TruckFest, September 2007

No Eddie Stobart display for Debbie this year, but we took Gus along to see TruckFest NorthWest at Haydock: lots of painted-up lorries, overpriced junk-food, noisy displays, fairground rides, overflowing portaloos... what more could you ask for on a Sunday morning? We enjoyed looking around for a couple of hours: sitting in the sunshine with coffee and chips watching the crowds, seeing all the truckers polishing their chrome and buffing their bumpers, letting people pat Gus and marvel at his unprecedented ugliness. The whole thing is shockingly overpriced and almost everything you can buy is a total rip-off, but it's a bit of fun and, even though there were no Eddies for Debbie to sit in this year, we had a good time. And Gus found and ate about 17 squashed discarded burgers, so he enjoyed himself too.