Volksworld Show - 26-27 March 2011 - Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey.

TimV wrote:

Yikes! Looks like a spot of rain for Saturday and sunny spells on Sunday. Good job I waterproofed the gazebo!

Not according to my weather site if you put in leatherhead its sunny all day

Hope you're right ......

TimV wrote:

Hope you're right ......

Check it out www.weatherxtra.com

1 day to go.

Forcast on BBC flash animation at the bottom of the page shows cloud. That's normally the most accurate I find, the picture boxes on the same page are normally way out for some reason.

kiteman wrote:

Forcast on BBC flash animation at the bottom of the page shows cloud. That's normally the most accurate I find, the picture boxes on the same page are normally way out for some reason.

I used to think the same till I found weatherxtra.com. Its saying sun, sun and more sun. I hope its correct but it does change every hour.

I need to talk...

This morning, ho hum, ho hum, most things done and looking forward to tomorrow.

Early afternoon, OMG! and other expletives - the MOT ran out in January!! What shall I do? 1. Phone Tim, be up front and say sorry mate, I ain't gonna make it.
2. Be so embarrassed about this oversight that I make up a lame excuse and tell Tim that the exhaust fell off or something like that - that would be believable after all.
3. Phone my local garage/MOT testing station and beg for help- which I did.

And now calm has been restored. My heart rate has levelled out and I am back to hom hum status, as Eva passed her MOT with flying colours.

Just thought I'd share.

stoneyuk wrote:

I need to talk...

This morning, ho hum, ho hum, most things done and looking forward to tomorrow.

Early afternoon, OMG! and other expletives - the MOT ran out in January!! What shall I do? 1. Phone Tim, be up front and say sorry mate, I ain't gonna make it.
2. Be so embarrassed about this oversight that I make up a lame excuse and tell Tim that the exhaust fell off or something like that - that would be believable after all.
3. Phone my local garage/MOT testing station and beg for help- which I did.

And now calm has been restored. My heart rate has levelled out and I am back to hom hum status, as Eva passed her MOT with flying colours.

Just thought I'd share.

Very scary moment Stoney but great news it passed and you are still coming.

Have a great show and a successful brazilian stand peeps, am looking forward to seeing the pic's. Hopefully not too many bugs will be headed in your direction as you cruise to Esher

stoneyuk wrote:

I need to talk...

This morning, ho hum, ho hum, most things done and looking forward to tomorrow.

Early afternoon, OMG! and other expletives - the MOT ran out in January!! What shall I do? 1. Phone Tim, be up front and say sorry mate, I ain't gonna make it.
2. Be so embarrassed about this oversight that I make up a lame excuse and tell Tim that the exhaust fell off or something like that - that would be believable after all.
3. Phone my local garage/MOT testing station and beg for help- which I did.

And now calm has been restored. My heart rate has levelled out and I am back to hom hum status, as Eva passed her MOT with flying colours.

Just thought I'd share.

The BraziBay Gods shook their collective maracas and made it so - phew!

Really looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend - have a great show people - and those who can't make it - we'll post some photos up tomorrow night to keep you in the picture.

Safe journey to everyone attending the show. Looking forward to seeing some pictures.

3 of the crew - ready for their show debut:

looking good!! have a great day tomorrow and ill see some of you on sunday. Shame you cant come peppa but im sure you will be there in spirit!
Paul

Hey guys, sorry but I had completely missed out on this post and the show as I should have been away this week... but now I'm in! Good luck with the show, and looking forward to meeting you all tomorrow!!!
Alex (on Tiggy)

Our set-up at today's show:

Great day out folks. Good to put faces to names and enjoy not only your company but also the culinary delights of the day.

Great to meet you too stoney. We'll sort out waxing your Brazilian.

Top weekend, great to meet everyone. The Brazzie scene is well and truly on the map.

You guys put on a great show! Nice to say a brief hello to you, gutted i missed olive was hoping to see that brill new interior!

Kiteman many thanks for the tour of the Ginger Gadget Bus! Great job!

Lots of interest in brazilians, even a couple of guys crawling all over our bus when we got back to the carpark!


Well done Tim, congratulations.

It was a great weekend and so good to meet and put faces to names. Also good to meet members who visited the stand. Well done Tim for putting all of this together.

Hey Guys
Great to meet everyone on Saturday (albeit briefly) and put names & faces together.
Well done Tim for putting it all together - we are sure it has raised the Brazilian profile to a new level.
There always seemed to be people looking at the assembled "famous five" bays - hope it went well on both days.

As can be seen from above - an audience all day - by the bay(s)
Looking forward to seeing some of you at the Danbury Open Day next weekend.
Oh, saw this and thought of you Peppa!

All the best
Scooby

I couldn't have done it without you guys - you were all stars.

Thank you to everyone who displayed, came and said hello, simply visited us and are now reading this as a guest or new member. Today alone we've had 3 new members join and it looks like we're set to break 200 by next weekend.

I'm really proud of what we've achieved here and the best bit is that everyone gets on so well - long may that continue.

We had an amazing response to the stand - eventhough we were a bit tight for space and the pitch didn't work out exactly as I'd planned. However the interest was incredible and everyone genuinely seemed keen to know more about our BraziBays. We had a lot of contact with the traders too - they really now recognise us as a big deal.

There are probably going to be quite a few photos of the weekend so I'll set up a new thread in the gallery specifically for this show. Here's a link:

Volksworld 2011 Pix

Thanks again everyone. Needless to say - now - I'm knackered!!

What a fantastic day!!! Really great to meet you all today and play a part in the clubs throughly organised event. Many thanks go to Tim for all his hard work and helping put some new mIrrors on my van. Thanks also to Steve;Nick;Chris; Max;and Ben for making it a lovely day too.

You'll need to update your avatar now Paul with your shiny new classic mirrors!

One blot on the landscape to report though - irishman turned onto the M23 off the M25 heading homeward and there was an almighty bang from his engine bay. He'll fill you in on the details as soon as he can but it seems one of his spark plugs had jumped out of the cylinder head. Hopefully it looks a lot worse than it is but we'll hear the prognosis shortly.

Many thanks from all of us to Tiggy and Ian and the rest of the VW Kampers crew for stopping to help out on their way back south too.

Let's hope 'Mish' is back in full working order very soon.

Our profile has definitely been raised, was amazed at the interest we had, and not a bad word from anyone who came over for a look.
Going to be a lot of extras added to a few Kombis over the next few weeks I think.

Max, you know it makes sence. Pimp that ride
Tiggy, come on down to the Witterings for a surf, try out the Longboard.
Irishman, Fingers crossed for Mish