show report London to Brighton 2009

[Guest catweazle (Banned Member)]

Dont forget the London to Brighton commercial run tomorrow,

Leaving Chrystal palace 7.oam.

Any one entered or going,we will be out to get some pics.:-D

[Chrisg]

Great War Truck etc are going

 

Hopefully see them as they get to Patcham and again on the seafront

[AndyFowler]

Lots of pics please CW ! I'm going next year ! :-D Off to Llandudno at five tomo morning ! Alarm clock willing !:sweat:

[Guest catweazle (Banned Member)]

I will keep an eye out for him.Now wheres a nice steep hill where they all break down :-D

[Guest catweazle (Banned Member)]

Lots of pics please CW ! I'm going next year ! :-D Off to Llandudno at five tomo morning ! Alarm clock willing !:sweat:

Dont forget to buy the old boy lunch,say hello from me.:rofl:

[AndyFowler]

Dont forget to buy the old boy lunch,say hello from me.:rofl:

Will do mate !

[Tony B]

Unfortunatley rather dramatic happening ttoday, Like little !"£"£%$^^(()+_+)+)++)&^%^$%£$£" arsoning number one son's motorbike, won't be able to make it. Have to clean the mess up! Pass the shotgun!!! :argh::argh::argh::box::box::box::police::noyay::noyay::noyay:

[gritineye]

We'll be about, silver Ducato campervan, somewhere along the route..............kettle will be on:coffee:

[Degsy]

Will do mate !

 

Looking orward to meeting you Andy.

[Guest catweazle (Banned Member)]

We'll be about, silver Ducato campervan, somewhere along the route..............kettle will be on:coffee:

Got any rough idea where mate ,we have to turn of somewhere for Sunny Hayling.:-D

[Chrisg]

Enjoy yourselves on Hayling :coffee:

[gritineye]

Usually south of Hassocks, Clayton hill area, depends on parking.

[Chrisg]

Might see you then probably going to be at the Cafe layby at Pycome

[gritineye]

Come and say Hi, I was going to take Forceful but his force is somewhat diminished somewhat after a hard days turret totty luring today on Eastbourne seafront:sweat:

[Swill1952xs]

Come and say Hi, I was going to take Forceful but his force is somewhat diminished somewhat after a hard days turret totty luring today on Eastbourne seafront:sweat:

 

I think that would leave me a bit weak having them climb all over me. Didn't realize military trucks were such good "Pullers". Best get cracking on me old Albion. :rofl:

 

Where was the HSE executive......... bet he wouldn't have approved. :n00b:

[Chrisg]

Nice to meet up with Snapper,Great War Truck, Minesweeper,Runflat and although i didnt meet him Old Bill

 

 

 

 

[Lord Burley]

 

Unfortunatley rather dramatic happening ttoday, Like little !"£"£%$^^(()+_+)+)++)&^%^$%£$£" arsoning number one son's motorbike, won't be able to make it. Have to clean the mess up! Pass the shotgun!!! :argh::argh::argh::box::box::box::police::noyay::noyay::noyay:

You need to move out of Orpington mate. Its all the crap that comes from around Star lane.

[Lord Burley]

 

Now that is a very nice tidy Bedford. Who owns it?.

[Richard Farrant]

 

Now that is a very nice tidy Bedford. Who owns it?.

 

 

 

That would John Butcher's MW, with Paul Chapman's Austin K3 alongside.

 

Who won "Best Military" ?

[Chrisg]

 

 

[Great War truck]

It is 20 past ten and i have just got home. Up at 3:45 this morning and been on the go since then. Feeling totally shattered now i must say.

 

Great to see so many friendly faces, Catweazle, ChrisG, Snapper, Runflat as well as Old Bill and Minesweeper who i drove up and back of course.

 

We left London in the FWD at 7:15 and missed our target of arriving in Brighton by mid day as we actually arrived at 3:20. We were the last to arrive and were too late for judging (not that that worried me of course). But as we pulled into Madeira Drive we got lots of shouts of "well done", applause and such from the large crowd that had gathered. This was so much better than any trophy. It was really quite moving.

 

Didnt have much time to look at the other MV's, but the restortions were all stunningly good. A great day out, but due to a couple of incidents we nearly didnt make it at all. I will tell you all about it all tomorrow.

 

Tim (too)

[gritineye]

Well done Tim, we waited just above Clayton to get a video of you all but decided you must have broken down beyond repair, by then the traffic was backed up to Pycombe so we didn't think it was worth the effort to go in!

 

Big mistake! :-( would have loved to cheer you in.

 

Here's one I did manage to catch, you may know it.

 

[Runflat]

Hi Chris and Snapper - good to have met you and put a face to a name. See you again at a show sometime.

 

Richard, I've no idea who won what, as too busy nattering with friends old and new.

 

Oh, Tim's got a tale to tell... and photos to prove it. Watch this space.

[abn deuce]

Looks like good weather and the truck was moving along smartly . Well Done !

[Minesweeper]

Now Monday afternoon and back here at base in Devon, FWD has returned safely from Brighton today and is back in the shed. Both Steve and Tim returned to their homes earlier today - I know that Tim is all set up to "recount the tale", so I will leave all of that to him. Later today, I expect.

 

The two boys crewed the truck beautifully and dealt methodically with the problems that we met - despite the fact that we were fully anticipating and hoping for a trouble-free run. Some hopes!

 

I did think that when we were stalled for nearly an hour on a roundabout just nine miles out that we were not going to complete the journey - but the problem was cured and on we went. Whilst we were stopped there, Catweazle appeared as if by magic to introduce himself to me - both boys had met him on previous occasions -and I was delighted to have that pleasure! Similarly to meet ChrisG at Brighton and renew my friendship with Runflat whom I have known for some years, but only meet on odd occasions!

 

And Clayton Hill? No problems - top gear all the way!

 

Will we do it again, next year? I think not - probably just keep our powder dry and wait for the Dennis to be finished - then we will have to go through all of this again!

 

Tony