****FOG Annual Meet 2013**** REVIEW incl your PICS/VIDS

[fudge]

mine made it home with no probs and the brakes seem to have sorted them selfs out too

but it was great fun..
bring on next year

[muddy4x4]

Pete and I managed to get home safe and sound the truck made it home under its own steam

With a battery change half way!

[badsykes]

Hihi .. i wished i had money to join a UK frontera meeting...It would be an experience..

PS: Some people laugh at me here that if i would go from Romania to UK the gas cost would be the value of my frontera again...

[fronteramac]

wow...that would be a great road trip if it could be affordable,you will have to win the lottery

[andytats]

Well we have made it back to Harlow just all the lights decided to throw a wobble as well as the immobiliser. I had no lights so I couldn't use the rear fog lights as a brake light.

[gregster]

Back and proper sleeps in a proper bed, a shower and feeling vaguely human again....

What a blinder though...

Great to meet everyone, some again, some for the first time.

Finally got to meet the "rich" and now can certainly confirm that he is wierder in person than in cyber-fog world...great to meet him though, and his Bro Pete...the man who can be blamed for starting all our madness.

Arrived saturday afternoon in my vw caddy pickup , with was to be my "apartment" for the night...I kinda fitted, just, diagonally, although any similarity between a bed liner and a proper bed are purely in name alone. Space was assisted by the lack of tools I needed to bring, in fact none at all, cos I drove up in a Veedub sooner than a fronty! LOL.
After saying hello , and emptying the caddy full of fronty bits...it was apparant that the sun was over the yard-arm, and it was definately beer oclock...
The clock must have stuck though....cos it was still beer oclock at 3am-ish!
Jim (aka DJ Spatula) was working the twin BBQ's like a Dj with a pair of technics finest's...dropping some great burgerage as the sun set...making a proper meal of stuff, both on the 4x4 course and at the BBQ...top man.
The left hand drive contingent did a wonderful pork spitroast...and bought some of there "interesting" native beverages again too...which were almost as eyewateringly disturbing as when I got to sit in the driver seat of Ians back to front (well side to side) fronty. Great to see you guys again, always a real pleasure.
Then came the raffle, I think nearly everyone won something, even if bobby won it for them LOL...Gazzebo won the "mystery prize", which was pretty apt I think! Big thanks to everyone for their generosity for the prizes...and snappers misses for being the "bingo caller"...and almost loosing her voice into the deal...Its so nice to see how many Foggers, once they had won something, who then when they won again declined a second prize to give someone else a chance...really shows the sharing spirit of FOG.

The night went on and as the moon rose, the tone of conversation and humour plunged...needless to say Fudge astounded everyone with his unparalelled levels of wierdness, as always, but was a good sport as always in putting up with abuse he got/deserved...

A great many beers turned most of the night into a blurry haze full of laughter....was a cracker...

Then crashed for the night in the caddy....and woke up with an evil headache for some strange reason...
A brew from Jellybaby "the upside down shock man" within seconds of my eyes opening helped kickstart the vital organs again...big thx...and a super brekky sarney from the Rich later, as we tryed to suss out Petes trucks problem, helped diliute the residual alcomohol...
Then a day chillin in the sun, recovering and watching some of the fellas playing in the mud, and helping do some bits on the trucks...

Blinder...absolute blinder...

Big shout to
Dwifty and Rich, the admin team, and my drinking buddies....a top event fella's,
Jellybaby, Robfog and everyone else who helped my "recovery" on Sunday
Fudge...for putting the work into get my Yella beasty up and running again and to the annual meet, and thanks to everyone who voted the yellafing as most modded truck, the trophy is sitting on my trophy shelf at home with pride...just need to build something else for next year to try and retain it...

And massive thanks to everyone who came and made this weekend yet another absolute cracker....cheers

Will upload a few pics I took later...

[jellybaby]

What a weekend home and unpacked just got to demud everything now. Fudge fantastic pics loads more to come hopefully. like the vid of mine down the slope and it wasn't even stuck although it was a brown trouser moment. Drives a whole lot better now my shocks are on the right way up gotta say thanks to Tom for swapping them round . Great to see new faces and old.
Few pictures.

[fudge]

well if you look in my album that is all i got.
didnt get too many, was playing too much....

[jellybaby]

and climbing on my roof

[4x4 bobby]

Well people im home and bathed! Thank you for such a great weekend i really enjoyed it. Thank you to Ian (bobbins) for giving me the chance to go laneing i had a great time! And it was nice to have a co-pilot when he was awake!!!!!!! Will post my piccies when i get the chance.

[4x4 bobby]

Hihi .. i wished i had money to join a UK frontera meeting...It would be an experience..

PS: Some people laugh at me here that if i would go from Romania to UK the gas cost would be the value of my frontera again...

You would be made very welcome mate!!!

[bhcalcutta]

I'll second Fudges comments. A big thanks to Drift and everyone else in organising the event, and also a big thanks to the barbeque chef(s) for an excellent spread

[stretch]

Thanks to Drift & co for organizing another brilliant annual also thanks to Jim for the BBQ Wench and I had a great time in Tara and loved playing on the track and a days laning thanks to Ian. Only casualties our end was side indicator lens which was sorted thanks to bobby and enough bodywork scratches to make freddy kruger hang his head in shame.

Thank you to everyone for you tips, words of advice over the weekend they were invaluable as ever.

Roll on next year

[gregster]

Well people im home and bathed!

Didnt know it was your birthday too Bobby....

[bhcalcutta]

Got home late last night after limping the truck the last 50 miles of so with a knackered front wheel bearing. The noises, rumbles and judders over the last few miles were quite alarming

It was a great meet, and was nice to catch up with a few old friends, but even nicer to meet lots of new ones, and I still didn't get to know all of you. (Also nice to find out that at least a few of you live within spitting distance of me, so we'll have arrange something one of these weekends)

As for photos, my 9 year old takes better pictures than me so I'll leave you with just one that she captured. I don't know who they were, but it was a nice bit of coreography

[Gem]

Yep thank you everyone, weekend was beyond expectations, loved it !! and of cause loved testing myself to my limits with some extra pushes in the right direction from a select few, mainly fudge lol Made me fall in love with the shorty even more roll on next event !!

[badsykes]

As for photos, my 9 year old takes better pictures than me so I'll leave you with just one that she captured. I don't know who they were, but it was a nice bit of coreography

I am not 9 year old but i always love when i see adults say that kids made things better than they ..I think makes my inner child very happy. (No offence intented!)

[gregster]

[Gazeddy]

well after nipping for milk friday afternoon ive finally made it home. had an ace weekend pushed the truck a little too far my lil un caught the sun quite badly but hes not whinging ended up with a proper 2" lift instead of disco springs and its like i drove a different truck home

big thanks to all who organised and got things in place

[MrPete]

Heh, some great photos and stories everyone! Wish I'd have been able to make it for the day Saturday but plans changed last minute
Glad to hear people are making it home safely too! Thanks to all who helped organise it all! Hopefully catch up with you all soon