Marmite!! Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Today we had trouble with quad bikes & scooters... need I say more:coffee: Dangerous machines:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Heard from Ovendons today Lee - they will be shipping the OT down either Weds or Turs - or so goes the current plan!!! See if we can get across the bridge this year without "collecting" any more orange plastic netting!!! :rofl: :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Heard from Ovendons today Lee - they will be shipping the OT down either Weds or Turs - or so goes the current plan!!! See if we can get across the bridge this year without "collecting" any more orange plastic netting!!! :rofl: :rofl: That bridge (top of Moncktons)? is smaller still or the one by the shop has been re-built, so dont break it mate. :argh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 That bridge (top of Moncktons)? is smaller still or the one by the shop has been re-built, so dont break it mate. :argh: It's the one that crosses into the America's field - on the way in last year, after coming off the low-loader in the usual place, somewhere in that area a lump of orange plastic netting wrapped itself around one track. No idea where it came from but it was a bitch to cut off!!! :argh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Keep the updates coming, fantastic stuff!!! I wish I was there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) Got the call from Ovendons today. The OT is being collected at 12:00 tomorrow so should be down at the Hop Farm by about 16:00. The unfortunate part is it's costing £400 each way, plus the Dartford toll surcharge of about £50 for a wide load on the way back. These prices mean this will be the last show it does - for me at least - as I will have to put "For Sale" signs on her down there... :cry: :cry: :cry: Real bummer is the round trip would have cost about a quarter of that in diesel if she was allowed to move on her own tracks! Did I ever mention how much I absolutely hate those <censored> <censored> <censored> <censored> sons of <censored> at VOSA?? The £11.5K they had me spend would have paid a few years show attendances - instead I have to lose her.. Edited July 14, 2009 by ArtistsRifles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) Neil, Perhaps you should have just bought an FV432 instead? Chris Edited July 14, 2009 by sirhc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Neil, Perhaps you should have just bought an FV432 instead? Chris Well - if I can sell the OT that remains an option Chris. At least I have a storage location sorted this time. At the time I fancied something different and initial contact with that lot at VOSA did not indicate any problems in getting one registered. Indeed, one IS registered and in use on the roads of Northern Essex!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 At the time I fancied something different and initial contact with that lot at VOSA did not indicate any problems in getting one registered. Indeed, one IS registered and in use on the roads of Northern Essex!! Don't know British law but can't you use the other OT as a precedent to get yours approved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 not long before us lot turn up what biscuits you got ..:sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) Yeaterday Ian, Mark & myself were invited to bring our MV's to the Hippie Festival in the adjacent field.. The HesFes... all about home education... weird bunch:confused: about 2,000 staying there:??? We had a good reception when we got there... Ian coming back from the "Love Circle" with a new friend:coffee: Things start out quite calmly... Then got manic.. Then things got a bit heated when the local CND activist came over & she tried to educate Mark:rofl:think she called him a murderer...oh dear:sweat:that went on for quite some time.. Whilst the anti-war brigade were ganging up on Mark the junior hippies took the opportunity to tag the FV432... But the organiser who invited us over soon put a rocket up his arse & made him clean it up... A strange afternoon... we were invited back last night for a drink & to watch one of the bands... The "Heroine Hospital":confused: Ian & myself declined but Mark went back to try & find a bit more about this bunch, luckily he didn't bump into Miss. Greenham Common :sweat: Edited July 15, 2009 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightweight Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Weird. In what sense was Mark a murderer exactly? Just his choice of vehicle or the hatchet he used on whoever graffiti'd the 432? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 did they have any biscuits .......:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Did Mark by any chance park on a colony of ants? Or were there dead flies all over the front of his 432? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 i wish my lot would have been there when the anti-war/mothers againest spoons mob showed up would have been fune with most of em ex-job or still in service, and if anyone tagged my landy i hope they could run fast. but anywho i will be on site saturday night/sunday morning 18th/19th but the rest of my mob and the other landy will be down on the thursday, should be a good year this year, as this week i am having cant really get any worse (bloody uni's they wanna bin the lot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Notice how the veggie bunch never throw things over Hells Angels in leather jackets? Congrats on upholding the hounour of the Forum and the hobby. :-D Maybe they had heard Mark sing? Any way if they feel that strongly, WHY are they supporting an organisation like the Hop Farm, that hosts Military style events? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Well done for standing your ground. See you tomorrow afternoon. Bringing James down with me for the afternoon while I do H & S with the redshirts. Can't wait to be down full time. Need to give the MUTT a blatt tonght. Hard to believe the year has gone so fast. M:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 you needed a water canon .....:stop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swill1952xs Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) deleted by Mod team owing to complaint about potentially offensive nature of comment by another member********************************************************************** PM sent. Edited July 16, 2009 by Snapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 On more mundane topics - dropped the OT off today!! Overtons collected it a bit earlier than anticipated (I was told 12:00 - and got the call from the driver saying he was an hour away at 10:00 :shake: ) Lee & Ian turned up in their Landie as I reversed off the low-loader and escorted me back to the America's field where I parked her up in position for the show. Having paid the driver I then returned and stayed at Lee's place drinking their coffee and talking with them and Mark H. about lifting engine packs out of 432's Heading back tomorrow to stay with the caravan!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Neil arrived today... Not sure what's going on here.. Hmmmm:shake: Didn't hit the bridge this year... But he did try hard too:-D They even sent a special lorry for Neil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 Mark decided to start taking the FV432 pack out today with the help of the Irish contingent.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 All looks very cosy in there ! Hope it all goes to plan ! See you all Saturday ![touch wood] ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Is Neil going for Heliops Turret Totty this year??? Hell Mark does have some weird ways :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Sadly Mark has informed us that - due to the presence of the missus - there won't be any turret totty this year. :cry: :cry: :cry: Unless someone else wants to take the role on???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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