cellstar Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 The show is a nice mix of classic cars, motorbike, steamers and military vehicles. Oh and most importantly a CAMRA beer tent:-D We managed to grab a gap in the rain showers to dash over to Ardingly showground (fortunetly only 7 miles from home). We were hoping to grab one of the prime spots in the military section but it was already full of caravans and one Para Bike on display :cool2: The military section filled out a bit more on Friday with another Ferret, landrovers, Scammells and Jeeps. Then off to the beer tent and can't remember much more of Friday night. Saturday saw the military section rows fill out with a great towed artilery peice and the always entertaining staic sherman tank engine, especially when he "gooses the throttle" :-D Back at the beer tent on Sat night, a few of the local cruisers turned up with their "rides" for a few pints :-D We were planning on running around the arena but they seem to always put the military section right at the end of the day and normally few members of the public around the arena area. This time though one of the larger steam engines managed to break it's rear axel and we instead got watch a great heavy vehicle recovery demonstration. They came up with some sort of dolly and used a classic tractor with a winch and ground anchor(sp?) to pull against. All in all a very good show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 waiting for comments on this ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 he pulled a trailer behind it for all the gear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 looks like a lot of military wasnt there this year due to new steward and a lot more white in their place how did the gate guards get on(frontiersmen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellstar Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 looks like a lot of military wasnt there this year due to new steward and a lot more white in their placehow did the gate guards get on(frontiersmen) They were only at the public entry gate and the vehicle exit gate. Didn't really interact with them much, not quite sure who they are (brief look at their website is a bit vague on exactly how they fit in to the military scheme of things) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Scott Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I went to Ardingly on Sunday morning for a couple of hours and in relation to the steam engines rear axle breaking in half ,i was told its poss a 30 K repair , now thats going to hurt someones pocket !! i also met Maverick and had a good chat and had a good look at a well blinged up jeep !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 one of the larger steam engines with all the gold leaf, a figure of a million quid was mentioned as a value Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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