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By 48OE Admin on 09/05/2012 09:02
Now it goes without saying that my first suggestion for a present....
By 48OE Admin on 04/05/2012 18:12
Land Rover has over the years been involved in some truly spectacular events......
By 48OE Admin on 02/05/2012 14:47
Well the last week has seen a new chapter in Herefordshire life......
By 48OE Admin on 30/04/2012 09:20
It was sad to see that the RFU sold out for cash over style..........
By 48OE Admin on 25/04/2012 13:12
Well an old friend commented that I am turning into Bill Oddie...........
By 48OE Admin on 22/04/2012 14:15
Baking is in vogue at present with TV shows like The Great British Bake Off and The Hairy Bikers Bakation......
By 48OE Admin on 19/04/2012 07:32
Well if there is anyone out there that reads these blogs on a regular basis.....
By 48OE Admin on 17/04/2012 17:13
If you look in the News Section we have just published .....
By 48OE Admin on 09/04/2012 10:28
We have just had three weeks of noise and smoke........
By 48OE Admin on 07/04/2012 16:08
The sun came out last Sunday and we took a big gamble....
By 48OE Admin on 05/04/2012 16:09
That’s if you were one of the many people who spent hours queuing for fuel....
By 48OE Admin on 20/03/2012 10:13
The weekend saw the first show opener of the 2012 season .....
By 48OE Admin on 16/03/2012 08:59
We have recently been testing our Horizon Head Torch .....
By 48OE Admin on 11/03/2012 16:25
At Original Equipment HQ we now have a resident Stoat......
By 48OE Admin on 09/03/2012 17:37
This is a subject that seems to take up a disproportionate amount of space in our blog....
By 48OE Admin on 03/03/2012 15:01
I went into Monmouth last week where they have a superb little theatre and cinema called The Savoy....
By 48OE Admin on 24/02/2012 18:32
Falling instantly in love....
By 48OE Admin on 21/02/2012 18:42
Some may consider this title appropriate in all senses....
By 48OE Admin on 18/02/2012 18:07
I was reminded about a fantastic clip on YouTube.....
By 48OE Admin on 17/02/2012 09:46
We have just gone live...
By 48OE Admin on 10/02/2012 10:47
It seems as if Rodeo is a Cowboy thing ....
By 48OE Admin on 08/02/2012 15:41
Winter brings many changes to life.....
By 48OE Admin on 05/02/2012 17:15
We attended a new auto jumble organised by.....
By 48OE Admin on 03/02/2012 11:04
Well! - debate rages about Land Rover Shows in 2012....
By 48OE Admin on 19/01/2012 08:59
These are my ideas for a North American trip....
By 48OE Admin on 14/01/2012 18:02
For those of you lucky enough to have travelled around North America..........
By 48OE Admin on 04/01/2012 14:22
Well we are all doing it!............
By 48OE Admin on 24/12/2011 13:26
Twelve things I wish I had known 12 years ago………..
By 48OE Admin on 22/12/2011 08:55
Well when we were going through the photographs......
By 48OE Admin on 22/12/2011 08:21
They seem to blend together so well......
By 48OE Admin on 02/12/2011 13:01
I have listened to argument and counter argument....
By 48OE Admin on 02/12/2011 12:21
Well those of you that have seen the new topless concept car...
By 48OE Admin on 25/11/2011 09:05
We received a wonderful suggestion for a new item in our product range.....
By 48OE Admin on 13/11/2011 16:46
Some nights I like to sit in front of the TV and just be entertained.....
By 48OE Admin on 10/11/2011 18:46
Dinner as any working man will tell you is the midday meal.....
By 48OE Admin on 07/11/2011 08:57
A parent’s influence and expectation plays a great part in shaping a child....
By 48OE Admin on 05/11/2011 16:48
All sensible people never answer 'The Question'.....
By 48OE Admin on 31/10/2011 08:44
In my very early twenties I fell in love with her.....
By 48OE Admin on 27/10/2011 17:09
I listened to the radio, or it might have been a TV show, about a concept of writing a letter to the 16 year old person you once were....
By 48OE Admin on 25/10/2011 08:12
Is it just me....
By 48OE Admin on 21/10/2011 07:58
For those of you that may not be as familiar with our products......
By 48OE Admin on 19/10/2011 15:19
The chances of a particular Land Rover owner or driver reading this blog are remote.......
By 48OE Admin on 17/10/2011 08:30
If you missed the reveal of the concept vehicle Land Rover suggests may be the form of the new Defender......
By 48OE Admin on 14/10/2011 15:10
It did not rain; I repeat it did not rain....
By 48OE Admin on 12/10/2011 17:57
What would be the perfect Land Rover Show?.....
By 48OE Admin on 05/10/2011 13:35
Well finally the Evoque has launched throughout the Land Rover Dealer Network in the UK.....
By 48OE Admin on 03/10/2011 16:30
It was a strange collection of Land Rovers that was amassed in Norway....
By 48OE Admin on 25/09/2011 15:00
Is it only me that sees a clear connection between much of the Banking crisis and.............
By 48OE Admin on 23/09/2011 10:13
I have left it a little while before writing any thoughts about the LRO Peterborough Show............
By 48OE Admin on 21/09/2011 16:52
Very many thanks to all the visitors and customers who came to see us at the Peterborough Show.......
By 48OE Admin on 13/09/2011 18:00
It is not often I get stopped in my tracks....
By 48OE Admin on 24/08/2011 08:32
Whenever a number of show traders in the Land Rover world get together, apart from moaning about the state of the nation, talk inevitably turns to....
By 48OE Admin on 22/08/2011 07:16
I had to fill in a form recently and paused at 'Occupation' - it set me thinking.....
By 48OE Admin on 19/08/2011 10:49
We exhibited at Land Rover Max Stoneleigh Show for the first time last weekend........
By 48OE Admin on 18/08/2011 11:36
I had only planned two Land Rover Show blogs but realised I could not omit stories about the weather......
By 48OE Admin on 15/08/2011 09:35
Food has always been an interesting subject. Most showground catering is not the best......
By 48OE Admin on 12/08/2011 09:48
Sorry for a more serious blog, but I watched a stunning contrast of life in our times this week.....
By 48OE Admin on 09/08/2011 07:20
You never really know what you are going to get at a show. At the end of some we vow 'never again!'.....
By 48OE Admin on 05/08/2011 18:04
There was a very moving section on Top Gear this week....
By 48OE Admin on 02/08/2011 07:35
Many of us give names to our Land Rovers...
By 48OE Admin on 31/07/2011 18:18
No, its not a spelling mistake.....
By 48OE Admin on 28/07/2011 08:32
Well an army may march on its stomach, but I can tell you so do we...
By 48OE Admin on 26/07/2011 07:10
For those of you that came to the 1948 Original Equipment stand at the Billing Show you will have seen ‘Monty’.....
By 48OE Admin on 25/07/2011 18:37
We have had a bit of a gap in the blog due to shows and general exhaustion...
By 48OE Admin on 08/07/2011 16:06
Our ability to learn seems totally disproportionate to our selfishness.....
By 48OE Admin on 04/07/2011 17:53
I have not seen one of those black and white silent comedy films for years.......
By 48OE Admin on 30/06/2011 08:14
Now I could be talking about rabbits with the problems we currently have at home....
By 48OE Admin on 29/06/2011 07:36
It really does make you feel good when work goes well....
By 48OE Admin on 27/06/2011 13:30
Well we had just about everything: -  fun, rain, sunshine, humour, a lightning strike on a roof tent.....
By 48OE Admin on 24/06/2011 17:01
Regular visitors to the show will know us and our team....
By 48OE Admin on 22/06/2011 09:12
Over the years we have employed many students during their holiday periods.....
By 48OE Admin on 21/06/2011 10:35
There has been talk of a film about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton being produced....
By 48OE Admin on 20/06/2011 08:39
I conclude my words on books with the fourth section of my bookcase. We are still talking about Land Rovers, accidentally and intentionally.....
By 48OE Admin on 16/06/2011 17:59
The obvious one is 'Does this make my bum look big?'.....
By 48OE Admin on 15/06/2011 14:13
Up at 5.00 am and we steered the Hummer down the drive from the log cabin.....
By 48OE Admin on 12/06/2011 11:27
My third section of books is for all the would be Blashford Snells or those that want to 'boldly go'...
By 48OE Admin on 11/06/2011 13:22
We have bought a new trailer which, with a following wind ....
By 48OE Admin on 10/06/2011 07:28
With Her Majesty in the press recently hosting the visit of Barack Obama it brought back memories of when I was rather obsessed with my own importance....
By 48OE Admin on 09/06/2011 07:50
It is surprising how many books have been written about, featuring, or around Land Rovers. What is equally surprising is that very few of them are interesting.....
By 48OE Admin on 05/06/2011 09:29
What is it about the X-Factor........
By 48OE Admin on 03/06/2011 08:39
I am a liberal sort of guy....
By 48OE Admin on 02/06/2011 12:21
We were very lucky and already we want one...
By 48OE Admin on 01/06/2011 08:33
We have just found a new manufacturer in.....
By 48OE Admin on 31/05/2011 17:27
It is heartening to see so many Land Rovers creeping into TV shows...
By 48OE Admin on 29/05/2011 16:02
A funny thing happed to us in Herefordshire...
By 48OE Admin on 27/05/2011 17:24
We were trying to raise money for a business venture about 20 years ago...
By 48OE Admin on 26/05/2011 12:32
I stood in the entrance to a foreign land...
By 48OE Admin on 25/05/2011 15:24
 I love green but there are so many sides to every story...
By 48OE Admin on 24/05/2011 09:56
Iceland is back in the news....
By 48OE Admin on 23/05/2011 07:01
The fantastic new Land Rover Experience at London Luton has just opened...
By 48OE Admin on 22/05/2011 11:06
Finally after about three years we picked up our Brockhouse trailer...
By 48OE Admin on 21/05/2011 10:51
Every now and then we have to cross the border into Wales.....
By 48OE Admin on 20/05/2011 18:31
We all know that, when driving, men do not like criticism (they consider themselves great drivers)...
By 48OE Admin on 19/05/2011 14:44
When asked what car you would buy if you won the lottery takes some thinking about....
By 48OE Admin on 16/05/2011 07:17
We have heard on the grapevine...
By 48OE Admin on 14/05/2011 17:37
Today we have eaten our first wild alpine strawberries.
By 48OE Admin on 13/05/2011 15:41
We have just booked our Tipi for Billing.
By 48OE Admin on 12/05/2011 17:27
Yes we are definitely Land Rover mad but..
By 48OE Admin on 11/05/2011 18:02
We are very lucky, we have a small village two miles away and in it is the most fantastic garage. Yes some may say old fashioned but for us it is the jewel in the crown......