Yorkshire Military Vehicle Trust - 2016 'Crank Up'

Here in the UK, the Yorkshire Military Vehicle Trust (MVT) had its annual 'Crank Up' event in the middle of York on Sun 17th April.  Different location this year, down by the river in the Castle Gardens.

The weather gods smiled upon on our gathering and although it was cold, we had sun for much of the day.  My truck developed a miss-fire on the way, but a change of condenser sorted the snag out (thankfully).

Here's a few pictures of the event. Including motorcyles there were 80+ vehicles there. 5 CCKWs made it along.  Standout vehicle for me (apart from the the CCKWs of course) was a Humber 'Pig' with its 4.2 litre Rolls-Royce engine - I'd love to own one.

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Great vehicle this Humber Pig.
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View of the 4.2 litres (petrol) engine.
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Good view of the RPG screens.
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Dodge.
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Replica of a US Fast Attack vehicle.  Looks a lot better than it sounds ! LOL
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Landrover
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Hillman staff car.
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Hillman staff car interior.
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My friend Chris and jeep with my godson Gareth.
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Morris quad tractor.
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Reo, CCKW and Dodge.
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Reo
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Dodge.
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CCKW 353.
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CCKW 353.
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Stalwart.
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CCKW 353.
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Cliffords Tower
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A geese family, there were several around hissing at us if we went too close ! :)
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33 keeps came along.
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TRIP TO STAMFORD BRIDGE

Out and about on Thursday in the truck with the family we made the most of the nice weather (for a change) and had a ride out to the historic village of Stamford Bridge the site of an important battle in UK history.
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Although victorious, arguably Harold's army tired out from marching up up from the south coast, fighting a battle, and then having to march south again was not in good shape to repel the subsequent Norman invasion of William 'The Bastard' subsequently known as William 'The Conqueror'. The defeat of King Harold essentially led to the enslavement of all of Anglo-Saxon England.  Yorkshire along with several other regions was seen as centres of resistance and as such was subjected to such brutal ethnic cleansing that settled areas of population simply ceased to exist.
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Marston Moor English Civil War Memorial

Took the truck out with the family for a drive earlier this week to the Marston Moor Battlefield, which is only about 5 miles from our house. This was a site of one of the major (if not decisive) battles of the English Civil war in 1644.
There is a memorial which has been erected by the Cromwell Association to commemorate the event.
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Managed to prise my son Alex off his X-Box long enough to come along :)
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This is the view looking back from the memorial to 'Cromwells clump' where he watched the battle unfold.  The highest spot for miles around this would have given the best view of the battle as it unfolded.
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Yorkshire Wartime Experience - 2015

Went to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience on Saturday.  Took the truck over arriving around mid morning.  With over 450 vehicles on-site, 40 plus trade stands and the same number of re-enactment groups, there was lots to see :)
Here's a few photos from the day, and a some video footage (not all mine):
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My CCKW 352.
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I was fascinated to have a close look at an Opel Blitz, the German equivalent to my CCKW.
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More headroom in the back than in mine.
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Interesting twin spring arrangement.  Cable brakes though, not good !
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Myself and a genuine Marder III.
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This MACK truck is huge, and makes the CCKW look small.  They were used for towing large artillery pieces like the Long Tom.  This particular example was used by the British army post-war and had an engine conversion to a 12 litre diesel engine and power steering added.


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