ashley

That means you`ll be flying over my house as you land , give us a wave Ashley

Hi Lloyd, most of the buckets i have seen in ww2 use by the germans were of metallic in nature. Those markings are not of typicall german equiptment markings and the swastica stamp may well of been added to increase value and or falsify item (JMHO) Ashley

Guess :schocked: :schocked: :-D Ashley

Jack, have it earmarked all looks A O.K. at present Ashley

yes Jack, there was (many of which i missed) due to family duties and weather hey lee 61/2 hours (with the wind behind you) hats off too you and your fellow travellers i am sure we will meet again some time. I must admitt i liked the formatt of the arena activites not starting untill 12:00 HRS gave us all time to arrange our day. Ashley

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Hi, i think your friend should plow all his cash in to a top rate resto :roll: and may he could send me details of the trailer on board to give him more room in his garage :-D Ashley

Hi all, just returned from Beaulieu, christ what piss pour weather, but what a show which i believe will grow in the future. Had a very quick intro with lightweight but he moved camp early next morning (must have been the wife snoring but he claimed it was wind !! ) recognised some faces(vehicles) from here,met Berni, Ross and friends, but i was always engaged on some task or another to really seek members out :-(. Saturday was great weather wise and managed to get a few pictures to post later. Sunday things began to deteriorate with the rain etc and sunday night was pretty horrible which is when quite a few packed up (or blew away) As mentioned this was a great setting and there is room for large numbers to participate and as far as i can gather the museum staff etc are keen to have us back next year (i hear that provisional booking for three more years have been pencilled in) Lord Montague looked pretty Frail as he listened to the pipe band but he must be getting on in years. Well all we unpacked the van jeep is in the garage and the sun IS shinning outside typical Ashley

Hi Fred, the main problem is most members travel with local groups/friends they have met up with in previous years. The Americas field is dotted with groups, with members of the forum it is just a matter of tracking em down :cofee: :beer: Ashley

Yep, I`ll be there with jeep, wifey`s bringing the caravan. We will probaly head out Friday evening if not early Saturday AM. Ashley

Hi Jack, a great offer, just depends wether we get the day trip to France organised or not. Ashley

Hi all, had my name down for last few years but have never been invited :? most probaly through being a jeep owner given up asking now. Ashley

Strange ? i did not hear the barking (snoring) in the 5* suite The Plains Pikey Ashley

Yep, i am booked in for the weekend, depending on family commitments may also try and fit in a visit to Overlord on one of the days. Ashley

HHMMM, i`ll have to get my butler to serve my breakfast earlier that morning. Ashley

Nice one Enigma, looks like a great show. Ashley

Welcome Cris, glad you enjoyed the weekend, and welcome to the forum. Ashley

Well Ian, the truth being was that the duty Range warden (cant remember his title) caused a few ruffled feathers :n00b: also on the sunday there was up to 4000 walkers/runners on the plain doing a sponsered walk/run many of which got a good coating of dust by persons unknown :dunno:, and with local disputes being fought over it was decided to break camp on the Sat PM. but after a 35(+-) mile off road drive i belive we all thought that the weekend was complete as could be and with rain in the offing it was best to head for the hills. Ashley

Dave, there`s no need, to fear for next year Vic the demon "ball rubber" plans to wipe the floor with all of us :shake: By the way Jack that is a fantastic picture of your model truck is it a Frog or Revell kit ?? Ashley

Hi all, many ,many pictures were taken by all this weekend most more proffesional than mine, but here hopefuly is a taster for you all Sorry the picture captions have not shown http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0325.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0321.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0318.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0303.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0311.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0301-1.jpg'>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0301-1.jpg'>http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0301-1.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0300.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0291.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0283.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0284.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0277.jpg[/img] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a344/atcase/DSCF0301-1.jpg[/img] Many thanks again Tony and friends and also to those who came great distances to make the venue and week end what it was after tony aged about 25 yrs on saturday due to some complications :whistle: Ashley

Hi all just returned from The plain..... what a great ime :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: thanks to Tony and his crew for organising it. Pictures to follow after a bath. Ahley

Hi lightweight, as far as i know Khaki, or dark earth matt was the basic colour for British vehicles C.1942 as during those days of black and white film (reconnaissance) the ground showed up in a very light colour. On the log sheet of my ford the colour on de-mob is khaki as of 1959, when according to all regulations it should have been Bronze green or stone in colour :dunno: Ashley

well , the caravan is packed, the jeep was started last week some time?? The wife has her Bacardi (so shes packed :beer:) hope to leave earlyish should be there befor 10 AM :dunno: Ashley

Think it may of been Ashley's CAMP followers that put them off :whistle: For those lacking or are technically challanged in military history......camp followers are girlfriend/mistrisses/wives and family :pfrt: :-D and as for the name safariswing ?? hhhmmmmm i wonder Ashley