We travel the World in a classic Land Rover Defender 130, 300TDI camper
Goodbye to the old Milady Landy On February 23rd 2019 we said goodbye to the oldMilady Landy. Our travel car has found a worthy new home with the Sierdsma family in Friesland. Henk-Paul and Naomi and their two daughters are very happy with their new “experience” as Naomi called the car. After the visit on … Read more
Land Rover 109 old timer; series 3; 1980 (tax free next year); diesel 200(t)di (revised in 2016); 73.578 miles; right hand drive; Completely restored by the current owner. Ready for camping adventures (see extras below). Standard: seats/benches in the back (when the cupboards are not installed) ; lots of space; spare wheel on the rear … Read more
After the terrible drive on the Tanzanian Roads we arrive in Tabora on 27th September for the necessary repairs to Milady Landy.Tabora is a busy province town with a crowded market with lots of stands and shops, schools, a university and other conveniences. Supreme Auto Garage, a Toyota-dealer annex garage is also established in the … Read more
Mysteries of an old lady (7) As we drive into Tanzania we take the road to Kigoma, we would like to see the chimpanzees in Gombe National Park. Upto Mpanda the road is fine, with occasionally some potholes and gravel, then the gravel road starts. Several people advised us not to take the road to Kigoma, it seems … Read more
We are now in Tanzania and Milady has had a hard time, but OK, the first 10,000 km have been driven. Leaf spring In Zambezi, Zambia, we have repaired the leaf spring rear right, which turned out to be broken again. A great welding job at a difficult part. After this job the roof rack is also … Read more
This Part 3 of the mysteries of our old lady I honestly did not expect at all. But then the first parts not really … The rise Yesterday on the way to Moremi we were surprised by an extremely bad road. From Maun about 20km of the road was paved after that the dirt road … Read more
Once I removed the leaf springs Milady showed very clearly why she leaned left.One of the blades of the spring was broken at the suspension. Fortunately, I had new springs ordered through Jaco on Thursday and Jaco himself delivered them on Monday at the appointed time, late afternoon, to the campsite. I went straight to work … Read more
If you drive an old lady like Milady Landy (a 1980 Series Land Rover), there are sometimes mysteries you must solve … Fuel supply As already written in Misery with Milady there was something wrong with the fuel supply, the front tank did not engage well. Especially on the way to and in Etosha this problem … Read more
The Misery of Milady all started on the boat from Antwerp to Walvis Bay, or was it in the port of Walvis Bay, nobody knows or wants to tell.On Friday, July 29th, 2016 Milady Landy has arrived at the port of Walvis Bay, as ro-ro cargo on the American Highway. There she was stored in the … Read more
Milady Landy is ready to be shipped. Today we packed our clothes and loaded them into the car. 5 packs each and a bag with shoes. Tomorrow we will drive her to Antwerp where we will hand Milady over in for shipping to Walvis Bay.