Andreas,
I remain appalled by the taxation rates over there, and simultaneously amazed
that all of you in the UK and greater Europe can do so much despite them! I
remember in particular a German fellow who drove a Diamond T 40-ton Recovery
Tractor all the way from Germany... at what must have been an average speed of
much less than 40 kph...
I don't feel so bad about the airfare when I think about how much it costs you
to attend... we North Americans are forever grateful that you even do this at
all.
We here in the northern climes are facing a long, cold winter now... I look
forward with untoward enthusiasm to meeting all of you again next summer (yes,
even yon hairy Scots and their mouthy English counterparts!)...
Regards,
Geoff Winnington-Ball
MAPLE LEAF UP! ==>
Zephyr, Ontario, Canada
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Andreas Mehlhorn wrote:
> note that most of these "locals" and many more (including me and the other
> MV collectors from Germany) have to go oversea, when they want to go to
> Beltring. For this they have to embark and sail on a ferry or to embark
> on a railway train and use the extremly expensive Chunnel.
>
> Note that I have to cross 5 countries, when I drive to Beltring:
> Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, UK. And all this in one day,
> with the Beemer and Kettenkrad on the trailer. And the UK has the
> highest fuel prices in Europe! Things we do for our hobby!
>
> So don't be so jealous, or is this the typical scottish stinginess?
> (Scrooge Mc Millan??)
>
> Hope to see you next year in the "Notton tribe camp"! (You have to share
> the lawn with Mr. Winnington-Ball)
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