JAGUAR ON TOUR NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS
The North York Moors is one of my favourite places within the British Isles. As a Lancastrian, that is tough to admit and, having relocated to the eastern side of the Pennines, I had better hope that none of the local villagers read this admittance and have me banished.
Moors roads are undulating and often carefully guarded by flocks of determined sheep. Picturesque villages are surrounded by cattlegrids, heather and ancient railway bridges, and are loosely connected by a complex web of sweeping a-roads, barely classified tracks and green lanes. Given the choice of vehicle for this particular excursion, we will avoid the latter.
The Series III XJ is the perfect car for exploring such territory: the cabin cossets and warms on a crisp spring morning, the suspension shrugs in the face of Britain’s crumbling road network and the chassis remains perky enough to bring genuine joy on some of the UK’s finest driving roads.
I have shared a particularly emotional journey with the late 1986 4.2 Sovereign in the photos. Without listing the extensive and often quite obtuse reasons, this is my dream
