Adam Elsdon Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Now is it just me, or is it a Beltring frenzy for at least a couple of months before and after the event, so this is for everyone who cant make it, couldnt be arsed, skint, geographically live nowhere near Kent, or your vehicle is in component form in a collection of crates in the garage! You may even fall into a few of these categories! Stand up, be proud and make yourself known here :yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 well i dont do the full beltring thing but i do go over for 1 day early on just to get bits i need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamsd Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 there should b a show like that up this neck of the woods for a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzaw Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 As above too far from Scotland, I would love to go but a day to get there and a day to get back with joy of M25/busy trains or airports etc - wish it was a wee bit up the country for a change -even midlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 If it makes you feel any better it took us about 3/4 of an hour to get through the Dartford tolls this afternoon on our way back home . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 The only roadworthy venicle Ive got at the moment , is the Champ, which is undergoing a repaint to get rid of the hammerite and underseal over the body the previous owner coated it in! Next year maybe, unless I can get a px on a Ferret! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Signals Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Is there something going off in Beltring then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Is there something going off in Beltring then? Rex holding his annual pension fund party, known by cynics such as myself as War and Fleece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8 bubba Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 my kids fleeced me of my w.p fund so they can go to italy with the school next year 250 quid deposit so i have been changing the engine my jeep i like beltring but its stinky dear for a day out :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Each year people go on about 'War and Peace', showing pictures of the military hardware, guns, battles etc Which bit is 'Peace'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Rex holding his annual pension fund party, known by cynics such as myself as War and Fleece. And the rest, if you see me and Degsey agring you know its serious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 well i dont do the full beltring thing but i do go over for 1 day early on just to get bits i need Yeh Yeh whatever! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Over Britain Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 In 2007 I took an artic load of vehicles down to W & P for Nigel W. for the launch of his Carrier book. The fuel cost alone was £800! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 I would really have like to go but did not have the time this year.... and to make things worse some of my friends that are at the show text me, as they where driving in an Antar....... thats just not fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 It seems most events are down the South of England... which sucks if you live in Wales or the North its a 3-4 hour drive for me and covering over 500 miles round trip thats about £60 in Fuel for me, takes the fun away then as its less to spend. If I had a MV I'd be skint before I got there my Ford KA is bad enough. Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 .........its a 3-4 hour drive for me........ Gaz Is that all! It's about 7-8 hours towing my Jeep to Kent, and if I were to drive it there and back, I'd be using most of my holidays to get there and home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) It seems most events are down the South of England... which sucks if you live in Wales or the North its a 3-4 hour drive for me and covering over 500 miles round trip thats about £60 in Fuel for me, takes the fun away then as its less to spend. If I had a MV I'd be skint before I got there my Ford KA is bad enough. Gaz If i drive south for 3-4 hours i am still in Scotland! Here we go, just AA Route planned it: 627.6 miles 11 hr 22 min and thats in a car! in the Humber Pig if it went continuously, no problems (yeh right!) averaged 30 MPH and had the fuel, it would take nearly 22 hours, using 69.73 Gallons of fuel (At an optimistic 9 MPG) or 317.27 ltrs and a sleep deprived driver whacked out on two crates of Red Bull and thats just one way!! Strangely i dont think my Pig will be featuring at W&P anytime soon! Edited July 26, 2009 by Adam Elsdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Rex holding his annual pension fund party, known by cynics such as myself as War and Fleece. It cost me £105 to camp for one night and entry. It has to be the most expensive campsite in the UK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 It is a brilliant show and I have missed going down for the day this year as have been to the last two following a couple of years break before that. Like it has been said though something a bit further north would be nice, but shows the size of W+P don't appear over night. Perhaps one day Wartime in the Vale will be just as big (according to what I have heard how good it was), who knows. I would have liked to have attended the new IMPS show but again its even further into Kent than W+P. But then if these shows were all up north then people down south would be having the same conversation.:sweat::shake::-D I can see where out Scottish members are coming from though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 It seems most events are down the South of England... which sucks if you live in Wales or the North its a 3-4 hour drive for me and covering over 500 miles round trip thats about £60 in Fuel for me, takes the fun away then as its less to spend. If I had a MV I'd be skint before I got there my Ford KA is bad enough. Gaz A fried of mine drives his Jeep from N wales ... 12 Hours each way........dedication. Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 A fried of mine drives his Jeep from N wales ... 12 Hours each way........dedication. Ashley I have a different word for it:rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 We drove the Gipsy once along with the caravan from Staffordshire and that took us 7 hours each way!!! The only thing we passed coming all the way home was a couple of halftracks :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry.ice Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Would love to see something further north however would you get as many vehicles from the continent, which is some of the appeal. We won tickets 2 years ago and after working until mid day on the saturday drove down to kent (almost 7 hours in traffic), stayed in a travel lodge and had a full day their on Sunday, broke the journey back on Monday with a stop off at Duxford, but got back at 9pm, Knackerd for the rest of the week!:sweat: Last year travelled down by train with two kids + tent and rucksacks. Still took about 7 hours, trying to navigate the underground during the rush hour was great fun:shake:. It was more fun camping there and had a great time however the 7 hour journey back in an over crowded train, especially on the tube with the muzzle of a gun sticking out of the top of my sons ruck sack, we seem to have that carrage to ourselves:-D. Travelling by train does limit what you buy when there. Had to give it miss this year as just to busy with work, had to make do with seeing the Vulcan at Windermere airshow on Saturday. I would go again but it is a major undertaking, no doudt Bodge and Matt will have some tails to tell of there journey this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lwt Big Cheese Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 It cost me £105 to camp for one night and entry. It has to be the most expensive campsite in the UK! I can't remember what I paid. £20 or £25? Four tickets and could camp as long as I liked. I don't understand why it cost you so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 where you in the public camping area? we left there at 1100 this morning, got back at approx 1730, with a 1hr 30min break, really enjoyed it, and it didnt cost me a penny in entrance fees or camping!!! Infact, the girlfriend enjoyed it so much, she suggested we make it our annual summer hols!!!(what a woman!!!!!!) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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