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We took our Ethel out for a run to the south coast today. We hadn’t intended
to make it all the way to the coast, but we ended up at Boscombe Pier a few
miles down the road in Bournemouth. Why? Turns out that the Christchurch
Classics show was cancelled at the very last minute, and I hadn’t been
aware of it. The organisers had tried to let everyone know, but a handful still
turned up (like me). The problem was that the usual venue, Homefield School
in Winkton, had been forced to close down - it
was a private school that had gone into receivership late Friday afternoon. Bad luck or what?!

So, Boscombe Pier was a hastily arranged alternative to the school, and given
that most people had managed to be notified of the cancellation, only a handful
of (mostly) locals turned up - a far cry from the 200 or so that usually attend
the Christchurch Classics show. Still, it was good to have a chat with some
other VW owners and to have a look at how everyone has theirs set up. At some
point, the interior
of our van will be completely removed and I’ll rebuild a new interior,
one that is a little more flexible/adaptable than it currently is. You can’t
beat sticking your nose inside other people’s vans for getting ideas.

Anyway, enough of the wittering on, here are some photos (or check the photos section for more):

There may only be a handful of buses, but that’s better than nothing. For once,
Ethel is part of ‘a gang’.

George (wearing jean jacket) painted his old bus with chalkboard paint and
then wrote in chalk ‘Feel free to write or draw on me’, and many people had
a go at transforming the bus into a cliché hippy bus. Note - this lady didn’t draw
the flames designs!

Sorry, George, but I can’t see this paint job making it on to Pimp My Ride
(unless it was the ‘before’ rather than the ‘after’!)

l-r: Paul, Joe and George sitting in the back of Paul’s old splittie.

Passing through Salisbury, I spotted another splittie being put to good use!