Well it was an eventful weekend for us here at Volksbuster!
Breakdowns, fires, flat tyres and accidents!
We were going to meet up with a few friends on Friday morning and have a
small cruise up to Thetford but heard some other friends were meeting at the
same time so decided to cruise up with them as well so the cruise turned into a
bit of a VW convoy.
We met up at Boreham services near Chelmsford at 10am but soon heard that Dave’s ‘ 70 crew
cab had broken down with a seized alternator, he said he would catch us up in
his ‘72 bus after he had got his truck back home.
We left Boreham with about fourteen cars including Splits,
Bays, Pucks, Hotrods and custom Bugs with me and my son in our notchback
(Sheila) and Mrs Volks in our T25 with our daughter. We all travelled up to Thetford with no
issues and it was great fun. When we got to the site though we immediately hit
traffic going into the event, it looked as though everyone had got the day off
work and decided to get there as the gates opened, this combined with security searching
“at random” almost every car for glass bottles and in my opinion not enough
lanes/ ticket collectors at the entrance meant that we were queuing for an hour
and a half on a small dirt track!
Just as we handed in our tickets Sheila’s engine died and
smoke started pouring out the back! Luckily a fire crew were on site and at the
gate within minutes to put the flames out, (A big thank you to these guys!). Due
to their quick reactions Sheila was saved although suffering quite a bit of
damage to paintwork and leaving some work to do on the engine.
Back to the show, Whitenoise has moved to a new location in
the beautiful setting of Euston Park with all its usual fun and entertainment
for everybody, the kids had Tricky Bikes to ride, roller skating rink, and a
marquee full of crafts to keep them happy.
There was plenty of music over the weekend from Ska to Dance,
a dedicated Soul music tent and live bands on the main stage and the new
Woodland Stage.
The Fantastic Contraptions fire garden was a hit with
everyone being attracted by the flames like moths of an evening and just
chilling out around the installations. The Lost in Translation Circus
performance was a bit “interesting “ or as my kids put it “random” but they did
attract a large crowd.
There were plenty of traders and a great variety of food in
the trade village but security seemed very tight and at times a bit intimidating,
I’m not sure if this was a condition of Euston Hall to have this security set
up but it felt a bit oppressive as they walked through the crowds with their
fingers on their ear pieces or zooming about the site in their little 4wd
buggies.
The daily show n shine on the Saturday was well turned out
although I was surprised to see some BMW’s on display! The main show n shine
was absolutely packed out on the Sunday with some cars I’ve not seen before my
favourite was the immaculate Splitscreen double cab! We also got Sheila dragged
down to the show arena to show off the burns L.
There was still drama on the way home though, we didn’t leave
with our friends as we were waiting for the recovery truck but Mark lost a tyre
off his Puck on the way home, luckily Lee had a spare on his, of course this
was the wrong size and could only fit three of the bolts but it got them home. Worse
still a car pulled out on Butch in his rod just two miles from home, a bent
front beam and a trip to A&E followed but thankfully he was ok.
Looking forward to a less eventful Whitenoise next year but
it will be Whitenoise 13!!!!
See more pictures of this and other events at my flickr photosream
