Operation Market Garden. A warm sunny day and a lot of people dressed up in forties costume. All rather nice and jolly English. These WW2 re-enactments are growing in popularity. Presumably because it’s the last thing this country of ours did well, with the exception of the 1966 World Cup, of course. Diplo is correct in that there were many Jeeps to keep me amused and a few Tanks, two of which were offering rides for a very reasonable £7 and Jo was kind enough to treat both of us, giving us the opportunity to do something we had never done before. Ride in a Tank. Great fun and clearly designed before the days of Health and Safety. More like Danger & Excitement.
The actual battle was great fun and reinforced the fact that your average WW2 soldier was 19 ish, not mid fifties and carrying a healthy girth! Luckily there were no heart attacks on the Sunday. Sadly we could not drive there in the Jeep. Still not registered, but we did take the 1948 Land Rover. Open air motoring at its best.
4 comments:
Like that Meteor engine. Would go well in my van. Now, where did I put my cable ties?
I saw all this at a distance. It was so real I went and hid in a hayloft with a French girl outside distracting anybody who came by.
Perhaps your next acquisition should be a C47 fuselage....static so it's not too far to jump out safely! Better still, a Horsa glider - that could carry the Jeep!
well done - thought you'd missed it all
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