"Truckfessed"

I had planned on going to Truckfest when I first caught sight of the poster around East Anglia earlier on in the year.
I had a plan to get the whole family there by taking a drive in the country side and just happening across the biggest collection of trucks and trucking related products in the Country and recommend we checked it out.
This was a working plan until I mentioned it to Truck & Driver and they sent me a family pass.
I had to change the plan slightly and I eventually confessed.

It rained while we drove over to Peterborough and rained when we got there.

It was still raining while we walked round an hour later but I can honestly say I didn't really notice it.

The kids did though and they were moaning that the bouncy castles would be wet and that they were bored but I was really enjoying myself.

I took lots pictures and I have to confess that I am not a massive lorry expert.

I can tell a Scania from a Daf and a Volvo from an Iveco but I have no idea of engines and models and the year of introduction. We have The Big Lorry Blog for that, nobody does it better than those guys and this years Truckfest posts are amazing.

The pictures I took were mostly of the things the kids liked and that's what I have posted here.


My Favourite truck of the show.







This was my favourite truck at Truckfest because it was a really honest looking renovation. It was as if the driver had just gone off on his dinner break and had never come back. The cab had the look of a real working cab inside complete with page 3 pin ups.

No body wanted to enter this area?

Crowds
This was a display that HM Customs had of seized items.

The Pink Panther



This was the Birthday Boy, 25 years of Truck & Driver was celebrated this year.


The Top Gear Trucks
There was loads to do for the kids and it all added to the family atmosphere especially all the character painted trucks.

I could post more and more pictures of painted lorry's but Truckfest wasn't about that for me.




It was about the Industry trucks as well and the working trucks like the recovery vehicles parading around the arena and the tippers.

I really enjoyed Truckfest and I've already penciled in my place for next year but something tells me Ill be taking some one else.