Cameron Highlands - Landies

There are reputed to be 7,000 old Land Rovers in the Cameron Highlands district.  There could be more, nobody knows for sure the true number.  First brought here by the British Army during the Emergency, and imported in numbers since, they are the farmers work horse.  Local's  say they are the only vehicle that can stand the strain of the highlands terrain, a testament to the over engineered early Land Rover design.  No urban softy this one!!  .

The farmers only pay 10% road tax on the Rovers as long as the vehicle is not driven off the Highlands, hence the identifying CH painted on the doors.

It is amazing to drive through the towns up here and pass aging disgracefully, Land Rover after Land Rover, all looking bashed and battered.

But all good things come to an end as they must.  After the final act of cannibalism to keep his mates alive, what remains of the carcass is left by the wayside to become part of nature again.  Ashes to ashes, rust to dust etc.