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We met up with Terry & Harriet at 7.45am on a
lovely Sunday morning at the start of our August Bank Holiday weekend trip to
Romsey, and were joined by John and Vic in their sunny yellow Frogeye at
the Kings Arms pub in Hursley. We pitched our tents in the sunshine and
as we arrived at the line-up we were joined by Alf and Lynn, so our customary
‘foursome of frogs‘ was complete. (What is the collective noun for
frogs?) Later in the day we were also joined by a new contestant in the
‘Frog Lookalike’ competition in the form of a Zest. The Zest is a
little countrified roadster dedicated to jaunting. Moreover, the Zest belongs
to that family of popular enjoyable vehicles like the Mini, Beetle, 2CV, 4L and
the Méhari.
With whoops of joy
we quickly descended upon the Auto Jumble stalls and many gleeful comments
could be heard from several members of our group. The daytime entertainment
included motorbike stunts and an aerobatics flying display and in the evening
there was a heated beer tent and live entertainment to be enjoyed. The former
was very good and made a change from the usual parade of tractors etc. The
latter is best described as an over-exaggeration. The ‘heated beer
tent’ consisted of a trailer the size of a large kebab van selling a
limited range of beer and cider and an open-fronted marquee with a few light
bulbs hanging on some of the support poles. The live entertainment was a man
and his electric organ, fortunately, or not, depending upon your point of view,
he was in danger of being drowned out by a big white American jobby that was
playing The Who on its sound system. As usual we found our own
amusement and after a very satisfying barbecue John entertained us with graphic
demonstration on how to attend to ones personal hygiene with one sheet of
toilet paper! An invaluable lesson in view of the fact that most of the
aforementioned had run out in the port-a-loos.
All in all this, our last
camping weekend on this year’s calendar, was a fitting finale and we are
eagerly looking forward to next year’s agenda - any ideas? |
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Hampshire
Pageant of Motoring - 2006
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