Last weekend Sporting Scotland hosted its second stag do this month with a full blown Highland Games, completely out of season. In February sub-zero temperatures, they competed in hammer throw, shot put, weight for distance, caber tossing, haggis throw and barrel rolling thrown for good measure!

If you want to train, check out these guys on Facebook Cornhill Tug-o-war-team!

Thule self-tensioning snow chains. Mounting time about 2 minutes without having to drive onto the chains or move the car. Dismantling time 30 seconds – you might need to drive off the chain. We import them from Italy. Price on request.

Land Rover celebrates its 70th anniversary this year and to commemorate its journey, the company plan to restore the original Land Rover. It will be a year-long mission before the historical prototype is fully restored and ready to be driven again.

http://www.trusteddealers.co.uk/bloig/70-years-iconic-land-rover/

Having worked in Africa and Europe with these vehicles for over 35 years, I am waiting for the wall of silence on the successor to be lifted – until then we will be hanging on to our Defenders so our clients can continue to enjoy this brilliant classic.