Malvern show

Pleased I made the decison to travel home last night then. Last saw Martyn relinquishing command of Grumble to Charlotte.......

carriageway.

Mmmmmmm! Having only been to one show before Billing 2004 I thought Malvern was quiet on the Sunday when we drove down for the day.Maybe we expected more thinking all shows were like Billing.No spectators were allowed on the off-road course(probably for safety purposes)but it was a nice sunny day .We drove down from Dewsbury West Yorks and had no traffic problems at all and then to Northampton Uni Via Shakespears town and then home.For a bank holiday Sunday we had no traffic problems at all it would have probably taken longer to get to Batley Tesco's! My kids enjoyed the Disco3 ride on the ramps and we spent a weeks wage on burger and chips and watched someone driving over crushed cars in his £30,000 grand jeepy thing.(By the way they do that on our street every saturday night in normal road cars at twice the speed and then set fire to them for more excitement and it costs them naff all). Sorry as a show I was a bit disappointed maybe billing has done it to me!

Adrian Ford

Have done Gaydon and Eastnor this year and I have to say I found it lacking to both really. Gaydon had the people, if not the amount of space, and Eastnor had it both in spades and in as nice a setting as you could want. Was a bit dissappointed myself with LRO show. The scenery was nice though and it was good to catch up with friends again, so in that respect it was worth it. It was also pleasant to walk round without feeling like a sardine. I can only attribute the poor turn out to it being a bank holiday weekend with so many other things on. The town and country was on at stoneleigh, which is bound to have had an impact. Further to that, fancy having it from a Friday to Sunday, that was bound to put trade and campers off alike. Am hoping for better things from Peterborough.

Graham

In article , ( snipped-for-privacy@adrian131.freeserve.co.uk) muttered something along the lines of ...

Tell me about it...Don't know where about's in dewsbury you are but it took us bloody ages to get to tescos on sunday to re-stock the alcohol supply.... and that's from the Hospital!

Yes indeed - happy have we met - at last :-)

Just put some pics up:

Us too - empty roads, what a delight!

David (6x6) ended up being the guest of the RAC - once they found a truck big enough to take him back, Graham obviously has a few things to look at, my Optima Yellowtop is, I've assessed, totally shagged, so all-in-all, a fairly normal show!

I liked it for all the reasons you didn't.

Billing is a circus and we've now decided to drop it from our annual calendar altogether. I liked the clean bogs, and hot showers - each of which were cleaned on a frighteningly efficient basis. Litter pickers, frequent emptying of bins, helpful staff who were not so far up their own *rses not to care about the punters, lots of free stuff to do (including the free obstacle course) all led to me thinking it was one of the better organised shows this year and has set a standard which others would do well to observe.

Best bit, even though I did spend a fair amount of dosh, was I didn't feel the entire reason for the show was to prize my wallet open...

As a Yorkshireman you should know Nothings Free if you have to Pay in.As a weekend camping and a few beers with your mates probably a great day out but as a Impact sunday outing it lacked. My Son asked me why is that 101 painted purple and told him the owner comes from Sheffield and supports both wednesday and united ..

Adrian Ford

Amen to that. We came. We saw. We went home with stuff we Don't Really Need, But Might Come In Handy One Day. (tm) I spoke to a most peculiar man with a purple 101, but there were plenty of people around so I felt safe. ;0) We even enjoyed some of the arena stuff - that Edd Cobley's a bit quick inne? All in all a very pleasant, mostly relaxed day. I think next year's event might go in the diary.

jermec, fighting a losing battle about "if *you* want a Lotus why can't *I* have a 101?"

Wrong strategy... "Of course you can have a Lotus, you can park it under my 101" should do it :-)

Did I mention that it's a good idea to join the 101 club anyway?

- you know it makes sense, and now having met you, I can say with a degree of certainty that you'll fit in a treat.

LOL!

Plus the paint was cheap...

101... far more practical for those shopping trips... try getting this in your average lotus...

Kids slide....MASSIVE box :0)

Lee D

On or around Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:18:46 +0100, Mother enlightened us thusly:

aye, nice to meet people in the flesh, so to speak.

that reminds me, I should have some on the camera. Must look.

Feel free to email them - I'll add them if you like.

I would second all of that. the only thing that I found dissappointing was the lack of variety in trade stands. I would put it on par to eastnor. eastnor had more stands, clubs and jumble, but wasn't as well organised and definately did aim to empty your pocket. Where as Malvern was quieter, well run, less money orientated, but lacked the variety.

Can't really comment on billing as didn't go, but I do know what you mean by circus.

Graham

Appart from the odd caravan holding up queues, i quite agree.

Glad I got back ok, I'm not a member.... on the to do list!

Thought they were guarenteed? Whats caused it to fail do you think?

The chap on the APB Trading reckons they've a lifetime guarantee - but I can't see that being the case myself. It's fizzing when on charge - which seems to be a broken down cell structure - overcooked - but dunno how. I've checked the charging system in the truck with both meters, double checked the alternator and regulator too. My only 'sort of maybe' guess is that the compartment they're in does get quite hot - mind, the Red top and other yellow top do not seem to have suffered.

I've just lined the compartment with insulation just in case mind!

Eastnor is always our top show - and one we'll not write off our schedule in future years - the showers there were fine on the first night, but no great supply of bins, or litter pickers meant it did get a tad scruffy.

This was the first LRO Show that Emap have taken in-house, so I'd hope with the experience it'll get better.

Be interesting to see how Peterborough turns out - not being sponsored by any magazine. I know a lot of the traders have said they're not going, not that I'm bothered really, as I tend to look forward to it more for the people than the products.

Well, if *he* can join the Lotus fan club.....

One thing I should have asked while I was actually standing next to Grumble was how easy is it to get in? Practicality issues rear their ugly MS shaped heads. I can still manage the Defender, no trouble, but I am in the sad sad process of looking for alternatives for when the legs finally say "enough" - hopefully a good couple of years yet. How easy would a 101 be? Are stepladders required?

jermec