THE SHOWMAN'S NEW HOBBY.

[Alan 1,271]

After his recent exploration of the crushed caravan, looking for long lost treasure's, Chris was determined to carry on with his new hobby of caravan diving.

 

This is a variation of the well known skip diving, but includes a roof in case of bad weather.  As it happened it was raining anyway, so we all got a bit damp. We discovered that the roof only worked if we were under it.

 

 After digging out two heavy bench's from the back of John's barn with help from friend Steve, plus more goody finding, Chris pleaded to be allowed to hack his way through years of bramble's and growth surrounding, or should I say burying, a pair of small touring caravans which had been used for storage.

 

With Chris leading the way, there was no stopping him, we hacked, clipped and chopped through to the door of the first van. Carefully opening the door which was unlocked, Chris was greeted by the sight of - - - JUNK.  There was barely room for Chris to stick his head inside the doorway, the junk almost falling out at his feet.

 

 

Disappointed at not seeing anything of interest, a more thorough exploration may follow later, Chris turned his attention to the second caravan which was about 6 to 8 feet away. As the doors faced each other he opted for the direct route by tunneling through the brambles etc which he said would be the quickest way.

 

 

A short while later Chris popped up beside a locked door, which was persuaded to open with the help of a crowbar.  There was room to step inside this caravan which contained various car parts and other goodie's.  It wasn't long before Chris emerged with a big grin on his face, where else, holding a pair of mismatched tri rib garden tractor tires which matched a pair of mismatched tri rib tires found in John's shed a few weeks ago.

 

John has a strange storage system.

 

The junk in the first caravan probably belonged to John's brother in law, who lived on the premises before him.

 

A few other assorted tires plus a Honda engined generator were also extracted.  More digging required in this second caravan. As it was getting late it was decided to pack up for the day and dry off before we headed home.

 

 

[Triumph66 1,256]

When I saw the title, I thought Chris was collecting red Bolens with false WheelHorse decals on them.......

[meadowfield 1,900]

When I saw the title, I thought Chris was collecting red Bolens with false WheelHorse decals on them.......

Didn't he??

[C-101plowerpower 548]

that doesn't look like brambles, looks more like laurel. oh and do i spot some rims in the second pic? those do look interesting, as does the distributor in the third pic

[the showman 4,074]

The things i have to do in pursuit of my hobby, I don't think the spiders and rodents were very keen on me invading their home and the only way out was through the door where i was standing

[Stormin 4,458]

They'd be scared of you, than you of them. Poor little things.