{"id":41140,"date":"2015-06-29T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=41140"},"modified":"2022-06-14T12:39:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:39:24","slug":"first-land-rover-overland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/first-land-rover-overland\/","title":{"rendered":"First Land Rover Overland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>No doubt many of us wish we had the time, money and TV good looks to do a Ewan McGregor (and his mate) and embark on a motorised mega trip to lands far away and adventures extreme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1955, when an Oxbridge degree still carried more weight than the Jedi mind trick, Tim Slessor and five other graduates persuaded Rover and the BBC to back them on just such a jaunt. The result was the first journey between London and Singapore, using only a Land Rover to move them.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Slessor was the chronicler of the journey, helping work camera and penning the narrative of the trip, resulting in his 1957 book \u2018First Overland\u2019 which has become a seminal work for expedition literature.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps unsurprisingly Slessor went on to have a career at the BBC and later became a freelance writer.<\/p>\n<p>In a great quote at the end of the preface of \u2018First Overland\u2019 he exonerates all adventurers that have gone after him, Ewan (and his mate) included:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhatever else the reader is tempted to think that we did, there is one thing that we did not do. We did not \u2018gallivant\u2019 &#8211; please. The Expedition has a deep and particular aversion to that verb.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/81CAuIxl4EL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/81CAuIxl4EL.jpg\" alt=\"81CAuIxl4EL\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>book chronicles first overland to Australia. 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