WILD YORKSHIRE

THINK whatever you want to but travel as we once knew it, has changed for good. For now, the way we conduct ourselves as Land Rover lovers, has also changed. Some, up until very recently, still held out hope that some of the big Land Rover shows might still be happening this summer. That too has now gone up in smoke. People are not quite ready to risk it all by camping in a field with hundreds of others. Staycation has become the new buzz word and preferred way of describing your summer holiday plans. That means to travel locally or within the UK borders for your getaway kicks.

Last month we gave you a laning feature on Bedfordshire, my home county. That was LRM’s first off-road excursion since the pandemic dug its claws into Britain. Thanks to all those who have been in contact after reading the article and trying those lanes for themselves. This month we decide to go a little further afield and head north. Scottish Premier Nicola Sturgeon reminds me of an ex-girlfriend’s mother so I am still