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Brean Leisure Park (seen before?)
Perished tyres tells a static story...
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I saw my first ever Bedford today. We decided to get out in the car for a drive to a village or two to get some fresh air and stretch our legs. We took the wife's car, and she drove it, as I find that since driving my Beddy the little Suzuki Swift is a bit like a remote control car. Its got power steering, obviously, so in contrast to the Beddy you only have to sigh, gently, upon the steering wheel rim and you are immediately facing the other direction. Similarly when pressing the accelerator, it goes from 0-25mph immediately with no intermediary speeds at all. It does stop, fast, or faster. The gearbox feels like a victorian lightswitch and the layout is upside down, and you can't feel or hear the road or the engine at all. So as time has gone by I've increasingly found myself unable to drive anything other than my van.
Anyway, so we were driving round the Sussex downs, and tucked up the side of a rural farmstead type house was a bright yellow CF panel van. It was up a driveway though, on private land, at the side of the house. I insisted we double back and drive up there to have a look. Part of me wanted to drop a spotter's card, part of me wanted to see if the side panels on the passenger side were good donors for my own van .
My missus was not keen on driving up there. She's a bit timid and doesn't like confrontations and feared we might get in trouble for trespassing. I insisted though and up we went. The van was in a very bad way. Very rusty, obviously not a going concern for the owner at all, it had three flat tires and no plates.
I wanted to jump out and drop a spotter's card... my first one, I was so excited, but my missus, who was in the driving seat, got a case of the Texas Chainsaw Massacres and reversed rapidly back dow the driveway onto the main road and off.
So I have to go back in my own van sometime and see what I can find out. Despite the extensive rust the panels, from what I saw looked straight, and the rust hadn't eaten right through. It could be a donor vehicle with a bit of luck. I'm clutching at straws, but its worth a look.
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Mon 27 Dec 2010 @ 20:05
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Spotted this one on Asda car park and went and had a chat with the owner.
Dave
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Thu 27 Jan 2011 @ 08:08
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Spotted a red cf on the m6 round about the lake district area on thursday it had a shutter style door at the side lolked like an old post office or fire brigade van.
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Sat 29 Jan 2011 @ 20:37
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Spotted a CF350 nr Swindon today, cream and white. No other info as was flying past.  Great to see though!
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Sun 27 Feb 2011 @ 21:54
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Spotted a Bedford horse box around the Croston area today ..we were coming back from a lovely day at Southport ..the box was going the other way
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Sun 24 Apr 2011 @ 20:09
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I've carded two CF 'Autosleeper' type campers over this weekend. One, a CF2 that's parked 100 yards from my house, the other is a CF1 parked up along the sea front parade.
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Sun 24 Apr 2011 @ 22:21
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within an hour of receiving my membership cards, i came across a 280 camper! so of course i put a card under the windscreen
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Wed 04 May 2011 @ 21:38
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spotted last year
this one i spotted before i had a bedford,. it's been scrapped since
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this one was parked up near brighton, not far from all the old
vehicles tim affore mentioned
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Sun 08 May 2011 @ 13:17
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dasn't forget this beauty!.
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Sun 08 May 2011 @ 13:25
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this one's a couple of years old now
but i might aswell upload 'em all 
poor little lad is flushed with teething.
i was taken to the recovery guys depot when i broke down in the new ambulance,
recovery driver didn't want to take me all the way home, miserable g!t he
was, i was glad when someone else took over! anyway, in the little industrial
unit type area there was a garage, this was parked outside along with another
standard van, was it blue with a yellow stripe, or black,.. i can't remember but it was  it was gone when i came back from the loo though, st leonards,. that was the place..
looking back at the picture maybe i'm confusing it with that transit in the
back ground,. but there WAS another bedford, honest!!
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A couple of pics taken on My recent trip to Llandudno transport festival
You may have seen this vehicle somewhere before ..Mal
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Thu 26 May 2011 @ 20:34
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On it's way into Coventry last night TMD 668Y, with classic campers club sticker in the back window. Coachbuilt CF2 (possibly facelift). Nice shiny exhaust 
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Fri 27 May 2011 @ 08:08
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Spotted this one a few months ago - the first beddie we ever spotted
then we spotted this one yesterday
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Mon 30 May 2011 @ 22:14
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Hi
I saw a mk1 coachbuilt today on the m6 around about the lake district area.
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Tue 31 May 2011 @ 20:08
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flourescent green cf1 ice cream van spotted on Leek Road, Hanley
Looked to be in excellent condition
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Sun 05 Jun 2011 @ 19:18
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Spotted a nice looking ice cream van on the beach front,just
outside barnstaple.In good nick too.
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Mon 06 Jun 2011 @ 13:51
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Better late then never!
Spotted on Friday the 20th May:
Red CF1 panel van on the A46 Evesham bypass, and a Facelift/CF2 Coach built camper on the A38 South of Exeter.
Both vehicles where heading is the opposite direction, so didn't get a long look at them, but from a glance both looked very shiny well kept examples.
Therefore I'd imagine there owners may be in the club
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Tue 07 Jun 2011 @ 12:44
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Been seeing a white CF2 ambulance with a lime green grill, quite a lot around west London..........Anyone on here ?
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Thu 16 Jun 2011 @ 20:37
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Tesco Petrol Station
blue cf2/facelift panel van spotted on longton tesco petrol station
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