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It is at Wincanton Racecourse http://www.farmmodels.co.uk/tables/toytracmain.htm But there is also an autumn show at Spalding on Sunday 7th October http://www.spaldingmodeltractor.com/index.html

I have to say I had a great time this year even though the 3 Musketeers of Mark, Sean and Tris failed to attend. There were loads of new faces who came to the FTF stand and introduced themselves which was really great to see. The one down side for me was the Saturday night in the Springfields Tavern who managed to run out of food by 8pm and so half of the gang had to go across the road to Frankie and Benny's diner, although by all accounts the food in there was immeasurably better than what was being offered by the Tavern anyway. I think we will end up in Frankie and Benny's next year and then just back to the Tavern for a couple of beers. That said, the company of Wil, Kaat and Sue made up for what was lacking in the food department, it was worth it just to see the look on Kaat's face when she sampled Piri-piri sauce >

Well Chris, you are true to your word, you said you were going to start this topic ;D so here are my purchases I intended to get the Britains FTF International 1056 but the first one I picked up turned out to be a 956 :of .......so I had to get the 1056 as well Show model Britains International 956XL muddy version Schuco Deutz 230 Repliagri International 845XL UH Massey Ferguson black Fauchi And then I also collected the Norscott Challenger that Tris had acquired for me from his local dealer. Whilst not officially a toy I also collected the sketch of 3 Same tractors that had been commissioned from Ian "Agrium"

A few as a taster but JDC and Walter Derwent will have the main pics as they are much more accomplished photographers than me

I hope that your dogs are OK at having a Cat in the car Sue ;) : see you in the pub this evening

Hmm "there are no plans to bring BT Infinity to your area at present" b*gger

Oi.......... tell them I will be a tester as well, got to be better than the 1 meg I get at the moment ???

Just in time for you to leave for the weekend and travel down the A1 :

I know who has done the Spalding one but I don't know who did the others, as far as a label is concerned, I assume that there will at least be a sticker on the box but I will let you know after Sunday as I haven't seen one in the flesh yet.

20 euro per tonne :of > I am sure we got £40/tonne in 1980, that is really low

Yup, Barry having a "senior moment" it is the May edition : Title edited

I have to say that I am waiting for the worst of the panic to be over before I venture out to the petrol station, hopefully I will be able to get there before Saturday morning or I may not have enough fuel to get to Spalding and back :-

Wil, how many second hand books has she bought already?

Gav just remind him that that is the sort of thing that a student would do..........and then step back and wait for the explosion!!

Me? RUN? NO! :- [ I'm built for comfort not for speed, I let the young 'uns do the running

A shed load from a lorry at junction 20 of the M6 at Lymm. The load consisted of crates of chickens on their way to slaughter and when 2 of the cages fell off there were live chickens running around the junction........followed by bobbies in body armour trying, and failing, to catch them.......it was like a scene from "Chicken Run" :laugh: :laugh:

No problem Jason, keep posting as many as you like, I love 'em 8)

At least it will water the new turf in and help it establish though Sean ;)

A new gas BBQ to replace the one that has fallen to bits over the winter and then a very frustrating 2 hours to assemble it, still it's worth it now with a bottle of beer in my hand and the sun still shining :)

You might have a whinge about models from time to time : but fair play, your photos are superb

Hillview, I just love these old photos, please keep them coming ^-^

Have car, will travel, it's called patrolling and it's up to me where I go ^-^ ^-^

The on to another farm and a brand new Same Explorer 110, just been delivered earlier in the day On one of the local stables I found this unusual Deutz Agroplus 70 with Nokian tyres Parked up in the shed a venerable old Case IH 4240

The camera has been red hot this week but then it is a busy time and farmers are out on the fields taking advantage of the good weather Valtra N101 with front loader and 3 furrow Ransomes plough, one of the skimmers had just broken off on a boulder just before I got there