Bodger Baz Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Well we had a great time, lots of snow, beer and dancing :-) Plenty of vehicles turned up despite the snow trying its best to stop the traffic on the motorways, and seeing them being out through there paces on the small forest tracks around the ardennes was well worth the trip. GMC's performing very well on the ice and winching themselves out of the trouble occasionally. Jeeps were great fun bouncing off the deep snow either side of the GMC tracks. Amazed at how many British vehicles turned up, hello to guys from Chesire "The Band of Bummers!" ANyway G506 should have some more pics, so get on with it! Baz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawtrylwt Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Some more photos from the winter rally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Looks like great fun ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 thats what you call snow!!!!! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Well done , Looks like a lot of FUN . Sure beats having to shovel the stuff in the Drive just to get out to go to "work" pardon the use of that four letter word. I m sure someone can Photoshop the modern minivan out of the Ambulance in the ditch pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50 cal ( † RIP † ) Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 yes what a fab do got stuck a couple of times myself in the car and a perfect time to thank andre and his team for another outstanding rally THANKS ANDRE AND TEAM mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWDTEXAS Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I do not remember that much snow in Belgium in 1943-44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Awesome Baz - that second picture in the first batch doesn't look real! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodger Baz Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 The second picture is in the woods above Foy of Band of Brothers fame Baz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny loot Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Jonny Loot here reporting in for the Yorkshire Boys (plus two escaped Lancastrians) (the Tills). After traveling over on the Hull/ Rotterdam ferry our party of 8 jeeps + some of the Manchester boys we made a steady journey to the rally start and hotel, come on you don`t think we were daft enough to sleep in tents! Houffalize was the jump off point saturday morning. In 1944 this was held by the German SS and the Americans had a right ding dong routing them out. After a late night testing the Belgian beer with a few of the locals " hands across the water" and all that Saturdays route was 65km of snow covered tracks and roads through stunning countryside, I`ve taken part in the winter rally for the last 8 or 9 years and it just gets better. The Belgians sure know how to run an event with every road juction marked with arrows and a road book supplied, no pressure to be anywhere on time, it`s a case of drive ,chill and enjoy. We had a slow morning run as the larger vehicles suffered from wheel spin in the snow and ice but with bulldog sprit we all took to pushing "ever pushed an autocar out of a ditch?". All this added to the enjoyment, our dinner time stop was La Roche. This is a small town located in a deep gorge with a river running through, it was a late dinner at 3 oclock due to hold ups. La Roche realy took a pounding in 1944 when it was heavily bombed by the Americans in a plan to route out the Germans. There are some great pictures in the museum there and the guy who owns it is always very helpfull in answering any questions, it's worth a vist if you're in that part of the world. Saturday night is party night, after a warm up in the swimming pool and a sauna and all being very reserved we popped down to the disco and night club where our Belgian hosts had live entertainment, "a right good night " as they say in this part of the world. Sunday was a shorter run out with just the morning route, at this point I must note that it`s still snowing and the drifts across some of the farm tracks are jeep bonnet height! Our small breakaway group stopped out, not returning for the dinnertime meal at the hotel as we wanted to get in as much jeep mileage as we could, we spent the afternoon on near impassable lanes, at one point we had to A- bar two jeeps together for 8 wheel drive up one snow covered track. Sunday night was an early one as we traveled to Luxembourg to the museum at Diekirch, again worth a vist. Sadly two or three of the rooms where closed for central heating being fitted but the rest was excellant, again off on the road and up into the Netherlands for our overnight stop at Overloon to the Marshall museum which is now housed in the Liberty park. This holds one of the best collections of vehicles outside the US and a must for military vehicle enthusiasts, it is all kept in a massive heated building with large dioramas, wide walkways and fantastic exibits. If you look it up on the web the information is not upto the overwelming display of machines from early war right through the 50`s and into the 80`s and 1990`s. Our goup then had to say goodbye the foreign lands and return to old blighty and the real world! Over the years I`ve learned that events are made by people and people make the event and for one I can say that the Belgium Military Vehicle Trust are some of the most welcoming people you`ll find. WELL DONE BMVT and THANK YOU to all the organizers and participents ..............ps if you've got military vehicles, don't park it up for the winter get out there and use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I m sure someone can Photoshop the modern minivan out of the Ambulance in the ditch pic. Done:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Top notch Rog8811! Great JOB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Great stuff, it's on the front page now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleetmaster Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 (edited) This Winter Rally had everything to make it adventurous, sometimes more than one cared for... Edited March 8, 2010 by Fleetmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Looks like a lot of fun though! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Stunning photos. I am stunned and will remain so for the rest of the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G506 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 The second picture is in the woods above Foy of Band of Brothers fame Baz Thanks to Baz and Co! One of the best events I think I have ever been to, thoroughly recommended to anyone who has'nt been before! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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