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ian series 1

Member Since: 17 Nov 2014
Location: south
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2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Bonatti Grey

It all looks good to me.

80" 80" 86" 88" 90"

Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered.

29th Jun 2018 6:15am

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10381

Nice write up, thanks for sharing.

29th Jun 2018 6:28am

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Santorini Black

Thanks for the kind words ,mk1 collector I have never managed the super model tan golden brown ,red and pure white has been my look.The lovely village is Finchingfield out past Braintree ,if you are in the area their are some very nice roads mixed with small villages all the way up to Suffolk .

29th Jun 2018 7:01am

Grenadier

Member Since: 23 Jul 2014
Location: The foot of Mont Blanc...
Posts: 5804

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Corris Grey

^^^ Thanks Legin. We have some friends near Braintree actually, so next time we're over we'll find an excuse for a drive, perhaps to a nice pub?

BTW Legin, with regard to your tan, you do know you're in the home of fake tan (bottle, spray, bed) so you have no excuse for being pink and white. Stick in a nice set of veneers and you'll be right at home

Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

29th Jun 2018 9:28am

Slideywindows

Member Since: 09 Sep 2016
Location: North Essex
Posts: 1283

The Fox is in the middle of Finchingfield, Grenadier.

Try not to come on a Summer week-end, unless you really like motorbikes!

29th Jun 2018 9:39am

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

Definitely needed a warning before the BBQ photo

Nice write up Legin

I grew up in Coggeshall and went to school in Colchester. My parents are still in Coggeshall and I drop in most weeks when I'm working in London. It is a nice part of the world. To my mind north east Essex is much like Suffolk.

Although a little way from Coggeshall, my father's favourite pub is here: http://www.compasseslittleygreen.co.uk/ He was telling me he had been talking to someone there with a number of old landrovers - if that was anyone on here and you were bemused / offended......he is a bike man and cannot understand why anyone could get remotely excited about 'an agricultural vehicle'...noisy, slow, uncomfortable etc etc.

29th Jun 2018 11:27am

Zed

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2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

leeds wrote:
Ooops is that Essex sliding back down the estimation scale? Or is it a case of statistics dammed statistics? Cornwall figure is 20% longer then Essex so I suppose Essex lads/lasses etc will start to argue different.

Brendan

Costal erosion.

Bits of Cornwall are always falling into the sea.

Agree about that BBQ photo. I’ll be having bloomin’ nightmares for months.

29th Jun 2018 11:31am

JOW240725

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Location: Suffolk
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2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Don't forget Essex also has the Dedham Vale AONB, Constable Country which is beautiful. And that is praise indeed from a Suffolk Boy!

James
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29th Jun 2018 4:27pm

Tomcat 106

Member Since: 08 Jun 2015
Location: Essex, just.
Posts: 124

2016 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 CSW Corris Grey

Secret Essex

Great review and nice to hear the acknowledgement that it is not all full of TOWIE and Love Island nonsense 😄
Being lucky enough to be in the top end of the county we have a lot of nice villages that are off the commercial radar.
The Fox in Finchingfield +1
The Vine in Bardfield, Half moon in Belchamp St Paul are also nice watering holes.
Also worth a visit are the Essex villages on the Left side of the M11 corridor. MY15.5 110XS CSW
1956 88" S1
2004 Tomcat 106 Comp safari

29th Jun 2018 6:50pm

Rashers

Member Since: 21 Jun 2015
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3498

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey

"Also worth a visit are the Essex villages on the Left side of the M11 corridor"

You going north or south Tomcat?

Both sets of in-laws live around about Harlow. Some cracking villages around there

29th Jun 2018 8:11pm

Tomcat 106

Member Since: 08 Jun 2015
Location: Essex, just.
Posts: 124

Rashers.
I was thinking in terms of heading upwards....... although most of the villages in the Roding Valley are also very nice 👍 MY15.5 110XS CSW
1956 88" S1
2004 Tomcat 106 Comp safari

29th Jun 2018 8:26pm

Slideywindows

Member Since: 09 Sep 2016
Location: North Essex
Posts: 1283

Re: Secret Essex

Tomcat 106 wrote:

The Fox in Finchingfield +1
The Vine in Bardfield, Half moon in Belchamp St Paul are also nice watering holes.

I don't know the Half Moon, but the Vine is closely associated with my family as my grandfather married the girl next door, who was the Landlord of The Vine's daughter. My father virtually lived in the place.

Beware though - a group of Guns and scruffy beaters congregate in there on alternate Saturday afternoons in winter, after a day in the field.

A gathering of Defenders around Finchingfield pond would be interesting......

29th Jun 2018 8:51pm

Tomcat 106

Member Since: 08 Jun 2015
Location: Essex, just.
Posts: 124

^^^^

Now there’s an idea.......
It might upset the Ducati boys though!

MY15.5 110XS CSW
1956 88" S1
2004 Tomcat 106 Comp safari

29th Jun 2018 8:58pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7905

Re: Secret Essex

Slideywindows wrote:
A gathering of Defenders around Finchingfield pond would be interesting......

I'm in

29th Jun 2018 9:07pm

williamthedog

Member Since: 29 Dec 2012
Location: south wales
Posts: 3441

Re: ^^^^

Tomcat 106 wrote:
Now there’s an idea.......
It might upset the Ducati boys though!

Do they actually ride them down your way. Here they are usually at the dealers being repaired

29th Jun 2018 9:11pm

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