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Nice! Definitely a fan of the low-tech approach. Sometimes all the gear can become a distraction.

Looks like you're trying to link from a Google pics account and the pictures aren't public?

Side street, Sedona. There was just time that evening for one last hike around the base of Coffee Pot Rock. In England this would be called Teapot Rock of course. The fading sun made for some stunning lighting on the rock towers. I’d used what remaining electronic equipment I had to...

A long afternoon’s drive brought me back to Flagstaff. I stopped to look at Sunset Crater national monument, but at $20 entry and without a trail that lets you walk up it, I passed. Instead I settled for a free drive round some forest roads across the other side of US89. Great to have not only...

No kidding - slightly more than half the size of England. Thanks for the tips - I would love to go back sometime, but it's not likely to be soon!

Suffice to say, Valley of the Gods is definitely worth a look. I later realised I'd seen it before in this article on ExPo, amongst other places. I kept stopping to take photos, only to be confronted with something still more amazing just around the corner. After around 10 miles, I...

As someone from the lesser-developed part of the UK, I am used to open country, but this was something else. Miles and miles of effectively unused land… but all with that little fence 50ft back from the road. Guess there are some folk out there sitting on a whole lot of acreage. Further on...

On the way through to Flagstaff I stopped by Sedona. Sure, it’s mega touristy, full of crystal healing types and rich families taking pink Jeep tours… but it sure is pretty. I live near somewhere very similar (Keswick in the UK) and the same theory applies here – town centre and popular trails...

WARNING: Contains uncensored images of a 2WD vehicle, lots of pavement and probably some British spellings. I read the boards on here with a degree of envy for all the superb backcountry travel you guys seem to enjoy in USA, particularly the southwest. Well, the chance arose to head that way...

Awesome trip. There's a distinct lack of lockers/35s/RTT on that vehicle - looks completely stock? All the more awesome. There was an article in one of the UK LR mags a few years back about a couple that drove an L322 London - Cape Town, and when they got there the only failure was the parking...

Great looking Discovery. And trip. Jealousy factor 4000.

This is how is should be. Thanks for the write up.

Out exploring a couple of weeks back during a particularly un-British spell of sunshine:

...and finally: US93 south, near Las Vegas, NV, August 2012 (and yes, a Corvette is a valid overland vehicle!)

No vehicle, but... Wild camp, Red Pike, English Lake District, August 2015 After sunset, English Lake District, August 2015

Autoroute 26, northern France, August 2010

Strada Provinciale 412, Umbria, Italy, August 2010

Sounds like you've got it covered. It would be interesting to know what performance is like after all the mods. I image a VVT would make a big difference, most of what makes the Td5 feel 'slow' to drive is the turbo lag.

With all that weight on the back and a tuned Td5 under the bonnet, I would say you're going to have to watch your exhaust gas temperature pretty closely. Have you done anything about the inherent weakness in the exhaust manifold? The excessive web between the pipes is known to cause the whole...

This has done nothing to diminish my hugely romanticized idea of the West of America. Thanks for the write-up!