C.A.M.P.S. 19/06/2011. Warning: contains Alpacas!

[JPB]

Coquetdale Agricultural Machinery Preservation Society.

Took a run up there today by way of a treat for the old man, it being (so I'm told) Fathers' Day & all that malarky.
The only other Triumphs there of the four-wheeled variety were Heralds, loads of the things in varying states of decay, lots of tractors as you'd expect from a club that grew out of an interest in such things, a beer tent (so that's where Dad goes when he doesn't have to drive back to his place afterwards) and torrential rain around Alnwick on the way back through.
There were alpacas too. I want one!

Photies:


Fancy tipping up in this, the Audaxity of it all :


Bantam was barn-fresh and untouched, I wanted this lots but the owner doesn't want rid as it's to be restored. A shame in a way, IMHO:


Fergie takes a day off from recording with the Black Eyed Peas. This one has never left the county in its life and still works on a local hill farm:

Jeep, the owner of which made much cash after the show, pulling the large Yank tin out of the muddy gateway :

Alpacas are cool, the Chestnut one fancied me a bit and I have to say; she was rather lovely. Their wool was being spun in the tent nearby and, shorn of the stuff, the remaining tufts looked exactly like my car's carpet :eyes4u: :

Road roller owner has no low loader and

won't stand for the cost of renting one

so this old thing was driven all the way along to Rothbury from its home by Wooler, some 11 miles further up the busiest road in the County. Just as well it was a complete weekend's worth of show as it took him a while to bring it down. The surface rust on the rollers appeared during the night's rainfall and he reckons it'll all rub off on the way home.
Hmm, smooth steel, wet roads, steep hills.... This is a bigger picture 'cos it's a bigger vehicle. If you can only see half of it, switch to "Subsilver2" theme in your user CP now :

[Mrotwoman]

The Lil' Grey fergie has your (old) name written all over it.

I like alapacas,more managable than a Llama.

[TriumphDriver]

I like alapacas,more managable than a Llama.

Better kissers, the llamas tend to spit a lot.

[SirTainleyBarking]

Alpacas are cool, the Chestnut one fancied me a bit and I have to say; she was rather lovely.

Thats the sort of quote I'd expect on a site devoted to *Ahem* "Animal Husbandry"

[Mrotwoman]

I like alapacas,more managable than a Llama.

Better kissers, the llamas tend to spit a lot.

I agree,Alpacas swallow.

[JPB]

I like alapacas,more managable than a Llama.

Better kissers, the llamas tend to spit a lot.

I agree, Alpacas swallow.

I just knew that was going to appear, which is the only reason I didn't write it myself. Well that and the fact that if you say it, it's funny.
Actually, young Chestnut there isn't trained properly yet and still dribbles a bit.

....But not as much as the '62 Cadillac, which I didn't mange to photograph before it left, which left half of the contents of its sump on the show field. The driver was playing his Elvis 8-track cart so loudly that I don't think he heard the rhythmic knocking noise.

[DoloMIGHTY]

No pictures of your car mate?

[JPB]

Lots on my flickR account Alan (same user name as here), none in public forum though, since the "WIP" status of the paintwork means that I'm not posting pics of wee Dougie until the top coat is on & mopped, and all of the trim back in place.
Should happen soon as the forecast's good. Damn! Shouldn't say that should we.