(31 Aug 2015, 1:34 pm)Michael wrote I missed it due to my really bad knee, anyhow.. what turned up this year?

Did any of the big companies turn up?

Seaburn is one I've always been a bit more fond of as I also have an interest in cars. I've been for the past few years, including a year or two before I started taking photographs of buses, given my interest in cars (although don't photograph these as I do with buses now).

Last year, I felt that there wasn't a great deal present, so I went straight past on the bus (no doubt this was caused by the fact that Go North East didn't support the event by bringing a few vehicles). I'm glad I went this year, as, all in all, it seemed to be well-organised and there was quite a good variety of vehicles present (some I'd never / rarely seen at previous rallies, and the usual ones we see at most rallies). Go North East brought an Olympian to commemorate the fact that it's the last time one of these vehicles will go to a rally (whilst in service) as well as a Red Kite Volvo B9TL.

I wasn't close enough to see exactly what happened, but it appeared that Bazza was hit by another enthusiast, who had been provoking him prior. Bazza screamed very loudly (as if he had been hurt), and ran away to try and avoid this enthusiast. I didn't see him after that, so I'd expect he left the event to get away from this enthusiast completely. Don't care if he's on this forum or is friends with members of this forum - the enthusiast who provoked Bazza showed absolutely disgraceful behaviour, and he should have left Bazza alone after he was asked to do so. One of the reasons why I don't go to all of these events...