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Ross
Savage is a SVVS Member and is also a Military Vehicle enthusiast who has
a number of specialist vehicles, and a lovely field in Horne to drive them
around in. Feeling a bit lonely in doing it all on his own, he decided
that a lovely evening in midst of the heat-wave in August, would be a nice
time to invite a few friends over and share the field. The weather had
been perfect for a few the previous weeks giving us a burst of heatwave.
But as is the norm with British weather when anything is pre-arranged,
on the day the dark clouds began gathering towards the evening and few drops of rain
fell on the way there,
- and back. In the event however. it delayed its deluge of
showers until the next day. The lighting conditions for photography were
quite dark to a point where some photos required to be lightened in order
to be viewable on the screen. There was no theme to the event, largely
just a 'bring a vehicle - any vehicle' which, in the
middle of farming country, can be quite diverse.
The SVVS contingent was represented by a number of vehicles, but we
were swamped by other club
displays and by the militaries which did outnumber us quite considerably. The
militaries were quite magnificent in number and in size; - from fully road legal
rubber-tracked tank (that sounds really great fun, every street kiddies dream-
thundering down Guildford High Street in a Tank !!!)
to heavy US Army transporters which matched the Pickford, normally considered 'big'. There were also a large number of Jeeps
and Land-Rovers present in military garb including Ross' rather unusual
Belgian built Minerva Land-Rover. Also present were a number of tractors,
though fewer this year, some direct from daily duties of muck raking. There
were quite a few glam-cars, like a Porsche, Jaguars, Alfa romeo, Maserati, BMW etc, quite a few MGs, a 'glamour' of Vauxhall Crestas, a gaggle of
motorcycles and a couple of Veteran cars. A lovely evening was had by all. thanks to Ross.
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