Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have been in court just recently to protect the Defender nameplate from being used on an Off Road recreational vehicle known also as the ‘Defender.’ The manufacturer, Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP for short took to using the name of Land Rovers landmark vehicle when production ceased last year. The image … Read more
The English Heritage are proposing the closure of BOAT 12 mainly due to issues regulating the public viewing the prehistoric monument without paying. It would appear the byway itself is actually in good order and can be traversed in a standard motor vehicle with ease. English Heritage have tried on numerous occasions to close the … Read more
Blind Lane has a poor history and had an even bleaker future, that is until Devon Trail Rider Federation (TRF) stepped up to the plate. With ruts as deep as four feet, collapsing hedges, TTRO’s, and an estimated £30,000 repair bill and limited funds that wouldn’t stretch that far, without the Devon TRF’s intervention and … Read more
A Jeep driver that got stuck whilst driving off piste received a whopping $50,000 bill for the recovery of his 4×4 truck. The man from Walpole, Massachusetts was charged $50,000 to have his Jeep towed after getting stuck in the mud. It just so happens that the area the Jeep got bogged down in was … Read more
A 66-year-old man has died in whilst competing in an organised hill climb event on Dartmoor, near Exeter. The man from East Devon was taking part in the climb at Clifford Bridge, near Moretonhampstead, at around 2.30pm on Saturday when he was thrown through the open-top of the vehicle and ended up trapped beneath what … Read more
Green Lane enthusiasts have been in the press again just recently and not for ripping up byways or tearing across moorland, these responsible 4X4 drivers have launched a crowdfunding campaign to restore a damaged greenlane to it’s former glory. There are certain parts of Doctors Gate Road, between Wolsingham and Hamsterley Forest in County Durham … Read more
Jeremy Clarkson gets his hands on an R reg Discovery 3.9 V8 in the latest episode of Grand Tour ( season 1, Episode 9) and builds his very own sports utility vehicle, in true Clarkson style though, this is no ordinary SUV! With a (40 minute) quick tear-down the body is off the rolling chassis … Read more
Nail traps placed on Greenlanes to stop 4×4’s using them or at least put them off is becoming the latest tool in an absurd war against laners. The TRF (Trail Riders Fellowship) recently reported on a crude ‘spike trap’ that was found on a Byway in Wiltshire. The group said they were ‘appalled’ by the … Read more