same excellent quality and atmosphere - clean bogs, litter-pickers, hot water in the bogs and showers, etc.
not so many people wandering around but I think maybe more campers. All the usual commercial suspects present, AFAICS, but not that many auto-jumble types - I gather LRO, foolishly, want to discourage them. They'll ruin their show if they do, IMHO; and I reckon we should all write and tell 'em.
results:
replacement speedo which works properly and bonus tripmeter. unusual series III instrument head with a voltmeter, for 4 quid! new petrol pump from the orphanage for 15 quid.
negative result: another dud speedo (but it only cost a tenner) £3.30 for a cheeseburger.
Met: Bill Tasso and subset of offspring, very nice to meet up and pleasant offspring as well. Dave French showed up briefly, he's been learning stealth camping, slunk in unnoticed (we were almost-opposite where he parked on the sadly-empty 101 FCC&R stand), on the Saturday evening, sundry people photographing the 6x6 on Sunday and then he slunk off again before Sunday evenings B&B[1] session.
Sunday night a random couple and small wild child in a well-used SWB SIII showed up, and we said "why not join us for a beer?" - they went off and found a tent somewhere, returning with it tied to the roof, and stayed the night. Gave 'em tea and butties in the morning... Naturally, I've forgotten their names, but I expect Simon will remember. They went of bearing a GLASS application form...
All in all a nice show, as per last year.
[1] Barbie & Beer