Think they must have all been over in Norwich, we went to a Steam Fair, and there were loads of them... One was a Bright Orange Mav, with a dark wide strip along the sides, looked really good.
We go to this steam fair every year, and every year, it rains... First year, we got towed on, second Year, off, third year on and off... anyway, last year, was our first outing with the T2, and despite the rain... straight on, no problems... We did however get there earlier in the day, before the low loaders and agricultural vehicles had overly modified the grass and turned it into a mud bath.
This year however, we were much later, and ended up being towed on by an old Marshal Tractor. I was gutted, as we did so well to start with, we drove through the thick mud, with the Caravan on the back, and safely made it to where the Public Camping has always been, only to discover they had given the area over to the CC, and moved public camping to another field. We turned round, and got through all the mud back to the gate, Despite the DH in a landrover who stopped in the middle to talk to a friend, making us have to stop and loose momentum. Some how, the T2, managed to get enough grip, and tug the caravan back out of the field, and we actually got most of the way onto the other field, we were only 30yards short of the pitch, but had to stop as a lorry was stuck, and they had a caterpillar pulling it out. It chewed the ground up so much, that when we went to get moving again, as soon as the wheels dropped into one of the ruts, we stopped, I could reverse out of the rut, but could not get enough forward momentum to get both the front and rear wheels through, so kept getting stuck with either the front or rear wheels in the gulley.
Luckily, a very nice man with a very very old tractor chucked a chain round the towing eye, and gave us a gentle pull, where we drove along behind him with the chain slack, to our camping spot.
He was very impressed with car, and especially the "Pig tail" towing eye, having had to separate several cars and caravans, as so many cars do not have anywhere to tow them from the front. Next year, I hope to have my AT's fitted before we go, as it was the road tyres that let her down.
