Transplant from the UK!

[jharphoto]

Hello there!

New green card holder here, just moved from London, UK to Bentonville, Arkansas!

I've been stalking this Ranger forum from the UK since the start of the year and had been lusting after a Cactus Grey Tremor. I've previously owned a few sporty VW's (Polo and Scirocco R), a sporty BMW M328i and then settled into a 2007 Land Rover Freelander 2 that we kitted out for rooftop tent camping and toured across the UK and Europe with our Border Collie (Mila) from Scotland all the way down to Switzerland and Italy, a few mountains passes and driving over 2700m/8800ft up through Italian mountains in Susa.

Somehow managed to score what was the ideal Ranger for us, a Cactus Grey XLT Tremor, so thought I'd say hi and hopefully meet some likeminded folk.
I'm hoping - after we buy property here - to build this Ranger into a little camper. Maybe GFC or a bed rack with BDV Duo if anyone has experience with either/both.

Anyone based in or nearby NW Arkansas it'd be great to be in touch!

Or if anyone knows of any great trails we could drive in a stock Tremor, I'd love to see them.

I'll leave some photos of the truck from a gravel drive into Missouri today.
Land Rover and Mila photo attached for good measure!

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[Fx4ranger2019Larait]

Welcome to America and the forum congrats on the Tremor. Be careful on this forum though money will fly out of the pockets?

 

[TJC]

London to Bentonville, Ark is a big jump, in distance, climate and culture. Welcome to the USA, and to the Ranger5g forum!

 

[jflogerzi]

welcome and you picked the right color?

 

[Joeiconic]

Welcome to Walmart!

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Welcome Joe,

Let us know if you see this guy cruising around…

Oh, and don’t follow him - he doesn’t really know his way around and is likely lost.

 

[LT Dangle]

Hello there!

New green card holder here, just moved from London, UK to Bentonville, Arkansas!

Wow, talk about a change in scenery!! ??

Welcome to the US!! what brings you "across the pond"?

 

[jharphoto]

Wow, talk about a change in scenery!! ??

Welcome to the US!! what brings you "across the pond"?

Thanks, all!

Funnily enough my wife is from Hot Springs so we started looking at options in the US. Between NYC and LA for work and then we finally settled on Bentonville as I work primarily in the cycling industry with photo and video.
So far loving it here.

Welcome Joe,

Let us know if you see this guy cruising around…

Oh, and don’t follow him - he doesn’t really know his way around and is likely lost.

Been keeping an eye out for other Tremors but so far have only seen a dark grey one near Hot Springs.

Are you local also?

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Thanks, all!

Funnily enough my wife is from Hot Springs so we started looking at options in the US. Between NYC and LA for work and then we finally settled on Bentonville as I work primarily in the cycling industry with photo and video.
So far loving it here.



Been keeping an eye out for other Tremors but so far have only seen a dark grey one near Hot Springs.

Are you local also?

Oh, I’m far from local - Toronto, Canada. That’s not my Tremor. It belongs to someone else. You might be a bit late to the party to get the joke being made by my post but some of the members, especially the OGs, will understand it.

So, do you do event photography, free-ride videos, both, something completely different?

 

[jharphoto]

Oh, I’m far from local - Toronto, Canada. That’s not my Tremor. It belongs to someone else. You might be a bit late to the party to get the joke being made by my post but some of the members, especially the OGs, will understand it.

So, do you do event photography, free-ride videos, both, something completely different?

Ah I see!

A bit of everything really, a lot of races and branded content. There's a lot of gravel and MTB races local or driving distance so that was a big reason to move here.
You can see a selection here: joeharperstudio.com

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Ah I see!

A bit of everything really, a lot of races and branded content. There's a lot of gravel and MTB races local or driving distance so that was a big reason to move here.
You can see a selection here: joeharperstudio.com

Whoa!

Very nice, I was expecting to see a lot of this…

It was a very pleasant surprise to see the high quality of your work.

 

[jharphoto]

Whoa!

Very nice, I was expecting to see a lot of this…

It was a very pleasant surprise to see the high quality of your work.

Thanks for the kind words!

Although I most likely shoot a lot of these 'jobs' for the making a living part but don't post them up for the world to see ? Looking forward to more events in better weather than we're used to in the UK.
Have to say I wish mountain biking still looked like this!

I've seen a few mountain bikers on the forum so if anyone is in NWA then give me a shout!

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Thanks for the kind words!

Although I most likely shoot a lot of these 'jobs' for the making a living part but don't post them up for the world to see ? Looking forward to more events in better weather than we're used to in the UK.
Have to say I wish mountain biking still looked like this!

I've seen a few mountain bikers on the forum so if anyone is in NWA then give me a shout!

You mean it doesn’t look like that anymore!? I must admit, it was quite a while ago. ?

 

[jflogerzi]

Thanks, all!

Funnily enough my wife is from Hot Springs so we started looking at options in the US. Between NYC and LA for work and then we finally settled on Bentonville as I work primarily in the cycling industry with photo and video.
So far loving it here.



Been keeping an eye out for other Tremors but so far have only seen a dark grey one near Hot Springs.

Are you local also?

My wife has family in siloam springs. Been there a few times. Its a nice chance of pace from CA.

 

[Hickesy]

Welcome from another Brit with a CG Ranger.

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