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[Peter Holden]

We should all be trying to take our land rovers out for a drive today.  It is National Drive it Day for classic cars.

Peter

[DogDave]

I’ll be taking mine out shortly, important to raise awareness of classic vehicles and hopefully help protect the rights for historic vehicles in a small way. Hopefully be a few others around to wave at.

[Eve]

Central Shires celebrated Drive it Day on a sunny and warm Spring day with a meet at Harrold and Odell Country Park and a drive round some pretty North Beds villages 👍

[Alan Drover]

For obvious reasons I didn't drive my Land Rover to the pub but on the way home I saw a 1950's Bentley.

[crumbly65]

Went out for a drive around, and do a few chores whilst out & about. Saw a very nice Alfa Romeo Spyder -  60’s vintage I think.

The Dustin Hoffman in “The Graduate” one….

[Daisythelandy]

Oh Buxxer...  I didn't realize it was today or I would have made the effort to drive out and about maybe down the Clyde valley where a number of classics like to go for a run and lunch...

Oh well maybe tomorrow.

[Genem]

I was working on Tonka this morning but we need a "replen" trip to Tesco and the earlier overcast sky has given way to a nice sunny evening so I'll take her for a run-out.
 

[gcc130]

I took a few Series 2 prototypes out for a Drive it Day greenlane run.

[Exile]

Rained pretty much all day here.

I stayed in the shed.

[Gritstoner]

Unexpectedly went to a series 1 meet in the IIa, unexpectedly because the brake pedal went to the floor in the 80" leaving the driveway...  The joys of brake fettling await!

Of course I thoroughly enjoyed my run out in the IIa and a good reason to have more than one Landrover 😊

[Simon1959]

It was a lovely afternoon here. Took the dogs to their favourite sand dune walk in the S2. They love it, roof off and noses in the wind.

[Genem]

On the way to Tesco....

[Peter Holden]

I went to church in the land rover this morning, berated my friend for not going in his 1930s Riley but he has sent the magneto off for a rebuild

Peter

[andrewR]

Accidentally I did my bit...

Up to Bridge of Orchy yesterday, and did some extremely dubious acting in a murder mystery play. It turned out that "it was me who dunnit" which was a bit of a shocker.

Getting up there was initially a bit stressful because having checked over the vehicle the day before, I moved it out into the street on Saturday morning, where it sat leaning to the right for a few minutes, during which time several drops of fluid dripped out from the seam at the base of the fuel tank. Then followed 40 Minutes of frantic shoving of quick-set epoxy into the seam, in what I assumed would be a failed attempt to stop it. However, we got 20 miles and the epoxy had set hard by then, so I put in £40 of petrol and none seemed to drip out. Nor any drips for the rest of the ~70 miles up (that I could see), overnight, nor 70 miles back today.

I am not sure I believe that my rushed bit of epoxy-shoving can really have stemmed an actual leak that well. I am wondering if it's possible that a VERY slow leak ?perhaps from the bottom tank plug? has allowed a tiny pool of petrol to form between the 2 skins at the base of the tank, and that having the vehicle lean to the right has just allowed those few drops to escape, and not be replenished by a VERY slow leak??

I'll have to wait and see what develops, if I ever see another drip.

[rustynuts]

Without knowing the significance of the day, I drove to Wickes to collect some sacks of gravel. Had I known, I would have done a few circuits of the one way system whilst pumping out some inspirational music from the stereo, perhaps Agadoo by Black Lace.