Yet another great weekend!
Despite rain on Friday morning on the way down, I led John & Sandra and Martyn (going as S2C members and towing their folding caravans) down the A1, arriving at the showground at around 11:30 to find it warm and dry, with no sign of rain!
Our stand was just behind the S2C stand so we arranged a communal area between.
Kath & Chris were already there with Pete & Jonny and their vehicles (on the S2C stand), but they camped right next to the communal area so that Kath could supply us with constant hot drinks and sweet things
Ian & Dianne, Phillip and Mark & Cat arrived in the afternoon with their Dormobile, Carawagon and Marshall Ambulance camper respectively, with Stuey (88" Carawagon) and Patrick (Carawagon) arriving later in the evening.
The final Dormobile of Mick (Jabbawocky) & William arrived early Saturday morning after an unfortunate experience with a dodgy meat pie on Friday!
So, we were all set up for when the public arrived on Saturday morning.
On Saturday evening we all joined together for a Moroccan Lamb Stew (prepared & cooked by me) with additions of rice by Patrick, a hot chicken dish by John and a Kefta by Mick.
The stew took 3 hours to cook in my new cast iron pot - an ideal size for 12 servings
(those of you with eagle eyes might spot a very good friend in the background - Brad (romanyrose) who made it down for the day
..... so it was dark when we served out. We dined around three firepits in the communal area between the stands, ringed by windbreaks, in the company of the S2C members from their stand:
All the firepits competed for heat output, some more than others with the wood stores depleting quickly, but just look at the flame from the top of my firepit chimney!
The good news on Sunday was that Stuey was invited into the arena for the awards ceremony, having been nominated as one of the finalists for best classic with his rare 88" Carawagon, Priscilla
We were all hoping he would get first place, but he was beaten into second by a bright yellow S1 recovery truck, which, unlike Priscilla, had been stripped for a complete nut and bolt restoration!
Third place was taken by a very rare Range Rover Carawagon, one of only 8 built!
Here is Stu protecting his assets
(Ignore the apparent Hiab which appears to be mounted on his roof rack - it was just a machine clearing the arena behind!)
All in all, another great show - great weather, great company, great food
and another award for an LRCC member (well done Stu
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Cheers,
Robin.
) so don't delay!
), then please let me know by PM as soon as you can.
) while away from the stand 
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or just watching the world go by 
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I must book my leave early next year