I got back very late last night from this years War and Peace Show. As usual the show was the biggest of it’s kind with living history camps and vehicles stretching as far as your eye can see. It was a long few days working with the press team to capture pictures of the show and then working on them each night so that they could be uploaded to the official website. Despite the hardwork and the oppressive heat I have to say it was great fun.

Highlights of the show included:

1. Chatting to Wayne Dobos (the Vietnam veteran) and getting to see him in the Red Baron guntruck.
2. Running about in the woods with the British airborne and Fallschirmjager chaps.
3. Going for a ride in the REO convoy
4. Getting the lads from Rolling Thunder to go swimming in the medway in their kit.
5. Meeting Albert Figg and the other WWII Veterans at the prize giving.

Lowlights:

1. The terrible rain on Friday making the showground a mud bath.
2. One of Rolling Thunder getting injured in the battle on Sunday. I hope he recovers quickly.
3. Being shouted at and moved by a re-enactor during the “little piece of france battle” despite having arranged to be in that spot before the battle!

All in all it was a good show, the photos look brilliant and as usual I’ll be uploading them over the next couple of days. A big thanks to everyone at the show, the organisers and of course all of the re-enactors that make it so special!

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