Drove it, not very far but far enough to get things up to temperature. Practising my double de clutching and remembering that first gear is pretty much redundant when there is no weight on the vehicle.
It was only when it was back in the garage that I realised how much I had missed it. That feeling of driving the vehicle and enjoying the connection, the notion that what you do has some positive impact and that you don't walk away with the feeling that it would all have gone so much better if you had just stopped touching the controls..
Then there were the aromas, hot oil, hot metal, warm petrol, something that smells like a vehicle rather than a sewing machine.
The reminiscing about all those previous Land Rovers, both my own and government owned. All the way back to when I first drove one all those years ago (55 since you ask) as a 13 year old.
Yes, I know, I'm a sentimental old tool but some things in life leave their impression on you and series Land Rovers are in that category in a way that even a coil sprung 110 cannot match