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ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black

Trip to Spain

Hi Guys,

Just back from a month's trip to Southern Spain, 6 adults, probably 250kg on the roof, in my Defender, she did 2030 miles, never missed a beat and used no oil, we experienced temperatures exceeding 42 degees C ( well thats when my Lidle OAT gauge gave up

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We had been given the use of an apartment by a friend but camped on the way down and back to Santander. We used a Landie Tent, an RV4 Oztent and a £25 Tesco cheapie. All performed well, but we were really impressed with the Oztent, so simple, it really is a matter of minutes to put it up/down, it's only downside is the weight, whereas I can put it up/down on my own it takes 2 to get it on/off the roof rack. The Landie tent was also quick and easy, actually probably faster than the Oztent if you ignore the pegs! The Tesco tent, well a simple 3 man mini dome tent, took about 5 mins to get up down, the storage bag was too small to re-pack and the zip broke, but it was only £25!

Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

6th Sep 2013 1:06pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

Great stuff, I spent 5 weeks touring Spain in May this year in the 110... Such a beautiful country. Cue plenty of Defender photos in Spain...

6th Sep 2013 1:20pm

Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

Re: Trip to Spain

ChrisCM wrote:
Hi Guys,

Just back from a month's trip to Southern Spain, 6 adults, probably 250kg on the roof, in my Defender, she did 2030 miles, never missed a beat and used no oil, we experienced temperatures exceeding 42 degees C ( well thats when my Lidle OAT gauge gave up .

We had been given the use of an apartment by a friend but camped on the way down and back to Santander. We used a Landie Tent, an RV4 Oztent and a £25 Tesco cheapie. All performed well, but we were really impressed with the Oztent, so simple, it really is a matter of minutes to put it up/down, it's only downside is the weight, whereas I can put it up/down on my own it takes 2 to get it on/off the roof rack. The Landie tent was also quick and easy, actually probably faster than the Oztent if you ignore the pegs! The Tesco tent, well a simple 3 man mini dome tent, took about 5 mins to get up down, the storage bag was too small to re-pack and the zip broke, but it was only £25!

Chris

That sounds like a great trip, were all six of you in the Landy? Cosy! Bet that was a right laugh. Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

6th Sep 2013 1:39pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

Yes indeed, we were particularly impressed with their road infrastructure, the main motorway to/from Santander is spectacular! Now I know where all the Eutro millions went!

And yes, 1000s of photos, and somehow Landy manages to get into quite a few

I would have posted some but I'm still having problems getting them on here.

Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

6th Sep 2013 1:42pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

Yes, six of us, and on the way back + a full sized brass bulldog SWMBO bought in a market

so he got a seat and seatbelt!

It was a bit tight but we made it a rule to stop every couple of hours so we could stretch our legs, the two in the back managed to arrange themselves in a sort of half lying down position so were quite comfortable and they could see out, those in the 2nd row probably drew the short straw re leg room but managed to sit at an angle so not too bad, I was in the pilots seat so no problem for me

, SWMBO in the co-pilots, so other than having her several handbags, kitchen sink etc in there with her she was fine.

Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

6th Sep 2013 1:57pm

Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

Never mind the landy photos I want to see the full sized brass bulldog!!

Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

6th Sep 2013 2:13pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

I"ll se what I can do..... 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

6th Sep 2013 9:57pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

Here he is, back home now,, btw seems he's called Wellington

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Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

7th Sep 2013 1:01pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Re: Trip to Spain

ChrisCM wrote:
probably 250kg on the roof

Is that with the rack in your gallery - looks like an LR one? Any issues on the mountings or roof guttering?

7th Sep 2013 2:48pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

Hi Supacat,

Yes it is a LR one and no, no issues the mountings and gutter are fine, their are 5 large mounting feet per side so it's pretty strong, according to the handbook the roof load limit is 150kg including the rack so not to far over

,even the fuel consumption was ok I haven't worked out the mpg exactly but the total fuel cost for the trip was approx £460, which think is pretty reasonable for 2000+ miles, about 25mpg? I have a chequerplate 2x1m sheet on top of the rack and this was a great help. I thoroughly recommend it.

Here is a photo showing it loaded, I was careful to keep the load as low as possible and spread over the roof back from the front.

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Chris 2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

7th Sep 2013 3:31pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

thanks for the info and additional photo

just weighing up the usefulness of a rack and was impressed with what you managed to get up there. have seen total load weight from 75kg upwards, so yours is quite a significant one and good to know the roof will take it.

Just an update - spoke with one of the Patriot chaps at the LRO Show yesterday. Asked him about the roof loadings and his take on the various limits - 75kg or 150kg I've read about - is that it's not to do with the loadings the roof will take before being damaged but actually the effect weight high up will have on the vehicle's centre of gravity and the quoted lean/tilt angles the vehicle is safe to drive at.

Last edited by Supacat on 9th Sep 2013 2:04pm. Edited 1 time in total

7th Sep 2013 7:16pm

Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

Great pics, loving the bulldog

He didn't look too chuffed with the journey though! Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

9th Sep 2013 1:37pm

ChrisCM

Member Since: 10 Jun 2013
Location: Cornwall uk
Posts: 572

He probably doesn't appreciate the cold back here in Blighty

2010 Defender 110 Station Wagon, Santorini Black.

9th Sep 2013 1:56pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

"cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass bulldog" does not have the same ring to it...

9th Sep 2013 2:15pm

Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

It could catch on! Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

10th Sep 2013 9:46am

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