RRG 2010 from the Dutch point of view

[berendd]

picasaweb.google.com/berendd/RetroridesTheGathering2010#

if someone needs any originals, just let me know... only they're like 5MB each..
Here's a selection, of the selection that's on Picasa.

Got his son a present, but had the most fun himself...


I declare this my best picture




Siert tells a story


nightshots on the campsite





the neighbours glow in the dark bonett


track time






Few seconds before the track moment of rrg2010, decided to lower the cam after this shot...


lunch break


no no no no pictures no...!!! unfortunately I haven't spoken to the owner of this derby...




Hein (Jonkheer) in deep concentration on the Ferry back home


Juergen (mrj) just fit enough for his 600km trip back home..


Thomas (The Doctor) got sunburnt again, guess it's his trademark?

[lemmingzappa]

Great pictures, love the style !

[ccrbeaver]

Aug 10, 2010 20:19:21 GMT berendd said:

picasaweb.google.com/berendd/RetroridesTheGathering2010#

no no no no pictures no...!!! unfortunately I haven't spoken to the owner of this derby...

This Derby can often be seen drag racing at Santa pod in the VWDRC

[Speedman]

Loving the night time shots, especially this one.

[markbognor]

Aug 10, 2010 20:51:09 GMT Speedman said:

Loving the night time shots, especially this one.

Yeah, this definately needs remembering for nomination at the end of the year.

[mrj]

great pics ! Though i am not dutch, i'd like to ad my pics, too :

www.passatclassic.de/rr10/index.htm



the wild willy flat out



on my want list since the weekend; a van i can see over ...



no oldbus this year, but a sweetbus ;D



the green living room, made me smile a couple of times ...



i also did some night shots ...



the Duct-or in action :



strange way of parking at area 52 :



;D

[bodieanddoyle]

wow, fantastic pics from the euro veiw- amazing stuff guys

[crazycruzer]

fab pics loving the night shots

[Colonelk]

Hahaa! good eye!

[The Doctor]

Aug 10, 2010 21:22:00 GMT mrj said:

the Duct-or in action :

I think a name change is in order!

my pics and story will come tomorrow i guess, to tired now!

[surprisingskoda]

Hahaa! good eye!

This shot is brilliant, and so is the "RRG '10" night-shot from Berendd.

[HoTWire]

That is a great set of images.. the torch shots was very nice ... Only bit of photography I got to do over the weekend was the night stuff you found me and rmad doing... must get a nice remote flash unit

[HARDCORE]

That, my friend is inspired Next time someone asks me if my suspension has collapsed (get asked that quite a lot ) I'll show them that pic ;D

[berendd]

Aug 11, 2010 9:11:33 GMT HoTWire said:

That is a great set of images.. the torch shots was very nice ... Only bit of photography I got to do over the weekend was the night stuff you found me and rmad doing... must get a nice remote flash unit

were can i see the picture you took of the Polo?

and also your shot of the vitara on the campsite was very nice I remember!

[skinnylew]

excellent pics and the Vitara/Granny one is inspired!!

[The Doctor]

so here's my part of the pics, I didn't make a lot during the weekend, only some of the track action on sunday, when I entered the showfield, the prizegiving was just done and everybody leaving (that'll teach me for sitting next to the track the whole day ;D )

So, start on thursday.. somewhere in Belgium, filling up:


Camping overnight somewhere near the French border:


Friday, drive to Sparkford, get lost a couple of times, get stuck in traffic jams etc. etc.
Then came saturday

Campsite activities:




Going for some shopping


in the:


Mercury Monarch!
That thing is awesome, feels like you're in a Casino and any time a roulette table can drop down from the roof!

On Sunday morning, I fired up the BBQ to try to cook an english breakfast. Nobody died so I think I did well ;D



Dennismo looked really happy with his one ;D



I just hope it didn't slow him down on the track


Some more track activity (i tried to teach myself to get some speed in the pictures, so that's why most of them are curse word ).









then I went to the field to see everyone packing up and leaving, so took a few quick shots





also helped Leigh making his car more legal (how's that for a mojo boost, changing the car AFTER the show on the venue!)



a try to make an arty shot of the to cool Mercury Monarch:


and then it was monday and time to head back home:



Some of us drove home immediatly after leaving the ferry, some didn't. I stayed another night in Belgium to regenerate. Home tuesday at 3pm.

WHAT AN AWESOME WEEKEND IT WAS!!!!!!

roll on RRG`11!



The rest of my pics are here

[jonkheer]

Here's my part of the Dutch oriented pictures

Thursday night camping at Adinkerke;


Chef Doctor cooking them delicious meals..


We went off the camping early Friday morning to take a crowded ferry.


and we've seen Stonepilehenge too!


there was almost no time needed to settle us on the camping ;D


There was enough coolness to spot!






The show on sunday;






A moment of oopsness..




TRDennismo really enjoyed the track action




legend!






colonelk was doing really well on the sideways action!


The wacky campsite racers also appeared on track during luchtime for a good laugh




Back on the showing field, there was enough tat to spot!






Those two ticked alot of boxes for me!


Showing off Area52


Ratlook lawnmower FTW! Why wasn't it on the track, because I thought it went quite well on the campsite?












This thing was absolutely bonkers, i've never saw one but it's placed high on my want-list now












Fronttrunkbackflip anyone?


We then decided to take a look in the Haynes museum. In front of the museum stood a pair of small toy tanks, companied by a modest size Stalwart..


Wait. Forget that Landrover, I WANT THIS. 6x6 without any sort of differentials ftw!


Maybe a coilover set for this sort of vehicle could be a bit pricey..


Now inside the museum. There was a very nice XJ220 there, never saw one in real life!


The next room was occupied by a lot of red cars. Of course there was a old BMW which gained my attraction


Proof that Rolls-Royces are female.


Russian tat. If you thought American cars are big, you've never seen this one before.. very impressive looking!


some insane motoring..






Retro badge engineering at it's best!


The Haynes van being Seriously Useful in the scrap area..


Last night at the camping.. oh how does time fly this weekend..


We weren't tired at all on the way back with the ferry.. ;D


More photos can be fond here: www.jonkerdesign.com/rrg2010/index.htm
If you want something in large size (6MP), feel free to send me a PM.

Unfortunately the engine of my 2002 broke down on the way back, with only 5 miles to go.. I got the oil out of the engine today and it contained some funny additives..

but there's a new engine going in and thus the car will be ready again for a rocking RRG2011

[derbymatt]

Aug 10, 2010 20:48:12 GMT ccrbeaver said:

Aug 10, 2010 20:19:21 GMT berendd said:

picasaweb.google.com/berendd/RetroridesTheGathering2010#

no no no no pictures no...!!! unfortunately I haven't spoken to the owner of this derby...

This Derby can often be seen drag racing at Santa pod in the VWDRC

yep thats me
should have stopped me mate, i would have chatted

[berendd]

You stopped, but only short enough to allow me to take another picture ;-)

[MrKiev]

the neighbours glow in the dark bonett

Glad it sort of came out, was good talking to you , even tho i was worst for where, had to be to have the idea of throwing the contents of glow sticks all over the bonnett. Dam paint melted away by the morning, SWMBO said it would!