RE: Denbies Sunday Service 19/11

[damianmkv]

loved this...prefer a Murci but beggars can't be choosers..

a drive in the wine region by damianmkv, on Flickr

[Jlroberts]

Had a really good first meet, I was in the white skyline tucked away in the corner, I loved the different variety and as other have said the lack of idiots having rev offs.

Would definitely attend a meet again.

[Joehow]

Was nice to catch up with a few people. Agree it was nice it was well behaved. I did however feel it was really sparse in terms of cars turning up.

[Jlroberts]

Joehow said:

Was nice to catch up with a few people. Agree it was nice it was well behaved. I did however feel it was really sparse in terms of cars turning up.

Only thing I'd say is more marshals or something to stop the old grannies parking their polos ect in with us, haha

[Stevejay]

Great morning although a tad chilli with some some super old skool cars. Ok who is going to own up who brought the last picture.

[Strugs]

Worth the trip, that, imho..

Personal faves: The E30 M3, the E46 M3 CSL and the Esprit. Mine was the slightly battered VX220.. It will look a bit smarter at the next one hopefully!

[sutts]

The E30 M3 was immaculate inside and out - credit to the owner. Good to see the M635s as well. I left my E28 M5 at home today and lowered the overall tone with my 530i Touring shed.

A few of my favourites

[HorneyMX5]

What a brilliant morning and the ideal way to blow the cobwebs out of the MX5 as I haven’t used it in 2 months.

A few pics:















All my photos are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/albums/721...

Please help yourself if you want to republish them anywhere.

[V8 FOU]

Stevejay said:

Great morning although a tad chilli with some some super old skool cars. Ok who is going to own up who brought the last picture.

Glad to see some appreciation of the van! Poor thing is getting a bit tatty because it gets used so much. About 300miles in the last week alone.
Survived last weekend having its wheels attacked by some geese...
A great laid back meeting - just how they should be. But did the appointed 150 cars turn up? No, I don't think so. Shame.

Perhaps a charitable donation for booking your car to the event? Would that work?

[WJNB]

Lovely setting with the option of good coffee & food in the warm comfort of the café which I assume was opened early for us, if so a big thank you. Shame some cars finished up by the bins & skips at the side of the building yet plenty of space to the south of where most cars were parked.
As per normal many didn't turn up & by10am no marshals around to direct PHers to the correct parking area.
Repeat in 2018 please..

[coldel]

Really friendly bunch, thanks to the GMC van that gave us big waves on the M25 (I was in the red Celica GT4) and just seeing lots of very enthusiastic fans of cars poring over the metal on display. Loved the various Elise's and yes that Ford GT rocking it with Ab Fab ladies arrived fashionably late to get the attention it deserved!

[Leggy]

Nice little event today. Great venue. Did the tour and walk up over the back up the hill. Beautiful scenery especially with the sun out.
The Ford GT was cool. Fantastic to see that it’s not just a blokes event.
Hopefully someone took a good pic of Orange V6 Exige. Some the PH guys take some awesome photos.

[coldel]

Some pics

[fatboy18]

Stevejay said:

Great morning although a tad chilli with some some super old skool cars. Ok who is going to own up who brought the last picture.

What's a crusader MK VI doing there?

Mmmm, taking that back, a Crusader normally has 5 central wheels, that Tank has 4? Turret looks like a crusader?

GOT IT, Its an A13 Tank, not sure why its there?

Edited by fatboy18 on Sunday 19th November 16:56

[TonyG2003]

The tank was recently dug up after being buried after WWII. Suggs did a TV programme on it. Could do with some detailing....

[Lordbenny]

HorneyMX5 said:

Wow, thanks for That!

[Hrimfaxi]

Great morning, big thanks to PH towers for organising! Little bit nippy, but nothing a cuppa and bacon roll couldn't sort...

Did seem low on numbers, although we were kind of scattered in the second car park and alongside the building.

I would like to know how that tank got there, though? Was it found and dug up?

And a silly pic from me...
PB190613 by Will Nassif, on Flickr

[Robatr0n]

fatboy18 said:

Stevejay said:

Great morning although a tad chilli with some some super old skool cars. Ok who is going to own up who brought the last picture.

What's a crusader MK VI doing there?

Mmmm, taking that back, a Crusader normally has 5 central wheels, that Tank has 4? Turret looks like a crusader?

Edited by fatboy18 on Sunday 19th November 16:42

I've been reliably informed that it's a Covenanter tank.

Great meet, thanks for organising it. Although some guidance into the car park would have been useful.

[fatboy18]

Just found this on the Wiki
A single Covenanter gun–tank is preserved at The Tank Museum, Bovington, in the United Kingdom. It is displayed in the markings it had during the War when it served with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, part of the 9th Armoured Division. For unknown reasons, it was buried after the war on a farm near Dorking. In 1977 it was discovered, recovered, restored and put on display at the Bovington museum in 1985.[21][2] The Tank Museum also has the turret from an early Covenanter pilot model.[22]
A second Covenanter tank was recovered in May 2017 from the same farm, now the site of Denbies vineyard.[23] The partially buried, wrecked hulls of two other tanks may be seen at Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk, UK.[24] Now a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve, the area was formerly a tank gunnery range and the Covenanters were likely used as targets.[25]
Two Covenanter Bridgelayers are preserved in Australia – one at the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum, Puckapunyal, Victoria, and one at the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers Lancer Barracks and Museum at Parramatta, New South Wales.[26]

[leef44]

Hrimfaxi said:

Great morning, big thanks to PH towers for organising! Little bit nippy, but nothing a cuppa and bacon roll couldn't sort...

Did seem low on numbers, although we were kind of scattered in the second car park and alongside the building.

I would like to know how that tank got there, though? Was it found and dug up?

And a silly pic from me...
PB190613 by Will Nassif, on Flickr

actually I think that's really cool