Hello everyone,
After a great success last year with more than 40 cars attending, the Christmas cruise is on again this year.
It is taking place on Sunday 16th of December meeting on the Bristol Downs at 1pm - see the start place on the map. The cruise will start at 2pm sharp(ish) so please try arrive not much later than close to 1.30.
This is the route the cruise will take
http://tinyurl.com/yub7kw
Much more detailed instructions for the route can be found here:
http://www.jamestapper.co.uk/Cruiseroute2007.pdf
It has been modified slightly since last year due to a few traffic flow issues, particularly with problems over the suspension bridge. This year we will only drive under the bridge rather than over it.
The cruise will end up at the Golden Heart pub, Winterbourne. This is just off the Bristol ring road, with easy access to the M4 and M5.
Last year lots of cars were decorated for the event with lights, tinsel etc which was brilliant and really made people stop and stare even more - So this year, the more tinsel, fairy lights and other Christmassy tat the better!
There will be chocolate PRIZES! For the best decorated vehicle and the furthest travelled!
All old VWs are welcome - that includes T25s, new beetles, mk1/2 golfs etc. I'm not gonna say someone can't come!
If you have any problems or questions before the event, then email [email protected].
If you have any problems (break-downs etc) on the day or during the cruise, you can ring me on O79O5 I99849.
Please also feel free to bring walkie talkies on the cruise – we used them last year with some success.
Finally, if you are arriving from the North of Bristol on the M5, or on the M4, this map should help you arrive at the cruise start point.
http://tinyurl.com/2arf6p
And here are some more detailed instructions with photos.
http://www.jamestapper.co.uk/FromtheM4.pdf
If you arriving from the South on the M5, I’m afraid I couldn’t do a photo version of the route, but here is the map from the M5 junction
http://tinyurl.com/yugvrc
If you are arriving from somewhere other than the M4/M5, I suggest you click on this link - http://tinyurl.com/yqpsmf - and then change the “start location†to your postcode – Google maps should then give you full directions for getting to the start point.
So I will leave with a few pictures and a video of last year's cruise...
(thanks Saraj for some of the pictures)
And finally the video of last years cruise (thanks to Mark, the owner of the orange '71 bay)
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3128784655698321759&hl=en-GB
Everyone had a great (if not rather chaotic) time last year - so let's make it a good one this year too
After a great success last year with more than 40 cars attending, the Christmas cruise is on again this year.
It is taking place on Sunday 16th of December meeting on the Bristol Downs at 1pm - see the start place on the map. The cruise will start at 2pm sharp(ish) so please try arrive not much later than close to 1.30.
This is the route the cruise will take
http://tinyurl.com/yub7kw
Much more detailed instructions for the route can be found here:
http://www.jamestapper.co.uk/Cruiseroute2007.pdf
It has been modified slightly since last year due to a few traffic flow issues, particularly with problems over the suspension bridge. This year we will only drive under the bridge rather than over it.
The cruise will end up at the Golden Heart pub, Winterbourne. This is just off the Bristol ring road, with easy access to the M4 and M5.
Last year lots of cars were decorated for the event with lights, tinsel etc which was brilliant and really made people stop and stare even more - So this year, the more tinsel, fairy lights and other Christmassy tat the better!
There will be chocolate PRIZES! For the best decorated vehicle and the furthest travelled!
All old VWs are welcome - that includes T25s, new beetles, mk1/2 golfs etc. I'm not gonna say someone can't come!
If you have any problems or questions before the event, then email [email protected].
If you have any problems (break-downs etc) on the day or during the cruise, you can ring me on O79O5 I99849.
Please also feel free to bring walkie talkies on the cruise – we used them last year with some success.
Finally, if you are arriving from the North of Bristol on the M5, or on the M4, this map should help you arrive at the cruise start point.
http://tinyurl.com/2arf6p
And here are some more detailed instructions with photos.
http://www.jamestapper.co.uk/FromtheM4.pdf
If you arriving from the South on the M5, I’m afraid I couldn’t do a photo version of the route, but here is the map from the M5 junction
http://tinyurl.com/yugvrc
If you are arriving from somewhere other than the M4/M5, I suggest you click on this link - http://tinyurl.com/yqpsmf - and then change the “start location†to your postcode – Google maps should then give you full directions for getting to the start point.
So I will leave with a few pictures and a video of last year's cruise...
(thanks Saraj for some of the pictures)
And finally the video of last years cruise (thanks to Mark, the owner of the orange '71 bay)
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3128784655698321759&hl=en-GB
Everyone had a great (if not rather chaotic) time last year - so let's make it a good one this year too
