Techenders - 6th - 8th May. Who’s coming?

The boys are there already… even a side on crash this morning won’t stop me arriving tomorrow


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Looks repairable in a field...

 

Something has been cremated...

 

I think you've peaked early , or is that @CollyP 's van ??

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What? On fire?

 

Cremated...

 

Crap mate
Was looking forward to seeing you.

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It's where Eddie the site owner has his bonfires , there is always a mass of ash there .
Maybe he set light to it before the TLB did .

 

1. Mrs Busmonkey - drinking Prosecco and motivating Mr Busmonkey to do a few jobs
1a. theBusmonkey - whatever Mrs Busmonkey requires
2.paul2590 removing road kill and exhaust soot
3. Baysearcher- no idea yet.
4. scrooge95 - just enjoying the camping, and possibly getting some helping hands to swap a sliding window
5. CollyP - attempting the holy trinity of big, fat and bugger-all
6. Mork - coming along for a great weekend doing very little
7. Chris D - pop top roof struts and maybe other stuff from the long list!
8. 1973daisy. Myself and Mrs daisy will along Friday wiring up heated seats and a few interior mods lights ect.
Allso dribbling over carling and letting Mrs daisy drink with Mrs busmonkey
9. iblaze - front wheel bearing and keeping Jane topped up in wine.
10. Mark Darby - a lot of sleeping (that's what mornings are for). Bring bits for people.
11. Fruitcake - Asuming it gets me there, eating drinking and wondering if it'll get me home!
12. Sproggy4830 and Mrs 4830 , In t5 , possibly working on n/s door to see why central lock doesnt work.ALSO hopefully getting some expert help with posible electrical issues with 12v fridge . (probably be there from Thursday)
13. JamesLey - Probably very little! A few bits to dropoff/pickup from folk, and available as a willing set of hands to anyone that needs it.
14. Mikedjames - maybe take the fuel pump out and change the gaskets under it. Probably means taking loads of stuff out because the fuel pump is partly fitted inside the inlet manifold..SSP.. . will bring electrical/ electronics test gear, general tools, books.
Will again represent Azerbaijan at the International Boules... then off to pick up a heated windscreen from up the road.
15. Gratboyslim - I’ll be there on the Saturday and Sunday. Possibly fitting a buttys bits linkage or anything that drops off in the meantime
16. Doink ...doing a demo on solar P.V output and efficiency , testing RCD trip times on bus consumer units, and a poss basic electrickery talk on wiring relays etc if peeps are interested
17.Pkrboo - possibly some brake stuff, possibly some solar Genny build stuff, possibly some poptopkitchen stuff(maybe). Probably none of the above
18 lowie and Tina doing nothing unless something broken on the waY down
19. Mattlad - one night Stopover on Friday for me successfully negotiated by a hardline approach and protracted discussions. Although it defends on me putting the motor back in the bus by then….doing sod all ‘cos I ain’t got time baby.
20. Iain McAvoy - possibly wiring up a couple of new sockets
21 paulcalf - Running a course on how to cut & paste. Asking @@theBusmonkey or other knowledgeable folk to have a look at my gear linkage if they have finished their jobs. Possibly fettling accelerator linkage[
22. Huyrob (Dave) planning on Friday and Saturday night.
Not intending to do anything other than watch the lfc v spurs game on Saturday .Hope there is wi-fi !
# areksilverfish (Arek) - ..took day off work on Saturday so hopefully will be down there on Friday afternoon..just to chill out with you lovely lot and buses
23. Skutterbob - Not sure yet. Will bring bag of electrical bits as usual and will gladly help others if they need it.
24. SeanOC - Oh to be 24 again…. Apart from that I’ve no idea, probably greasing the front axle bits and looking for someone to tell me how to replace the power cable to my radio.
# SundialCamperSpecialists[/USER] I’m signed up and paid up to do a Born Survivor on the Saturday afternoon, start time 12.20 it’s only 10k with 30 obstacles so shouldn’t take more that a couple of hours! Depending how I feel we might come straight down for Saturday night but it’s only a maybe so not worthy of a number.
# Davidoft - Hopefully I’ll be there
25. Lord Congi See you there
26. Paradox - The para family will be there
27. The Robo’s will be there possibly some fromThurs night…
28. RickyRoo and H will also be in attendance with their chateaux on wheels
29. Mr Sam Hodson. I'll be in a tent identifying as a 77 baywindow bus
30. Faust. Figure out locking sliding door latch ...but then there is cider so probably doing nowt .
31. PhilNtfc. Doing nowt apart from chilling and generally loafing around. Depending on the w**th*r MrsNtfc may well be making a debut TE appearance(I promised I'd take her away for our anniversary)
32. @@Rob Oxford I would like to come. I've never done it before.(And on the bus front I just want to stand and gawp in admiration at anybody who knows which end of a hammer to hold!)
33. @@Cockers Looks like I’m free for the Saturday so I’ll be down for the day offering my skills of both brute force and ignorance
34. @@ginger ninja I’m buying @@Dicky ‘s underslung propex heater box at T.E. So I’m defo coming and I’ve got all the bits needed to fit the propex heater I bought at t.e. from @@paneuropaul last year (or was it 2 years ago?). I could really do with a hand fitting the whole lot and plumbing it in if anyone fancies a challenge. Really looking forward to a great weekend. P.
35. @@redgaz Could you add me to the list please, think i can make this one , Gary.
36. @@Camperboy40 I’ll be there on the Sunday sharing stories of how I sailed a viking roof from Goole to Essex
37 @@mcswiggs Is there room for a small one? My plan is to slipstream @@Chrisd up the the M40 and save a few ££££…
38. @@PeaSoup - not planning to do anything as bad back, but can try and lend a hand if needed
39. Devon233 - possibly making a debut visit for 1 night. Doing not a lot more than feeling jealous of all the lovely, shiny buses!
40. Simon. Hopefully getting my sliding door sorted and if anyone can check my 123 dizzy is installed correctly that would be good.
41. Sean Warwick, probably day visitorSaturday, rummaging about in leisure battery circuits trying to work out what's what. Any help from sparks minded folk appreciated
42. Dicky - just wanted to be 42!
43. Popsy Drinking , eating and generally catching up with Folk , looking forward to it.
50 art b ,
probably drift by in the caddy, on sat, to pull a few pints and take some abuse ..
51. Kruger - As always, a late entry…..I’ve borrowed an prototype, I’m meant to be working on it - so might fit a rebuilt steering box/litesteer kit if it arrives tomorrow.
52. Bagpus- Not quite finished but drivable. 1st time out camping so what better event! Help replacing the roof struts & setting up the carb std 1600 please?

 

Wow, 50+ buses! Is it a record?
I hope you all have a great time and get home safely after your tinkering.

 

The list goes from 43, straight to 50.

So 46 in total

Beaver taking my number 21 spot

 

Well, we're just loading up last minute 'provisions' and then navigating the M1 south