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Day two - We now had both Jeeps there and the despite
a poor forecast for the whole four days of the event, it was another bright
and dry morning. After breakfast, we hung around the camp waiting for the 10am
briefing. There was a briefing each day, after which we were allowed to drive around the
site. We could do this singularly or in convoy and park up at a number of locations around the museum.
The museum site is designed with an access road that follows the tramway, for
the most part keeping us separated from the public, except in the town and
various tram stops. This freedom to drive gave the public the chance to see the hardware in action and us
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After the first drive around the site, I took "Hope" to a number of locations for pictures. The buildings, around the town, colliery, pit village and station lend themselves for great period looking pictures, so long as you can keep the public out of shot! It's a big site with the site road being around a two mile circuit. At the 12mph speed limit, dropping to 5mph in town and at the tram stops, plus having to give way to the museum busses and trams, it can take 10 to 15 minutes to make one circuit. |
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The vehicle owners and re-enactors looked for every parking space and opportunity to set up interesting scenes for both ourselves and the public and I don't think any of us have waved so much in our lives. Part way through the day, I spotted some of our gang in the gateway to a field with the kettle on! |
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By mid afternoon, Lynne had arrived and at the end of the day, we all had something to eat before heading back out for another convoy and more photographs around the museum's 1913 town. |
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While we didn't have a great sunset, it had been a second dry day and there was a lovely golden evening light on the buildings. |
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