MOD Open Day - Saturday 29/8/2015.

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Gates open at 11:00 hrs and close at 18:30 hrs.

Entry £1 per pedestrian, via the Main Gate - or £5 per car* via the entrance to 5 Site.

Same sort of attractions as previous years - some horses, some dogs, some bloke on a quad-bike - no actual mention of a Gurkha Food Tent, but I'm banking on it.

Possibly some sort of climbing tower and, maybe, the odd aircraft.

*£10 for a coach/minibus.
 
peggy

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I've yet to make it to the mod for any of their events but here good things. Always fancy the bonfire night event.
 
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It is definitely the best local firework display.

They really should put the Gurkha Food Tent up on the grass by the Main Gate bus stop at the weekends...

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peggy

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Mmmm, don't think I know what it is I'm mmmmming at but it looks good, I agree there should be Gurkha food tents popping up at a bus stop near me! X
 
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Please do not be misled by this sign near the Main Gate.

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There may be aerial activity on the day, but it won't be the Red Arrows.....
 
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I sauntered over and was surprised by the fact that I saw no other people heading that way - I even checked the date, but the gate staff assured me that it had been very busy earlier - and there were lots of people when I got to the main area.

A lot of pedestrians will have passed by Stafford's other St Chad's church on the way.

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Other Armies are available, the Salvation Army band displayed great tenacity in playing through the truly atrocious Tannoy blare.

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If I had been running a fairground ride at an MOD open day, I might have made the effort to have my flag the right way up.

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An initial reconnaissance was performed to locate the Gurkha Food Tent.

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Subsequently, rations were obtained.

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And disposed of.

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The Tactical Supply Wing display is still there.

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Though, the Wessex is getting a bit worn.

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Apart from the departure of the Army flight training helicopters at about 3:15, there was no aerial activity today, which was probably just as well....

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The Wombat is still there, too.

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There were a few classic cars, including this nice MG.

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Some areas were taped off for safety and security reasons - including this tree stump.

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The area where the main events were is used for the odd helicopter landing and this sign is intended to avoid Foreign Object Damage to aircraft.

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But, it didn't stop some builder leaving this steel banding a few feet from the sign. Not ideal for having wrapped round your rotors....

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Wormella said:
Ooh, that gurkha food tent looks ace - I'm always surprised there's not a restaurant in town
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They shifted a fair quantity of food today - I'm convinced that a few of them could run a very successful snackery in the Market or elsewhere - I would be there, anyway. It's not that clear in the photo, but they make a very colourful spectacle in national dress.

It's one of the highlights of the year for me, I try to make a point of being here on the day.

I'm not sure of the technicalities of what I had today, but it was along the lines of Bombay potatoes, probably pork dumplings and veggie samosas. There would normally be a greater variety, five or six items, but I hit them during a restocking phase and said they could just lob on whatever was lying about.
 
Glam

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We have a few of the Gurkha wives working at St. Gs. I'll have nudge a few see what they can come up with...
 
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