My thoughts would be to drive with care and keep going unless the noise gets worse and/or the brake pedal degenerates ! then you know the bearing is getting bad.

The troub;le with being relayed is they do it in relays and takes a while and you need to photo your car in every detail before it gets relayed.

I think you will be unlucky not to make it back.

Enjoy your holiday and take care. My Money is on the fact that you'll make it ok.

Not familar with the FL set up, is it possible indeed do you have afew tools to enable you to get the dust cover off and force some grease in to the bearing.

If you can do this it certainly won't do any harm and might just help it to make the journey home.

Have you asked this question on a LR forum, someone might have another suggestion and/or they might just know of a French LR indy on your route home that could fix it for you.

Greasing wont help as the damage is already done, they become noisey when the hardening has failed. The likley hood of being able to reach it is zero.

Its under warranty so head for home when your ready. Drive with care which is what you have said and dont let it spoil your holiday.

I had an EGR valve failure whilst on holiday in the Pyrenees with my FR2 and a sensor failure on the way home displaying Steering column locked whilst driving but it got me home ok. I drove in relays over a few days and just made a trip of it and the further north we progressed meant less distance to be recovered but as luck was on our side we made it home complete with twin axle caravan

Edited by injection doc on 15/08/2011 at 16:17

I have driven tens of thousands of miles with noisey wheel bearings but have never head one fail, the only result I had was thinking I had gone deaf when I changed it.

Thanks folks for your supportive messages.....I have been checking the wheel for heat every time we stop but so far no hotter than the other wheels.....very disappointed with the car and with Stratstones, there is a chance it is the tyre, they supplied this 2 year old vehicle with brand new matador tyres (yuck) and so they could be faulty, but since we have been here we broke down going up Mount Ventoux (6k feet) when the rad fan failed to cut in, the car boiled and went into limp mode, we have noticed only half the heated windscreen works and one of the two fobs does not hold its charge, When I add to that the fact the door seals are coming away this is a very disappointing experience.

I will certainly be having strong words with Stratstones when we return and I suspect looking to see if there are any Xtrails around... a far more reliable proposition.