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Nice one Ashley.

 

I took about 5 pictures..........all of them just show it raining :evil: Think I have just about dried out, again :cry:

 

Been to 3 shows now, have soaked to the skin twice. Am I cursed?

 

We hitched in with HLA as I didn't want to be stuck out on a limb with the MVT plus the fact that they didn't have a Jimmy in their camp ( How dare they!) then took them into combat on the Sunday the truck had 20 guys on board :-o

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Just how wet did Jnr and myself get on Sunday :-(, but a great show all the same. Happy man now I have seen the Tiger in motion :-D. Did see jack entering the arena but by this time water was running into unmentionable places and Jnr wanted out, can't say I blame him. He actually took twice as many photo's as I did :-o. Had a chat to Big Al jusyt before he started up the Crusader, what a sound, awesome.

 

Don

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Awesome photo's! Wish I could have been there. But my weekend was great too, I'll post the photo's and movies tonight.

 

 

Hi MM

Been to Roermond?

I did as a passenger in a Jeep, we got caught in the storm on the way home.

I heard the hail bouncing of my tankhelmet, lots of fun...

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Yup, visited it on saturday afternoon. Next year I'll be there with my Dodge, this seemed too much fun to miss.

 

Drove through the storm in my Megane when I drove back from the Legermuseum Depot in Kapelle, that was hell! I did saw two jeeps, one near Arnhem where it was still dry and one near Breda where all hell broke out. I can assure you, I did not envy the Jeep driver!

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Was sunny see.............

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Here it is.......20 blokes in/on the Screaming Meemie. The boss of the LHA that I could charge up through the middle with them firing my .45 but it doesn't work......how flippin flippin flippin gutted was I :cry: :cry: :cry:

 

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On the sat. night i sat with the lads from the 6th fallschirmjager re enactmet group a realy nice group and totally non political, thanks for the eveving guys.

 

here a few pictures from the other side of the battle :-P

 

 

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here is my mate mark i his kuble who realy enjoyed the battle

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Ashley

 

 

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Nice one Ashley.

 

When I asked the Sgt from the Big Red 1 why is it that they always win,

he said that people don't like it if the Germans win....

 

What is wrong with the public? :

 

 

Being rather heavily biased here in working for a German dominated US company (work THAT one out) I have to say absoultely nothing!!! Over here the Germans should always lose :-) :-) :-)

Of course - the other side of the English Channel they may well have the other view!!!! :-) :-) :-) :-)

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My mate Mark who owns the kuble in the battle, was recently re enacting in France, when he saw a opportunity to wipe out a section of American troops who had their backs to him :lol: on killing them with his pistole the horrified French man told him " you can not change the course of history " "now lie down and be dead" :-)

 

Saturday was a lovely day and evening and i missed most of the vehicle movements as i was meeting old friends.some who had travelled from far to be at the show. As i had not put the canvas up on the jeep and just sheeted it down on the sunday as it continually rained i did not bother to go in the arena or get the jeep going until it was home time at approx 5:30 pm.

 

 

 

Ashley

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Nice one Ashley.

 

When I asked the Sgt from the Big Red 1 why is it that they always win,

he said that people don't like it if the Germans win....

 

What is wrong with the public? :

 

 

A very nice load photo's there!

 

I've also wondered why the the Germans never win at least one battle. If I was a German reanacter I would refuse to play dead.

Mind you if I did I probably wouldn't be asked again. :wink:

 

One last thing....this picture

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I bet it must have smelt fantastic in there! :-)

 

Regards

Richard

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Hi Richard.

this section of the museum is not generally open to the public, but actually stores the odd treasure from time to time as i have had the privilege of a couple of tours normally it is so packed in there you have to squeeze between the vehicles (loveeeeerly :-D)

 

Ashley

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A couple of pictures from the Tankfest.

 

I can't claim the first one as mine as it's from the WWII LHA, but as a member of the association I guess it's ok to post here. I thought it was such a good picture I just had to share it. It's of the panzershrek taking out the stuart tank.

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One of me ready to set off to blow up the enemy pillbox, looking a little worse for wear from the late night and heavy drinking of the previous day, not to mention the pouring rain all day Sunday.

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