rolls royce rally 15th may

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dunkirk little ships 2

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dunkirk little ships 3

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dunkirk little ships 4

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dunkirk little ships 5

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dunkirk little ships 6

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well decorated hero

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when these went off i thought what the $*!£ was that

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ducks and ducklings

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one of the parents of the ducklings that followed me along the bank. maybe it thought i was gonna attack the ducklings

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fanally a canada goose. all in all it was quite an enjoyable day and like the show at basingstoke a freebie for the public. did make a donation to the little ships fund. some of those boats were carrying 40 odd troops at the time. an interesting thing there were 2 more like dunkirk, forgotten the names now. one rescued 180,000 from the beaches the other about 40,000 from the beaches. there a bit of useless info for yer. no doubt someone will come up with the codenames of the other 2.

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found the other evacuations on wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cycle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ariel

[Manky Monkey]

Looks like a very pleasant day out Dave. Lovely shot of the old gent with the medals.

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it wasn't a bad day, i was hoping there would of been a blower bentley or 2 but no. there were a couple of rollers there in need of a paint job which made the show from the point they weren't all showroom condition.

video of the le rhone engine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twNmunB9CiU

video of the merlin engine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co2MDy1NZGU

[Tony oily bike]

Looks like a jolly spiffing day what!!

If you hear about it being on next year, I'd be interest in going.

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some more links

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/operation_aerial.html

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/operation_cycle.html

they have a lot of info on this site well worth a look at if yer into that sort of thing