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Title: British summer time
Post by: beast5680 on May 27, 2006, 20:18:55: Just got back from attending the local agricultural show as we had a stand there for our machinery :D what a mud pit it turned into :lol: I,ve paid good money to drive at places where there was less mud than here :shock:
only in england do we enjoy a freezing ,windy,wet and muddy day out with all the family in whats supposed to be the summer :lol:
solihulls finest were doing their best but even some of them were defeated :roll:
Most annoying was the bloke in the new D3 just cruising round on road tyres past those with tyres more suited for conditions akin to the first day of the somme :lol:
some pics for your perusal below
Title: British summer time
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on May 27, 2006, 20:20:22: wow that is muddy
Title: British summer time
Post by: blackbob on May 27, 2006, 20:25:05: yep thats the brown stuff looks like fun for the transit owners
Title: British summer time
Post by: beast5680 on May 27, 2006, 20:29:10: Nothing moved in or out of the show on friday (set up day) or today unless it had a tractor and chain on the front, amazing was how many people, myself included , who have no idea where the towing eye for their van is or where it screws in to the front chassis :lol:
another pic of a mad suzuki pick up the stunt display team were using
Title: British summer time
Post by: suzota on May 27, 2006, 20:50:33: we got guildford county show on monday.

that will be a mud bath. lol
Title: British summer time
Post by: beast5680 on May 27, 2006, 20:53:26: i spoke to one of the guys on a stand next to us who had some people at guildford and he reckoned it wasnt going to be that bad :?
also funny how many people turn up to a show in a muddy field in trainers or as one woman i saw high heels and a mini skirt :shock:
Title: British summer time
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 27, 2006, 22:35:01: Tomorrow could be fun for me, as I'm off to a traction engine rally & all the fields quite low lying :lol:
Title: British summer time
Post by: Evilgoat on May 27, 2006, 22:44:16: The Overlord military show looks like it was fun today, and there's two more days to go yet!
Title: British summer time
Post by: phil_r on May 27, 2006, 23:48:42: That crazy Suzuki was at the LRO show in the summer! :)

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a311/prhymes/DSCF0675.jpg)
Title: British summer time
Post by: Littledan on May 28, 2006, 02:41:11: wow thats is soooooooo kool :D
Title: British summer time
Post by: Metalkoi on May 28, 2006, 07:56:58: Was hauling some of our machinery ready for our local show (Sufolk Show) yesterday and it is going to be the same as wher you are ,by the time we back it onto the stand there won't be any grass left :(
Title: British summer time
Post by: clbarclay on May 28, 2006, 10:24:18: Where on earth do people get this myth that just because its summer it therefore must be nice and sunny and dry????

Its not exactly the first time this has happened now is it and no it is not somthing to complain about, its just something you have to live with. Theres a reason this country is 'green' all year round and thats because we get rain all year round.
Title: British summer time
Post by: snezza69 on May 28, 2006, 10:58:00: Quote from: "beast5680"

another pic of a mad suzuki pick up the stunt display team were using

They were at Malvern show last summer, very good.
Title: British summer time
Post by: Jake on May 28, 2006, 11:36:42: Looks a bit muddy :shock:
Funny, it looks like Towcester did when it was leaving time
:lol:
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Post by: strapping young lad on May 28, 2006, 12:24:15: which show was it?

pembrokeshire show sometimes suffers even though its on an aerodrome

lancashire show had to be stopped one day early i think last year or year before due to the amount of mess there.

personally i dont know why shows or events such as these dont go onto aerodromes or disused airfields as all the main avenues can be along the runways and those which arent can be covered with them wooden tracks for people to walk on.

or do what the royal and royal welsh does, buy land then convert it to their needs.
Title: British summer time
Post by: Rich_P on May 28, 2006, 14:00:03: Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Tomorrow could be fun for me, as I'm off to a traction engine rally & all the fields quite low lying :lol:

Which one is that? Because I'm going to one tommorow too.... probably the same one too. :D
Title: British summer time
Post by: muddy_90 on May 28, 2006, 15:48:20: was that heathfeild by any chance?
Title: British summer time
Post by: beast5680 on May 28, 2006, 22:08:13: Quote from: "series3_mad"
was that heathfeild by any chance?

indeed it was mate :D a very sticky heathfield :lol:
Title: British summer time
Post by: muddy_90 on May 29, 2006, 16:12:31: a few people i knew went there in a mini bus and got stuck in the car park :lol:
Title: British summer time
Post by: muddyjames on May 31, 2006, 16:18:58: I helped set up the Basingstoke canal boat rally over last weekend and I was helping out on Wednesday / thursday and I had my disco with grizzly claws on as I had a feeling it maybe muddy.

I was right.

I was the only vehicle there that could get on or off site by the end of the thursday. I had great fun towing in 2 3/4 ton box trailers accross mud. I had no option but to go for the foot down and pray you keep going option :lol: It is quiet scary when you go round a slight corner and the trailer keeps going round once you have straightended up. I towed in everyones caravans for them and towed afew people off who thought a peugot partner van was as good as my disco off road! :roll: I tried to keep to the same ruts to dry them out and it worked as I didntthink caravan owners would be too happy if i went full pelt accross a muddy field with their vans! My plan of the ruts worked until a pissy little 1 ton dumper churned all my ruts up to a muddy mess again :twisted:

I wasnt there to help dismantle it all as I was in my caravan but would have been good fun again I think.

Did anyone go to the boat festival / rally?
Title: British summer time
Post by: NiceBlueWellies on May 31, 2006, 18:31:36: Looks a bit like Langdale Quest with stalls!!!!! :(biglaugh):