How was it for you?

[Bob]

Back from Beltring after a great weekend. The EMLRA stand was magnificent (both in quality & quantity) the Pink Panther guys put on a good display, Dunsfold exhibited JUNO 02 for the first time, and there were plenty of interesting individual Land Rovers on display. I particularly liked the rare 1967 Royal Air Force IIa ambulance (Lomas) and if I had only come up with three more numbers on the National Lottery on Saturday night, I'd have bit the sellers arm off!
Sorry if I did not get the chance to meet anybody (especially Nick) but the weekend just vanished. Roll on 2002.
Bob

[Time Bandit]

Pleased to hear you had a great time at Beltring Bob:)
Unfortunately it's at the wrong end of the country for me(not a journey i would greatly look forward to in my Lightweight,in both terms of fuel consumption/costs nor the 'comfort' factor!! :eek: ). As it happens I could not of got time off work anyhow to get there,which means I didn't have to choose between Billing and Beltring,though I suspect Billing would of won on distance alone:)
Anyhow i look forward to reading about Beltring in the various mags,EMLRA newsletter etc (though i will be depressed seeing what i have missed:( ).

[Bob]

If you went to Billing instead of Beltring, this is just one of the treats you missed.
Bob

[Time Bandit]

Can't help but think 'what an ugly monster'!!:eek:
Look's like something the yanks would come out with,definately give it a miss,I'll stick to my Lightweight.:)

[Jon V]

Uggh. That one fell out of the ugly tree and hit all the branches on the way down. I think they got it right with the 101. Not a curve on the body unlike that ugly beast.

[Great Pebble]

Grrrrrr...... Just got back from Beltring (having stopped @ the pub for a few "depression relieving" swifties) and Bob has managed to beat all records for the "Where the f*** was that, and why didn't I see it ?" award which usually has to wait for the next issue of Gun Mart.
It was a grand few days all told, loadsa Landies, Loadsa drink, Loadsa purchases..... Not loadsa money left.
Sorry I mised you Bob, but trying to find anyone or anything on site was just...... well, anyone who's been there can understand.
I'll get my pics developed tomorrow and post a few choice ones.

Nick in Belfast

[Bob]

Te, he, he!!!
You gotta know what you're looking for - and have mates to keep you posted on new sightings.

[Dan Breen]

So Bob, what is it then? the 110 version of the LLAma?

[Bob]

No, guess again.
Bob

[Mike Jackson]

Looks vaguely discoveryish to me.

Mike

[Time Bandit]

Now then,let me see.It wouldn't happen to be a Land Rover Challenger would it??:D
Actually I cheated,I saw it in the Dunsfold Collection newsletter!:)

[Bob]

Yes, it is Challenger. It was an experiment to see if it was feasible to produce a Discovery-based pickup (what our Antipodean cousins would call a Ute) to compete head-on with the likes of the Nissan Militar and the Toyota Hi-Lux.
Bob

[Mean Green]

So I take it it failed the feasibility study then......

[Bob]

More a case of confirmation that the Defender was still better suited to what the soldiers needed, rather than what the procurement accountants wanted! If it aint broke, why fix it?
Bob

[Jon V]

If it aint broke, why fix it?
Because its fun to find out whats inside.:D

[Time Bandit]

......and then not be able to put it back together again:eek: :rolleyes: :( :D

[Jon V]

........when it all fits back in except for one small piece.

[Time Bandit]

You mean the 'I wonder where that bit went?'bit, the 'what the hell probably didn't need it,just throw it in the corner and pretend I had never seen it' bit?
...Later it becomes 'I wonder what hell is wrong with this engine?' bit. :D :D

[Mark Charnley]

Every time I do some work I end up with bits left. They're (See Mike J, I can do grammer!!!) now in a box in the landy for when I eventually will need them !

:D :D

[Great Pebble]

Muuuuh, We won't mention the bag of "spares" I've aquired since me mum bought me that socket set for my Birthday......


Anywho.... My favourite Landy at Beltring was.........

[Jon V]

Thats why i keep all the odd bits of metal that were in Bungles wheel boxes when i got him. Dont know where they are from but alot are Nato green.

[Alan H]

Originally posted by Mark Charnley
Every time I do some work I end up with bits left. They're (See Mike J, I can do grammer!!!) now in a box in the landy for when I eventually will need them !

:D :D
Grammer? do you mean "GRAMMAR" mark? Or do you have a thing for old women direcly ascended from your parents?:rolleyes:

[Mark Charnley]

I never said I could spell!!!!
Any you can talk - read your own post ?!!

[Alan H]

Ah but I did that on purpose:
1. To make you feel better.
2.To see if you was taking notice.

Believe that and you'll believe owt!:D