The Rover-Landers of BC

It will be here soon! Anyone coming over from the mainland this year?
Camping in the field is welcome and encouraged. I'd be glad to see anyone on Friday but things aren't really scheduled till Saturday the 12th. I have a good drive planned for Sunday for those who don't mind going off-road and getting some Island pin striping.

If you don't get here till Saturday, try to make it in the morning so you can get in on the lunch. Soon after lunch we'll be going for a drive to a local mountain top for the view and no scratch drive for those collector cars and highly waxed road biased Land Rovers.

Pot-luck dinner Saturday night and an evening shooting the breeze around the campfire round out the day. Sunday is the awards presentation at a local restaurant at breakfast followed by that off-road drive.

For details go to www.vanislelandrovernetwork.com

Hey Greg,
I plan to be there with my 90 and Bernie and his wife April plan to bring over their 110.
Bill

Hi Greg,

We are planning on being there again,

Cheers,
Andy

PS. We will bring some raffle prizes...

I am looking at coming with the family. Are there any others coming with smaller(4&7) humans in tow?

I will most likely be coming with the wife and my boy(4yrs)

Hi DiscoJonny,

Last year there were lots of small children there.
Mine are 8 & 11,
Cheers,
Andy

alright then, I will be there, looking forward to it. coming over on the morning ferry on saturday.

Note! We have 2 drives at our Van Isle Rally. A "no scratch" drive on Saturday afternoon and a "scratch and dent possible" drive on Sunday that only the hardy usually come on.
My son David came with me yesterday just before dinner and we went for a little drive to confirm the Sunday "off-road" route was open. Please be aware that it is more than likely (it's going to happen) that you will get some westcoast pin striping (brush scratches). The route is narrow and there are some off-camber sections. Some of the off-camber sections are also at narrow sections (possible dents). I made it all the way through with my 109 inch wheelbase Series IIA station wagon. I admit I did scratch the rear cross member on the ground a few times, but not hard. I also tapped a couple things underneath but just noise, not damage. At the end of the route, just as I was getting to the road, (the last 8 feet) I brushed against a side hill and got a scratch in the rear of the box by the exhaust, I choose a poor path for this last few feet. I doubt a full size domestic pick-up truck could make this route due to the width but I'm pretty sure the Land Rover products could; but not with a roof rack. There are some narrow sections with steep drop-offs so care is needed with tire placement.

There is about ten miles of track and it is only 8 miles from my front door. It took us two hours to do it but David reminded me I was going about three times faster than I should have been, so I expect our Sunday group should be able to do the drive in five or six hours. If need be there are short-cuts out of the place if time is running short.

The MAY 2010 issue of Petersen's Four Wheel and Off-Road magazine have placed Duncan's "The Bitch Trail" as one of their recommended "Must Do" trails for every off-roader before they retire. This is the area we will be wheeling in! There are a number of designated trails in the area that Petersen's group included in their "Ultimate Challenge 2002" but I think for their May 2010 "Bucket List" of trails to do, they are lumping the whole area under the one name. If someone feels they are up to the challenge and have lockers front and rear, a winch and 35" tires or better, I can point them to the section that is the actual "Bitch Trail" otherwise we are in the general area and I think you will find it a challenge. Yesterday, we went through the trail I have in mind without getting stuck and without having to winch or cut any trees.

The "No Scratch" Saturday drive is clear and open and I made a phone call to the local Hang Gliding club. We may be lucky enough to catch some hang gliders taking off at the top of the mountain.

Hmm, sounds like a tasty trail.

Job #1 for Friday is now to get the new clutch cylinders in the D90 so I can attack this with gusto and, erm, a clutch.

Actually, that's really handy motivation as a couple of well known Land Rover nuts will be 'round my place at some point that day and can be roped in to help in required :)

a big thank you to Greg for hosting the Rally. Lots of fun, great members, great food, great weather and very fun drives.

Aryo and I had a wonderful time. he called it "Landy Camp" and wanted the next one to start tomorrow, he was very sad when i told him we had to wait another year.

Thank you Greg for another great rover weekend, we all enjoyed it, and thank you for letting Colin and I ride along on Sunday.

Oliver, Shelley,Katie, and Colin

We got there late and left early but it was a great event. Hope to make it to the full thing next year. Thanks to all the organizers for all there hard work.

I have a bunch of pictures from the Island Rally, how can i load them up on the site?
they are pretty big in size to start emailing.

You should have a program on there somewhere that you can resize them with.

I wish i knew where....
so once i do that how do i get the pics loaded up in the photo gallery here. its asking for a login and i assume this is an admin access only.

I think they get sent to Bill Eastwood???

Yes. If you didn't see the message on the General Forum, they go to Bill Eastwood. His contact info should be in the Member list above or in the Contacts menus here http://roverlanders.bc.ca/

There are now some Vancouver Island Land Rover Rally photos added to the Gallery

http://roverlanders.bc.ca/gallery-photo ... .thumb.jpg

cheers,
Andy

More Photos are now posted in the gallery, including some from the June Whipsaw run and the BBQ at Rover Tech