Welcome to the start of my sub site aimed at 4X4's and Land Rovers especially. The reason for this is last year I bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 TD5 in preparation for the winter. Previous winters we had great trouble getting about in our 2 wheel drive cars so for this winter my new toy will hopefully allow us to get about easier and in more safety. I will add more articles and information to this site over the coming months and will document any problems and upgrades that occur.
Well winter 2010-2011 was very cold and with quite a bit of snow for the whole country not just us in the North. We had snow on the ground from most of December with some quite heavy overnight falls. Earlier in the month we had about 18 inches of snow in out back garden and on my Vauxhall Vectra!. I am really pleased I bought my new toy as it has meant life can continue as normal even with a good fall of snow. To illustrate this a neighbour who has a similar Vauxhall Vecta took 2 1/2 hours to get off our estate after about 4 inches of snow fell overnight. In contrast it took me just 2 1/2 minutes and 2 minutes of that were spent pushing a stuck Jaguar XF out of the way!
Winter 2011 2012 is almost here and plenty of forcasters are going for an even worse one than last year so I just hope my Discovery 2 can get me though another bad winter but at least my wife has changed her car to a Land Rover Freelander 2 so we should be OK.
During this winter I am going to try and do something a bit different, each day starting in December I am going to take a photo of the current conditions in my part of the world the North East of England just outside Durham City. Click Here for current weather conditions.
With the weather being bad I now have a weather station in my back garden click here for live data
Keep an eye out for the changes and give me your feedback.
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Following the bad winter we had in 2009/2010 I decided that for this up and coming winter I would have a 4X4 so that we could get out and about with ease and safety so this is what I have just bought a Land Rover Discovery 2 TD5. 
