Tembo In Lake District

Just back from a three day run through Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. November was actually a great month to be there as there were no caravans and few tourists. Enjoyed the last of the autumn colours and the bleak ruggedness of the Yorkshire Dales. Was also a bit of a test run for Tembo ahead of NE Morocco again in April.

Thats looks like you had a good time, it seems when ever we go to the lake district it allways rains,

Tembo's looking good James.

Seems you a lot further along the preparation route than I am with the 110.

Sadly I no longer own a Discovery (miss the comfort and quietness to be honest) but the Defender is slowly getting there nearly finished water proofing and insulating the tub next storage, kitchen then a bit of carpet just to make it a bit more hospitable for the Mem sabre.

Looking forward to the trip in April hopefully I will get a couple of shakedown trips in before our meeting in the new year.

Wot ... no rain?!!! Can't be the Lake District. Where's the finger-wagging smiley when you need it?

Agree chaps, Tembo's looking the part with it's new(ish) bikini top type thingy. Nice set up James, don't see many set-ups like yours ... if any in fact! You're unique mate!  

Actually, we had no rain during our whole stay. Came down in buckets on the way home, but only after leaving the Yorkshire Dales.

And thanks Tom, I am always going for 'unique.' I enjoy driving past other Land Rovers and the guys doing a double take and trying to figure out if it is a modified 109, a 110 hybrid...or...?

It does get a few looks and also figured prominently during the latest Stony Stratford zombie walk when a group of well juiced zombies congregated around the pull out rear bar feature. Seems to be a lot of zombies interested in old land rovers apparently! Naturally I went as an Indiana Jones zombie and the wife as a zombie Minny Mouse.

Great photo,

Just noticed from the pictures James Tembo is now sporting 2 spares, is this to avoid the tyre changing activity that took 4 of us all afternoon and cost you 2 inner tubes ?

Yep, two spares. Partly because when I bought Tembo it came with seven new tires and only one had worn down enough to get rid of, but also because several times in Africa I blew two tires in a day. So just feel more comfortable.

Actually I changed all six tires to the new rims by hand. I bought a set of tyre bars and spent an hour changing the first one. By number six I was down to about 15 minutes. It is really all about technique...none of which we had last year!

A zombie Minnie Mouse ... who came up with that? I've heard everything now. Somebody's got a fertile imagination!

Well, the annual zombie walk can get up to 6000 people dressed as zombies...all in a fairly small town high street. You get people taking every sort of character and turning it into a zombie...airline flight crew, movie characters, soldiers, police, TV characters, brides and grooms...in fact apparently some couple scheduled a wedding reception for that night and the whole area was covered in zombies. Probably weren't to happy with the photo backgrounds!