Weeting 2011
 

Just got back,

New show layout, loads of engines in all sizes, loads of food, beer, talk, chat oh and rain *cry*cry

Friday was ok, but quiet being a weekday, started raining at midnight and finished at about 4 o'clock Saturday, absolutely pissistant rain, Saturday evening was better but no real visitors, Sunday started out dodgy- bit dry bit wet and stayed that way all day:mad: a few more visitors though which was good to see.

I have a strange feeling the organisers lost on that show which is a shame.

I also discovered my boots leaked badly and had to buy a new pair:o:o

I think you are right the exhibitors out numbered the punters most of the time, can't imagine they made much from the gate a real shame! We had lots of fun though.

A good crowd on Sunday, and I beleive Saturday was insured, so maybe not as bad as it appeared. Alway enjoy Weeting, tho I did feel the 'buzz has gone a little over the last couple of years, that maybe due to lots of factors, not all of which are within the controll of a rally organiser.

Bungle

blimey I didn't know you could insure against weather! Good job if they did though.

Sunday definately had a better feeling about it but was still marred by the slightly inclement weather :(

I had a great time though and spent plenty of time chatting about my engine which is what it's all about I guess :)

I have visited Weeting for many years and it does seem to have lost a bit of the wow factor but can't put a finger on why.

I thought the insurance cover you could obtain was for total cancellation. It's a bit difficult to quantify how much your gate is down (the loss) due to inclement weather. However it's relatively simple to calculate your loss if the whole event is cancelled due to weather.

Given the poor weather forecast for the weekend, I went on the Friday. largely sunny morning, clouded over in the afternoon
My list of what I saw (pasted from a spreadsheet, hence a little bit untidy),not sure if anything else turned up on Sat or Sun.


AB AG 757 FRM 960
A&P 8837 No 1221
A&P 10121 ES 4162
A&P 10393 FX 9641
A&P 12058 BF 4501
Burrell 1244 AH 5494
Burrell 1522 CF 3579
Burrell 2239
Burrell 2425 AH 5319
Burrell 2479 AH 5239
Burrell 2626 TB 3717
Burrell 2693 AH 9550
Burrell 2921 NO 440
Burrell 2948 NO 106
Burrell 3106 NO 439
Burrell 3125 AF 4574
Burrell 3233 CF 3334
Burrell 3388 TB 3718
Burrell 3669 G 6470
Burrell 3695 TB 2740
Burrell 3789 SW 742
Burrell 3833 BR 1498
Burrell 3890 CR 6645
Burrell 3923 EW 3026
Burrell 4000 WT 8606
Burrell 4051 CF 7108
Burrell 4061 UO 945
Burrell 4088 VF 9646
C&S 48224 BH 7651
Foden 3510 M 4673
Foden 4086 M 4848
Foden 13008 Su 9191
Foden 13802 VN 2912
Foster 14589 UT 2109
Fowler 11421 NT 117
Fowler 14425 DP 4418
Fowler 15453 TW 1803
Fowler 15454 TW 1802
Fowler 15629 U 7290
Fowler 16854 UA 1684
Fowler 17560 TM 4782
Garrett 33141 BJ 7721
Garrett 33488 BJ 4304
Garrett 33566 AD 9096
Marshall 21622 SPE
Marshall 87618 JL 2172
Marshall U/I Boiler
Marshall U/I PE (behind the boiler house)
R&H 115123 XM 6374
R&P 34987 AH 5654
RSJ 15278 NO 2009
RSJ 27268 P/E
RSJ 31298 SA 4253
Sentinel 1960 AW 4131
Sentinel 9105 UJ 3652
Shand M FE Thorney
Shand M FE Watford
Tuxford 1283 P/E
W&S 2574 HO 6045
W&S 2758 A 6781
W&S 7666 BL 8289
W&S 7690 BJ 8765
W&S 7801 PU 3378

I beleive that there are different levels of insurance depending (event organisers please correct if wrong, I maybe !), but the figure I heard from a few quarters Sat eve, was Mr. Parrots was, if 3 hours (or more) of CONTINUOUS rain fell on any one day, which it bl**dy did ! Please correct me if that is wrong.

Bungle

Pictures here at last.
 

A week on I have got round to loading a few of my photos from last Sunday--not such a bad day--great rally. http://s898.photobucket.com/albums/a...Y%20JULY%2011/

Thanks to all involve for a superb show. Here's my video: