Land Rover Monthly

Roving Reporter

When Rhino met Disco

Ihad campaigned to drive to the South African game reserve in Martin’s (the Fella’s dad) old Series III but was overruled. An open-backed vehicle was roundly rejected as inappropriate for a trip through a landscape populated by dangerous wild animals, even though that’s the archetypical image I actually have of a safari.

More to the point, I think nobody apart from me fancied enduring a three-hour stint traversing the highways – the dangers of which are hinted at by the country’s somewhat concerning ‘Arrive Alive’ motto aimed at promoting road safety – especially as two

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