Adam Elsdon Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Not a Military event, but more of this sort of thing should take place its great! "Ride on" was held Sunday 3rd May at Alford, its a charity event, open to the general public and aimed at kids, so they can have a ride on allsorts of vehicles, this year there was a Dennis fire engine, Ambulance, Liebherr quarry loader, old buses, Corvette, Transam, BAA Fire response vehicle, Porsche, Crocs Scammell Explorer, Thomas the tank engine, Austin A30 a Morris 8 open tourer and my Humber Pig. Joe public buys a ticket, and then lines up for a ride around the race track, the event running for 4 hours, most of the vehicles are privately owned, and the museum pays 30 pounds for fuel and a snack/drink from the stalls on site, they also temporarily own your vehicle for the period, covering it with their insurance. Its an excellent day out, and the kids love it, and the parents even more! I lost count of how many loads i took around, but i was getting 10 plus in at any one time, and a vendor somewhere was doing a roaring trade in plastic pistols and rifles, going by the amount of them getting poked out of the hatches shooting at Thomas the Tank Engine! they are a blood thirsty crowd in Aberdeenshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Well done mate ! Looks like a fun day was had by all ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Crocs Scammell (Daddy i'm Scared!) Explorer, we were the only ones to take advantage of the fact that you could go off the track onto the surrounding grass verges, which was fun! The ass engined nazi slot car, by comparison, was no fun at all apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 No fun here, the Austin had it beaten hands down on the cute looks front! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I was kept going all afternoon, the Explorer was the oldest, biggest and noisiest thing there - the kids, of all ages, loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Nah, the little open topped Morris must have been older, although it wont be getting much older if he keeps trying to cut up armoured vehicles with it! he came close to being a little pile of scrap and splinters a couple of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.