So, next year's "Billing" show is at Kelmarsh Hall...

[boddamese]

I'm getting a lot of emails from the organisers of the whatever-it's-called Land Rover show at Billing. Apparently it's moving to Kelmarsh Hall.

Must be galling to the previous organisers (I think it was the, now defunct, Land Rover Enthusiast magazine?). If I remember rightly they tried to move it to Kelmarsh years ago as they thought the Billing site wasn't suitable? Then someone else stepped in and arranged a show at Billing on the same weekend killing off their new show.

Anyway, I went to Billing last year for the first time in a few years and it wasn't very good. Not nearly as much of interest there as in the past and the facilities are still awful.

Perhaps the move will improve it? There are so many shows around now I doubt it'll be back to what it was 10 yrs ago though...

 

[DarrenH]

i'm involved with the vauxhall crowd too, who have(had) their annual rally there for the last 15 or so years. so it effects quite a broad range of the enthusiasts. been to vw shows there too when i owned a polo

as above, "we" (Vauxhall bedford owners association) were looking for new show ground in 2011 after getting messed about by the then owners, but was then settled until 2015. 2016 was nearly cancelled, but again went ahead. from what i've heard from owners association rep they are going to fill the site with more static caravans and log cabin gites to make it more like a holiday park rather than mixed use show ground.

couple years ago we also got a kick in the bollox from northampton borough council who enforced a traders license on stalls at the autojumble which made up a large section of the show. so the parts area crumbled in size and interest, and left only a few commercial traders. to give you an idea how ridiculous its got, there was a large area selling scented candles this year ?!

no love lost for me personally. it was a quite nice site, picturesque even, if you kept away from the staffy on a bit of string area over near the A45. nothing makes you feel more at home than trevor and the kids doing circuits in their transit tipper round the access roads at snails pace at 2am.

 

[Billing Show]

Hi there,

I am part of the team organising the Billing Off Road Show on the 28,29 and 30th July 2017 on our family farm.

My family designed and built the off road course 26 years ago and have catered for thousands of campers over the billing weekend.

We will have two off road courses open to the public, trade stands, clubs and live entertainment.

Any questions then please get in touch with me.

https://www.thebillingoffroadexperience.co.uk/

Many thanks,

Ed Arrowsmith

 

[cornish rattler]

Hi there,

I am part of the team organising the Billing Off Road Show on the 28,29 and 30th July 2017 on our family farm.

My family designed and built the off road course 26 years ago and have catered for thousands of campers over the billing weekend.

We will have two off road courses open to the public, trade stands, clubs and live entertainment.

Any questions then please get in touch with me.

https://www.thebillingoffroadexperience.co.uk/

Many thanks,

Ed Arrowsmith

Sorry just stumbled on this but that's nice to here, went to the Peterborough show last year and the year before aswell as the Billing shows and sorry but the Peterborough shows are naff nothing like the old billing shows from 10 plus years ago so hopefully this new venue will turn it round to what it was or near enough, will deffo be going to this years new billing show but as a day tripper as I am still in the process of restoring my S2a but next year we will be camping there with the S2a can't wait for that

 

[mistericeman]

Sorry just stumbled on this but that's nice to here, went to the Peterborough show last year and the year before aswell as the Billing shows and sorry but the Peterborough shows are naff nothing like the old billing shows from 10 plus years ago so hopefully this new venue will turn it round to what it was or near enough, will deffo be going to this years new billing show but as a day tripper as I am still in the process of restoring my S2a but next year we will be camping there with the S2a can't wait for that

Just join us at Leafers at T'pit Charity Leaf sprung ONLY landrover show (National coal mining museum in Wakefield) over the August Bank holiday weekend .....Free to visit on foot ...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/leafersatthepit/

Small charge To show off your leafer (All proceeds to the museum to help it continue its educational work )
Wall to Wall leafers of all sorts of flavours with autojumble AND take the family deep underground in a working coal mine