Today I found myself running the Dad errand of taking my youngest daughter to her first job interview. Seeing as the old Disco that has […]

Welcome to the sale of Brian my off road ready 300tdi Discovery 1 on an L plate. Brian was completely standard when I bought him […]

I sat on my coffee break at work a couple of days ago drinking a cup of brown something that the machine throws out for […]

Well I had a surprising start to the day this morning and no to the perverts among you the Wife did not wake up early […]

I was surprised to get a phone call at lunchtime whilst I was just getting stuck into my beef burrito after walking away from another […]

There was a tale of a man who bought an old Discovery, it was Grey in colour and it was a happy little truck that […]

I should fill you all in on the fun I have had over the last couple of weeks fixing Brian’s track rod ends ready for […]

It hadn’t been going too badly if I am honest. The other evening I decided to tackle the rear wheel bearings and it all went […]

A little brown package was waiting for me when I got home last night from work full of all sorts of shiny things along with […]

After a pleasant morning meandering around a car boot sale in Tansley then a cheeky relaxed lunch in the sunshine at Matlock park we arrived […]

After a really nice day out at the LRO Show in Peterborough meeting up with a good friend and his Dad as well as taking […]

Seriously I am going to go and buy a gallon of petrol then I am going to go and take one of my Zippo lighters […]

Today is a good day. I went to a car boot sale with Wifey this morning and managed to pick up a spare wheel for […]

A friend is breaking an old Discovery so I of course started sniffing around to see what was available. I came away with a few […]

It has been pointed out to me that I started to keep the costs of my Discovery project at the begging but now that seems […]

After playing off road with Brian last weekend a few things have come up that need looking at including a rear Diff replacement bypassing the […]

Yet another use for Brian. Bloody love my Land Rover!!!

Brian got to tow the old caravan we bought a couple of months back for the first time this weekend. I have to say he […]

It has been a great week off so far with us seeing old friends and then popping off over to the Cromer area for a […]

This weekend marks the start of a well earned week off of work and seeing as I had a few hours to myself this morning […]

I collected the box section and welding wire for my sill replacements on the old Discovery last week and just need to find some time […]

The day started early with me jumping onto the motorbike to take it to get some new boots because the ones it had on were […]

Brian has been happily plodding along in the back ground here at Smith Manor with only one big bug bear left to fix that being […]

Finally there is hot air in Brian! I don’t need any now of course because it is bloody muggy as hell but when the winter […]

It’s been a funny old week in the life of Brian. A lot done but it looks like bugger all as usual but hey I […]

The weather has been crap. Not just a bit pants on a weekend day but pouring down get sodden within minutes when you go out […]

I have just had to read back through my own blog to see what the last post was about because it has been that sort […]

Well the day has finally arrived to put Brian a big step toward being a grown up off roader, it was time to fit the […]

Today we took a step further towards achieving our Old Git status…we bought a caravan. Now it’s a nice little two berth thing from 1983 […]

Brian is quite frankly getting right on my tits. Whatever I set out to do to him he fights it every last step of the […]

Just been pottering around on Brian the Discovery wanting to change his steering pump but he doesn’t want to give up his old one so […]

It has been a long week. I have been covering 12 hour night shifts at work to grab the night drivers for training and I […]

I skimmed over on yesterdays blog the fact that I jumped into a mates Series Landy while he jumped into my Discovery to teach Wifey […]

It has been a hell of a week work wise. There have been loads of drivers coming through needing training so the hours were long […]

The first job on Brian should really be his steering pump but that’s £80 I don’t have this week so I thought I would have […]

We all now know I am a Sunday driver and the mickey taking has commenced in earnest but hey I can live with it I […]

“Shall we go green laning on Sunday?” I said online well it seemed like such a good idea at the time sat in my armchair […]

Here are a few extra pics I have received from yesterdays off roading at Frickley.Yes that is my Wife looking like she is wiping something […]

Well the big day had arrived I awoke with a great big grin on my face today was the first day I would be going […]

The weather has sucked in a big way all weekend with high winds and heavy rain just the ticket for when you have four days […]