Event Shitefest 2016 24th - 26th June --- Lost Property

[catsinthewelder]

What a fantastic weekend.   Many thanks to Mr + Mrs Cylinder for organising it all letting us destroy thier field, David for driving us all around, Alex for help with the tent and everyone who turned up and made it great.

 

The drive home was quick and uneventful (I didn't stop) it's good to see that John made it back OK hopefully the BMW will make it back without too many dramas.

 

I really enjoyed the railway visit and spent most of the weekend laughing but can't quite remember the jokes.  So glad I brought my wellies and I can confirm that Will was entirely accurate in saying that nobody ever got a hangover from mixing cider with Bombay Sapphire and this is still the case.

 

Please can somebody post the vidio up of the raffle draw as it's brilliant

[hairnet]

really?

 

 

 

absolute insanity hat doffed

 

 

 

yellow shite (not bickle) at the train

 

 

made it

 

 

on way home

 

 

 

stratford

 

 

home even stopping in central stratford for a pee (i keel you parking meters) and oswestry for summat to eat i lopped half an hour off the eta

 

VISA POWAH!

[For Fiats Sake]

My trust steed made it the 162 miles to the FOD.

 

I'm the big bloke with the little cocker.

 

Hard to take pictures with a dog on the lead though.  Gutted to have missed the Bond Bug.

 

Big Yellow Taxi

 

 

Maestro mileage - still available!

 

 

Wheel Of Misfortune!

 

I was the last out carwise and did require pushage:

 

 

I am the filthiest shitter AICMFP.

 

and the car was dirty too.

 

Maestro did sterling service, hope Lucy didn't disgrace herself, looking forward to a dryer SF17!

 

[beko1987]

I've put some videos up, so here are the pictures!

 

 

My lunch that I had when I turned up when everyone was out shopping

 

 

 

109landy's lovely Maestro! Thanks for the sticker too man!

 

 

When the Zafira turned up slight mocking was done, but it's actually bloody early and at the end we all loved it!

 

 

Someone tried to steak Hairnets visa but decided it was too crap

 

 

The bus of dreams

 

 

The Base of dreams!

 

 

 

 

 

The first of many vacuum cleaners for me!

 

 

This was the field on friday when it was still not too muddy

 

 

The JCB fired into life

 

 

 

 

 

 

I reckon DW will purchase a JCB soon after friday.

 

Then it was Saturday and we went on the train. Me and Eva snuck onto the bus, met Rachel and (a little girl I do not know who she was), told them how to get to the park and Eva snuck a sit in the drivers seat!

 

 

 

 

[320touring]

BRUTAHZ_TOURING are now horsing north with the assistance of SVM French division.

 

all well so far!

[beko1987]

 

and parked next to it and felt bloody tiny!

 

Moar vacs

 

 

The Lada was set up for the wheel of misfortune

 

 

 

 

 

Moogs Hook a Shite game was inspired, and Bubs Xantia soon filled up with stuff no one wanted but won anyway!

 

 

 

Then it was time for the draw, but the already crap phone signal was made worse by the brewing storm that battered us shortly afterwards. It was filmed though, so fear not

 

[beko1987]

 

The excitement was immense, and everyone breathed a sign of relief when JohnK won it, apart from the man himself

 

 

Who had to do this to his lovely cortina to get it home

 

 

Then we had to get out of the field this morning, which looked like this

 

 

 

and sounded like this

 

 

 

 

Soon we were all out of the quagmire, and I caught JohnK's top draw fleet leave 

 

 

This all left the entrance to the field looking like this

 

 

 

Six Cylinders 75 looked a bit grubby after being driven out with no drama at all

 

 

We then watched on and talked shite as the Brutha's Touring tried to fix the beemer's busted fuel tank, and an hour later, after some cans of scottish orange juice and palying 'how many toy cars can a 406 sunroof hold', a few of us went up the lane to check the bm did not ground out. The man with the flag had lost his flag

 

 

This proved fruitless however, so we pulled into a shite looking garage to drain the fuel and call the big orange taxi

 

 

I then departed, and came hoem to find I had punctured one of the veg bottles, so had to vac it out, lost 1/4 a bottle sadly, and the rear drivers carpet is a bit oily.

 

But, amazing shitefest, thanks Chris and Mrs Chris for letting us trash your field, and I found 2 local chiters to wave at on the road, Mrs Chris in the Red ZX and the dude in the Wolsely Six who'se name I forgot.

 

Happy Shitefest everyone, I'm off to read magazines and road tests!

[mat_the_cat]

Oh, and the V8 Stella developed some running problems, which I hope are now fixed after we took the carburetters apart during a thunderstorm.

 

Nope. Just got back now, after setting off before 10 this morning. Thanks very much for the help though, it was appreciated as it enabled me to at least enjoy the evening without worying about it Off to take Mrs_the_cat out for a meal now to make up for a weekend without her, so will explain more later about the problem.

[Frogchod]

Only managed a short flying visit

But got to look at V8 oily bits

Sadly it's been the highlight of my uk "holiday"...

 

Also have all uk cars been fitted with 48mph resrtictors?

[willswitchengage]

[Dave_Q]

Lolz at "2cray16"

 

I had a GR12 time despite only arriving late on Saturday.

 

I think JohnK needs some sort of special trophy for "Least fucks given on a major motorway" for making it home alright in that rig.

[purplebargeken]

You can only pray for thanks that the bus never got bogged down in the mud!

[willswitchengage]

Incidentally does anybody know what that species of JCB is? The current model is the 3CX, what is that?

[dollywobbler]

MOAR PICS.

Lexus kitchen. Loved the noise of this thing. Mrs DW sadly not convinced that we need to own one.

 

Bus by night.

 

Satellite Sigma.

 

The money shot, with some leg confusion.

[dollywobbler]

Joe Cleland makes my RAV more Concours-ready.

 

Muddy.

 

The Carr brothers escape in tandem!

 

Dragging out Bub's caravan. No problem! Well done little RAV.

[trigger]

Driving through the field of shitedreams.

 

https://youtu.be/1L5u-Jwd-ik

[purplebargeken]

That is quite the neat 'van there Bub!

[bub2006]

Don't look so neat anymore matey!

[hairnet]

Only managed a short flying visit

But got to look at V8 oily bits

Sadly it's been the highlight of my uk "holiday"...

 

Also have all uk cars been fitted with 48mph resrtictors?

quelle heure a frogchod arrivez la FOD???

[Supernaut]

Me and 17-Coffees have made it as far as Newcastle. I booked us a room in a Travelodge while connected to 4G this morning in the car park of Tesco Buckingham. Only £37, so not bad!

 

He's having a bath at the moment (I've already had a shower), then we'll head round the side of the building to the Toby Carvery attached on the side of this place.

 

Now that we've got the most boring part of the journey out of the way (all the bloody motorways) we can have some fun blasting up into Scotland tomorrow, over all the hilly mountainous roads.

 

This morning the Xantia had a rather worrying death-wobble above 60mph though. We pulled into some services, raised it right up, then pulled clumps of mud out of the insides of the front wheels. Some of them weighed at least as much as a wheel weight! Funnily enough, it drove fine after that...

[wuvvum]

So wheres next years event then?

You tell us, Trig - you've been nominated to organise it.

[skattrd]

You tell us, Trig - you've been nominated to organise it.

 

I suppose if it's on Trig's manor it won't be too far for him to travel

[hairnet]

You tell us, Trig - you've been nominated to organise it.

100% this - seeing as he wont go outside his front door for events

[Cavcraft]

Flipping hell, that looked a massive laugh, gutted I couldn't make it. You've got about ten years worth of calendar content in one go there between you all. 

[beko1987]

Talking of mud, my brakes were a bit crap after leaving, took a few hard anchors and the smell of hot mud to make them better again!

 

Its raining here now, I bet it's lovely up the field!

[wuvvum]

What a great weekend, despite the weather.  I got to drive a train, a Landcrab and the legendary Sierra, as well as a Concerto with an amusing* immobiliser.  Railway visit was brilliant, and I bagged myself an OO-gauge Hornby Dublo restaurant car for 3 quid from the railway shop.  Big yellow bus was amazing (how the hell does something the size of my house with 180 horsepower go that fast?), and the CX did 280 miles without missing a beat.  It's also surprisingly comfortable to sleep in - plenty long enough for me to stretch out on the airbed and high enough for me to sit up in bed.  I think my tent may have been rendered redundant.

 

As others have said, thanks again to Mr. & Mrs. Cylinder for making the whole thing happen.

[trigger]

You tell us, Trig - you've been nominated to organise it.

 

Oh dear! I was nominated a couple of years back too! I'll have to have a think of a venue!

[Richard]

[richardmorris]

I couldn't make the field as I had to see my nieces before their bedtime. But looks like you all had fun. And I had a great time at the railway. As I arrived in Oxford the heavens opened and there was lots of thunder and lightning and lots of crap driving too.

[CYANIDE STEVE]

Fantastic weekend and thank you to Mr and Mrs cylinder for hosting it. So glad I could make it this year after not being able to attend for the past 3 years. I'm really looking forward to next year's event now and make it a priority over my other plans . It was nice to put faces to names too.