Horizon Chasing
Thanks for dropping by. This is Sam Watson’s blog – sometimes writer for various magazines, traveller, writer, geographer, conservationist and itinerant scruff. Insta – samwatson4994 / X – SamWatson__ / Fb – Sam Watson
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Back in Britain for a few days
So…. midsummer in Britain. The harvest is being gathered around my home in rural Yorkshire and nearby York was thronged with tourists today. Not a great deal of overland interest – I was planning to drive to Albania but circumstances conspired to change my plans (not least of which the fact that the disastrous American…
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Range Rover LWB 2016
“Welcome my son, welcome to The Machine” After the failure of my Transamerica trip I was a bit at a loose end as regards transport. Penny the Land Rover languishes in despond in a garage in Decorah, Iowa, and I’m back in Virginia. Enter Land Rover North America, who very kindly lent me a car.…
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“Muddycheffing”
A thoroughly absorbing and enthusing few days at the Land Rover Muddy Chef Challenge in Connecticut. Land Rover North America lent me a brand new top-spec Range Rover to drive up from Virginia, and what a car it is! I will post separately on the Grey Lady however. Organiser Eric Yohe put a huge amount…
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Camping Stateside
A lot of my time in the US has been spent wild camping or camping on (ugh) managed sites. It’s worth recording some thoughts on decent kit from this trip, as some of it has surprised me and I want to pass on appreciation of some products. Tents – When using my own trucks I…
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Muddy Chef Challenge
I like Virginia. In fact I like everything I’ve seen of the US and Canada so far. It’s very apparent why this part of the world was named ‘New England’ by the Colonists – the woodland, the rolling farmland and the green hills are very reminiscent of the UK. I was very much reminded of…
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In Virginia
So its midnight 11 in Virginia….. being kindly hosted by two State Dept friends as my buddy who set this US trip in motion had to head west for family business when the trip fell flat due to poor vehicle preparation. Been chatting to several LR guys over here in the US and potentially a…
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