Bug Jam 26

After another manic & wet week, the weekend dawned bright and sunny.  Perfect for a wedding.....

Delia & myself  were booked for the lovely Leanne's wedding, in Hornchurch.  The venue was the very popular Langtons House..

After collecting Leanne, her chief bridesmaid and her two gorgeous daughters, we made our way from her home to Langtons.  We arrived a little early, so we decided to drive around a little, however with the high street right next door everywhere was very busy, so after nearly getting blocked in on one of narrow side roads we decided to head back round and wait by the venue.  Delia pulled up alongside a vintage Rolls Royce and Daimler but I'm happy to say she still got admiring glances and some lovely comments.

Sunday was a day off and as we were child free, the custard creams being at their Grandad's for a holiday we thought we'd make the most of the sunshine and head off for a day trip to Bug Jam.  

We parked up in the day visitors car park and caught the mini bus up to the entrance.  The road up to the drag strip goes right through the middle of the camping fields, which by the Sunday were completely water logged and also an unbelievable amount of rubbish....nice.

We had quick mooch round the auto jumble area but this was quite small, then on to the vehicles for sale.       Although we're definitely not in the market for another camper, it's always good to see whats available and more importantly how much it would cost you.

We then took in a bit of the drag racing, starting with the incredible jet rocket car, very fast and very loud.  I never seen any drag racing before but really enjoyed it.  It was then time for a look around the trade stands, but again nothing too amazing but we did manage to buy some bolts & a new front badge for the splitty and a klaxon horn for Delia.  Although we'd left it a little late in the day we had a wander round the club displays and saw some cool things

There was some lovely campers in the show and shine but again it was smaller than expected and right next to the main stage.  At the time we got there, it was very hot and the band weren't really my thing so we didn't take too long looking.  How old did that last sentence make me sound?

Dan's feeling the crew cab love at the moment and this one was pretty cool but this shiny red splitscreen was our favourite.  Not usually that keen on red campers but this one was lovely.

Time for some more drag racing, and soaking up the sun before starting the long hike back to the car park.   We saw quite a few people with their heads stuck in their engine bays on the camping fields...oh dear.  Dan felt it would be quicker to walk then wait for the mini bus but I'd like to point out both buses passed us 3 times on our long long walk.  

At least there were plenty of dubs to look at as most people were heading off from the weekend.   We saw one poor camper that didn't  even make it out the grounds before they had to make the call of shame and get the AA out.  Not great when hundreds of other dubbers are driving right past you....we felt your pain!  Here's just a few of the campers that we saw, I'm going to add a few more pictures to our facebook page so make sure you go and check it out custardcampers

Kerry x