Thanks Baz and Andy for a great w.end , got there and back no hic ups , lets see if i can add a few pics ere, noteably Andy getting his well deserved prize for best break down !
s.arnatt
Anyone fancy a Welsh Commer Weekend?
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Thanks Baz and Andy for a great w.end , got there and back no hic ups , lets see if i can add a few pics ere, noteably Andy getting his well deserved prize for best break down !
s.arnatt
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s.arnatt
s.arnatt
lovely pic's what about how many vans ? etc etc I know your all commered out waiting patiently for more stories
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well chris it goes like this, leave in glorious sunshine and roast on way down, arrive just over an hour later and roast whilst setting up awning, relax and chill and meet and talk, retire for the evening, RAIN RAIN HEAVIER RAIN EVEN HEAVIER RAIN, rapidly seperate van from awning because its leaking between the two, RAIN LIGHTENING MORE RAIN SLEEP, get up and drizzle, dries up so i level up the van and reattach the awning, the others all go out for run to brecon, swampster has a crash on returning due to diversion set up because someone had a fatal accident just up the road from the campsite, we go for pub supper as do most of the others because its RAINING, THEN REALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH I THINK KEPT MOST OF US AWAKE!! apart from the small showers i think we made the most of it, and had a good wkend cheers Bazz, ps. we had a great run there and back with no probs or traffic with swampster in convoy behind us coming back!
Dont try and lead me astray....i know the way myself!!
Dont try and lead me astray....i know the way myself!!
Cheers Nath I like a bit of rain :I[}]
hope Gary & jackie are ok but hows swampy [:0] obviously not too serious [8D]
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[}]hope Gary & jackie are ok but hows swampy [:0] obviously not too serious [8D]
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it was only a ding ill let gary tell all and put up photos, just a shame as he'd just had a load of panel work done. wasnt quite the same with out you two, what happened?
Dont try and lead me astray....i know the way myself!!
Dont try and lead me astray....i know the way myself!!
Spotted languishing on a Welsh hillside If anyone wants to rescue this one, I have a telephone number
A group of us about to go down't pit
http://www.commervanspares.co.uk/
http://www.yorkshireclassiccampers.co.uk/
If anyone wants to rescue this one, I have a telephone number
A group of us about to go down't pit
http://www.commervanspares.co.uk/
http://www.yorkshireclassiccampers.co.uk/
Thanks to Baz and Andy for a Wicked Commer Weekend (Hope that's not a trademark)
The weather did it's best to put everyone off but we're a hardy bunch, we have to be really, Commer owners are never pessimists!
Did anyone have a van that didnt leak? (even the pub did so dont be shy)
It was really nice to meet everyone, put faces to names and all that and hope to see you all again soon
Mike & Mandy.
The weather did it's best to put everyone off but we're a hardy bunch, we have to be really, Commer owners are never pessimists!
Did anyone have a van that didnt leak? (even the pub did so dont be shy)
It was really nice to meet everyone, put faces to names and all that and hope to see you all again soon
Mike & Mandy.
same again thanks to bazz and andy,wot a lovely site.nice trip to brecon not so on the way back.as charlie said a little scrape with a jutting out rock on the narrow lanes.luckily didnt touch the new panels.nice to meet old and new commer friends cant wait till the next one.ps charlie we got up to 55mph at some point on the way home you must be well chuffed with all the work you have done on your van.pps missed colin, cazz i brought to many beers back home.thanks again for a chilled out wknd.left camera at home so sorry chris no pics.
.nice to meet old and new commer friends cant wait till the next one.ps charlie we got up to 55mph at some point on the way home you must be well chuffed with all the work you have done on your van.pps missed colin, cazz i brought to many beers back home.thanks again for a chilled out wknd.left camera at home so sorry chris no pics.
I forgive you Gary as I didn't make it
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Got back a couple of hours ago and still waiting for the photos to upload to photobucket.
Peggy made it back under her own steam. Turns out the reason she was behaving like her gasket had gone was that somehow the plugleads to no3 and no4 had been swapped, not trying to drum up more business were you Martin?
Huge thanks to Nancy who called the RAC out (we thought to relay us to the site but he got Peggy sorted). The guy even went home for a piece of hose as the bypass split. He then followed us all the way back to the site which was lucky because at the top of a big hill we stopped by a puddle to check the carb. After he'd sorted the carb we set off to drive through the puddle and rejoin the road.
Unfortunately welsh roadside puddles actually hide cavernous trenches which try to swallow Commers head first! As Mr RAC was hooking up his tow-rope to Peggy's rear end Nancy leapt out to get a photo of Peggy with her snout in the hole but she was too late. Suffice to say that Peggy no longer has much of a front valance. She did scoop some mud off the bottom which settled nicely on top of her front bumper (it really was that deep!).
Everyone was expecting us to return on a low-loader so it was with pure unbridled self-satisfaction that we drove onto the site unassisted.
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and despite a few downpours overall the weather was pretty good over the weekend. Great to meet some new faces and also to see the 'older' ones again.
Those who weren't able to make it really missed out. It's likely that Andy and I will do it again next year. We didn't get quite as many as I originally hoped but the campsite owners seemed pleased with us all anyway.
Next stop on the Commer Express? Did someone say Blackpool? [8D]
Peggy can do 78mph!
If I told you I was a pathological liar, would you believe me?
Peggy made it back under her own steam. Turns out the reason she was behaving like her gasket had gone was that somehow the plugleads to no3 and no4 had been swapped, not trying to drum up more business were you Martin?
Huge thanks to Nancy who called the RAC out (we thought to relay us to the site but he got Peggy sorted). The guy even went home for a piece of hose as the bypass split. He then followed us all the way back to the site which was lucky because at the top of a big hill we stopped by a puddle to check the carb. After he'd sorted the carb we set off to drive through the puddle and rejoin the road.
Unfortunately welsh roadside puddles actually hide cavernous trenches which try to swallow Commers head first! As Mr RAC was hooking up his tow-rope to Peggy's rear end Nancy leapt out to get a photo of Peggy with her snout in the hole but she was too late. Suffice to say that Peggy no longer has much of a front valance. She did scoop some mud off the bottom which settled nicely on top of her front bumper (it really was that deep!).
Everyone was expecting us to return on a low-loader so it was with pure unbridled self-satisfaction that we drove onto the site unassisted.
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and despite a few downpours overall the weather was pretty good over the weekend. Great to meet some new faces and also to see the 'older' ones again.
Those who weren't able to make it really missed out. It's likely that Andy and I will do it again next year. We didn't get quite as many as I originally hoped but the campsite owners seemed pleased with us all anyway.
Next stop on the Commer Express? Did someone say Blackpool? [8D]
Peggy can do 78mph!
If I told you I was a pathological liar, would you believe me?
Looks like you all had a really good weekend. And i'm pleased to see such a good show from the coachbuilts
Some really nice photo's too Baz. Makes me wish we'd been there.
Glad you all got there safely, and home hopefully.
Matt and Claire
Pootle Power!
Some really nice photo's too Baz. Makes me wish we'd been there.
Glad you all got there safely, and home hopefully.
Matt and Claire
Thanks for a lovely weekend.
It must say it was much less stressful awaiting the RAC in a commer that wasn't my own Tramps! I will try and get some photos up of the welsh puddle, although Peggy had aleady made her exit by the time I got a pic.
I managed my 40miles home without any problems. Running smoother after martins adjustments, but seemlingly doing 45mpg again and running colder than usual[?]
T'was lovely hitching rides in harvey, peggy and rosie. Thanks [8D]
It must say it was much less stressful awaiting the RAC in a commer that wasn't my own Tramps! I will try and get some photos up of the welsh puddle, although Peggy had aleady made her exit by the time I got a pic.
I managed my 40miles home without any problems. Running smoother after martins adjustments, but seemlingly doing 45mpg again and running colder than usual[?]
T'was lovely hitching rides in harvey, peggy and rosie. Thanks [8D]
Good turnout gutted we couldn,t make it [V]
"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
gutted we couldn,t make it [V]
"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"