The first road run organised
by our Gang of Two was a great success, not least because the weather was
glorious. Nine Jeeps, two Land Rovers, a Bedford MW and two Harley-Davidson MT
350 motorbikes met at Harrington’s Carpetbaggers aviation museum before visiting
the nearby roadside memorial. Then it
was off for a ride around historic American Army Air Force bases in Northants
and Beds.
First was Desborough where we
had special permission from Rockingham Castle Estate to drive around the old
aerodrome. Then on to the memorial at Chelveston, followed by a drive around
the perimeter track of Grafton Underwood, again by kind permission of the land
owner. Our last port of call was the
museum and memorial at Thurleigh where MVTSEM secretary Ian Gardiner and
chairman Neill Elliott were given a well-deserved round of applause for
organising such an interesting trip. Martin Sansom made a 10 minute video of the Desborough Airfield perimeter track lap and it can be viewed on You Tube: https://youtu.be/W5vuf7e6CXA
Above and left: Carpet- baggers museum at Harrington
Left and below: the memorial at Harrington
Left and below: We had special per- mission to drive on the old airfield at Des- borough
Memorial at Grafton Under- wood
The pole for the memorial at Chelves -ton once held the airfield's windsock; it was rescued by members of the TTS group, who joined us on the road run
Rounding up the usual suspects!
Left and below: Our last stop was at Thurleigh
Ian Gardiner (left) and Terry Feltham take a break from a hard day's Jeep driving
Memorial at Thurleigh
The following pictures were taken by Kevin Lamberth