Brighton Breeze - 1 Oct - London to Brighton run

Might pop down on Saturday night to catch up with folks at the racecourse. Gotta work Sat and Sun.

No overtaking allowed, and a 50mph convoy speed limit. No sorting of van types either, everyone parks in the order that they start - at least that's the idea...

Tallulah wrote:

No overtaking allowed, and a 50mph convoy speed limit. No sorting of van types either, everyone parks in the order that they start - at least that's the idea...

Lol - 50mph speed limit - that never works. Some T2 owners see it as a challenge to get there as quickly as possible.

Thanks Irishman for the advance warning about the traffic situation in Brighton
Will see if we can take a little mystery tour around it
Hope to see you there

We are planning to join the convoy near Epsom/M25 but haven't booked so will have to take our chances at the other end.

Does anyone know if non-campers can join in at Hook Road in the morning?

Indeed they can, the convoy starts at 8.30!

Fabulous - thanks for the info - just off to set the alarm clock...

See you there

If you loiter around the roundabout at Jnc 9 of the M25 (Gatwick bound junction) then you'll be able to join the gang there as they come along from Epsom. You won't be entitled to park on Madeira Drive if you haven't paid though.

Not sure how they dedicate the parking on Madeira drive, but space is reduced this year as they are erecting a large viewing wheel............

The Brighton Breeze t-shirts are blue this year. SCOOBY blue!

4 Brazis here so far, Tallulah, Sunny, Grace from South coast campers (hired) and a blue - also hired.

Tallulah and Sunny will be in convoy - both orange.

Well, we're in Brighton but organisation is very poor...

Tallulah wrote:

Well, we're in Brighton but organisation is very poor...

they need a Tim Tim like us

Gawd bless you daz

I am available for a reasonable fee ......

just back from Brighton, met up with Tallulah and family, some photos

I can't believe how busy it was yesterday - I guess the weather helped :-)


long queues to get parked Saturday morning


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Jas parked up about half way down Medeira Drive


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loved this yellow...


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the weather was just stunning


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Keith there's a chair there with your name on it.


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setting up at the Racecourse


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few pints then bed, early start we were hoping to get back down to the seafront but it was closed off so decided to have an early run home - fantastic.

Looks like great fun and fantastic weather. Very envious.

We had a fabulous time. Lost sight of Tallulah & Co. soon after Epsom (due to 2 people playing bumper cars) but found some friendly Bugs and old T2s to convoy with. The guys at the front said we could pay our £40 an park up but we opted for street parking and made the most of having our folding bikes on board. Brazi Bays were sadly few and far between.....but the orange guys held the end up well. Had a lovely chat with VW Kampers too

Hey Guys
We were out all weekend - what great weather - Brighton Breeze was FAB
Scooby managed not to meet up with anyone else from the Forum but we took a few pics
Will post some once we have down loaded and gone through them
Tallulah - left a message under the wiper at 2.04pm (approximately) - sorry we missed you
Stephenjedward - yes there were some fine Yellow Dubs on dispaly
Must have been the best weather for the event ever
Rooby Roo

What a great weekend!

We set off on Friday after school/work and arrived at Hook Road Arena Epsom around 7pm to be greeted with, "Wow, ANOTHER new one!". After further investigation we found 'the other one' referred to was an orange (very similar to Tallulah) 2010 so we were then on a mission to find it!

And find it we did - Sunny (how appropriate!) - with enough space for us to squeeze Tallulah in next door. Used mainly as dissabled transport and day-to-day work horse, this was one of Sunny's first camping trips despite being a 2010.

Two more Brazi's arrived in the morning, Grace hired from East Coast Campers and a blue one hired from somewhere else, and the convoy set off at 8.30 as planned.



We saw (and frantically waved) at Mickar at the first roundabout and they managed to slot in behind Sunny, so that made 5 Brazi's on the convoy that we know of.

We made good time to Brighton, spotting a few break-down casualties along the way, but there were more to come as it was taking another 90 mins to get parked along Madiera Drive and the outside temperature and lack of 'Breeze' left very little air to cool the air-cooled. Tallulah's aqua-fan came on several times during the wait which prompted some surprising looks.

We were also given a Brazilian flag by an ex-brazi owner who said selling his bus was the hardest decision he had ever had to make!

It was impossible to stay together for the whole journey, but we did start behind and park next to Campo of Grandpa in my Pocket fame which was a big attraction for all the kids, and Sunny was never far away.

We spent the next few hours looking at all the buses and bugs, spotted 2 or 3 more Brazis including Jas, an all silver and a dark blue, then hit the beach!

We left Madiera Drive and arrived at Brighton Race Course around 5pm to set-up Campo Braziliano, along with Jas.



The evenings entertainment was 'interesting' but everyone was in good spirits due to the weather.

We spent the majority of the next day on the beach between Hove and Portslade which, despite the weather, was almost empty - the beaches closer to Brighton were rammed! - and headed home late afternoon.



Good to meet everyone, many thanks for whoever organised the weather, comiserations to whoever organised the parking - although Madiera Drive is not the most accessible place.

Thanks for the message Scooby, Oli was a little sad that he didn't see you - every time he sees a blue T2 (Brazi or otherwise) he asks "Is that Scooby?", so clearly his second favourite closely followed by Ginger and Max....

We may have some more photos to upload later.

Sounds like you had a cracking weekend.

Thank you for flying the BraziBay flag!

Looks like you had a great weekend Tallulah - Cool pics too
Good to see Oli knows a cool camper colour when he sees one

What a great day at Brighton Breeze - parked at 9.10am - left at 5.30pm
Have some pics of early on and then some later in the day - you can see which is which

Walked up and down several times, had a good look at all on display, and took the odd pic or two!
Had a fish & chip lunch, sat on the deck chairs at the end of the pier and walked along the promanade
Here are some pics we liked from the day




Is there a theme here?




Not only the sky was blue - cool front badge




Not Peppa's Man Pink - but it is Brighton


A green one or two . . .


Some different views . . .









Different styles . . .






Then there were the seven pics of BraziBays at Brighton Breeze







We heard that there were to be around 1200 vehicles parking on the sea front
Sorry to have posted soooo many pics - but we had nearly 350 to chose from!
(wont post so many again - but Scooby had to get it out of his system)
Final pic of the beach across to the Brighton Breeze (although there was very little breeze )

Where were you on the beach Tallulah?

Brighton Breeze 2011 - Had a FAB day

Scooby is still tired but happy - Rooby Roo

Must try and catch up on some sleep now

No problem about the number of pix Scooby. Now I feel I was there - thank you.

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Where were you on the beach Tallulah

On the very far right of your pic, almost directly in front of where we parked.

A few miles the other way on Sunday.

Fantastic pics - would love to go one year but it's a bit of a trek for us.

Looks like a really good turn out. Pitty I was in Devon at the time otherwise I would have popped along