Family planning
IN the spring of 2021 the Betts family – dad Nigel, mum Linda and teenage son Oliver – sold their family home and most of their belongings to explore the big, wide world in a converted Defender 130. At the time of writing they are in Sicily, Italy, and about to head for Norway. Soon they will be in America – and after that, who knows? Nigel describes this as a never-ending road trip with no finish line.
Before departing for their extraordinary adventure, the Betts made a detour to Britain’s smallest county to prepare themselves for the challenge of driving well off the beaten track. Tixover quarry in Rutland, to be precise. It is the off-road headquarters of Protrax – a challenging off-road site that could be likened to a lunar landscape was
