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  1. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    Your right about the brakes, after driving a friends mini down a hill once I began to wonder if the brakes were going to kick in, they had to pumped quick a bit. I used to have a Toyota and went to flash my lights once only to have the windscreen wipers drag accriss a dry window I had a ford...
  2. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    Blue train I would agree that it keeping your fire or embers alive is the key to an easier life with fire. Finding tinder and keeping it dry for an ember takes a bit of forward planning. It is that initial transfer of heat to build your fire and fetching it from a neighbour may have been seen as...
  3. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    The best results I have had with flint and steel is to use it with char cloth to catch the ember, I have also used jute too. Never managed to catch an ember from a flint and steel with crampon ball only with the ferrous rod. I would agree with you old sarge and Ray Mears once told a groups of...
  4. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    Lol, my point about experience, eh! You have a switch that allows you to select ice, mud, etc which like you say allows an easier life, however I still think you need to understand the basics principles and an ability to read the land / route and I feel sometimes modern devices fail to teach...
  5. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    I would agree having seen that happen too. I do not like the modern terrain selection dial on the Rangerover and discoverys, seems to imply that you do not need experience and the ability to read the terrain and conditions to drive 'off road'. I guess being 'old school' a compass is better than...
  7. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    Oh, man! now you make me feel so old! They always looked such fun. Same as sidecars for motorbikes, never seem to see them around much.
  8. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    I do like the style of the old Asian version of the land cruiser, never really liked the UK style though.
  9. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    I would have to ask him but I am sure he said 100, that and the smell of petrol when he opens the garage doors:) We have a classic car event every summer on the common where I live, called classics on the common and you get some really great little groups of cars together like the jeeps, VW...
  10. Mr. Godfrey

    303 squadron movie

    I was watching an episode of 'the human jungle' and the actress playing Verity Clarke - Janina Faye my wife told me her father Jan Smigielski was a pilot from 303 squadron, so I could not resist it and asked "repeat please?' (Quote from the BofB asked to Barry Foster an number of times for those...
  11. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    Oldsarge, that reminds me a friend of mine has just purchased an Austin Healy and due to our winter weather I won't get a spin in it until next summer. Hence my love of landrover, it looks just as good covered in dirt and grime.
  13. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    That reminds me of the Alan Partridge scene where he calls two Luxus together Lexi. I would say 'Lotuses'. Would say the unreliability of British Leyland was behind on export issue as I know they continued to produce plenty of those vehicles, as I always thought the Triumph Dolomite and MG MGB...
  14. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    Well, why would we want to make things simple for ourselves! ;-)
  15. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    My grandfather worked at Lode lane for many years in the 'experimental - special design' section, so I can see what you mean, you should have seen his shed! My brother and I loved going in there as children in the summer rummaging around, best find was a hidden webley .177 air pistol that we...
  16. Mr. Godfrey

    303 squadron movie

    Let's hope it has subtitles so I can follow the story as the trailer leaves me wanting to watch it.
  17. Mr. Godfrey

    RIP Land Rover Defender

    If you look in the background at the airfield in the film 'mosquito squadron' there is series 2 if I remember correctly, yes I know it's an awful rip off of 633 squadron but when you love aircraft! Also in an episode of Dads Army 'Don't forget the diver' when Sgt Wilson is marching behind the...
  19. Mr. Godfrey

    Anyone into tent camping?

    Even our scout mascot has to use a tent too!
  20. Mr. Godfrey

    Anyone into tent camping?

    Maybe it was the availability of low cost surplus equipment that helped influence the interest as well as more free time and optimism following the war years? But it is a good question and why has there been in further interest these days, abet it is now called 'glamping' for most.
  21. Mr. Godfrey

    Anyone into tent camping?

    I slept in my car for the night not long ago, semi upright in the drivers seat with my sleeping bag, does this count as RV' ing? I did sleep okay to be fair but I would not wish to repeat it that often. I was in Sussex and was going to the war and peace show the following day, seemed silly to...
  22. Mr. Godfrey

    Anyone into tent camping?

    I hear you buddy ;-)
  23. Mr. Godfrey

    Anyone into tent camping?

    I think both tent, caravan and RV all have their place and I guess if I had time and money I would use all three. However a tent has all that sense of exciment and adventure I had and longed for as a boy (I just find it hard to grow up :-) ) Being in a gale in a tent with it moving around like...

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