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Yes it really was a great show and although we parked on the disabled field, we fortunately ended up being immediately opposite my brother who was pitched on the MHF field. The marshalls did a great job and I thank them on behalf of my brother for all their hard work . . . Well done!
A special thank you goes to AlanandJean who sold us their MHF show tickets as Alan went to so much trouble to get them to us and he was so helpful. So thanks again Alan, you are a star and if ever we cross paths, a bottle of Chardonay will be cooling in the fridge for you.
Being so close to the MHF field I met many old and new faces and it was great to have so many lovely people make the time to come and say hello to us. Mind you it is hard to remember everyone's names so as Mavis suggested, maybe some kind of MHF namebadge eould be great idea? You can buy those clear plastic pin on badge holder thingymajigs can't you, so if we bought some of them we would just have to write our user names on a piece of cut to size card to go inside the holder??? We could write our username on the top and our Christian names underneath just to help save any confusion????
The weather was glorious (apart from the Sunday) and everyone was sat outside enjoying the sunshine, cooking bbq's and socialising with friends! What more could we ask for?
Re badges you can make the MHF van badge that we ask you all to put in your van windows small and laminate it and just stick a pin on it with sellotape quite easy to do. This is one I did
This was our first rally & generally very enjoyable. Due to a prior engagement in the morning, we couldn't arrive until Saturday afternoon, I think we were probably the last to arrive . We were met by Gerald who escorted us to our pitch. I couldn't believe how close we were to the show, any closer & we'd have been part of it!
After a chat to Gerald, we wanted to have a look around & find some food. Before that, however, we needed to switch the fridge to gas. Our van was fine, once we (well me really) remembered how to use everything. I had checked the water systems during the week but hadn't checked the gas. For various reasons, we hadn't stayed in it since June last year & now I couldn't get any gas to come through, either to the fridge or anything else. Our gas locker is quite large so acts as a repository for all sorts of goodies, parking boards, levelling blocks, jump leads, water hose, etc., as well as two full size gas bottles. This is fine but it does tend to restrict access & visibility. I could ascertain, though, that the gas valve on the bottle was definitely on, but still no gas would come through. Fiddled about for ages & SWMBO was getting worried about the entertainment tickets which had to be collected before 4.30 pm. In the end I had to rush off & get the show tickets before the office closed. Now, I hadn't realised how big the show was & had some difficulty finding the office, as in the rush I had left the map behind. Once the office was found & the tickets collected, next problem was finding my way back to our van amonst the many thousands of others.
(This is beginning to sound like one of Pussers episodes except that thankfully no toilets were involved).
When I got back I found the valve on the regulator (which I'd forgotten about & couldn't see because of all the clobber in there) was "off". (Probably from habitation service). Problem solved, fridge now fine. Tried the gas heating, (with fan assist), all working well. We've got the grill working properly now as well, as last year food kept falling off the back of the pan. We complained to the dealer at service time, who tactfully suggested the it might be because we hadn't got the pan in the guides properly. Red faces all round!
Then we set off in search of food. I had seen one food area on my tour around after collecting our tickets, so we went there first. SWMBO didn't fancy food there, so we looked for somewhere else. She normally uses her mobility buggy but she tried without it on Saturday afternoon, also not appreciating the sheer size of this show. I had to leave her leaning on a tree & go back to the van to fetch her buggy. Then I discovered she had both keys for it in her handbag so another round trip to collect those! I did a lot of walking! Eventually we found a fish & chip stall which satisfied our hunger pangs, but after all the delays time was getting on & we could see a queue forming for the entertainment. We went to join the queue but then spied a side door with buggies being let in early We bagged a seat in the second row, right by a BIG speaker though. What a super show, we had Tom O'Connor, (compere), Roger De Courcey, (sp?), Faith Brown, Buck's Fizz & Cannon & Ball. Very good value for the £15 extra each. The seats were terrible, though, tiny steel things zip-tied together & very cramped. We noticed others (old hands?) had brought cushions with them. I rushed out in the interval & found my way back to our van (dark by now) & collected some cushions (& a torch). I'm sure I couldn't have survived for the whole three & a half hours without a cushion.
On Sunday we were shocked to be woken up by rain on the roof, but it didn't last long & we then toured the show, I've never seen so many motorhomes, must have been thousands on display & many more thousands camping like us. We bought a few bits & pieces but mostly just looked. By the time we got back to the van on Sunday evening we were too exhausted to do anything else so we had to forgo the Sunday entertainment.
Monday morning, we were one of the last to leave. I looked for a marshal to book out but they had already left so I had a chat to a few remaining stragglers & then went round the corner to meet up with my brother & his wife who live about 5 minutes from the showground.
All in all, a most enjoyable weekend, if a little frustrating at times & many thanks to all involved in the show. A good shakedown for the van, too, good to know everything seems to be working well.
I'm sure this isn't the right place but I'll mention a couple of other items whilst I'm in the writing mood!
The bed rolls we made up work very well too, keep us lovely & snug. They were described by a lady in MMM Jan 09 & are truly excellent, so many thanks to her.
Oh, and the alarm's working fine now too, after I fitted the bonnet switch properly. The dealer had offered to fit it for us when we bought the MH & I naively assumed the dealer would fit it themselves. Instead, they sub-contracted the job to a specialist in Bristol. When it started going off randomly I complained & was informed only 12 months warranty on the alarm, so I decided to check it out myself. The memory code said bonnet had been opened so I removed the bonnet switch & found rust! The fitter had simply drilled a hole for it & left unprotected steel, which he had used for the earth return. Surprise, surprise, it had rusted. I removed all the rust, painted it with Bondaprima, then finished with white paint. It shouldn't rust again anytime soon. Then I fitted an earth lead back to a nearby nut, rather than try & earth as they had done by not sealing the bare steel. I've complained to the dealer & e-mailed them the photos.
Just to say thanks to all the organisers, for everything including the weather
How lovely to catch up with friends, old and new.
A special thank you to Jakjon, who saved our dinner by loaning us a gas bottle, ten minutes after the 'gas shop' closed
I don't really know just know A transit passed us on the A1 pointing to the roof we thought vent must be up Val went to check
said all was okay pulled in to lay by checked roof Guess what no solar panel either some one popped up the ladder as it sits is (sorry sat ) in a removable bracket and helped them self possibly when we were in shopping centre just round from show ground
OR it just have been lifted by the wind and flew off thank god it never went through some ones windscreen
I am sure I would have been told if that option had been the case
You can buy those clear plastic pin on badge holder thingymajigs can't you, so if we bought some of them we would just have to write our user names on a piece of cut to size card to go inside the holder??? We could write our username on the top and our Christian names underneath just to help save any confusion????
Sue
After the week I've had, I could do with one of those just to remind me of what my name is!! Now, where did I put that glass of wine....
I wish it was Peterborough again this weekend because we had such a great time last week, even though we were parked about five miles away from everyone else. Mind you, I'm glad we're not on the motorway right now (which is solid with traffic) in the pouring rain
Catz
______________________________________________________________ Fighting with Mavis and Ray
We don“t know where we“re going so it doesn“t matter if we get lost!
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This is one I did
We bagged a seat in the second row, right by a BIG speaker though. What a super show, we had Tom O'Connor, (compere), Roger De Courcey, (sp?), Faith Brown, Buck's Fizz & Cannon & Ball. Very good value for the £15 extra each. The seats were terrible, though, tiny steel things zip-tied together & very cramped. We noticed others (old hands?) had brought cushions with them. I rushed out in the interval & found my way back to our van (dark by now) & collected some cushions (& a torch). I'm sure I couldn't have survived for the whole three & a half hours without a cushion.
Now, where did I put that glass of wine.... 
