a fairground life
We headed over to Drymen this afternoon to pick up skydiver. When I got there the gate on the field was locked. There was a car parked away over in the field. I walked thru the field upto where the ride was parked. All the marquees,fencing,etc etc were cleared away. I drove the ride down to the gate. I was going to cut the chain with the hacksaw but before I could a police car appeared, they had come to investigate the seemingly abandoned car. So one copper looked around the car whilst the other set off to get the keys to the field. About 20mins later the gate was opened and we were on our way. I pulled into the services at stirling and put in £140 in derv, "r" pulled in behind with the show and put £70 in that plus 3 gallon of water into the radiator!! For some reason the lorry was boiling, it was full when we left drymen 20miles ago. We headed off again and near Edinburgh we stopped and put another 3 gallon of water in the radiator. This time we kept going all the way to WL. We pulled into the ground and the tober was rock hard. I will check the radiator tomorrow to see if the water has dwindled or if it is going into the oil/ sump. There doesn't seem to be a leak so maybe the thermostat is stuck or the radiator blocked or maybe the fan is slipping???? Surely one of the above will cure the problem.
posted by showman @ 22:38
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7 Comments:
good day all ah w.linton time of the year again doesnt seem nearly a year ago since the last border tour lol anyhow how is showman and blakey bet your over the moon with the ground being good at w.linton ha ha. hows buis at hawick for "b" showman cheers borderer.
good day all hows west linton going showman, was at hawick talking to "b" yday he was on about maybe needing a new truck for the dodgems. hows all the regs cheers borderer.
really pleased at having hard tober this week, dont know about biz at Hawick. As for the boiling problem there is no water in the radiator again but luckily there is none in the sump either. looks like a radiator change is imminent.
Well first trip outdoors and the weather was terrible! It stayed dry until about 11 the the heavens opened and the crowd vanished. It stayed that way until 2pm when the sun appeared. Amazingly the punters re appeared! We had a busy two hours until we closed and managed to claw some back. With the help of new start d and old hand s we packed and back indoors for sun. A dissapointing day however a great test for all the kit and for once i am happy to say everything worked as planned. A winter indoors hasnt done too much harm, trailers, van and generator all behaved and no tractors ...yet.
Hope all is well in the land of the midge.
good evening all, glad to hear weekend went all right for you jesters well not the weather front lol where are you at the moment usual indoor spot whens the next outside gaff, dont no if showman will get internet connection in wl but dont worry yourself showman me and jesters will keep the site ticking over. cheers borderer hope all regulars are well.
Indoor this weekend. Sat ok sun dead. Very strange, out on the prowl next weekend a games on the sat and a motor show on the sun. Should be interesting as they are both new pitches for me. Hope everyone well?
Didn't know WL was on for 2 weeks so was glad to be able to stop off for about 2 minutes on our way to Lockerbie to see the new Tagada last Friday, followed by Selkirk. Sadly it was before opening time at WL so we didn't see anybody but hope all is OK.
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