Historical Commercial Lorry Run 1 May 2016

[User10571]

Some excellent pics there TC1!

 

[ianrauk]

Some excellent pics there TC1!

'twas a great ride you missed Squire...

 

[ianrauk]

some more pics

 

[ianrauk]

I think the coal fired/driven WW1 Gun and carriage was missing this year.

 

[mark st1]

The time and effort and I dare say money that must go in to keeping them in that condition..Cool pics Ian looks like a good day out.

 

[ianrauk]

The time and effort and I dare say money that must go in to keeping them in that condition..Cool pics Ian looks like a good day out.

Yup, they are well looked after...

 

[Tim Hall]

Yup, they are well looked after...

Mostly. That fire engine with the "lived in" paint job was a bit of work in progress. And the fumes from its engine were a bit chewy.

 

[ianrauk]

Mostly. That fire engine with the "lived in" paint job was a bit of work in progress. And the fumes from its engine were a bit chewy.

...and I could tell that the 'rumbling, rattling' coach wouldn't get up Burgess Hill.

 

[Tim Hall]

Things I remember:

Meeting Susie and Simon. It's been while
The weather
The stinky old vehicles
Beating the yellow coach up Clayton Hill
Discovering that one of our number is still on his original small chain ring (now 13 years old). Can you guess who?
No pasties de nata as the Portuguese cafe was shut.
The traffic jam on the way into Brighton.
The traffic jam going the other way as we zoomed over Devil's Dyke
Me not managing to keep up with @ianrauk and @arallsopp on the way home.


A few pics here

 

[arallsopp]

Things I remember:

Meeting Susie and Simon. It's been while
[...]
Me not managing to keep up with @ianrauk and @arallsopp on the way home.

Was glad that you and I had the sense to turn up in Friday's jackets, in anticipatory honour of random encounters. You managed to avoid the nasty bit of the route home, btw. Some point after Crawley, the wind turned in the face of @ianrauk, and (egads!) he had to ask me to take the lead. Those that know my navigational abilities know that such a move can only come from desperation.

Oddly, we made it home. I still have no idea how

 

[ianrauk]

Oddly, we made it home. I still have no idea how

A handful of salted peanuts goes a long way...

 

[User10571]

It was a fair while ago, but I do remember it being a lumbering great thing. With livestock on board our progress was very stately indeed, with a massive amount of forward planning and anticipation so as not to be doing any sharp braking, and where possible we always parked up by driving in a large circle at the showground rather than trying to reverse .

In a previous life I drove a TK Bedford artic unit, delivering to a chain of minor / local supermarkets - Londis - That kind of thing.
Power assisted anything = 0
Not helped by having busted 2 ribs on one occasion. (Bedroom accident. Do Not Ask)
On that occasion, gear changes really hurt.

 

[topcat1]

Lame excuse Tuesday, me lens kept steaming up, both Gopros had an update that has thrown my settings out of wack.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/62382682@N07/3kEq7e

Now added all the pics from Crystal Palace

 

[arallsopp]

This one has a touch of JMW Turner about it. https://flic.kr/p/GDU4wA