I can just about cope with the questions. I've had the usual, "Is it amphibious ?" asked of the Land Rover ambulance and a slightly more worrying, "Scammell, that's Swedish isn't it ?" but this is really what gets me.
There you are, at a show, with your pride and joy when a conversation starts that goes something like this;
Wild Goose, "I know where there's one exactly the same as that behind this barn just off the A38"
Me, "Has it got the same mudguards and bonnet ?"
Wild Goose, "Exactly the same"
Me, "Has it got the funny bit on the top and six wheels just like this one ?"
Wild Goose, "I'm telling you the one behind the barn is identical to your one'
Well, we all know how this story ends because it's happened to you as well. You arrive, panting with excitement at the barn just off the A38, or where ever, only to find some fairly modern lorry that is absolutely nothing what ever like your pride and joy. I know they mean well, and you have to take them seriously........just in case it's not another WILD GOOSE CHASE. grrraaaaa!!!!!!!