All, we are currently in the Lake District on our Hols. RR seems to be okay other than the climb up to where we are staying is leaving the ol’ girl stinking once we get to our accommodation. It’s probably a good 2 mile climb up some very narrow windy roads, all at speeds ranging from walking pace to about 20mph max.
The temp gauge seems to stay smack bang in the middle and I’m getting no warning lights on, however it just smells really hot. After having a quick peer under the bonnet nothings seems to be a miss.
My daughters with us in her VW T-Roc and that doesn’t seem to smell at all after the same climb.
Any thoughts?

Try carefully touching each rear wheel, just in case the brake calipers are sticking.
Mike G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Perhaps I should add it’s a 4.4tdv8.

Mike, both rear wheels are certainly colder than the fronts.

What kind of smell is it? ( front brakes hotter than rear is good) 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

It’s certainly coming from under the bonnet area.

Mine had a tiny leak from the top hose to thermostat housing which led to a very sweet hot smell. No smell since I changed the hose.

Davlyn wrote:

Perhaps I should add it’s a 4.4tdv8.

Has it had the oil cooler gaskets and o-rings done? The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom

Still need to hear from the OP the nature of the smell...... 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

Well after completing the same climb back up to our accommodation this evening I decided to use the flappy paddles to keep the revs down slightly. It seems that the RR likes to hold onto 3rd a little longer than I think it ought too. The result was a much less smelly engine once back at our accommodation. Figure that out…

If it hasn't been done then I am with oil cooler

That seems to make sense. Is it a DIY job or send it off to the Indy?

Davlyn, have a look at the wiki, if you are handy with the spanners seems straight forward, I am not so had it done,

Davlyn wrote:

Well after completing the same climb back up to our accommodation this evening I decided to use the flappy paddles to keep the revs down slightly. It seems that the RR likes to hold onto 3rd a little longer than I think it ought too. The result was a much less smelly engine once back at our accommodation. Figure that out…

Davlyn wrote:

Perhaps I should add it’s a 4.4tdv8.