Power Big Meet 2009 Sweden

[Kirsti]

thursday 2nd - saturday 4th July

http://www.bigmeet.com/

Quattrothedog and I will be going with my brother and some of his friends. We're visiting my parents in Norway first so we'll be driving to Sweden (in something, not sure which car we'll get to borrow yet) on the wednesday to get a good camping spot, coming back on the sunday once we've sobered up.http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8230/dorstig6wi.gif

Andy from the Ill-Eagles is coming again this year so we'll pick him up in Vasteras on the thursday. He's flying to Stockholm and getting the bus through.

andrew, (the truck tent tiger !) was meant to be joining us too, but his swedish friend has pullled out, and sadly his mum won't let him go alone. (maybe he'll grow a pair and join us yet !) http://webpages.charter.net/kylegdb/smilies/38.gif

If anyone else is interested in coming we can arrange to meet people there. It's definitely an experience!http://www.vocinelweb.it/faccine/confuse/pag2/60.gif

Here's a link to Bob's photos from last yearhttp://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8399/thumbsup4kk.gif

http://www.flickr.com/photos/quattrothedog/sets/72157606117342050

[quattrothedog]

here's some videos from last year too. (not mine)

an awesome experience, some fantastic cars, and just an amazing spectacle !!

looking forward to it again !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQXQNHosHkY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ0juUV24Dc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ1MwxZzuns&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6esk9bi7SqI

[quattrothedog]

for anyone swithering, andy munro from the ill-eagles got a return flight to stockholm, on wed 1st july for only 37 quid !!

what else are you gonna do that weekend with 37 quid ?

:rolleyes:

[quattrothedog]

all told, good show !

if anything, maybe slightly less cars than last year, but still plenty to see.


pictures here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/quattrothedog/sets/72157621390841347/

i took some videos of the cruising too, they're too big for flickr, so i'll stick them on my toutube, and post up a link soon.

police controlled the cruising a lot more this year, so there was a lot less bad behaviour (boo!!!), and less cars in town. they adopted a policy of not letting non american cars, and certain types of vehicles (i.e. raggare, vans, and basically anyone they dint like the look of)

we didn't get into town, so we don't know if it made a difference or not.

arrived wednesday to 25 degrees, then on thursday, according to a thermometer at a local shop, it hit 36 degrees at one stage.

paid for it on friday tho, a thunderstorm started it off in the morning, then it cleared up again, but threatened all day.

that night, a massive storm came over as we were watching the cruising, we waited till the last minute to dash to the tents, just timed it right before the torrential rain !!

saturday was mainly dry, but rain was never far away again.

sadly, because of a medical problem with kirsti's brother's girlfriend, we had to leave early on the saturday night just as it was livening up, but it diid rain heavily on the way home, with more thunderstorms.

not sure we'll be there next year due to financial constraints, but looking forward to 2 years time !!

here's what the organisers had to say about it.

http://www.bigmeet.com/hotnews.html#4

[quattrothedog]

got a few videos here.

http://www.youtube.com/user/quattrothedog

some of the camera work is pretty shoddy, but firstly i had consumed several units of alcohol on each occasion, and secondly, i had forgotten to lift my tripod from the tent.

one was quickly improvised from a skillfully crumpled cider can however, and it served good purpose !!

[Kirsti]

Here's a link to my photos from Power Meet :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34551933@N03/sets/72157621468152743/