Dodges on the Somme

Tony B · Post by **Tony B** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:22 am

Steve (Canadian scotish) and I have been invited to take our WC51s over to the Somme at the end of the month to act as liasion vehicles in the 90th anniversary of the 1916 battle. anybody on the forum knows the local area? All help and advice gratfully recived. Some be some godd photo opertunitys.

The_MadMan · Post by **The_MadMan** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:36 pm

Man I wish I could join you but I can't

Perhaps you should look out for the book "before endevours fade" which descibes the area in detail. I can make scans if you want to, have the book here at home.

Tony B · Post by **Tony B** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:49 pm

Been thinking about it, there would have been Dodges around the place in 1917/18 possibly a few English made ones in 1939/40 definitley from 1944/45 and now the old girls are back again. They really do get everywhere. The main thing to remember is that on 1st July 1916 58,000 British soldiers plus French, Belgium and don't forget german died in one day, a decent sized town just gone. I know the book, have you read the unheard voices series?

The_MadMan · Post by **The_MadMan** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:20 am

No not yet but I've heard about it, have you read Tommy?

Tony B · Post by **Tony B** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:30 am

No don't know that one. WW 1 isn't my feild but I have a lot of reading to do in the next couple of weeks. Touch wood my old Lady is turn key and go so the preperation is easy enough. The trip will be along the original approach march with full BBC coverage taking in sites such as Lochnigar crater and tours round the latest excavations in the area. Its an amazing chance to do something like this, I'm very lucky the Dodge has got me into some fantastic things the last few years.

The_MadMan · Post by **The_MadMan** » Fri May 19, 2006 4:31 pm

Indeed you are! Promise to take a lot of photos and share them with us!

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:17 pm

I've been to a WW1 living history event near Paschendael a few weeks back. I wore a original US 1917/1918 uniform and gear.

Just wondering, don't you get broke with all those events you go to?

Tony B · Post by **Tony B** » Sat May 20, 2006 8:11 am

The joy of this one, and the beauty of having a good vehicle and taking care to act proffesionally is I get PAID, at least some of the time. for this one the only thing I've had to give up is 5 days holiday I would have had in the middle of November

For thing like the British Legion, our severicemens charity , and SAFA I always do things for nothing, anyway why spend thousands of pounds on a weeks holiday when for a lot less I can go to lots of shows and enjoy many days? Don't worry the camera will be going, and lots of cards plus the laptop to download, trouble is I will have to save for a bigger hard drive and the battery bill!

The_MadMan · Post by **The_MadMan** » Sun May 21, 2006 5:18 pm

Or burn them on CDROM at a nearby shop

Tony B · Post by **Tony B** » Sun May 21, 2006 11:43 pm

Got all the kit to burn them, I am taking my old laptop which is now just the album. It's getting the time. The problem and beauty of a didgital camera is you can just keep shooting till the perfect shot turns up