Froggy55:
Buzzer:
BuzzerInteresting truck, but horrible sauce!
Oi ! You’re treading on hallowed ground now. 
But I make my own sauces with Heinz cream soups mixed in with every herb and spice known to man. Serve it as a soup to start, with the dregs mixed with red wine and drunk directly from the bowl as chabrol, then the rest poured over the meat and several veg. Lovely 
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Some lovely timber there David!!
David
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Some lovely timber there David!!David
Yes, until 2000, when the commune built us a brand new building to play petanque under cover when raining, we used to play in that place when it was empty, though always open sided. Because of the type of construction there were signs everywhere ‘no naked flames’ etc. but in winter we always had a fire going to warm our boules on 
Then someone offered to pay for the place, hence our new building, steel built so fires quite legal to our hearts’ content.
I took the photos last summer when my son was visiting and I was showing him around. The railway line was taken up after the war, so not before the Germans sent a troop train in in '43 when they invaded the so-called ‘Free Zone’ (Vichy). The local Resistance which up until that time had been fighting the Milice (Vichy version of the Gestapo), blew up the train before it arrived and several Germans never became the first post war tourists. 
These trucks look in very good condition! I hope their owner does not intend to scrap them! The blue one is a GLR 8 R (1957-59), the grey one a GLR 10 M3, and the red one I can’t say, even if it looks like an army GBC 8 KT; could also be a chassis built for a crane. Very rare to find such well preserved oldies in France now!
Froggy55:
These trucks look in very good condition! I hope their owner does not intend to scrap them! The blue one is a GLR 8 R (1957-59), the grey one a GLR 10 M3, and the red one I can’t say, even if it looks like an army GBC 8 KT; could also be a chassis built for a crane. Very rare to find such well preserved oldies in France now!
I think there is hope that they will continue to be preserved because I had seen them there before last summer when I took the photos. I don’t know about such things but could it be a help that they were sheltered from the rain but nevertheless, with one side completely open to the south, could the correct circulation of the air play a part?
We had an F reg 740 TD auto when it was 8 to10 years old. Still one of the most comfortable cruising cars we have had. The engine was a clanky old VW but not too bad at cruising speed.
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Froggy55:
These trucks look in very good condition! I hope their owner does not intend to scrap them! The blue one is a GLR 8 R (1957-59), the grey one a GLR 10 M3, and the red one I can’t say, even if it looks like an army GBC 8 KT; could also be a chassis built for a crane. Very rare to find such well preserved oldies in France now!I think there is hope that they will continue to be preserved because I had seen them there before last summer when I took the photos. I don’t know about such things but could it be a help that they were sheltered from the rain but nevertheless, with one side completely open to the south, could the correct circulation of the air play a part?
What is to hope is that the French administration will not put its nose there, and order them to be cleared away. It would be criminal!
Froggy55:
Spardo:
Froggy55:
These trucks look in very good condition! I hope their owner does not intend to scrap them! The blue one is a GLR 8 R (1957-59), the grey one a GLR 10 M3, and the red one I can’t say, even if it looks like an army GBC 8 KT; could also be a chassis built for a crane. Very rare to find such well preserved oldies in France now!I think there is hope that they will continue to be preserved because I had seen them there before last summer when I took the photos. I don’t know about such things but could it be a help that they were sheltered from the rain but nevertheless, with one side completely open to the south, could the correct circulation of the air play a part?
What is to hope is that the French administration will not put its nose there, and order them to be cleared away. It would be criminal!
Yes, but as long as whoever rents the space for the last few years is happy for them to take up the space, then I don’t think there will be interference. But if they do not belong to the renter, and the renter decides to move on, that might be the danger moment. Sadly I don’t have the space to step in myself, could perhaps have a word with Paul Gauthier if it comes to that, but as he has not kept any of his old wagons, not sure how much he would be interested. But, I have a feeling that the reason he does not keep his oldies is because he never owned, but leased, them.
Buzzer
I assume that these are empty barrels as I doubt that the little Scammell could pull a load of 30 (or maybe 40, it’s hard to tell) odd full barrels. Or were they more powerful than they looked?
Buzzer:
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“Cyclops Rover”,a rare find Buzzer,oh yes,a very happy birthday,all the best!
David
A belated happy birthday Buzzer and keep these pics coming. As they say up here “lang may yer lum reek”.
Happy Birthday Week Buzzer!
And thanks for all the stuff you’ve posted in recent months - makes my morning coffee more pleasurable 
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Those stooks remind me of picnicking in a stook field in the '50s as a youngster and being informed that the rows ran north to south so that they would be evenly exposed to the sunlight.
