Just had a call from mate who went to Billing this morning looked around and went back home again - the fields are flooded, much worse that the Hotrod weekend apparently.
There is even a sign on the entry booths saying have a look and get your money back back if you dont want to stay due to poor conditions.
Thunder storms just starting that area now too.
Sunday is forecast to be fine, but at mom only a handful of cars there.
May be worth a call Sunday morning before setting out if you're planning to day trip for Show Day.
i remember billing being flooded flor an american car meet around 1997 ish It was chaos tractors pullin cars and caravans out ! Billing is a brilliant venue unless it rains !
Ive been down to hop farm in kent and though its showers, the ground is rock hard. Any one not going to Billing on Sunday get down there....Its massive!!!
You're absolutely right guys, Billing was awash this weekend. In the end it was all a case of damage limitation.
In some ways the finer weather on Sunday made things worse. Understandably people that had looked forward to the event for months saw the sun shining in the morning and came anyway. Trouble was even though they were warned of the conditions inside Billing at the gate, the vast majority came in. Then the fun started !!
A limited show was possible on the hard standing, but to be frank the volume of cars far exceeded the space available. Compounded by Billing management giving very poor support, the whole weekend was a battle.
I suppose living in a 'green and pleasant land' does have a downside.
They dont call it the Aquadrome for nothing..... you know its bad when you get the guys from florida coming over with their "cousins" and using the big boats with the fans on them to get arround the site.... "say there marline theys got them there floatie caravans"
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