Fresh Wheels Day

A couple of weeks before it was snowing, not a good sign. Wheels Day is very exposed at Rushmoor, but the organisers are a hardy bunch and a few days before Good Friday the sun was shining and the snow had gone. We set off with our friend Steve, chilly but with the blue skies, rolling into the arena they had shifted the event round by 90°and fenced off the boggy areas. Parking up behind a super Mk1 Transit race van we fired up the bacon roll machine. Everyone tucked in!







With full tummies we set off, Wheels Day is famed for the massive variety of rides on show, and the vast numbers too. This year may have been down on previous, but there must still have been a few thousand vehicles to see.



This huge Thunderbird had a great interior, including an old 8-track.


Hotrods form a large percentage of the cars on show, this was just perfect to me.


I'm quite partial to a nice bike as well, this was in amongst the traders.


Heres a bit more of the variety.

















With Lily getting tired and hungry we headed back to the camper for a natter and to let her munch away, soon she was tucked up asleep in the buggy and we were free to wander again. We weren't the only Dubbers there. As well as a couple of Restowagen cars there was this random Bay/Split custom, chopped and narrowed and with a single seat up front it had a crowd round it all day. I thought it was brilliant.









With Lily still snoring away, we stopped for pizza, welcome heat in an otherwise chilly day. Then it was back out again.







They really do let anything in to the show!






When my time comes, this would be a cool way to go!












We decided that it was time to start making a move home, so carried out a last sweep around the field while heading back towards the Camper.







Then we saddled up and my co-pilot drove us home.


The sun kept appearing to warm things up a little, the ground was soft in places, but it didn't rain and we had a superb time. There are loads more photos here.

Steve.