Dear Gold Rover, If you had read my post with less viscous intent you might have noted that only four people live within five miles of me. That's what I call remote. I thought this might be a friendly forum, like the one for old BMW motorcycles, which I have belonged to for years. So thank you...

Tried to, hoping to simply add a pic or two from my laptop photos library but it asked for a URL so, to avoid technohell I gave up but I’ll look at it again this evening…. I probably pressed the wrong button. Watch this space…

In a moment of complete sanity I have just bankrupted myself with a 200,000 mile 1987 Defender 90 with a meaty Isuzu 2.8 motor, driving it home 200 miles across the Highlands in the worst weather Scotland can throw up. I've been hankering for a while for a replacement for the best vehicle (apart...