BIGREDONE Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 A few more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue red blue Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 not many germans then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGREDONE Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Some of the vehicles.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGREDONE Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 More vehicles and thats enough for tonight, ill do some more tomorrow night.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 More vehicles and thats enough for tonight, ill do some more tomorrow night.... Great pictures, I see there is a healthy contingent of Dutch vehicles present :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Got back home about an hour ago after a horror four and a half hour journey home following a great couple of days at the show. Good to meet up with some of the vast HMVF community both old and new faces. Will post up a full report and pictures either later on or more likely in the morning as got to sort through the 400 or so pics first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 setting off down tomorrow dinner time for the weekend :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerJohn Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Looks like I may need my wellies tomorrow, although the weather is said to be turning fair. I need my 3 day fix badly!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Will be there around 09:00 - sort the weather please :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Will be there around 09:00 - sort the weather please :coffee: No problems with the weather today - shame the same can't be said for the M25 on the way home! :-( Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) No problems with the weather today - shame the same can't be said for the M25 on the way home! :-( Yes...took a punt when I saw the signs at Leatherhead about junct8 to 12, ducked around the back of Oxshott onto the A3...glad I did!!! Edited July 23, 2011 by MiketheBike mispellinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Did W&P as a day trip yesterday and had a very good day out with plenty of warm sunny weather. I felt there were not many new and unusual vehicles this year (unless they are only going down today), although I thought the Austin portee was fabulous as was Tobin’s Staghound which looked (and sounded) wonderful. Cabriolet version? Not seen a bolster for a long time. There used to be lots around. I liked this one very much Met up with several HMVF’s and had a long chat with Nigel. Sadly, I was in such a rush to get around I couldn’t spend as long as I would have liked with everyone. A good day out all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) There were some good dioramas this year. I did wonder for a moment whether the first one shown was a diorame, or a genuine accident caused by the stampede to get best pitches :whistle: But then they wouldn't have left the body of the decapitated driver in position, would they? Whatever, it was very effective! Edited July 23, 2011 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 The 514th Trucking Co always put on a good diorama - but one where there is always something, however small, going on. On Friday morning I was lucky enough to find most of them distracted by something on the bonnet of a GMC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerJohn Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I must have been standing alongside you.. 'allo,'allo..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) I must have been standing alongside you.... What a coincidence - and on that subject here's my take on your rear end shot : Edited July 24, 2011 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 no queues really for day visitors been a few years and never queued graham , :-) You were correct - I went on Wednesday and Thursday arrived about 9.30 ish on both days and drove straight in without any hold up. Great show - glad I went BUT I did find the German SS, Hitler Youth and the Japanese soldier and stalls selling Japanese WW2 items totally unacceptable. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 glad you enjoyed it graham we booked a nice hotel came down friday dinner to attend show sat & sun . we visited saturday our 4yr old boy says dad i feel ill l look at him looked at his hands and OMG hes started with chicken pox evacuated the show then checked out of the hotel and came straight home ! :argh: bless him :help: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerJohn Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 What a coincidence - and on that subject here's my take on your rear end shot : [ATTACH=CONFIG]48790[/ATTACH] Thats a very nice pair....... of tyres!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o.g-palmer Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Just a quick hello as i have only just got in, still suffering from hang over from last nights stag do. :nut: Was a pleasant drive home without a hitch had a great time and i hope everyone enjoyed themselves and gets home safely. Highlight of the show for me was sitting on the rear gun seat of a pinky, love every minute of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 My view as I pitched up in Big Monktons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 My view as I pitched up in Big Monktons It has been said up to four thousand vehicles now attend ! Not sure if that includes military vehicles though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 My view as I pitched up in Big Monktons You could be forgiven for mistaking it for the caravan show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 It has been said up to four thousand vehicles now attend ! Not sure if that includes military vehicles though ! I think I added all the classes together (including bicycles) & the MVs only came to 2,600 so the rest must be caravans, camper vans, quad bikes & kiddies off-road bikes then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 You could be forgiven for mistaking it for the caravan show. Come holiday time I am an avid caravanner myself & know only too well the agreeable accommodation that they can provide. If I want to take my caravan to say the Great Dorset Steam Fair I am allowed to do this, but the caravan quite reasonably has to go to the camp site. You may camp in your vehicle or with it provided you use military tentage up to certain limits in size & exuberance. I think there is a case for say Big Monkton, which includes a significant Living history content, to be similarly restricted. Those with MVs who quite reasonably what to enjoy the facilities of their caravan should perhaps be encouraged into Medway Overflow where there is sufficient space for the caravans to be set back somewhat from the displayed vehicle. Their caravan would be nearby & they can keep an eye on their MV whilst visitors would be able photo their exhibits without the visual intrusion off the white accommodation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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