NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 4 MAY 2009

Hi there, bienvenue, wilkommen !

I hope you all had a great bank-holiday Monday at least in the UK. Again for all you MV enthusiasts out there all over the world, Miliblog has been able to add a further 100 photos onto the website. This week we’ve added many WW2 Canadian Ford, Dodge and Chevrolet trucks varying from 15cwt, 30cwt and 3 tonners.  Also we’ve added 6 x Volkswagen Type 82 Kubelwagens to the German section, since we seem a little short of vehicles from the Fatherland.

We went off today to visit the Nesscliffe Show near Shrewsbury in Shropshire. There’s some beautiful countryside round there and the show is held in the Army’s Nesscliffe training camp. After the past couple of years of the show attracting heavy rain, this morning was really warm and sunny so a good afternoon’s photo session of Green Machines was on the menu. However, we searched all over the area, went into the camp, called out the guard at the guardhouse as we looked a security threat (!) and after an hour of searching came home !!!  Please chaps, if the event is on, can we have some signposts to tell us where you are ? The guard did phone the organisers who told him they were there, somewhere, but we never found them !!! So sorry guys, no photos for you of the event.

It looks like this year, events in Normandy in June are really going to be quite exciting. There are many events planned and magazines like Classic MV or indeed our own MVT Windscreen magazine will have more details. From the UK, I know the MVT tour is well subscribed for a long time. There must be other tours arranged from other European countries so we’d love to hear about them. Email us at info@miliblog.co.uk to inform us, so we can share this with other enthusiasts.

There are many of you that, like me, have visited Normandy and the landing beaches many times and know our favourite towns or villages to see. For others, a trip to Normandy this year may be your first, and maybe you’re wondeing what to expect ! From my personal experiences, the Normans are quite independent people who consider themselves Normans first and then French second. Quite friendly, they appreciate it if you as least make an effort to speak French to them, even if you’re not perfect. To wave your arms around and point always results in being ignored !!! How would we deal with foreign visitors here in the UK ?!!!

I adore the French foods and wines and love visiting the supermarche and seeing what’s available. I remember a massive one in Bayeux just opposite the War Museum which had a huge selection. Just remeber though, if you want a steak in a restaurant look out for bifsteak. Often just steak means that you’re getting meat that once neighed !  

 To finish this week as usual, I’ve shown below some of the photos we have added this week. One of them is quite unusual. It’s a Chevrolet F30 that once was a an LAA body but was changed to an Ambulance body. Which came first, anyone out there know ?

Have a great week !

Simon

Ford F30 30cwt LAA Tractor (963 LGU)

Ford F30 30cwt Ambulance (963 LGU)

Chevrolet C60S 3Ton Breakdown (BN 54322)(Norge)

Chevrolet CGT Field Artillery Tractor (Q 461 EGV)