Operation Bolero Page 2
Thursday 28th June
After
only about 20 minutes drive from our holiday camp site, we arrived at
Bolero HQ around noon on Thursday 28th June, and spent another 2 hours
setting up our tent and getting the Jeep off the trailer.
While quite windy, it was bright, sunny and
warm. Several vehicles were already there plus a small but growing camp,
based around two of the wartime 'Frying Pan' dispersals on the North
side of Parham Airfield. |
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As the
afternoon slipped into evening, further vehicles arrived, boosting the
numbers of vehicles to around a third of the expected entry. Some
vehicles were driven, others brought on trailers. Longest mileages had to
come from the group from Wales and also those from North
Yorkshire.
Others weren't so lucky, and one or two entries had mechanical failures on the way to the event. |
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Some
of the tracked vehicles were there or arrived on Thursday too. The
Sherman was there when I arrived, and a Halftrack delivered late in the
day.
I was a little
disappointed to hear the Sherman wasn't going to be on the 65 mile drive
on Saturday, but I'm guessing without selling off a small country,
Adrian couldn't afford the fuel for that!! |
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