IWA National Festival

[Tim Lewis]

Have posted a few pictures at:

 

http://www.pbase.com/timlewis/autherley_hi...ts&page=all

 

Enjoy!

 

Tim

[AlanJ]

Nice pictures Tim!

[jelunga]

I went on the first day, Saturday. Even at 0930 when we arrived, it was like a mud bath. Did anybody visit and the Monday and how muddy was it by then?

 

Had a good chat with a few suppliers - Big Fish, Adverc and Worcester Windows. All very helpful.

 

Keith

[cheshire~rose]

I went on the first day, Saturday. Even at 0930 when we arrived, it was like a mud bath. Did anybody visit and the Monday and how muddy was it by then?

 

Had a good chat with a few suppliers - Big Fish, Adverc and Worcester Windows. All very helpful.

 

Keith

 

It got progressively drier and less muddy as the weekend progressed. Areas that had been a problem on Saturday were dealt with using chippings or in some cases boarding and by Monday anyone seen wearing wellies looked positively overdressed!

 

There were still areas of soft ground but it was spongy rather than the type of thing you sink up to your ankles in.

 

Tim,

 

Great pics!

[Hairy-Neil]

I went on the first day, Saturday. Even at 0930 when we arrived, it was like a mud bath.

 

I'll bet 1992 at Wakefield was worse.....

 

 

And was it the Burton on Trent one where there were no show boats as the ground was too soft to get the cranes and lorries onto?

[Hairy-Neil]

What boat is this, anyone know?

 

http://i.pbase.com/g3/79/576579/2/102286024.NPnGjLwS.jpg

[AMModels]

HMS Forbidden, top secret navy canal cruiser equipped with top level stealth technology.

 

[SteveE]

Have posted a few pictures at:

 

http://www.pbase.com/timlewis/autherley_hi...ts&page=all

 

Enjoy!

 

Tim

Nice pictures, Tim. We were there with our boat and enjoyed our first festival. Thai green curry for lunch was excellent.

 

This boat, I think, had a Petter PD2 in it but was unnamed. Do you know it?

Regards

Steve

[Timleech]

Nice pictures, Tim. We were there with our boat and enjoyed our first festival. Thai green curry for lunch was excellent.

 

This boat, I think, had a Petter PD2 in it but was unnamed. Do you know it?

Regards

Steve

 

Looks very much like the Alton, but if so where's his 'coal/pumpout' etc sign?

 

Tim

[Tim Lewis]

Looks very much like the Alton, but if so where's his 'coal/pumpout' etc sign?

 

Tim

 

They were on the front of the boat and on the side facing the canal (78p/litr for disel BTW - we filled up from him on the Monday)

 

In fact the owner Brian got his niece to enrol on the signwriting course at the festival to produce a 'coal' sign - the cheek!

 

Tim

[AMModels]

Yup definitely Alton, I still have two small tins of the counter colours from a model I made of her for the previous owner.