Woodvale Rally

[Drift]

Well Friday evening I went to the RAF Woodvale Rally near Southport to help man a stand on behalf of CRAG (Countryside Recreational Access Group), the stand space was very kindly donated by Liverpool Land Rover Club.
Friday evening was very warm but very windy, Saturday was very warm but a bit overcast.
I was among at least 25 Land Rovers and one huge MOG
The CRAG contingent consisted of a pumped up V8 Disco a big MOG with a hi ab on, also a challenge defender, and me, more to koin Sunday.
Anyway some pics.
Sorry some are dark camera freaked out.
Camping


Setting up the stand with logs



Setting up the CCTV usable by the public visiting the stand.


A few random stand pics.









From Liverpool Land Rovers Society stand


A Frontera comes to the rescue again, I also had to help flare break pipes


How is this for a VW


a Willies Jeep


This is the actual bus I passed my PSV test in over twenty years ago, the wieredest thing is the disply on the fron is the first ever route I drove on to
Our company sold this bus about 15 years ago.


This model Vulcan Bomber cost £3500 and can get up to 300 mph
It sounded the biz too



OTT

[Red Oktober]

so you had a good time then ....

bet that bus took you back a bit

[Drift]

The bus did, it was our training bus until the rules changed and the bus must be able to exceed 50mph

Might go back in the morning seeing as Ive still got my competitors pass (free )

[Red Oktober]

sounds like a plan .......more pics

[Drift]

Sunday is the busiest day more cars ect

Some cracking TVR's all sorts of car owner groups and steam trains you name it it was there, huge site

[I Live For FOG]

like the vulcan worked on them years ago before they went out of service nice to see the frontera in between all those landrovers

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Steve, there are no real Vulacans flying at the moment in the world and I was chatting to a guy who is part of a team restoring one and they hope (funds allowing) to have it in the air before the end of the year, then do the air show circute.

We also saw and heard a rolls royce merlin engine running on an engine stand, it certainly made you tinggle

[I Live For FOG]

that will be the one at bruntingthorpe

did you see the red arrows

[Drift]

Think so.
Red Arrows are on at the Southport air show in a few weeks

Its decided, we are going back (family) tommorow

[Red Oktober]

cool more pics

[Drift]

Most definitly, better quality to

[I Live For FOG]

just looked at that vulcan website
http://www.tvoc.co.uk/engineering.asp

a few faces i know in the engineering side from work

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The guy was saying pilots loved the Vulcan as it was one of the last front line planes not to be computer controled it was flown by the seat of thire pants and required a pilot not a computer engineer to fly it

[alex]

It also had such a high lift wing it could be chucked about a lot, up at altitude it would out turn a fighter. Was litterally under on at the last show at Cosford, he lifted the nose and opened the Olympus engines and climed steep.
The ground shook, hundreds of car alrms went off, kids crying, it was great.

I would pay to watch a Vulcan in the air again, such a shame there arent any, same to the Victor oh and Lightning.

[I Live For FOG]

understand there are still a few lightnings about

[alex]

If I ever had the cash to blow, Thunder alley and a lightning would be on the agenda, but allas here in the uk its a Jet Provost if yer lucky. Mind a grand for half hour in a JP should put a smile on anyones face. Just need to win the lottery a few times

[Drift]

There is a place in South Africa they take you up in most jets for a few hundred quid

More pics of today will be posted after my kebab and when photobucket is back on line

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Here we go today at Woodvale Rally .

Found some wood


Dave Rodgers, before he could pose


Woops to close parking

Hurry up mog man

Thumbs down from Jessica about LandRovers.

Dads car is the best

Some one parked a LR on my shoulder

We could always find our stand with the mog HI AB


can anyone change a head gasket ?




The v6 in the back ground got a flyer

Its a bedford but look at the badge

MMMMM



A truely fantastic weekend.
We bagged a few more people for CRAG membership, plus a whole club to be affiliated.
Result

[BUMPTJ]

We also saw and heard a rolls royce merlin engine running on an engine stand, it certainly made you tinggle

Wasn't being run by a pair of brothers was it?

[Drift]

Dunno, why do you know them?
Was a fantastic noise