Overlord 2003

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

This is our friend Richard 'McStolly' Notton's Solent Area MVT show, scheduled for this year on the British bank holiday, 24-26 May. Both visitors and participants can camp for a week before and a week after, and I understand that there is in fact a large contingent of 'regulars' who pretty much make this a week-long event in any case...

Last year's attendance was somewhere around 300 vehicles, so it's not a small operation by any means; the difference between it and Beltring from a participant's perspective is no cost, no hassle, no kids on quads and a much closer community spirit! Held near Portsmouth on the Channel coast, the Solent show is easily accessible from just about anywhere, including Gatwick (by train), which is where I intend to be starting the local leg of my trek...

Please see http://www.solentmvt.co.uk/ for more information, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask... several of us here have an "in" with the organizer...

PS: Next year, 2004, will see this show as the jumping-off point for the 60th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. Attendance will be huge and space limited, so best acclimatize yourselves THIS year so you can have space reserved for next.