stally swim day out

[son-of-tiny]

HI TO ALL MEMBERS
Just got back from charity stally swim raised well over 250 pounds
thanks to all site members that turned out with there support top class effort, to those that couldn't make it, missed a good day and pecker wood making an arrse of him self making 3 attempts to get stally out of water (got this in before anybody starts) my defence gear box problems and OK crap driver!!!! (soprano54 will wait for your reply )and (maid) oh yea I expect (top tosser) will have a pop to no worries on that score
cheers all
Fear Naught

stally swim day out



mark II stally

Adding banners

Before swim with captain pug wash (iron john)

look its mine and Aim driving first (martin stally owner)

(flav) you put antenna flags on wrong and Ive found a hole here under belly

(regimentalpolice)black coat and (stally maidern) waving , I will kill pecker wood if this sinks

No leaks yet but you forgot the splash boards

why is water filling up in the cab pecker (close the window then)

Its swimming no leaks yet, BQ mastic worked a treat pecker I told you

Lets race that boat

Third time lucky I will get this right (HOLD ON)

Pecker are you sure your old man taught you to drive this (YER) but not to swim it mate!!!!!

Tracey I know pecker likes toys for Christmas are you going to get him a stally not a chance Anne at 1 mile to the gallon hes having a laugh Think about all those necta points

MORE TO FOLLOW




PRESS RELEASE


FOUR GENTLE GIANTS SWIM TO THE AID OF CHARITY

Four Alvis Stalwart ex military amphibious vehicles will take part in a sponsored swim on Glen Riddings, Ullswater on Sunday May 20th to help raise money for Heart & Lung Charity - New Start - which supports the Transplant Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester.

Local man and father of 4, Ivan Flavell of Elland, Halifax aims to raise both money and the profile of organ donation as he is currently on the waiting list at Wythenshawe Hospital for a Lung Transplant. A third of the names on the waiting list die for lack of suitable donors - of which there is a desparate shortage nationally. Ivan is taking an active role to not only keep himself busy whilst waiting for his transplant but to raise awareness of the problem with organ donation and to raise much needed funding for the Unit that will eventually save his life. What a lot of people do not realise is and are surprised at is that the Transplant Centre at Wythenshawe is their local hospital for such life saving opertions. It serves the North West and all of it's citizens.

Janice Taylor of New Start said: “This is a fabulous event to participate in for all the family, helping to raise money for the heart and lung patients we support. Please support us it really does make a difference to saving lives.”

[lizzie]

great pictures pecker sorry i missed a good day out by the looks of it , my daughter had a great day and she had a ball .

[ironjon]

nice to see you, to see you nice

where's that leak

I'll rest my chin here

talk about sitting on the fence (pecker)

Land ahoy

Ooh look, this biscuit is almost as ginger as that blokes hair

pecker trying to get passengers for the titanic

Capt pugwash (ironjon) peckers words not mine

All done up

mind the logs

In all her glory

Oh look, here's the seadogs

Is my hair that bad ?

flav, just before maiden voyage

Lets talk tactics girls

This is what its all about

getting her ready

Do I look good up here ?

[son-of-tiny]

cheers ironjon hope the next event goes a well as this did ,good effort mate,
flavs net comms are down waiting repair he will get his stuff on end of week and video for all to watch
fear naught

[flav]

what water- Sink or swim looks like sink to me those gear stick's always in the way

[flav]

land this way martin I can see flav with a cuppa in his hands

[ironjon]

I am posting these few pics that flav took and sent to me, I have asked his permission to post them.



This lady went on the stally in case we needed extra floatation and said she would give flav the kiss of life if needed



One of the many little helpers, well done to them for a great job



This lady was a young 82 yr old who would not let the height of the stally deter her from going out on lake, So it was a battle of the stalwarts, Allison (the ladies name) won, with the help of pecker and myself, she thoroughly enjoyed the trip and the ride on the stalwart
She spoke to flav for quiet a while afterwards and wants to be kept informed of flav's progress.
Here's to you allison................ FEAR NAUGHT

[soprano54]

ironjon said:

This lady was a young 82 yr old who would not let the height of the stally deter her from going out on lake, So it was a battle of the stalwarts, Allison (the ladies name) won, with the help of pecker and myself, she thoroughly enjoyed the trip and the ride.
She spoke to flav for quiet a while afterwards and wants to be kept informed of flav's progress.
Here's to you allison................ FEAR NAUGHT

Erm do you want to re-phrase that bit?!!

[ironjon]

Just for you soprano....hehehe

[son-of-tiny]

IRONJON
I have again reduced the size of your photos if you do it once more I will send them back in this box

Get me drift lol

[ironjon]

Hey Pecker, if you care to look, those photo's you reduced belong to flav, he posted them not me,
your eyes must have been diverted by the new waterwings

[cobra19]

OK then, when & where is the next Stally event? I'll make sure I'll be there. I was down Slimbridge for 10 days, caught the last of the "Bores" on the Seven. Maybe you should take them down there in September/ October and ride the Bore alongside the surfer's!!!! The last time I took a Stally for a swim, was in the Weser in "19god knows when" I entered the water in 4th gear to get my own back on the chopper pilot who gave me a lift once in his Skeeter, his nickname was "Danny the woodcuter" !!!!!

Cobra19

[Maid]

All this stally talk has triggered off a memory of when we lived in Warminster, 1977 - 1979, and during the winter of '78 we had the most amazing snow. Overnight the snow had fallen and when we woke up the next day it was as high as the window sills, it was higher than our son who at the time was four years old, we know that because he jumped in it and we lost sight of him.

Many people in the surrounding villages of Warminster were stranded without food or drink and our troops, which included Toptosser, went out in the stallies to these villages and took along sustenance and fuel. The roads often looked completely closed off, but the lads managed to get through driving the stallies up on the banks and virtually tipping them over. Toptosser told me that the old folk were so pleased to see them and that everyone got a buzz out of doing what was for them quite an exhilarating experience.

Perhaps some people can also remember the times when throughout the country the unions were going on strike and the troops were sent up to Edinburgh to carry out firefighting duties. Toptosser got to drive a Green Goddess and took great pleasure in hammering the life out of them. He remembers one experience when a building next door to a brewery was on fire and they had to spent hours just hosing the brewery down to keep it cool, I reckon he wasn't thinking of the danger just the fact that all that whiskey was going to go up in flames!

[son-of-tiny]

moved as requested by maid as were hard to find. DONE !!!!! young lady

[terdal]

Great photos. Well brought back many memories. Good old stallies. Just got to love 'em.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Well done that man.

[tankboy]

it dose bring back memories of the old day when we used to go down to hamlin to swim the stallies

[tanky]

hey pecker did you start to puff and pant again when the stally wouldnt go where you wanted it to go ? ha ha.(note to arfur bums its an A not O) never mind mate no body is perfect.does any one remember dougie crowle loosing his wheels when he entered the weser too fast thats where the immortal words of, Dont charge i sarge just bollock i and fcuk i off,came from,happy days.well done to all,sorry i couldnt make it but i have finally worn my knees out and am waiting to go on the chopping block,hope you have great time in the states peck,and may i wish one and all the best of every thing for the festive season and the new year.

[alfredo]

Tanky,how good it is to hear from you again.Sorry to hear about the knees giving way mate but none of us are as young as we would like to be.The main thing is your great sense of humour and your wit is still as sharp as ever.Have a great festive season Mate.
;D