Astle Park
 

Got back from Astle tonight.

I enjoyed it despite the weather (it was lovely and sunny this afternoon).

We played with Basil's and Sam's boys toys, had fun, managed to get to the low loader and load unaided despite some muddy bits!

We had a lovely fire in our new (ish) brazier, even better because it was Basil's coal!! :p

I still can't believe the amount of beer that Chris the Pole drank. He emptied our barrell pretty much single handedly!! :)

Cheers

BF

The boy hasn't developed a taste for real beer at last has he? Or is is it that it was cheap so it appealed to the student in him?

Sorry I didn't make it down. Had to stay at home.

John

Nice Avatar!!

Broken Firebar even got caught polishing!

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Is this Chris before or after he emptied the barrell??
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'Evening Star' and Frank Lythgoe's 89 key Marenghi organ
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"The Shiney Burrell"
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"Little Mac"
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"Julie"
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A newly restored Fowler T3 roller which changed hands over the weekend I think
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"Rusty Nuts"
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"Diamond Queen"
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"Navigator" - note the writing on the chimney!
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One of the Tylers Fowler tractor which Richard Fairhurst won Richard Metcalfe's shield for being the engine which was roaded the furthest to the rally
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Another of Tyler's Fowler tractors "Mr Blower"
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"Prospector"
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"Chipchase"??
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"Lucy Ashton"
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"Panther"
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"Victoria"
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"King George V"
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Des Bostock on the way home on the Ex Tazmanian Fowler
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Sam.

[quote=Fowlers are the best;30375]Broken Firebar even got caught polishing!

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That needs framing......

You can fall out with people you know!!

Anyway, perhaps that will get Sams Boy off my case for the rest of the year!!

must of been a moment of madness.... its the worry of the challenge at Dorset....

Thats my grandads old bowser behind les bostocks fowler, Nice to see it restored.

Mr firebar cant take all the credit for polishing samson ,i saw mrs firebar doing alot aswell;)

I think Mrs Broken Firebar did more than him actually! And don't forget that yours truly did some as well, as well as chris the pole.

And here is another picture of your grandad's old water bowser - taken at Smallwood 2008

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Sam.