-Being a Land Rover enthusiast (though for reliability, a Toyota Land Cruiser is the daily driver), I subscribe to a UK Land Rover magazine, being mailed to the

-Being a Land Rover enthusiast (though for reliability, a Toyota Land Cruiser is the daily driver), I subscribe to a UK Land Rover magazine, being mailed to the rather sparsely populated community I call home on an island off the northwestern coast of Norway. Now, a sure sign that winter is coming is that the editorials in LRM brims with expectation; soon the white mayhem will cause Britain to shut down, and Land Rover owners will again be called upon to brave the elements and go where no ordinary vehicle can go, shopping for the elderly and so on, as they are confined to their homes by a couple of inches of white powder on the ground. (Yes, I exaggerate a little for effect.) I usually read this after having used the tractor to remove the night's 10-12 inches of snowfall from the driveway, so that my kids can ride their bikes to school. A few years ago, I sent LRM a photo of my great aunt, living outside Kirkenes just a tad south of 70 degrees north (and, incidentally, east of Istanbul, but I digress). She - in her early nineties - made short work of the snow and ice in her old Toyota Corolla. It's all about what you are used to; just about any vehicle is quite capable in the wintertime if the driver adjusts properly to the conditions. LRM didn't print my photo, though.