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Land Rover Owner International Show 2023 at Belvoir Castle, near Grantham, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Saturday 9th September 2023.

About the photograph.

This is a heavily modified Land Rover Defender, modified for extreme off-roading, and is taking part in a live action show at a Land Rover show.

Note the roll bars over the roof, the winch on the front, and the rugged looking tyres (tires), all of which are part of the modifications.

The guy in the Union Flag T-shirt is the driver or the co-driver of this rugged Defender.

What they were doing, was to attach their winch cable to another Land Rover, seen below them, at the bottom of the photo, so they can use their winch to help their Defender climb up the most difficult slope, to get on top of high ground.

Having done that, they are seen in the photo, putting the winch cable back, and preparing for the next stage which is to come down.

This was happening as part of the live action show, to showcase the Land Rover’s capacities of dealing with the rugged landscape.

The weather was very hot, even thought it was September, it was as hot as a July weather, and I’ll explain what happened to me in the next chapter, below.
 
About the day.
 
In the early morning, I woke up, got ready, and took a three hour drive to Belvoir Castle, but that morning was already very warm, with a cloudless sky and the sun beating down on the land.

By the time I got there, I was already feeling very hot. I wore light coloured t-shirt, lightweight trousers, and a lot of sun cream, plus plenty of water.

Sadly, after about a couple of hours, I became a bit overheated in the burning sky, there weren’t much shades around, and it was kind of a heatwave of some sort.

So I had to give up, and return home to avoid getting a heat stroke, I only took like about 400 shots, and that was all I could manage.

When I got home, I had to have a cool down and a rest, and thankfully managed to stay well.
 
Land Rover Owner International Show.

Land Rover Owner, often abbreviated as LRO, is a British monthly magazine for Land Rover enthusiasts, published by a company based in Peterborough. The full title is often Land Rover Owner International.

It first started in July 1987 by a group of East Anglian businessmen, and was a mainly black and white 40 pages magazine. By the mid-1990s, it was bought by a publishing group, and became one of the popular Land Rover magazines.

The Land Rover Owner International Show is a yearly event ran by the magazine, and usually during the weekend in September. It features many various Land Rover vehicles on display, and includes an action arena for Land Rover drivers to display their driving skills.
 
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Taken in: UK / England / Melton District / Belvoir (show map)

Taken on: September 9, 2023

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