Jack Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Let us all know what you guys are up to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 just bumping this back to the top. we have had loads of interest in this road run & for those who have vehicles off the road at the moment you are welcome to join us in your car. on sunday 8th January we are having our annual new year road run. This year we are leaving greasy joes in Cirencester at 9am & driving to Glos docks where we shall pick up some more vehicles. we will leave glos docks at 10am & make our way through the Forest of Dean arriving at the Crime Through Time Museum at Littledean Jail. The owner is opening his Home ( he lives in the Jail) for us at a discounted rate from 5.50 - 2.00 per person. You can then spend as long as you like browsing the cells & their macabre displays. He has just got the Skull from the last ever person to be hung in a Gibbett in England in the late 1800s. Teas & snacks will be available for lunch for a donation. This will be an interesting visit & all are welcome. please ring 01452 303254 for more details & to hand your names over. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty Dodge Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hi Berni How did you get on with your new year road run? was there a good turn out? I was going to come but i looked at the weather forcast on friday and it didnt look good when your a new driver i dont think an mv is the best thing to take out in the wet! :lol: Best Reagrds Rowan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilitantGraham Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Did anyone get a picture of the Samson on the trailer ? It was dark by the time we loaded on Saturday night, still dark when we left on Sunday morning and dark again when we got back on Sunday night. I forgot to take a picture before we unloaded at the docks and I didn't want to hold everyone else up who was waiting to help us back out on to the road before we left, so I never got around to taking one myself. If anyone has got a picture could they either post it here or send it to me please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I'll ask at the meeting on tuesday to see if farmer got a photo. I was just going to take one of him 1/2 way up & by the time i'd got the camera open he had backed off again & had parked up. Blink for a secon & these vehicles have a habit of hiding. I hope you enjoyed the museum graham. everyone i spoke to would like to go back again next yea as there was still so much they didn't see & the owner is adding to it every week so there will be loads more. I think the weather put a few people off judging by the phone calls I had to check it was still on so you were not on your own rowan. We had mostly smaller vehicles ie jeeps & landrovers with 1 dodge, a Reo, a samson & grahams militant. The convoy stayed pretty much together which was good. Farmer & tony arrived for the meal just after we did so you didn't hold them up for too long graham, don't forget we travelled back at 35 & they could go at 50. I nearly got rid of all my surplus christmas food with only a few chocolates & cocktail sausages left, I'm just pleased the food went to a good home. Roll on the coming season when we can all socialise again. cheers Berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 this is the US Liberty Ship which is now a Museum in New York. I took this on a visit in November last year. My Grandad served on US Liberty ships so this was a sort of pilgramage for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 some photo's of bunkers follow. some of you may have been before but if not then they are really well worth going over to see. This was a small trip with 8 of us MVers going over the water on a bunker & booze trip. Roll on this December most of this bunker is buried under mud so all you can see from this angle is the top another photo this is the front of the bunker which is where the huge gun would have been aiming at Dover the stairs were here going down to ground level this one is a museum and you can see how much of the first is buried this is another site which as you can see is as far on the edge of land as possible giving a fantastic view of the British coastline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I only have a couple of photos but it was a good day out with us driving through Bath & ending up at The Crown at Chippenham for lunch, then on to Bristol for a buffet & fireworks. Great day thanks guys & gals another one last one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 a few pictures of our day at the crime through time museum in the forest of dean samson & militant trailre exhibits from the holocaust section instruments of torture a gibbett which was hung from a tree & you were left to rot away till the bones fell out. as well as the macabre exhibits there was also a vast array of items from more modern times. these are genuine items & of interest to me as it was my era. Sid Vicious's mum donated personal items . very interesting place to visit & if you are in this neck of the woods during the summer months it is worth having a look round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty Dodge Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Hi Berni Looks like i missed out some goog trips ans some very local ones too! Some very nice pictures the The new year road run to the crime through time museum look good very interesting! Might be worth a vist in the summer. Best Regards Rowan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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