Born of necessity in post-war austerity the versatile Land Rover soon became a farming essential. Dave Phillips picks out the highlights of its off-roading career.This spring's blizzards, sub-zero temperatures and flooding delayed sowing for a month and meant animals were kept under cover instead of grazing on the fields. But as we moan about the changeable weather of 2018, spare a thought for the farmers of February and March 1947, who suffered the heaviest snowfalls and lowest temperatures ever recorded, followed by the worst floods in living memory.
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