dougbgt6 Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Twyford village fete & car show is this Saturday 19th on Stanlake Meadow. However, the travellers are back! They won't be got out in time. the last lot, only a month ago, took 10 days to shift. So will it go ahead? Not sure I want to take my car down there if they're still there. Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Are there no vintage road rollers.traction engines booked in for display that could be moved in on Friday night!!?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 And this morning, they're all gone! Social meja says the court injunction from the last time was still in force and the police were able to move them on. Alternatively the consequences of staying put while enraged locals got tanked up in the beer tent was a factor. Whatever, there's just as much mess as was left the last time and the council will have to get it cleaned up before Saturday. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Whatever, there's just as much mess as was left the last time and the council will have to get it cleaned up before Saturday. db Whoa! You can't say that about travellers, you'll have to apologise in the papers etc. There's no proven link whatsoever between travellers and piles of used nappies, old car batteries, gas cylinders, tyres, shopping trollies, beer tins and human excrement that magically appear wherever they've just left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Dont see why not they impose their lifestyle on the community so we can be critical when they do as you said Get the bulldozer in. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Come tobBrands Hatch, Triumph racing there on Saturday, or Curborough for a TRR Hillclimb! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Thanks! But no. I shall be in the village fete beer tent, wincing at the assorted bands on stage and muttering "I could do better than that!" db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Ear plugs in ..... and enjoy the beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 Well, event done and dusted, good turn out of cars, clear winner for me was the damson red TR6 with chestnut carpet. But, the winner, by public vote was, the Corvette! The steering wheel's on the wrong side! What were they thinking?!! db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlubikey Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 2 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: But, the winner, by public vote was, the Corvette! The steering wheel's on the wrong side! What were they thinking?!! Yeah, the Riff-Raff you get in Twyford these days! Cheers, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Cooper Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 6:12 PM, JohnD said: Come tobBrands Hatch, Triumph racing there on Saturday, And what a good day it was! I hadn't seen racing on the full Grand Prix circuit since the late 80s and I had been really looking forward to this event. There were huge and varied grids of cars that were driven with real gusto and great competitive spirit. None of this 'parade' or 'demonstration' nonsense, just genuine racing with plenty of battling and overtaking. Plenty of highlights including one from our own John Davies who overtook a Porsche 911 round the outside on Druid's hairpin bend, a truly ballsy manoeuvre, and then went on to have an epic nip and tuck with the Porsche for the next 4 laps. For one of the classic single seater races I sat and watched from the far end of the GP circuit, deep in the woods with nobody else in sight except a marshal; all the evocative names like Hawthorns Bend and Dingle Dell. Between races I sat and ate the best blackberries I have ever found. And to cap it all, I met Bern in the paddock. I drove home a very happy boy. Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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