I've never been to any landy shows but I've just been looking at the show venues for next year on google and I've noticed you've got to buy tickets early. I'm wondering if they're all about booking a slot to do a mud track convoy, or whether there any that have stalls and exhibitions and other attractions like the agricultural shows we have in Lancashire, with beer tents and fairground rides and bands playing, etc.
Reckon I'll be at Billing again at least. Was my first time out this year and had a great time 
Atcherly, though screamin ot, there was a stiff breeze all the time so no buggies I can recall at all.
Everything covered in dust tho
Everything covered in dust tho
Yeah there is a pic of their dirt arena with a massive dust cloud
Yeah it looks a good'n. Just checked it out. Britpart workshops too.
1988smithy
Well-Known Member
Peterborough's good, went to billing when it was still the 1 show but just did kelmarsh this year which wasn't great.
Billing and Peterborough for us next year, I tend to get the tickets early so I've got more cash at the time to spend and always have a go round the off road courses, kids love it
Billing and Peterborough for us next year, I tend to get the tickets early so I've got more cash at the time to spend and always have a go round the off road courses, kids love it
Hippo
Lord Hippo
All the big shows have displays to watch, oft road course and stalls to look round and buy. Don't eggspect massive bargains. It's quite eggspensive to have a pitch to sell. It also costs time/money for them to pack up the shop, move it, set it up, trade for a few days then pack up and go. Doing all this while keeping the shop going at home at the same time. The larger shows have dropped int number over the years. Too much competition and they're becoming quieter with numbers dropping. Occasionally LR will turn up to one of the shows - normally lro show - with their huge display demo ramps etc. The bigger shows offer camping anorl. It can be eggspensive to go if yer a family. Catering ont site etc and bogs. Yer can take yer mut to most of them if it's well behaved. Advance tickets help to confirm the show goes ahead and can be slightly cheaper than on the day ticket purchase. None are like the nec car shows where it's all indoors. Image a scrap yard with grass... it's a bit closer to that than nec. Clubs turn up and display their vehicles. The Freelander club is the bestist stand to have a look round.
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We booked the weekend at Billing this year but sadly I was too ill to attend
Whilst it was £65 for the weekend's camping which is good value these days, buying in advance does have its risks......
Whilst it was £65 for the weekend's camping which is good value these days, buying in advance does have its risks......
Bobsticle
De Villes Advocaat
I can’t believe freelanderers turn up at these events. It’s a bit like a beetle driver turning up at a Porsche event.
Bobsticle
De Villes Advocaat
Everyone should take their crap back that’s broken within the hour and dump it outside their gazebo.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Yer do get some funny looks but the event is normally full of tratterers so it's to be eggspected. Eggspecially when yer complete the oft road course.I can’t believe freelanderers turn up at these events. It’s a bit like a beetle driver turning up at a Porsche event.
LRO Show 2010 part 1 of 2 Land Rover Freelander 1 v6 Off Road
LRO Show 2010 part 2 of 2 Land Rover Freelander 1 v6 Off Road
I've just bought a roof tent with annex from Ventura so will be camping this year, for the first time. Only got it due to continual grief from mates...
So come january i'll be grabbing tickets for Great Billing, Kelmarsh and Peterborough. Even though it's probably the closest to me, i think i'll give the Gaydon show a miss. Two of us went this year and to be honest, i wasn't impressed.
So come january i'll be grabbing tickets for Great Billing, Kelmarsh and Peterborough. Even though it's probably the closest to me, i think i'll give the Gaydon show a miss. Two of us went this year and to be honest, i wasn't impressed.
I tend to book ealy because it's cheaper.. Off road slots do sell out( they say), yet it's funny how they all sell you extra goes at a reduced price...
The first Kelmarsh show in 2017 was good. Well attended. My only gripe was their off road course.This is what was promised:
"Vince Cobley of Protrax has developed an off road course on the Kelmarsh grounds which is set in 30 acres of natural terrain. The course will feature two areas, a woodland safari drive with camel humps, some axle twisters and side slopes that will culminate with the adventure section which will incorporate bigger drops, tougher climbs, technical sections and much more, allowing you to test your off-road metal!"
What we actually got was an already established course at Avalanch Adventure about six miles up the road.. This year they only used half of the course, which was naff!
Great Billing (show part) last year was naff, very few traders turned up. Probably because it was the following weekend after Kelmarsh. I was chatting to Beartown tyres. He reckoned he pretty much sold out at Kelmarsh and by midday had only sold one set at Billing. This year was much better with a month separating them.
Billing has two courses. They have been running the Riverside course on the friday and the Lakeside course on the saturday and sunday.
The Riverside course, in my opinion, is a bit tame. That said, i did hear the marshals joking about people still getting stuck on it!
I've only got a 2" lift at the back of my Disco 1 with some 235 mud terrains, but my mates think i'm a bit mental, so maybe that's why i found it tame. A BMW X5 did the Riverside course. The marshals said he lifted the suspension to maximum, then seemed to be able to lift it some more. I didn't believe it, but then saw it parked up afterwards. It was certainly muddy!
The Lakeside course is a whole different kettle of cats!
Lot's more ups and downs with a good left and right leaning section plus the logs obstacle, the water ravine/gulley, end of lake wet bit, drive along the edge of lake VERY LONG wet bit and of course, the infamous muddy bit. Depending on weather, this can be the EXTREMELY VERY MUDDY BIT!!!
What's nice about this course is that if you decide you don't fancy it, there's always a bypass. Or 'wuss' pass
You can see a lot of the courses on youtube.
There's also Stoneleigh, with their Great British Land Rover Show. They've got an off road course too.
If you decide to the Stoneleigh off road course, i'd suggest going earlier rather than later. Most people go to the show first then do the course. We went this year and were third car in, last year we did the same then went back again around lunch time and the queue was almost back to Birmingham!
This year's Stoneleigh course was the best so far! A different lay out and of course it rained the week before. We've never had mud before!
The show was a bit quiet though.
You can see my run on youtube by typing Great British Land Rover Show 2018. I'm Koito Rob. I was quite pleased. It was the first original sound i could use. It's normally too full of bad language from the passengers
Malvern show is usually good. Not many traders there this year though.
It's always entertaining to watch what's going on in the arena. Mainly it's those nutters from Challenge South West showing off and trying to break their vehicles..
The biggest seems to be Peterborough. We've only been once. This year. It certainly is...BIG!
Challenge South West added, spraying the crowd with mud to their usual antics of showing off and trying to break their vehicles.
NOT IMPRESSED LADS! AND LASS!
I'll be camping this after buying a roof tent for the Disco. This could be the start of something fun, or yet another thing to to find storage for that cost me over £900
