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44th Glamis Transport Extravaganza
By: banquo Date: July 12, 2018, 11:43 am
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OK, so it's not a great ride, and only an hour from home, but
the Mighty Falcone was on display at this, the premier historic
transport event in Scotland, with everything from steam, to
tractors, cars, trucks, stationary engines, bicycles and of
course motorcycles. Took the opportunity for a rare helmetless
ride around the ring, although missed most of it helping a mate
to get his beautiful Desmo started. Never abandon a friend in
need. The sun shone all weekend, as it's done for the past few
weeks, in an unparalleled summer in Scotland, and banquo got
burnt, because he's stubborn and stupid in equal measure. We
Scots don't see the sun that often, so we like to make the best
and worst of it....
I'd planned to sleep in the club's gazebo for the night, after a
noisy and sleepless night last year in the camp site.
Unfortunately, the guy who was bringing the gazebo forgot to
bring the sides, and although he'd headed back for them, he was
stuck on the other side of the river, as the bridge was closed
following someone choosing to take a dive from it... :'(
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Anglia Rod
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I decided not to unload, just in case...
Fraser's Anglia rod is fitted with a Rover V8 and sounds great;
almost as good as an NF.... :o
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There seemed no alternative to heading for the bar, to find it
not only closed, but not even set up. However, some gentle
persuasion saw me leave with a couple of pints of Belhaven Best,
as they have to draw a few pints thorough to clear the lines,
right? And then another couple later, just to be sure.
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night
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The gazebo sides finally arrived, and my abode for the night was
complete:
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We took a walk around the autojumble, most of which was covered
up (I was looking for a mirror to replace the one that fell off
last weekend - only 16 years old: can't get the quality these
days) and the few vehicles that, like us, had actually turned up
for the Friday night:
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Stepside
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Nice '46 Chevrolet
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In amongst these engines, I found a Barr & Stroud engine, from
Anniesland in Glasgow. On later investigation, the next day
without camera, I managed to identify it as an early sleeve
valve engine, as fitted to motorcycles in the early 20s. It was
missing the lower crankcase and all the externals, so just
crank, barrel, head, piston and valve gear, and they wanted £250
for it. I was stupid enough to tell the stallholders what it was
(they thought it was a conventional 2 stroke) and by the next
day it had a 'not for sale' sticker on it. Should have offered
them fifty quid for it...
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Lots of rusting mopeds for sale, including this Ducati 50cc,
which looked too far gone for restoration.
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It doesn't really get dark at this time of year in Scotland, and
this was midnight:
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There being no food available on site (nothing opens until
Saturday I discovered) I begged tomorrow's lunch from Fraser, in
exchange for buying him breakfast....
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dinner
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That clear sky was a killer though; I'd left home on a hot
summer's day (rare in these parts, and it hadn't rained for
weeks) but with a clear sky, then temperature dropped like a
stone, and I was frozen all night. My tent retains at least some
body heat, but the gazebo is huge, and not at all well sealed,
so it was early when I made my first trip to the Portaloo, and
there was no point at all in taking my shivering body back onto
the cold sleeping bag...
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Cosby
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The grass was soaking with a heavy dew, and so were my feet, but
the sun already had some heat in it, and was a lot warmer than
inside the gazebo...
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Cosby
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After an hour or so, my companions were up, and provided a
welcoming and warming cup of tea
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That kept us going until the Scout Tent opened, and we shared
our breakfast with a gentleman who bears a striking resemblance
(to me anyway) to David Crosby.... I found out later it's a guy
called Willie Martin, who's something to do with Indian
Motorcycles.
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We had a glorious sunny day, seasoned with sunburn and
dehydration, although it was disappointing that most of the club
stands remained empty all of Saturday, when the public was
paying to get in. Historically, Saturday was members' day, and
no public entry, but now they're charging people to come of
Saturday, they could at least insist that all the stands are
complete...
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Morning
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Morning
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Of course when the show closed at 5:00, things got silly. I
bought a pair of Arbroath Smokies (local smoked haddock) for
dinner, and we headed for the bar (also the show dance, if you
like dancing on the grass amongst the tables). The band was
awful, and it was loud, and it was my round, so that led to some
confusion when I ordered a pint of cider for someone who wanted
a pint of Tennent's Lager. Of course I was forced to drink the
extra pint, and wash it down with a few more, resulting in much
silliness, bad singing and a lot of laughs...
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was involved
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We staggered back to camp late, but not so late that we couldn't
have something else to eat, and break open the remains of the
beer and wine.
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And take another midnight shot:
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2018
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on Flickr
This time, I slept in my base layer, with two tee-shirts, and
felt the better for it, although it wasn't nearly as cold as the
previous night
Things started filling up Sunday morning, following a light
shower, that's the first rain we've seen since the beginning of
June, and we had a few extra bikes arrive on Saturday night,
with Cath's NATO V50 finally arriving Sunday morning, hot and
bothered having broken the points return spring on one cylinder
(one month old from Gutsibits) and had them close up for some
reason on the other pot... Still we made up the Moto-Guzzi
Militare contingent... ;)
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Moto-Guzzi contingent
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Mighty Falcone
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2
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All the entrants can do a few parade laps in the ring for the
public's enjoyment, and as it's a rare opportunity to ride
helmetless, we take that chance, and shamelessly screenshot pix
from someone's video of the event...
Unfortunately, we get there before it's time to go in, and as
the compere says it's going to be 8 minutes, we switch off, only
to have him give the go-ahead after about a minute. The Mighty
Falcone of course starts first kick, but my companion on a
beautiful Ducati Desmo isn't so lucky, and I miss most of the
parade getting him started with much bumping and cursing.
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Falcone on Parade
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Falcone on Parade
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And that's about it; back to the stand, and before we know it,
it's time to pack up and go home.
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Gazebo
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The Mighty Falcone clearly wuld prefer to stay, and shows its
displeasure by dying at anything over 80 kph, which is a bit
limiting. I diagnose dirt in the carburettor, and decide it's
better fixed at home, so we limp slowly back to base, and wait
to fight another day.
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time
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And that's it for another year... ;D
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Re: 44th Glamis Transport Extravaganza
By: nick949 Date: July 12, 2018, 3:02 pm
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Great report Jake. Looks like fun (especially the beer part) ;D
Nick
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Re: 44th Glamis Transport Extravaganza
By: banquo Date: July 12, 2018, 3:08 pm
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Maybe it's just me Nick, but I find that beer's always fun....
8)
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