British Fair and Country Days in Krefeld

http://www.britishdays-countryfair.de/

Hubbi and I have been here the past two years and really enjoyed it. This year it is taking place on 10th and 11th September and will be going again and want to know if anyone would like to join us. BBulldog was interested, any others?

Please let me know if you are interested in going and which day, Saturday or Sunday... We could put up a poll but I think we've had enough polls for today.. Perhaps nobody wants to join us and we wouldn't need a poll then anyway...

must have missed that one ...

Would have been up for it, but I'm "running" the Cologne marathon on the Sunday 11th, and probably a BB meet-up isn't the best preparation.

Starting to look for potential dates for Cologne meet ...

Shame you can't make it, it is worth it, perhaps next year. What about Neilg? He's being rather quiet!

Hope you manage to organise a Cologne meet-up, as I'm going to be unemployed by that time, I can't see me being busy on the weekends! (Not like at the moment where I work weekends.)

Hope your training is going well for the marathon, you must let us know how it went on after you've done it...

training? what's that? oops, have I missed something ..

Seems everyones a bit subdued today, but maybe neilg has forgotten his password to BB .. I mean, he's not getting any younger, is he?

Well he's nearly as old as me now so I know what's it's like being his age, I presume you can still remember that far back...

Edit: maaph is as young as he feels and if he's still able to do marathons, then he must be feeling pretty young.

ow that hurts !!!

Sorry.

You were the one to mention age though first...

I'm up for that

Glad to hear it Neil. Which day would suit you and Ilka best, Saturday or Sunday...?

yeah, but not yours ...

probably Sat. ...but better check with the management first

Saturday would suit us better too. Any other BBers who want to meet up with us then, the longest queue is for the fish and chips! Although last year we even had to queue to get in, half an hour it took us.. It was worth the wait though!

Hello! seem to have missed this thread somehow!

Yeah, I was planning to go there, but the missus has other plans for that weekend, not sure I am involved in them though (on a course I think) so might still make it. Was hoping to hitch a lift with maaph, but looks like he wimped out with another of his famous excuses!

I'll be coming with all me mates then!

I will go with the flow as for a day
sitting here at home enjoying the first part of my hols
This time next week London here i come

See it as a way of making new ones!

The aliens would make a visit but it's over 3 and half hours away from us...

I should be careful with making such promises .. wait till you meet him first

Why do you think I have such a catalogue of excuses

Thanks for the warning, it'll be interesting to meet you too at the Cologne meet-up! Perhaps Neilg will have told us some stories about your good self by then too!

Are you trying to say we're not worth the effort?

September 10th is my birthday, so maybe I don't want to do too much driving!!!

What a great way of spending one's birthday, with us lot and in a British atmosphere!

isn't that wives are for? Fam. Maaph always share the driving - I drive there, she drives back - no problem !!!

Witchypoo is the lucky one, she always gets driven home (that's because she can't drive).

In our house we have a strange way of doing things, I drive if we meet up with "my" friends and he drives if we meet up with "his" or "his family"!

The main problem is... witchypoo is a whizz on the broom and in the saddle, but she hasn't yet mastered the art of those new-fangled horseless carriages...

I'm 900 years old and from the future, she is 900 years old and from the past...but what's 1,800 years between best friends?!

You two are so sweet... :$

Get her one of these ! Alien

@Neil I think people with EN numberplates, BBers excepting of course could do with that simulator!

This is all going off-topic...anyone care?

How about these instead...?

Horses that take care of themselves
(note advantage number 5 on the list, oo-er missus!)

or

Formula Broomstick!

Nothing new there then!

Going back on topic, alien, perhaps you could persuade your family to spend the day there with you, as you say it is your birthday and if you can't decide what happens on your birthday, I don't know what day you can!

The British Fair looks terribly...British and I bet all the price tags have the decimal point in the wrong place!!! But, not to worry, I like 'window'shopping!

I can't say anything right now, other than, we shall see...

@Neil:

Did you notice the extra 'hidden' bonus features for the city driver in your simulation?

Well that's the Koreans for you :doh:

We mostly collect the brochures that are on offer there, we take a bag specially for it too and normally only spend money on food and drink, although I did buy 4 hardbacks for €28 at the British bookshop stand. They were heavy to carry around afterwards!

To put the record straight... (my ears are still burning!)
witchypoo knows how to fully dismantle and reassemble a tractor engine and gear-box. She even knows how to drive up, down and across hills pulling a trailer, using the correct differentials and gears (from a choice of perhaps 18).
I wouldn't know where to start!

She just hasn't got the proper piece of paper for those on-road vehicles!!!
...and no, I'm not driving to Krefeld in a borrowed tractor either!

Now that would be an interesting sight!

dont alien's have UFO's that go at light speed?

when is the Cologne meet-up?
or the ice cream in Essen?

Of course we do...
We tried to leap ahead and have look if the weather and everything would be OK to make a visit. But we couldn't land. When we reached light speed we started getting loud interference patterns from something in the area. I looked at the spectrum analyzer and I could have sworn it was caused by some bloke in a very, very colourful shirt...



Yeah, when is the Cologne/Köln meet up?

Funny that alien i have taken off my shirt, too hot...

must be them on the washing line

Looks as if it's decided, we are going on the 10th. I'm writing this now because I'm off on hols next week so you can put it in your "long-term" diaries.

Please contact me if you'd like to meet up with us there.
Bombi

What exactly goes on there? The Website doesn't give much away like!

First of all you walk past various stands where various travel companies have brochures about holidays in GB etc and ferry connections then there are stalls selling British products, there are vintage cars to look at, a falcon display with birds of prey flying around and over the heads of people (and usually narrowly missing them )

There's wanging the welly where you can throw wellingtons around for a good cause, one year there was a demonstration of sheep dogs and sheep, and there is always a fly fishing demonstration, Highland Games, that's one of the best things to watch and of course fish and chips, be prepared to queue for a good half an hour here at lunch time, but it's worth it.

Last year there were also craft works on display and a restaurant serving high tea.

What more could one want. It's a great day out and full of peope. So far we've been lucky with the weather and had sunshine.

For people who want to listen to a Last Night of the Proms Concert, that takes place on the Saturday evening in the grounds of Burg Linn.

Have I convinced you now?

I think you have

Will we see you there then?

me too

I'm bringing my family across from the darkside, and my parents are coming across for the weekend. So what better way to show them a German weekend

Sounds wonderful, so long as they don't want me to speak Welsh to them, I'm fine. My Welsh is very rusty, had Latin at grammar school and therefore no Welsh, I learnt some working at a nursing home but not that much.

I can't speak a word to be honest, and if they are honest, they cant either

But after some wine my mother thinks she can, and will tell all the world how she knew Richard Burtons mother. Or was it sister? I've lived apart from them for too long

Could those of you who want to meet up with us lot (Hagen / Wetter contingent) please get in contact with me so we can arrange a meet-up there.

Bombi

Welsh Richard, are you going to meet us here, please let me know and then I can pm you my mobile no!