[SEL] Astle Park 1000 Engine Rally

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi Peter,
         Two questions:
                 1.) Why is this called the 1,000 Engine Rally when there 
has never been over 500 engines there? and
                 2.) Did Arnie stay "at home" in the hot tub?
         Dave

At 04:25 PM 6/25/2005, you wrote:
>We popped into Astle Park at lunchtime today, part-way through a
>500-mile round trip to collect some bits we had bought on ebay.
>
>The hot and humid weather we had been having during the week broke on
>Friday, with heavy downpours and thunderstorms over much of the UK.
>Fortunately the ground was very dry so only minor problems were caused
>on setup day for the rally, and by Saturday it was pretty good
>underfoor, even the grass was dry to walk on.
>
>The engines were better to my eyes than previous occasions, with some
>unusual hardware on show. I have taken about 50 pics and will get them
>posted asap.
>
>Arnie was there, we met up with him as he was wandering round the
>engine enclosures taking pictures. We haven't had the dreaded barriers
>thanks heavens! so only a double rope  and fairly unobtrusive.
>
>Jim and Dolly joined us for a chat, then we had to go and unload the
>van for Arthur Griffin for whom we had brought up some magazines that
>he had purchased and a Norman flat twin that he had bought from us.
>
>David McCreath brought my GEC Crystal Set (Early Radio) down from
>Glasgow, and I was able to give Arnie his exhaust valve lifter locking
>screw that he was missing on his Lister CS, so a general round of
>swapping and carrying!
>
>We didn't think that the stalls were up to much, and most of the guys
>we spoke with agreed. The members of the UK newsgroup got together by
>the beer tent, and photographs were taken by Dave Croft and Kim
>Siddorn.
>
>John & Ria Hammink were a very welcome sight, it was good to see them
>again. Sadly, the last time we went to this show, we met Lou Terpstra
>who came over with Harry, but this year for obvious reasons neither
>could attend. Lou will be greatly missed.
>
>A decent-looking Petter Atomic diesel on a trolley went for £400 in
>the club sales enclosure, the auction wasn't a lot of good, mostly
>junk.
>
>Peter
>
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