Leicester Show
A Wet, Windy, and definatly Wild time was
had by all..
last year there had been some fantastic weather tempting many more owners to venture out with
their vehicles. The weather considering that we are in the so called Summer has been pretty
abysmal... But even though this show was plagued with bad weather, those that preferred to
stay at home and not even come out on Sunday missed "ONE HELL OF A WEEKEND".
In a lot of respects the smaller club shows are sometimes better than the bigger venues in as
much that you tend to get to know people more and that is exactly what happened this
weekend..I correspond with a lot of people through the various forums that I belong too and this
weekend gave me the chance to put names to faces..It was good to meet some of you, Finlay,
Colin, Mr Chrome, Dave and your good lady Lou who despite directing me to the muddiest spot
on the field causing me to get bogged down ( Thanks Redneck for towing my caravan out and
to the guys for pushing my Edsel from the bog) And Lou I forgive you, thankfully it rained all the
way back home so it won't take me as long as I thought too clean the underneath of the car.....
"Pop Quiz was held in the marquee. ( and
typically as soon as the quiz got under way
the sun came out). With the bar prices at a
very reasonable level it made for a great
atmosphere and a few drinks were consumed
during its course. The bucking Bronco had
been moved inside and one or two brave
souls were tempted to partake, me I kept my
feet firmly on terra firma. All too soon it was
time to head back and get some food and get
ready for the nights entertainment.
The owner had organised some sawdust to
be put down in the marquee and in the places
on the field that were taking the most traffic
and this gave it a kind of spit and sawdust feel
to it (Redneck felt right at home). It reminded
catering, bucking bronco,great bar and bar
prices to a child minding service courtesy of
"Uncle Redneck"
that be grown up kids) got into the groove with some
even venturing onto the Bronco...
The party carried on until 3:am but I left at around
1:00 am having been up since 5:30 the previous
morning I was knackered .........
Hemiguy ..How long did you last? .....
well stocked bar ...
How does £2.00 a
pint and £1.00 for
a short sound ..it's
no wonder there
were a few tender
souls next morning
(well it did for a few minutes)
One or two folks had already put there cars on the showfield and eventually I did the same. There
were some real nice one's as well despite the weather. ( Nice to see the weather didn't put some
people of after all it's only water). One of my fellow Edsel club members Alison was there with her 59
Ranger so after giving the wheels a quick wipe down to get rid of the mud I said my hello's and went
back to the caravan for some breakfast.
With no change in the weather the raffle and prize giving was brought forward to 1:30 pm and the
highlight of the raffle was Eddie the site owner and all round good guy winning the college jacket
that he had his eye all weekend...Well done " it suits you sir".
One of the most surprised faces at prize time was Alison, who's 59 Edsel picked up a trophy "Well
done ".....
With the raffle and prize giving over it was time to pack up and get and early start back home,
"Custom Bedford CF Van"
american
my 58 since the disc brake
conversion
very,very nice
amongst the prize winners
sounded well
"Best in Show"
with his 58 Apache Fleetside
used existing models to create a truly fantastic
convertible
good span of the years models
sometimes
artwork on this van
many over the weekend. Thanks for dragging my
caravan out of the mud mate......
go make sure you put this show on your list for "MUST GO TO" next year as you will
regret it if you don't.
Local Club shows need your support and if they don't get it they are in danger of
disappearing for good and there have been far too many lost already! and besides
what else can you do on a wet weekend in May...
On second thoughts don't answer that one.......