it would look if it was filmed in the late 1950s too. I was very lucky that it was a great trip - apart from the electrical problems!

Anthony Francis-Jones You were working hard. Time for new trips with the Landy!

@@mrcvry yes, especially with weather like this!

That sounds fantastic! You were enjoying your vehicle in just the way you should and it does create amazing memories doesn't it! Bala and Lake Vyrnwy are not that far from me too. I should do that - normally I fly over them! Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your story - makes me what to get out there and do that now!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones it’s a very nicely produced film, you certainly took a lot of time setting up drive by shots. Very dedicated considering you had a misfire. They’re not easy easy to drive but when you settle into the groove it’s the next best thing to an old motorcycle for feedback and rewarding decisions. Watching your film made me want to explore the single track roads of wales again. Thanks.

@@highdownmartin Thanks - it did take time but there was no rush and it meant I got out to look at things and it really did write itself. The only planning really was what I took and the general route. The film just created itself as I went! Yes it is great to drive and so light and untiring due to the 2WD so the steering is really fingertip light when moving. I have never actually driven a 4x4 Series one! Hope you get a chance to get out there again sometime.

Perfect. You must film it or at least do a slide show on RU-vid and share the link here. Would be good to see how you got on - don't break down!

Totally agree! Though I would say UK as most of this was filmed in beautiful Wales! Thanks for watching and hope it felt like you were with me on the journey too!

Excellent Jacques! Yes, do get it going, you won't regret it and let us know how you get on.

Pleasure! So glad you liked it and enjoyed the trip. You are right, it was great fun in an old Landy!

Thanks Roger. Yes, Bala is lovely - and we are not far from there or Vyrnwy to. I love NZ and the Coromandel is to die for. The good news is the engine has been rebuild and it is ready to go again. I now just need to find the time and the weather (and the lockdown needs to be lifted too!) Thanks very much for taking the time to comment. Good to hear from you.

Pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes, you are right which was one of the reasons for the trip!

Thanks - so pleased you enjoyed it. The S1 is now ready to go again but will have to wait for better times! Yes, do get your Land Rover going - you won't regret the freedom and fun it gives you!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones our dream is to take it on a road trip to the UK. See Scotland, Wales and England from the Landy. 😃

@@slowshop excellent - you will enjoy that - take it slowly and be prepared for some repairs on the way!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones The Land Rover build is on my channel. Check it out. It's not strictly original but I will make it look as original as possible.

Thanks - glad you enjoyed it and recognised the area. The vehicle is working well now so I must get my act together and get out again and make another film perhaps going south this time.

Yes, you are right!

Thanks, yes, still going strong and I have sorted the engine out so it is running really well! We had it out for the children to play in on my son's fourth birthday party and they loved it! Hope I never have to part with it. Luckily I do have dry storage which makes all the difference! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the comment and really pleased you enjoyed it Liam. Was great fun.

Thanks Neil - glad you liked it and thanks for taking the time to comment. It is a great little Landy!

Many thanks - glad you enjoyed it. All the comments are encouraging me to make another one.

DJ - thanks for the comment - yes it was wonderful. Most was filmed in Wales but I know what you mean - it is real UK country. Good to hear from you.

Nick - great to hear from you and you really have experienced the world of Land Rovers. I think you will find your 2a very similar to the S1. Do plan a trip and do it - you will never regret it and the memories it leaves you with (even of breakdowns) are completely worth it!

Pleasure - it was great fun making it and glad you enjoyed watching.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones great inspiration for a relaxed trek in my early S3. I think the Welsh road gate was nr. the Hafren Forest. Fantastic part of the world. P.S castrol valvemaster is a good lead replacement solution - the latest version includes protection against ethanol damage.

Thanks for that and I think you are right about the Hafren Forest area too!

Thank you that's very kind of you. I did have great fun making it and the Landy steals the show as ever!

Many thanks - very kind of you. I had so much fun making it and just taking life a bit more slowly. Glad you felt the same way too.

Glad you enjoyed it Derek - it was great fun and seems like a long time ago. I really must do another one! Thanks for the comment.

Thanks - glad you liked it - it is a special and old machine and it does have a very unique sound. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

Thanks Paul. Very kind of you. I forget how lucky I am - just need more time. Perhaps you can plan to get back into Series Land Rovers at some stage. It is hard to live without one!

Thank you - that's very kind of you. I know exactly what you mean but we cannot keep everything and you may have been fine with your Escort but if I kept some of my great old cars rust would be the winner!

Cory - great to hear from you and thanks for the comment - yes it was great to slow down a bit. Judging by your profile picture you like VW campers - have you seen the videos I have posted of my trips in our yellow T2? That is a lot of fun too.

So glad you enjoyed it. It was great fun. I know exactly what you mean about the old African movies! Many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

Thanks David. So pleased you liked it. I have such happy memories of the trip. It was like going back in time!

Excellent - they are so much fun. Glad you enjoyed the film - freedom is great... until you break down!

Gracias Tomás, muy amable de tu parte. ¡Realmente me gustaría cuando tenga el tiempo y el clima!

Thanks - so pleased you liked the film and it encourages you to get out there again in a S1. Do hope you get a chance before too long.

Pleasure - so pleased you liked it. The beautiful weather today really reminds me I should get my act together and get out there again.

Fantastic, glad you liked it and your comments make it all worth while.

Thanks Colin. Your comment makes it all worth while! It is a bit of a strange thing a 2WD S1. I wonder if there are many more out there?

Thanks Edward - so please you liked it. The whole reason I went out like that is we have had Kenyan weather all summer so I could go out with no risk of cold nights or rain at all. It was so much fun. Yes, we are so lucky with our scenery here but you are too I am sure. Enjoy your Series 1s!

Thanks, that's very kind. I need to get the repairs sorted, some nice weather and do another one.

Thanks Ari. So pleased you liked it. We were only talking today about what I have not done this summer and another Land Rover trip was top of the list!

Thanks - so glad you enjoyed it. Love my Willys too but I need to get it working reliably before a Jeep trip. Hope to get out again this summer.

Pleasure Rob. It really was a case of 'it just wrote itself'! I had a great time making it too so thanks for watching.

Thanks Rich - you have everything you need to do the same. So let us know how you get on. You will have a great time.

Thank you Henry. I do feel so lucky to be able to do these things and so pleased you liked the film. It was so much fun making it.

Thanks Nathan. It is a lovely area. Mid Wales and the north are excellent - have a good look at the maps before you go and look out the quietest roads - don't worry if the journey then looks really long - you can get quite a bit done in a day! Glad you enjoyed the film!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones will deffinatly spend time looking May add a few gentle grenn lanes in while im doing it 😁 Nathan

Great. Hope you get it running soon.

Great to hear from you Marcus and good to hear that you love your Land Rovers too. Hope you are getting a bit more freedom at the moment in Canada. Great Land Rover country!

Thanks - glad you liked it - it was a really fun trip even though it was cut a little bit short but it felt like I was going back 50 years in time on those quiet roads. Yes the solar charger was the only real technology I had with me other than the film camera but I wanted to avoid buildings and power points and be self-sufficient - petrol aside.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Was the 12V supplied not good enough for you ?

Why did I not think of that!

Gordon, thanks for that and I hope it spurs you on to completion! I really must make an effort to do another film once the maintenance and time allows.

Thanks Florian - sounds like you have had some great Land Rovers over time. Somethings in life you cannot keep (things get sold on and make memories for others) but you would not have the memories and experience if you had not done it if that makes sense! My route...I kind of went where the wind took me but it was through Pont Robert on the first day and then north to the foothills of Cader Idris. No off roading - all on roads with it being 2WD. I walked the Glyndwr Way a few years ago so followed a few road bits of that and then I think to Tywn if I remember rightly and then a limp home back via the main roads to Welshpool. The first part of the film is roads near Meifod - no distance covered as it was slow and what you have to do to get those filming shots! I just took the OS map and looked for fairly minor routes. She is going again now so I must do another one. Thanks for taking the time to comment and let us know how you get on too! You will enjoy it even if you break down!

Thanx for answer! Definitely gonna buy one again even though might take some time to find a neat one... viewing video brought back sweet memories I thought I had forgotten....added profile foto of 1994....makes me cry

@@florianaugustinhintermeir9626 - sounds like a great project. Now crack on and do it!

Thank you - yes it is a very unusual Land Rover indeed. I have used the vehicle for lots of jobs such as taking garden waste to the tip etc. and this is what I love about it. As you say it is a working vehicle so not made to look new or showroom at all. What you said about seeing its working life in front of our eyes crystallises it well. I want to keep it going but never 'restore' it. Does help having a dry garage though! I have a Willys Jeep that is a bit of a hotchpotch of parts and I love it for the same reasons. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-leZK_jGnGuE.html

Excellent - many thanks - yes, well done with your Land Rover. That condition is just great. Restore a Series 1 and you can end up with the irony (or inexplicable oxymoron) of an off-roader to precious to off-road! And you have also lost its 'history'. Lovely CJA2 too. Keep up the good work.

@@vanishingpoint5673 - Many thanks. When the weather comes and I get the vehicles working well I would like to go out again and explore in a similar way. It was fun making the film and that style of working and traveling certainly means you slow down and take a look at the world.

Many thanks. Hope your Jeeps are going well and that you get time to enjoy them.

Excellent - so glad you liked it - I do hope to make more at some stage.

Thanks - glad you liked it and at least we can think of the times we enjoyed when we were out.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones I have been toying with the idea of buying a series 2 and after seeing you video will now go ahead. Am based in Kenya and we have real classics here such as early series 1

@@JJ-mg1yx Great go for it - I guess rust is not your constant enemy?

@@AnthonyFrancisJones not rust but abuse and non original parts even from other cars being fitted to keep her running. We have an annual concourse show (hopefully this year) which will be my inspiration to make her nice.

@@JJ-mg1yx Great - be 'functional' and then you won't mind using it like I do!

Thanks - it was a wonderful - though short adventure! I am glad you liked it. Really want to do it again sometime.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones I would love to do a similar trip in my IIA 109"

@@onetonlandrover Yes, you should and let us know here how it all went.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Its being rebuilt just now, but hopefully in the summer...

Und viele Grüsse aus England! Freut mich sehr, dass dir der Film gefallen hat!

Steve great to hear from you - glad you enjoyed the film. Remember you can do this with any Landy - just get out there and enjoy the freedom and one bonus of the 110 is that you are less likely to break down!

Thanks Ian. You will have fun with your Land Rover regardless of it's age. You have the advantage of reliability with the 90! When time allows I do hope to do another one - as they say - this one just wrote itself.

Pleasure Tom - Glad you enjoyed it. It was great fun to do and I really enjoyed the trip.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones it's something iv dreamt of doing for a long time, just wouldn't be the same in an old fiesta, thanks very much for the reply.

Sure Tom, but an adventure is what you make of it and I think it could be rather fun in your vehicle - different but it's what you do that counts and where you go. Why not give it a go as a 'practice' ready for the day you have a Landy? I am sure you will enjoy it.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Pleasure Stewart. You do have a fabulous collection! I have always been disappointed that RU-vid does not allow photos in the comments as this would be a great opportunity! You live in a magical part of the world! Thanks for taking the time to comment.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Well, except for the ex-MOD 109, the other two were rescues, although both were usable and road legal after some extensive tinkering. The Safari Wagon had spent twelve years enveloped in briars and had a large family of wood rats living in it! But the tinkering, as you already know, is a significant part of the enjoyment of ownership. I am slowly getting them in more presentable shape. But I must say I don't fancy these total, like new, restorations which Americans seem so fond of. Land Rovers were built to be used, not pampered as garage ornaments. Interesting about your Series I being two-wheel drive only. I had no idea they ever built any like that. Anyway, wanted to say once again how much I enjoyed your video. It has been almost 25 years since I was back in the UK and I got quite homesick watching it! My family is from Lincolnshire.

@@stewartmarshall4112 Interesting Stewart. Yes, I love the fact that my Series 1 looks old - in fact it is in the state it should be if it just was looked after over the years - Land Rover patina! Glad you enjoyed the scenes from the UK - most of it was Wales as I live close to the boarder and I was looking for mainly slow and scenic quiet roads. Driving around San Juan must be a real treat!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Yes, it is a lovely part of the country and the climate is actually very English-like. The terrain is similar too, aside from the gigantic fir trees they have here. The San Juan Islands remind me of Scotland's Western Isles. One thing that is lacking is the history. This part of the US is only recently settled so one might drive all day without seeing a single ruined castle or abbey! I will try to get some photos for you onto my Facebook page, of my LR fleet, or a video up on youTube. Cheers, Stew

@@stewartmarshall4112 Great, thanks!

Yes, my Landy only has driven rear wheels and just an axel at the front so it is only ever 2WD. They made a few of these and not many remain but mine is as original as it can be. I think someone in the comments kindly gave more info about these strange 4x2s and their history. Makes the steering really light to use too. Thanks for watching and 'joining' me on what was a great journey!

Thanks Michael - so pleased you enjoyed the film. I was just chatting about how much fun I had making it. You sound like you have some great fun vehicles too. Perhaps the current situation will mean you have more time to fettle them.

With some front ventilation, it'd reduce exhaust gasses coming in the back door !

Thanks - yes it is really as original as it can be. The wiring loom looks very old too! It is so much fun. One thing is noticeable in these 4X2s just how light the steering is on them. It would never need power steering!

I’ve undone 1954 7/16” nuts and bolts round the seat box and floor pan which were persuaded apart and when oiled and wire brushed were as good as new, no pitting all threads sharp, clearly defined right way round for the nut. Other , way newer , plated nuts and bolts were just shearing off. Very high quality steel on those old fasteners and components!

Yes indeed! They have lasted so well!

Great to hear from you Jake and hope you are well. Yes - cannot wait until I can do more of this!

Thanks Martin and so great that you liked the video. It is a special experience in these old things isn't it? Sounds like you have experienced exactly the same things and one never forgets them (or the maintenance bills!!). Must get round to doing another one sometime but in the meantime thanks so much for taking the time to comment and sharing your experiences.

And matching lovely shed ❤️

@@overnighter Thanks - you are right on both counts!

Jonathan - great to hear from you and that you have a 2x4 as well - older than mine! Glad you are having lots of fun with it. Am I the only person left with an unchanged 2x4?

@@AnthonyFrancisJones no, but whatever you do don't ever convert to 4 wd, it's rarity makes it worth a hell of a lot more than a standard they were made as an airfield tug so you could use low box on a hard surface without transmission windup they also had a limited slip diff very rare, please treasure it ( or sell it to me lol )

@@royblackburn1163 Thanks for that - yes you are totally right it is to be treasured and enjoyed (and have money thrown at it!)

Good the hear from you and glad you enjoyed the film. Sounds like you have a really interesting vehicle too. Yes, you are right they are no good at all off road but feel really light to steer on a hard surface. I think so many of them have been converted to 4WD so original ones are hard to find.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Try it with the correct tyres on it. I noticed you have slicks on the back ;)

@@millomweb Never thought of looking at the tyres - they have been on it for years!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Put the knobblies on the back for improved off-road traction.

@@millomweb agreed!

Thanks, great to hear that you are working on your Land Rover to get it up and running. You won't regret it! Stunning weather at the moment so I am reminded that I really must do another trip!. You are right about them turning heads wherever they go and all for the right reasons, not showing off but just pure nostalgia! Good luck getting yours going again.

Muy contento de que te haya gustado. Un gusto saber de ti. Hope the Spanish makes some kind of sense! Lovely to hear from people abroad who enjoyed the film.

Anthony Francis-Jones Perfect de Spanish. Greetings

@@Echicere Thanks! My partner helped me too!

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Phill, thanks for taking the time to comment and I am so pleased you enjoyed it and it motivated you to keep working on yours. I know the feeling but in the end with the right amount of time they will go again and can be enjoyed until the next issue rears up! Hope to have a bit of time (finally) tomorrow to look more closely at mine - I am pretty sure that the misfire is a burnt exhaust valve - had one go before but not an unsurmountable problem. Hope you are driving around in yours during the summer.

Thanks Federico. Kind of you to comment and glad you enjoyed 'joining me' on the film.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it and felt you were with me on the trip. I do hope to make another one - need to do a bit more on the S1 and wait for the restrictions to end too!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones . Such a heart warming reply. Thank you .

@@terrygribb9185 pleasure - I so want to get out there and film more!

Thanks so much for the comment. Interesting about the transfer box. Someone else mentioned the oil filler so I will look at that - I think I did not pull hard enough. Rather like using a Whitworth spanner! If the truth be told our drive was rather over grown and I broke the wing mirror on the way out right at the start. Turned around and went out through the fields instead as the gates were wider. That mirror had lasted for years and I broke it off in the first few minutes of driving! I really must make another one - plan to do mid to south Wales. Thanks again for your kind remarks - as ever makes it all worthwhile.

Not only 2WD but 4 speed too !

Pleasure - glad you and others felt they could 'join me' on the trip. I am making plans for the next one but need to finish fixing the vehicle first!

I have 3 land and Triumph spitfire but i can t find free time to use them 😢

@@szymong7990 - I know the feeling but when you make time it always feels great. I was taught "always have your vehicles ready to go" so you can just have an hour's trip or just down to the shops - that seems to work but mine are always in pieces!

Thanks! Indonesia must be amazing too in Land Rovers!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones yes you are right, greetings friendship

Thanks so much for your comments. We have a lot in common - I have a V8 S2 Disco too - not the one you see in the film at the start - that had to go. 220,000 miles and still going strong. Now, the roads, there are a few very minor public roads in the UK that get very little use and predate the fitting of cattle grids so they still have gates. I actually know one where the public road has the gate and the farmer has fitted a cattle grid to the side of it and does not want anyone using the grid so you have to open and close the gates instead! (Council refused to fund a cattle grid so it is rightly his own private one). Roads like this are getting rarer so I seek them out to enjoy - the TWD does not get stuck and you don't do any damage to the surface and have right of access. It must be great out where you are.

Anthony Francis-Jones Thanks for the reply and additional info. I grew up down here but moved to the USofA for several years and then returned to take care of my sick mother. The S1 was in California, Washington, South Carolina, Florida and now in PR. My friends in the US wanted to see where I live now, so a while back I made a video showing some of the roads where I travel. If you want to see it, I think that clicking on my name should take you to it. Nothing fancy or too edited / complicated. I don’t have those skills. It’s me just driving from my place to my mother’s town.

@@explorer8888 Great - I will look that up.

Many thanks - glad you enjoyed the film. I do hope to make some more before too long.

Thanks Carolyn. Yes, that would be fantastic - what an amazing place NZ is to explore with a Land Rover. Better get it working properly first before I plan that trip!

Thanks Nick. I am lucky to have some lovely vehicles! Great you still have your S3. They are great fun too. I do have a ham licence but sadly have rarely used it. Did the exams when I was still at school! Have an aviation one too, so you might enjoy me flying our old PA 28 - Piper Cherokee. Thanks for taking the time to comment and glad you enjoyed the video. We do have some great countryside in our tiny island! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZvlxJ1oLCb4.html

@@AnthonyFrancisJones Hi Anthony.....I thought you may have dabbled with radio. I have since I was a kid...now 68....I to have an aero VHF licence as well as a Marine VHF licence..... Did own my own a/c till recently....microlight.....I do miss it. I will take a look for your flying vid...I used to fly with a pal in a PA-28.....nice old a/c arnt they....we seem to like the same things. Keep up the good work.

@@nickaxe771 Great - Interesting to hear what you have done - all makes for happy memories!

Glad you liked it.

Excellent. Glad you enjoyed it. The GPW sounds great! Have you seen my Willys? Videos of it in my playlist. Thanks for taking the time to comment too.

Thank you for your reply Anthony. I haven’t seen your Jeep, I shall have a look at your playlist. Thank you!

Many thanks for the comment. Yes it is a very odd vehicle and you do ask yourself 'Why?' With weather like we are having at the moment I should be out there now! If you find out more about 2WD ones let us know here.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones I'm wondering if they went for weight considerations for either carrying in planes or parachuting them out of planes. I was not aware of 2WD models - with 4 speed box. It's a rare optional 'upgrade' that' is in fact a downgrade !

@@millomweb Agreed - a real downgrade if you take it off road at all. Even wet grass and it's stuck but on the road it is so light to drive.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones So you need driving lessons too :) My first 'car' was a Sherpa minibus. I used it to tow a caravan off a soft field which had an up-slope to get back onto the road - and I didn't get stuck - and that had normal road van tyres on it. With the front knobblies put on the back, things may improve !

@@millomweb Yes indeed!

Yes, I know what you mean. My Disco V8 eats fuel but runs on LPG and is just expensive in every way!

Nathan, thanks for taking the time to comment and pleased you enjoyed it! We do have the Countryside Code which talks about leaving gates as you find them though it is rather preaching to the converted! Rights of Way law is complex and unusual in the UK but there are rights across and through lots of private land - all land is owned by someone or the Queen/Crown - but there are routes, many of which are ancient that have been used by the public to get from one place to another - many have become roads. Lots are just footpaths or bridleways but some roads, usually on high ground have some stock fencing, but to keep stock apart still have gates or cattle grids. Most of these are on very quiet routes (I picked these especially) and the gates exist as they have always been there - a farmer cannot just put one in across a highway! There aren't many of these left! Hope that answers your question a bit - but in summary if you own a large or even small chunk of land it is more than possible that there are public rights over them - rarely for vehicular use though! I was on public roads all of the time. Great to hear from you and thanks for your great question.

Yes thoroughly enjoyed it!!

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I was so lucky with the weather. Do you know, I don't think I ever gave the Landy a name. I am sure there might have been one when I first got it from the previous owner but I don't remember. Funny, but I have never really thought of naming it. Perhaps I should?

Thanks - great that you enjoyed it - I must say I definitely did! I wish I had drawn a map and put it in the video but it was really planned and then became a bit ad hoc! Basically past Llansan(t)ffraid, Meifod/Pont Robert via the back most roads I could find. Then out to Aberdovey, Cader on the smallest roads I could find and then back via Welshpool. I am not sure I completely remember myself but it was a case of a few days before looking at maps and just taking the smallest public roads I could find. None of it was 'off road' or on green lanes. All good fun and stopping wherever I wanted too. If you have a Landy hope you can enjoy something like this yourself too. Make it your own adventure!

Thanks for your kind words and so pleased you liked it. Yes, it is a bit of a funny Land Rover but, as it is, it is so light to drive and I guess 'feeble' as it seems it did one of the more dangerous jobs required - that of towing live aircraft munitions around the place and survived to tell the story!

Yes, I know the Kelly Kettle well and love them. The weather was really dry and the risk of that type of system was too high. I also use the gas as you can see on the tail gate. You would never want to use a Kelly Kettle too close to the vehicle! Great finding wood for them and lighting them though.

Yes. This summer was special.

Mentions of Kelly Kettles makes me want to get out on an adventure again!

#metoo but first I have to check my change-over switch. Somewhere is air getting into the line.

Yes, you are totally right! I have been very busy with work but when the holidays come I really need to get out there again. It is fully repaired and working well!

Thanks - I will have to look at the CE number that is on the bulkhead - this was the original military numberplate before it went 'civilian'. No, mine has never been converted - it is a genuine original 4x2. Glad to hear there is another out there that has not been 4x4ed.

I have looked and mine was 04-CE-37 The CE means it was Army though I thought it was to tow munitions on an airfield originally and why it only had to be two wheel drive though why they bothered making a special on I shall never know! Forgot to say that I think it is a 1959 so one of the last S1s built.

@@AnthonyFrancisJones 4x2 was much cheaper we think? To mark out for the plate use rich tea biscuits, they are 2 1/4 inch :o)

@@teamidris Reminds me of Colin Furze turning his biscuits down on his lathe to get them to the right diameter!

@@AnthonyFrancisJones I did the ‘0’ and the 'C' in 03 CE 81 and because it had pencil on it I gave it the dog. - Worth doing though, mine looks ace. Front one has to curve around the wing top though. (Use bendy ally)

Thanks - so pleased you enjoyed it. It was such a fun trip. It's got the 1.6ltr engine. Thanks for the advice about the tappits. I am sure you are right. I need to be better with my maintenance. I have such faith in old vehicles that I always think I can just get by.

Glad you enjoyed it! Many of our roads are clogged to breaking point but there are plenty of quiet areas to seek out too. Just been in the Black Mountains (Wales) and I was amazed at how many there are there just waiting to be explored! Thanks for taking the time to comment. A Series 1 drive in Switzerland would be quite something!

Andrey, great to hear from you and thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely look it up. Mine has a crank handle and a crank shaped hole in the front bumper but I think the crank pulley does not have the lugs on it if I remember - I really must go and look! I used to crank start our TE20 Ferguson (petrol) tractor all of the time!

Mono.... It's not a Defender, bro... 😂 Yes, that Series 1 in Gods must be crazy was good fun... The main actress in it is a good friend of mine, and we chat regularly .. She is still as pretty today as in 1980. Wonder what has happened to the old Landy... Take care 🇿🇦

Geoffrey - that's a good idea. I must give it a go. I am rather amused by the idea that one needs a spanner just to change oil - how old fashioned!

Thanks, that's very kind of you. Easy when you have a Land Rover and great countryside - the hard work is done for you!