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tornado34

Member Since: 06 Dec 2009
Location: London
Posts: 242

2006 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Zambezi Silver

Sounds like someone is going to be out playing in their Defender VERY soon

No electric - I thought Scotland hadn't been connect yet anyway? are the gas lamps still working ok?

Sorry, cheap punt at Scotland - I love it really, just never get over how remote some areas are. A road trip in my convertable once saw me almost total my car on a flock of sheep wondering in the road and then got a speeding ticket from a camera all within a mile - how extreme.

Thu Feb 25 2010 1:06pm

Lookers Park Royal

Member Since: 15 Nov 2007
Location: London
Posts: 2303

Tim,

If you email me a couple of snaps from your iPhone I'll post them on here for you.

James

Thu Feb 25 2010 1:14pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

The lecky is back so is the internet. The Defender is well tucked up in it's shed out of all this horrid wet snow and salted roads....................... anyway the RRS with all the fancy electronics, good winter tyres and TR is way better in the snow than the Def on mud tyres. For a start the RRS has way better heating than the Def and doesn't shower icy cold water drops from the sunfoof surround down the driver's neck on every bump like the Def does! I also stay dry inside the RRS which I don't in the Def so it doesn't have much going for it until the going gets really really tough.

Just been 16 miles and back to town in the RRS, the worst bit is my own drive and court yard which is snow bound, the main roads are now flooded as the melt water cannot drain off to the sides where the snowploughs have been through...................... we really need more practice at the snow stuff here!

Pics!

Beware Avalanches even in the village - got the start but missed the big slide!

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There's a solar powered light under there!

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The view of the trees from my kitchen window - the trees are bending with the snow weight and one has since snapped off..........

I love the trees on the common.

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I'm going to brave my daily walk and will get some more pics, and show what it should look like on a sunny winter day too!

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2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Thu Feb 25 2010 1:19pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

Tuesday's view from the lane where I now have a daily walk (and it's 2 mile up hill, but the coming back down is nice and easy)!

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Thursday afternoon and it looks like this with 15cms of snow laying

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The Scottish Electric Company boys were out having a drive in their Def 2.4 130 truck looking for downed power lines, they got up the hill no problem, straight up no stops but it was on some very aggressive Mud tyres

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And then the farmer who lives at the top of the hill came up in his Mitsuibishi van and it was sliding all over the place on it's All Terrains!

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I live in one of the bungalows in this little group

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It doesn't look it but the snow is wellyboot top deep

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Thu Feb 25 2010 5:28pm

BulletProofBomb

Member Since: 12 Jan 2010
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 164

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Java Black

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Used to be me up that pole. Thank

for cosy warm office job nowadays.

Bullet

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Fri Feb 26 2010 5:03am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

Tree Hugging???? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Fri Feb 26 2010 9:57am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

Snow finally stopped falling this morning, although what fell yesterday was mainly sleaty snow. Now we have a watery sun in the sky the snow id melting quite quickly. With better visibility it is also interesting to see how localised the snow fall was, The other side of the Forth Valley has next to no snow, but it is also south facing
Here is today's view

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No need to dig the RRS out, it can climb over the snow ploughed up every drive by the council snow plough team yesterday!

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The snow on the lane where I walk is still more than welly-boot deep though, but at least the ruts allow me to walk it easily

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The guys in the Lecky board 130 Defender even got to offroad it - this must have been where the power line came down

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In yesterday's Daily Mail in Scotland there is a picture of a D3 on it's side in a ditch near the next village.................... 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Sat Feb 27 2010 1:18pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
Location: Driving along in my automobile
Posts: 17476

And now the final posting! Today 1st March the view is

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and looking south from nearby is this view

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and this

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Mon Mar 01 2010 9:58pm

Alicatt

Member Since: 11 Jun 2007
Location: Eating in Eksel or Ice cold in Alex
Posts: 1435

2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Buckingham Blue

Hills we don't have any around here

Well Tim you will just have to keep up your regular walks around the deck
Have a good voyage Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
Clan Cameron

Tue Mar 02 2010 8:32am

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