OVLR Birthday Party

A nice day of Land Rovering yesterday, near Maberly, Ontario, with friend Tony (who is restoring the 1962 88") and the Ottawa Valley Land Rover Club. First time I've driven my Land Rover 200+ km in a day, which it did noisily but without a problem, even at 95 km/h. Great time.

Even managed to hitch a ride for some off-roading with a great guy named Kurt and his Defender 130 (purchased sight-unseen from France) for some off-roading on some seldom used trails, which turned out to be a bit too rough (as ever, photos don't properly show what it was actually like, with vehicles getting stuck and chainsaws needed to clear fallen trees) to risk my semi-retired (and unscratched!) Landy on. :)

Stopping for coffee in Westport on the way.

Friend Tony waits for the other Land Rovers to show up.

Great looking Defender 110.

Our mount for the ride, still sporting its French front license plate.

Rocks, rocks and more rocks.

Some 17 Land Rovers of all types. More were at the National Park camp site and in the adjacent field. More Land Rovers than I've ever seen at one time. :)

Spring

Not too much to report, other than have been enjoying the Series in the warmer weather.

And, on other fronts, my friend Tony's 1962 is making progress. The picture below is actually out of date, being a few weeks old, when we test fitted the bulkhead. This weekend a group of us (optimistically called L-RoCK - Land Rover Club of Kingston) went over and helped install the leaf springs, get the axles in place, installed the bump stops, and get the differential drive shaft seal replacements started . A nice way to spend a few hours, and thanks for the beer and sandwiches!