British Volks Fest 08
OUCH!!! My Ace is Killing
It never rains at BVF, but with the weather being forecast as pure shite and Baden Powell ‘The Dealer’ in tow what was in store for the Newport Massive??
There was almost no show for me as I lost all power in the Rallye just past Symonds Yat. Turned out the throttle cable had unhooked itself from the go faster pedal, and without a tool in sight except for a Leatherman it took a few fiddly attempts to get back on.
In true BVF fashion the beer (97p for 4 Trev!) was cracked open soon as we landed at about 2:12 on the Friday and it was pretty much downhill from there on. I don’t remember much about the weekend myself, which is why this feature is gonna be a bit random in places.
The good thing about BVF which is different from many of the other big shows is the fact that you set up camp, show your car and get merry all in the confines of your own stand. So there’s no need to drive miles the next morning from the camp shite! Unless of course your name is Lewis and you love Mk1 Cabriolets. Yes, the number one Dub to make 4 pissed up guys ‘cruising’ around the site at 2 in the morning with G.A.Y Anthems blaring out the stereo get shouted at by the nice hunky security guards. Put it this way, They all woke up with sore aces!
Saturday started with a trucker’s salad down the Malvern cafe, where everything was fried, even the beans! After a good hearty breakfast and the usual camp site conundrum ‘did I pack toilet paper?’, it was back to polish the cars all morning.. yeah right!! It was a crispy Malvern Hills morning and the cans had been chilling all night. Beer Trev? Carling of course as we were driving. About 5 warm up cans later Gaz Small made the comment of the weekend “why is everyone flying German flags” which made a few of us chuckle.. suppose you had to be there, but it set the tone for the rest of the days shenanigans.
As most of you know, Saturday night is what BVF is all about and with a few of the edition massive partaking in fancy dress. It was one massive side splitting, ace breaking, lock jaw night of hilarious fun, well it was up to the point of my wheelchair incident which resulted in my broken coccyx! (small tail bone at the base of the spine just above your ace). Myself and Tomoz (it’s the Welsh spelling honest) got a good a roasting after smashed down all his tables and chairs.. it was dark, and it was a tight corner..
“Could you be careful how you drive that wheelchair please? I have to pick them all up again now”
To which the reply was something like “Sorry Trev, the power steering is bust”
The weather held out most of the weekend and I think we all managed to stay pretty dry.. No Trev, it lashed down most of Saturday night and I got soaked running back to the tent to grab a few more bottles of Corona. Yes, I was driving.
Hold on, my memory is slowly coming back..
The Dodgems and the crunch they made when me and Tom hit head on
The security guard asking Tom if he was aware his car was on fire
Nick getting an official warning for Cruising in a white cabriolet
That bird on the dance floor
The truckers salad we said was rank, but still went back for another on Sunday?!
Come to think of it.. yes.. there were actually some ‘cars’ at this ‘car’ festival! A festival to celebrate the VAG heritage. I think the rain scared off a good handful of new comers, so the usual show stopper cars where absent this year. Although the NewportEdition stand was on form as usual with a vast spread of Germany’s best, hence the ‘German’ flags. Most of the talent, off the dance floor that is, was mainly air cooled. A few bargains could be had in the form of split screen Samba’s going for a mere 20k, and as always a massive selection of auto-jumble stalls.
No Club GTi this year and unfortunately we didn’t retain our title of best club stand, but for the amount of bollockings we got I’m not surprised. Congratulations to All Dubz Klub for picking up Best Club Display and runners up RubbaDubz had a very impressive stand. I fear we’ve got a bit of catching up to do since our win last year!
Thanks to all that came and made this the best show of the year yet again. I’ve got painful ribs from laughing so much and I thought I was having a heart attack at one point. Weather aside, it was still an excellent weekend with all my top mates, cheers Trevs and roll on next year.
Original edit - A very painful Gazb
Additional edit - Ewan E
Photography - Ewan E
nickl0 says:
Show of the year fo’ sho’
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Good write up guys!