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In 2012, I took my Dodge to the YWE. My daughter wasn't at school, so we had plenty of time to get there - just as well as it took five hours! Now she is at school, we had to wait until 15:10hrs for school chuck out time before we could leave. As a result, I decided to take my Ford GPW, as I could have this on the flatbed trailer ready to go as soon as she was out, and towing would allow us to get there and set up camp before it got too late.
It was a calm clear evening on Friday with a nice sun set, belying what was to
come the following day.
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Having suffered the heavy rain of the 2012 Yorkshire 'Water' Experience, I started having flashbacks when the rain set in on Saturday morning! With no sides on my Jeep, I left it covered up
with the Dodge canvas for the day.
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Fortunately it stopped in time for the armour parade and the battle. It didn't make a great day for photography, but I wandered around with my waterproofs on, trying to keep the rain off the lens while capturing the excellent array of displays, but due to the heavy rain, didn't get any photos in the WW1 or Post War fields.
It's a shame that the people with the Spitfire don't seem to have a clue about
aeroplanes; having assembled it with two of the propeller blades positioned
with negative pitch, and two with positive pitch.
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Sunday was much better, with plenty of sunny intervals and much better lighting for photography. I didn't wander around as much on Sunday, spending more of the day with my photo-recon and analysis display. There seemed to be plenty of public there both days, but with such a large site, it is difficult to tell.
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Here's a selection of the German armour, taken on Saturday.
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Allied armour, mostly from Sunday when it was brighter.
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