By the end of 1981, I had decided to change my career which had firstly been in building construction followed by the founding and building up of a flooring and ceramics firm in Andover, along with a rope and twine company.

That change was the founding of Britain's first four wheel drive magazine. The first issue of Overlander 4x4 was published in May 1982 ably helped by Brian Hartley and Mike Hallett. Originally I wanted to call the magazine 'Overland Rover', but Brian said that there wasn't enough to write about on the subject of solely Land Rovers and Range Rovers. How wrong can you be! Along with Brian the features writer, and Mike the technical writer I acknowledge with grateful thanks the following writers and contributors to 'Overlander 4x4' for it was all of you that helped found Britain's first four wheel drive magazine:-