The weather forecast wasn't looking kind for the Blyth Battery event a few
days before the show, so I opted to travel each day rather than camp. The
predicted showers never really materialised other than enough to put a few
spots on the windows, but nothing more. Saturday was warm, sunny but quite
windy, but the Battery had around 6000 people through the doors. Sunday
usually sees more people attend so they were very pleased with the turnout for
day one.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday was bright and sunny again, although all of my
pictures seemed to be taken in the moments the clouds came through! The wind
dropped off quite a bit and the pleasant conditions brought lots more public
down to the coast. In addition to my Dodge, there was a hard cab GMC, Bedford
in civvy colours, a Ferret, a German Opel ( I think ), a couple of Champs, and
about half a dozen each of Jeeps and Land Rovers, plus some big trucks from
the present day Army.
|
|
|
|
|
There were also a number of re-enactors camps with numerous weapons and
small items on display. There was a battle on the beach both days, but I
didn't see either due to watching over my own stuff.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|