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Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: Villager Date: June 12, 2013, 1:46 pm |
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Hello everybody :D |
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This weekend was the Newby hall event, thankfully we were |
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blessed with some cracking weather, the sun burn for which i am |
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still suffering :-[ ;) |
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This year there were 6 Unimogs in attendance: |
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Myself in the 411 |
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Moose in the 406 145 |
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Casto in his 406 |
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Chris Armstrong in His 411 |
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Chris Armstrong in his 417 |
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and a 1750, i didnt get the chance to speak to the owner though |
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:( |
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I arrived at the site on friday evening at ETA 19:00 pm, to meet |
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casto who had arrived at around 17:00 PM. The journey was, to |
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say the least, eventfull, my top speed reached was 35MPH, (that |
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was downhill, i aimed to do 30 mph on the level) upon arrival i |
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was told by casto that my front right light was smashed :( :'( |
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we still cannot decide how it happened, i think it was a stone |
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thrown up by a car tyre, casto thinks it may have been somebody |
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in morrisons car park. anyhow, thats something to sort out. |
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casto also had a few small mishaps over the weekend, but i will |
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let him decide if he wants to tell you :) |
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so, we met up in the main show arena, where i was pleasantly |
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surprised to find that the Unimogs had their own designated area |
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:D ;D |
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After a bit of banter we moved to the camp site, where we put |
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tents up (casto and james bragging with a flip up roof tent, |
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which they put on the ground ::) ) |
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casto then proceeded to get out his bbq, with help from James, |
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who helped him make it, and i have to say, it was immense. a |
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serious peace of art: |
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so, whilst i was still putting my tent up, casto was kind enough |
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to cook my burgers, which due to the slight technical issue in |
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the size of the grill holes, ended up in large falling into the |
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charcoal below :D :P more info on how we over came this issue |
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later ;) mean while, for the first time in my life, i go the |
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chance to see someone cooking chips whilst camping, that right, |
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Casto and James had brought sunflower oil and POTATOES! James |
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it seemed was a pro at cooking chips: |
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it was during eating time that moose decided to turn up, pushing |
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the time limit at five to nine (anyone that arrived after nine |
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was put into a holding bay for security.) |
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So after a few beers (my bombardier to hand) and a good chat |
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about modifying the bbq, we went to sleep. |
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So, saturday morning came, along with Chris in his scania, |
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So after unloading the truck and hiding Chris's lads grey furgy |
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behind a tree :D ;) we ate breakfast then went and lined up |
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After that it was basically a day for chilling, i would have |
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taken some pics of other trucks but i didnt want my phone to go |
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flat. |
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But come evening came the road run, lots of tractors going down |
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to ripon, there was even a puddle splash as we drove over a ford |
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:o |
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once in Ripon we parked up in the market square (my back tyre on |
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a kirb to show of articualtion 8) about 4 inches :D ) |
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whilst in ripon we went to the "small" sainsbury's across the |
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road, which turned out to actually be a portal into a huge super |
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market :o |
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there we got the fundamentals such as beer, Cider, and alcohol |
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:D oh, and food... |
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On the journey back the lead unimog decided to put there foot |
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down and over take a few vehicles, well that was it, me and |
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james in the 34 bhp beast decided to release all its energy and |
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went into warp speed, it was at this point that james decided |
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that if he was gonna get a mog, it was a 411 ;) cause theyre so |
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fun :D |
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when we got back moose had the idea of turnign the bbq into a |
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George Foreman grill |
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we literally watched the fat run from the burgers 8) after a |
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slight simmer the burgers could then be transferred to the grill |
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with no breakages :D |
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after some food and chatter, myself, Casto, and James went to |
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the beer tent, where an incredibly awesome guy was singing some |
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great songs, many of which were very rude, :) |
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Unfortunately i decided to use the cider tent, and upon seeing a |
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sign for mulled wine, i thought, "hmm, ive never had that" and |
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so decided to have a pint, safe to say i will never have one |
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again :-\ . i then decided to go onto dry cider, which if i'm |
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generous, was a medium, most disappointed. after that i got |
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bottled cider from the other bar. |
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So after many drinks and much boogying, we staggered back to the |
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tent, very merry and in high spirits, after sitting around the |
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fire for a bit it was bed time. |
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So, sunday turned up, and i dint feel to bad, neither did it |
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seem were the others, if anything we were all a little tired |
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after the late night. |
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it was really just a day of chilling on sunday, i went to get an |
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icecream in the afternoon, casto and James followed shortly |
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after, me being the gentleman let them go ahead of me, after |
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they had ordered theirs i went to place my order of a double |
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cone, only to be told they were completely out of stock, casto |
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and James, gentlemen in there own hearts, did nothing but laugh |
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:( |
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chris then decided to take his unimog into the arena, where the |
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narrator had to be given a card describing what it was, he was |
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incredibley knowledgeable with most things though. i myself was |
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to tired and sunburnt to bother going around the arena :) |
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so thats that, im sure ive forgotten many things, there was a |
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lot that happened, but after rapping the tent up, we set of |
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home, my journey was mainly un-eventful. |
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I have however came away with a future project for events ;) |
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8) top secret though :P |
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#Post#: 1157-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: njc110381 Date: June 12, 2013, 3:53 pm |
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Well if nothing else this thread has explained the Kassy thing |
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to me! Now it all makes sense! |
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It sounds like you guys had a great time. I don't know why but I |
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always thought that your Doka was a 416? Didn't know they came |
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in 406 wheelbase! One thing that has crossed my mind though - |
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surely that shackle on the mirror arm of your dads mog must |
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rattle around and drive you nuts? Or is it so loud in there that |
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you don't hear it? |
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#Post#: 1160-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: Villager Date: June 12, 2013, 4:03 pm |
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yeah, i thought id leave that half blank as it explains it. |
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the 406 dokas were only ever for the Lufthansa, they are very |
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rare because people got them and chopped them up into single |
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cabs. |
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The shackle doesnt rattle, 406's with standard springs are quite |
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smooth, our 406 145 (145 stands for doka cab 406) also carrys |
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quite a bit of weight, which makes the ride super smooth. :) and |
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the 406's arent that loud if they have the sound proof engine |
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cover, you can have a conversation easily :P |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: casto Date: June 13, 2013, 9:11 am |
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nice little write up brian. and as for my little miss hap :-* |
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:D ;D |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: Villager Date: June 13, 2013, 11:22 am |
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:o :-* could have been worse, could have told them all ;) |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: njc110381 Date: June 13, 2013, 1:53 pm |
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Come on casto, 'fess up! ??? |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: casto Date: June 13, 2013, 2:38 pm |
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Lol its def one for being round the camp fire! 8[sub][/sub]) |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: Villager Date: June 13, 2013, 2:43 pm |
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to be honest, its not the kind of thing you actually write down |
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:D and im actually being serious |
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EDIT: i spelt write as in right ::) |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: casto Date: June 13, 2013, 3:40 pm |
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Agreed. Camp fire story it is. I did pop off a jubilee clip on |
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the road run, on a water pipe. Quick fix on Sunday and she was |
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fine |
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Re: Newby Hall Vintage Rally 2013 report |
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By: Villager Date: June 13, 2013, 3:42 pm |
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be honest, it was 2 clips ;) |
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