RoverFest 2022 Videos

[J1MBO]

Videos shot during Sunday at Church Farm, Weston Underwood.









It was a pity that I missed the awards ceremony as I would have liked to include it in the video, also several members were in the process of leaving/already left before I arrived so apologies for those not being in the video.

Jim

[Nobby]

Jim, Superb videos as usual and some absolutely beautiful cars
Thanks for your time and efforts in producing these film works of art

[Teflon]

Have to agree with Paul (Nobby) - great videos as per usual . Must have taken a lot of your time and patience getting all the shots of the many cars, not to mention the time it takes to sort and edit all the footage.

Very well done, and a huge thankyou from me

Cliff

[J1MBO]

Originally Posted by Nobby

Jim, Superb videos as usual and some absolutely beautiful cars
Thanks for your time and efforts in producing these film works of art

Many thanks Paul I really appreciate your comments, also thanks for wishing me a good morning as you entered the event on the day, not many did.

Originally Posted by Teflon

Have to agree with Paul (Nobby) - great videos as per usual . Must have taken a lot of your time and patience getting all the shots of the many cars, not to mention the time it takes to sort and edit all the footage.

Very well done, and a huge thankyou from me

Cliff

Thanks Cliff as ever for your comments, to be truthful I really enjoy editing so I'm a little lost for things to do after I've got to the end of a project, though I've just had a thought .

I'm currently viewing the video I shot of arrivals to the event and have noticed that the patronising "gentleman" in a hi-viz that refused me entry must have heard me say good morning to you and also greeted you by your first name, not right to do in my mind, so my apologies. The same "gentleman" also pointed that I was the wrong position for a good shot and should move myself to the entrance! Takes all I know but he needed to reel it in a bit!

Cheers
Jim

[Teflon]

Originally Posted by J1MBO

........... must have heard me say good morning to you and also greeted you by your first name, not right to do in my mind, so my apologies. .........
Cheers
Jim

Yes, it threw me for a moment as I thought it must be someone I knew 'till I realised. No need to apologise though, it was nice to be greeted by a friendly voice after a long (ish) drive .

Cliff

[Reebs]

Jim thank you ever so much as always for doing such a thorough job in documenting the event. In that heat too, it must have been quite a challenge.

All credit to you and I’m especially pleased as I couldn’t make it due to work but can now enjoy viewing all the cars present.

[Robson Rover Repair]

I have to admit, the event looks much smaller this year even with the aerial photos I saw online. Whilst it looks good, it makes me wonder was it the cost of living issues or have that many of our cars dissappeared this year already?

[J1MBO]

Originally Posted by scoubix

So that's what my V8 sounds like from the outside, never knew

Sounds very nice Nicholas . I realised the same during my ownership of #670 when being driven by somebody else .

Sorry for not saying hello on the day, I wasn't sure if you had recognised me.

Originally Posted by Robson Rover Repair

I have to admit, the event looks much smaller this year even with the aerial photos I saw online. Whilst it looks good, it makes me wonder was it the cost of living issues or have that many of our cars dissappeared this year already?

I have to agree with you Colin regarding the amount of cars attending, I'd say it was about half the size of the 2017 event.

I'd suggest there are many reasons for the reduction in attendance: the event being postponed several times, the change of venue from Sywell to a farm field, the fact that Sywell were advising the event had been cancelled, many owners are of advancing years especially after a period of five years, the list goes on.

Overall I'd say it was a good turn-out though, except for the P4 fraternity, there were rather fewer pre 80's cars than in 2017.

Jim

[scoubix]

My sentiment as well. I counted a little over 400 cars at its peak from my drone shots, the official attendance was 440. In 2017 it was more than 700 cars.
And I was surprised to see so little P5s and P6s. The P4 guild did great with attendance, they had close to 100 cars, 75/ZTs were a close second, but the rest were in smaller numbers than expected.
All reasons Jim gave are valid, there is also something recurring which I’ve yet to identify properly, but since we’ve been out of the various lockdowns I have a feeling some people have changed priorities, schedules are busy, family gatherings take precedence, other stuff too, and we’re facing increasing difficulty with attendance to car meets. I see the same in France…

[coolguy]

Enjoyed Roverfest 2022, but agree that it was half the size of the 2017 one, and no real trade stands. It may have been down to the hot weather, change of venue, price of petrol, new priorities for folk after Covid etc, etc. I fear we have to accept that the world has changed.

I have just returned from 3 days at the Silverstone Classic, where nothing is cheap, but I would say it was as busy as ever, although exhibits (around 10,000 last year) did seem down slightly. There do seem to be less shows this year, or perhaps they have been condensed into a shorter period.