That'll have been me then..
Was I towing a defender at the time?..
Range rovers seem to have a pretty poor reputation on here, p38s in particular. I must've been exceedingly lucky that in all the years I've had range rovers, from a 1995 p38 to a 2011 l322 I've never had any major problems, most problems are caused by poor (or lack of) maintainence.. Put a set of general grabber at tyres on a p38 and it will go virtually anywhere you need it to.
Even my later rr gets dirty in the fields and to be honest, you don't see many land rovers in muddy fields full stop. Plenty of Japanese four wheel drives though..
So now I've amused you further - do you know where I can purchase a rear ladder for a p38, preferably from the uk?..