Billing Land Rover Show 2007 camp.
Posted on Monday, July 23 @ 14:33:16 BST
Topic: Trips
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 Gareth, Matt, Rob, Jo all went to Billing Land Rover show this weekend. We had a large camp area reserved, and camped with the DISCO3 group.
We had a good 3 nights of social activity under the caravan awning and the large tarpaulin to keep the rain off.
Talking about rain, it was epic! Friday saw the whole area get a complete deluge, almost causing the evacuation of the whole site as the river Nene almost burst its banks. The show site was flooded, and reduced to a quagmire that would equal Glastonburys best offering!. (It has been reported that the Friday evening was a mud wrestling spectacle outside the beer tent, we missed that one)
The camp site was an off road course in itself! many lesser vehicles getting stuck. The official off road course was challenging due to the amount of water in the lake, and the mud run was almost impassable. There was a 200tdi Range Rover Classic doing sterling service as the marshall recovery vehicle. Martin you should have a close look at the rear bumper it had in the photo.
Some poor sod got his Disco 200tdi stuck in a hole whilst crossing the lake. The marshall tried to free it with a Suzuki which also expired in the lake. By the time a proper recovery vehicle was mustered (same Range Rover again), the D1 had been stood in water to the middle of the doors for 10 minutes. It was very wet inside!
Rob, Mat and I bought lots of equipment for the upcoming Morocco Desert Storm trip, including some new strops and ground anchors etc. The star buy for me was to find a complete PTO winch and drive system in the auto jumble. I already have a winch fitted which works ok, I now have a perfect drive shaft and a winch and pto for spares.
So it was a good show despite the weather. When I finally left yesterday, my first problem was a flat battery on my D3. To much sitting on the tailgate listening to the radio! I got a jump start from another D3, and then had to get the caravan off site. The owner told me and Dunc about a route out the back of the field. It was green laning with a 23ft caravan in tow.
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