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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
HAMMER TIME - Kevin Baldwin and Wayne Mitchelson hitch a ride on an extreme Safari Gard rock-crawling buggy in California OUT OF THIS WORLD - The scores have been totted up for our annual World's Best Off-Roader test. How will Land Rover fare? - LEARNING THE ROPES - Iain Noble reports on LRW's 'off-road newcomers' training in Wales under Kev Baldwin's expert instruction FEAR AND LOATHING...What better way to start married life than a road trip from Cairo to Cape Town? Peter Simpson tells all... WIN OUR TOP 110 CAMPER - The LRW team are stunned at Project Penthouse's transformation and take it greenlaning in Shropshire PROMISED LAND - Garry Stuart heads for the hills in France to attend Landmania - a Land Rover show in picturesque Provence LAND ROVER LIVE! - A stunning, snowy shot in Iceland's extreme conditions IGNITION - This month, winch controversy and the Rhino Charge '05 TORQUE - Your letters and emails NEW PRODUCTS - The latest Land Rover gadgets and accessories CLUB NEWS - A round-up of news from Land Rover clubs CALENDAR - 2005 is packed-full of Land Rover events OFF-ROAD CENTRES - A comprehensive list of the UK's off-road sites CLUB DIRECTORY - Find your perfect Land Rover club OFF THE SHELF - Tony Spence reviews Olle Strandberg's Jambo BACK ISSUES - Buy any issue of LRW from the last three years NEXT MONTH - LRW's September issue goes on sale 4 August COUNTRY ROADS - Phil Llewellin fondly recalls the Range Rover Sport launch Q&A - Shion Scudamore answers the latest Land Rover queries from your letters and emails NICE RACK - Liveridge 4x4 shows you how to fit a roof rack. Plus, enter our Bearmach competition SPRING CLEAN - Is your Land Rover in need of a road spring overhaul? John Smith shows you how RUBBER SOLUTION - Avoid mechanical mayhem under your Land Rover's bonnet by fitting a new cambelt OUR LAND ROVERS - Tony Sinclair adopts a Series I; trialling the Dinosaur; and the ARC National 2005 HEAVYHUBS EXPERIENCE - Three friends and a Series III rumble from Machynlleth, Wales, to Lisboa in Portugal GAYDON SHOW - LRWs Production Editor Anna Xenakis visits the Land Rover show at Gaydon GOLDEN OLDIES - John Smith takes a look at pre-production Land Rovers L07, R08 and L09 CLASSIC KIT - John Carroll's written confession about how he came to own a Superwinch Snatch Block SMALL WORLD - Mike Hardiman looks at the miniature versions of the Minerva Series I Land Rover
Article Snippets
Stupid Stunts: Years ago I thought Greenpeace were cool. I was a member because I felt that whales should be able to swim freely in the world's oceans without having to face factory whaling ships that hunted these fantastic mammals in a ruthless, industrial way. I remember being appalled when representatives of the French establishment deliberately sank Greenpeace's ship Rainbow Warrior, killing one of the crew in New Zealand because the ship had been protesting the French nuclear testing in the South Pacific. I was ashamed to discover I was a member of the same international canoe club as one of the perpetrators of the sinking. Now, I think Greenpeace sucks. Saving the whales and attempting to stop nuclear testing seem like noble and worthwhile causes, while having its activists chain themselves to the Range Rover production line smacks of being a cheap publicity stunt. If an organisation has to resort to stupid stunts to further its cause, one can be forgiven for questioning the veracity of the campaign at all. This stunt conveniently ignores the fact that vilifying one type of car, the 4x4, is simply not going to deal with the problem of traffic in towns or climate change. Car manufacturers are moving towards cleaner and deaner engines and alternative fuels in the form of . LPG have long been popular with the 4x4 fraternity. Doing anything that might damage a large Midlands employer by singling it out seems naive and selfish to the point of criminal stupidity. Is getting a few minutes on the news and a few criminal records really going to change anything at all? And finally, is attacking Land Rover really the best option when its products transport conservation agencies to far flung corners of the world in order to conserve everything from lions and elephants to National Trust land around Britain?
