Well, day one was terrible. It was heavy rain all day. I'd pre-booked so turned up anyway, as I'm not a fair weather event attender, but it was dismal. In addition to the heavy rain, it was blowing a gale, making the outside temperature around 0 degrees. I sat in the Dodge with my candle/plant pot heater, trying to keep warm while reading a book about RAF Bomber Command. Penshaw Monument was fading in and out of the rain clouds. By 2pm I was frozen, and with virtually no public there, saw little point in staying any longer. I came home and fixed some minor leaks that the heavy rain uncovered.

The forecast for tomorrow is very different, with less wind and the Sun shining all day, so hopefully a better day is in store.

Day two was very different, with white fluffy clouds, blue sky, warm temperatures and less windy. I drove the Dodge again with Lyta in the back, while Lynne drove 'Jessie', her first trip for a 18 months ( bar up and down the runway at Croft in 'Hope' ). Lots more vehicles turned up  and hundreds of public, many having to queue around 45 minutes to get in. Other than the T.A., we were the only military vehicles there, and standing out amongst all the shiny cars and traction engines, we had quite a lot of attention from the public.