Cruz To The Prom - 13/04/2008 - Weston Super Mare

[Shamrockez]

Did you know that the Cruz To The Prom down in Sunny Somerset is being organised for 13 April 2008??
Last year we had almost 200 Vee-dubs turn up and we are hoping for even more this year.
Open to all air-cooled VW's along with water pumping T25's, T4's & T5's along with Newbies we are hoping it is going to be bigger and better this year.
Each car can have a picnic rug size 'pitch' in front of the car if they wish to turn it into a giant swapmeet, but no tables etc and no traders, just a laid back chilled out day with fellow dubbers.
Planning for the cruise is well under way and updates will be made to the event website in due course......
£5 per vehicle is all it is with all proceeds going to the RNLI.
Watch this space and spread the word.
Check out the website WWW.CTTP.CO.UK (http://www.cttp.co.uk/) , you can register your interest or send me your questions to CTTP@HOTMAIL.CO.UK (CTTP@HOTMAIL.CO.UK)

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Who's up for CTTP08 then? It was a lovely little show last year - excellent turn out of cars, nice cruise and a lovely setting on the sea front at Weston Super Mare.

[Vickie]

Oooh this was great last year! Lets all go again guys! :)

[MrYellowbug]

We'll be there most likely in the aircooler :)

[Blugg]

I'll be there again :)

Maybe see if i can't get a Dolphin on the Bug this year rather than a Whale ;) :laughing:

Last years pics here (http://www.evvo.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9680) :ghug:

[Graham]

We`ll be there :D

[Blue Smoothie]

cant wait - was great last year :)

[Doodlebug]

Yeah for sure, we shall be there, probably in Vic's bug! YAY! Cant wait, this was one of my fav shows of last year! :D

[1958 Harry]

We'll be there, hopefully Harrys Carb wont self destruct on the morning of it this year and we'll make it there in Harry :D

[yellowbug]

oh harry and ernie will get to see each other :D

[Doodlebug]

oh harry and ernie will get to see each other :D

Perhaps they will get up to some 'behind the bike shed' action!!!! Hhehee

[yellowbug]

Well I cant speak for harry but im pretty sure that ernie isnt that way inclined :D

[gaybug2007]

i think i might go to this it looks gd

[1958 Harry]

Well I cant speak for harry but im pretty sure that ernie isnt that way inclined :D

:laughing: Harry is strictly a female only bug, if Bella was there - well that could be different :laughing:

[Doodlebug]

:laughing: Harry is strictly a female only bug, if Bella was there - well that could be different :laughing:

lol, what about Bella, Harry and Ernie? What if Ernie and Harry liked Bella??? FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! :D

[1958 Harry]

lol, what about Bella, Harry and Ernie? What if Ernie and Harry liked Bella??? FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! :D

Nah I reckon Bella's a bit old for Ernie, she's almost old enough to be his mother :laughing:

[yellowbug]

Hmm but bella might like Ernie.......bit of a toy boy for her to play with :lol:

[1958 Harry]

Maybe Bella will play them off of each other :eek: :laughing:

[Doodlebug]

What if they all like eachother the same??? THREESOME!!!

[Vickie]

Ian, I need to get you out more! :eek:

[yellowbug]

What if they all like eachother the same??? THREESOME!!!

always lowering the tone :P

[Shamrockez]

OMG you lot! I'm having enough trouble convincing Bella she wants to be ready to go to this show without scaring her off with threesomes! :eek:

[tred]

I'm totally new to all this so can someone tell me what happens on the day?/what I have to do to go?/does Gertie have to be super duper shiny? etc etc

Also, I'm not positive I can go at the mo....when does this have to be paid? (I work each weekend but am currently under notice of redundancy, so if I'm laid off I'll be there :) )

[Shamrockez]

This one is pay on the gate :)

Basically everyone meets at the start location (yet to be confirmed) and everyone drives together to the Lawns at Weston. Then everyone walks round and looks at each other's cars etc :) then we go have lunch somewhere, come back, do a bit more walking round, then go home :)

[yellowbug]

This one is pay on the gate :)

Basically everyone meets at the start location (yet to be confirmed) and everyone drives together to the Lawns at Weston. Then everyone walks round and looks at each other's cars etc :) then we go have lunch somewhere, come back, do a bit more walking round, then go home :)

we have never been before actually, normally busy lol

are us lot meeting up first ? and going along to the official start point together

[tred]

Thanks Shamrockez, sounds like something I could manage ;)

If I'm out of a job, I'll defo be there, and if I'm still employed I'll try and book the day off cos it's not too far for me. Thanks again for the advice :)

[Shamrockez]

No problem Jane :)



Ria - last time we all met at McDonalds then went to the starting point together :) It was Joey's first show :D :D :D

[tred]

I've actually managed to get leave for this day :eek: so am planning on coming along as it sounds fun :) One major concern though...does Gertie have to be polished to within an inch of her life? :o

As I said before, I've never been to a show before, so if super duper clean is the order of the day, how do you cope with the fact that the journey there will have dirtied the car?:confused: I don't want to turn up with "just" a freshly washed car only to find everyone else's looking like they've been polished every day for the last 6 months! :ohthedrama:

Idiots guide needed please :lol:

[Shamrockez]

You can turn up with the car however you like :) Altho it's polite to have at least shown it a sponge before you leave ;)

Don't worry tho - there will be plenty of other cars which have travelled there and picked up dirt on the way, so you won't be the only one - far from it! :D

[1958 Harry]

Would it not be easier for the Brizzle lot to meet at McD's at Cribbs then we could travel down to the services on the Portishead junction and meet Lucy & Steve and Geoff & Jo save them travelling out their way :) then cruise to the start point together.

Will it be a first show for Bella Luce? - CTTP could be your debut show for all your Dubs ;)

[tred]

You can turn up with the car however you like :) Altho it's polite to have at least shown it a sponge before you leave ;)

Don't worry tho - there will be plenty of other cars which have travelled there and picked up dirt on the way, so you won't be the only one - far from it! :D

Oh, I can manage to show her a sponge :) I'll even introduce them to each other..."gertie, meet mr sponge" :lol:

Seriously, thanks for this :) It sounds great to be part of a big convoy but I hate not knowing what to expect :)

[Shamrockez]

Don't worry - we'll look after you :D

[Shamrockez]

Would it not be easier for the Brizzle lot to meet at McD's at Cribbs then we could travel down to the services on the Portishead junction and meet Lucy & Steve and Geoff & Jo save them travelling out their way :) then cruise to the start point together.

Will it be a first show for Bella Luce? - CTTP could be your debut show for all your Dubs ;)

Hopefully! Fingers crossed for decent weather too!

And yep - that sounds good to us :)

[tred]

Don't worry - we'll look after you :D

Cheers :) Us oldies need a bit of care ;)

[Blugg]

Holy JeMoly :eek:

Didn't realise it was so close. Need to get things sorted :D

[Ali]

I'll be there again this year. Didnt Ant and his g/f have a bit of a row at the place where we ate? Was that the same one last year? I know you all know what im talking about.... :)

Was fun last year and the weather was great!

[Ali]

didnt we have to register last year? :confused:

[1958 Harry]

didnt we have to register last year? :confused:

Nope, just turn up, cruise, then pay a fiver when you get to the beach lawns :)

[Shamrockez]

didnt we have to register last year? :confused:
We did last year, but this year is different :)


For the programme - route directions etc, go here: http://www.cttp.co.uk/ and download the Newsletter.

:)

[yellowbug]

we will hopefully come in ernie, where are you guys meeting up?
not sure where is best for us to meet you without going miles out the way ...... maybe i will leave it to marc to sort out im useless at where places are lol

[Graham]

ooh i wanna go...

You should do, it`s a nice relaxed show. There`s no awards, no cleaning (well maybe a little polishing ;) ), just a nice chilled out cruise through the countryside ending up on the Beach Lawns :cool:
It`s also 1/2 mile from our house ... :laughing:

[Doodlebug]

Sweet, looking forward to this now, plus it'l be Apple's first show, which is ace! Hope its nice and sunny like last year, i remember getting sunburnt last year lol :D

[Graham]

Sweet, looking forward to this now, plus it'l be Apple's first show, which is ace! Hope its nice and sunny like last year, i remember getting sunburnt last year lol :D

Ian`s going to be a passenger ! :eek:

You`ll be hitting the cider on the seafront then ? :laughing:

[Doodlebug]

Ian`s going to be a passenger ! :eek:

You`ll be hitting the cider on the seafront then ? :laughing:

Hell yeah, and im going to love it! I've never in all my life ever been to a VW meet as a passenger!

Oh yeah, ill be having some lovely cider thats for sure! YAY! :D

[1958 Harry]

If Harrys actually makes it there this year and I'm not a passenger in someone elses VW again I'm really looking forward to it! :lol:

[Shamrockez]

I've never in all my life ever been to a VW meet as a passenger!


*cough cough*

[Doodlebug]

*cough cough*

lol, i havent have i? Oh im worried now, do you know more than me? lol

[Shamrockez]

You have indeed! It was less than a year ago, your memory can't be that bad :p

[Doodlebug]

You have indeed! It was less than a year ago, your memory can't be that bad :p

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah! VANWEST! Duh! lol

[Shamrockez]

Yup :D

[Vickie]

Oh yeah I'd forgotten about Vanwest!

Oooh god I'd better get my wheels sorted/graphics on asap! :eek:

[Graham]

Oh yeah I'd forgotten about Vanwest!

Oooh god I'd better get my wheels sorted/graphics on asap! :eek:


Wheels ? Graphics ? Tell us more !! :D

[Dub-Diva]

Oooh god I'd better get my wheels sorted/graphics on asap! :eek:

You kept that quiet lady :grin:

[Ray]

what time does it all start?

[Graham]

It`s all on their website - link is in Lucys post at the start ;)
IIRC it`s about 12.00 though.

[bjbunny]

Doh...sometimes I hate living down here on the edge of civilisation. I wanna come, I wanna come, i wanna come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:

[1958 Harry]

Are we going to meet up before CTTP then cruise to the starting point together? Where shall we all meet and what time? As of Sat I wont have Internet access for a few weeks so could someone text mee the meet details please! Cheers!

[1958 Harry]

Nobody???

[Funkmaster Red]

Doh...sometimes I hate living down here on the edge of civilisation. I wanna come, I wanna come, i wanna come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:

Then go mate!

It's one of the closer shows to you! Just gotta cruise the A30 and M5 and you're there! Shouldn't take more than a few hours, easily do-able in a day!

My wife used to live in Cornwall and we drove to see each other at least every weekend! I once did Eastbourne to Cornwall and back in a day! Stopped in Newquay for 30 mins then turned round! :D

[Shamrockez]

Cruise is leaving at 12 and gathering time is 11, so Gordano at 10:30?

We're helping with marshalling tho, so we might have to go straight there.

[bjbunny]

Then go mate!

It's one of the closer shows to you! Just gotta cruise the A30 and M5 and you're there! Shouldn't take more than a few hours, easily do-able in a day!

My wife used to live in Cornwall and we drove to see each other at least every weekend! I once did Eastbourne to Cornwall and back in a day! Stopped in Newquay for 30 mins then turned round! :D



thats true romance that is! ahhh!:ghug:

[nobbysnuts]

Our cabbie will be going with the ladies of the house, I am going to the spring gti thing(doh) what time will the meet be at weston if she doesn't get to the cruise? I couldn't find any times on the main web site.:confused: thanks

[Shamrockez]

People will arrive at Weston whenever the cruise gets there - probably 12:30-1ish if it leaves on time.

[yellowbug]

Marc is off work this week so hopefully he will get atleast the one door done on ernie :)
and he is hoping to get the bonnet tidied up a bit lol

then the drop spindles should be here mid week too, then him and jonno will be fitting them too...hopefully it will all come together nicely for cttp

[Shamrockez]

Ace! :D you'll need to get the tracking done after fitting the spindles so remember to do that :)


We're going to be taking Robbie and Joey :)

[yellowbug]

yeah...it needs it done anyway, but as we knew spindles were on the way we figuired we would just wait till then

mind you if they dont turn up at a decent time we wont get time to fit em
also at the mo annoyingly I think ernie will be having his debut with 2 white walls and 2 normal tyres


robbie and joey :) cool

[Shamrockez]

Better than having no tyres at all! :D

Fingers crossed they arrive in the next couple days :)

[yellowbug]

well I ordered them mid last week so hopefully they will come early in the week...but they are coming from ssp ie heritage....so god only knows when they might actually turn up lol

[Funkmaster Red]

I've not found heritage to be too bad, always next day for me. But then i only live 45 mins down the road! :)

[Shamrockez]

Don't get me started on heritage...

[yellowbug]

lol lucy :)
i am giving them another chance, so lets hope they can prove themselves this time
the stuff mum ordered for us for christmas came within 3 days, just seems to be when i order stuff that it goes wrong lol

have you got all your stuff yet?

funkmaster......if i lived that close i would go pick it up lol (sorry whats ur name)

[Shamrockez]

have you got all your stuff yet?


Nope! Can't even remember what there is outstanding any more, it's been so long!
:undecided:

[yellowbug]

thats not good :(

[Funkmaster Red]

funkmaster......if i lived that close i would go pick it up lol (sorry whats ur name)

I have done before if it's urgent but i work 6 days a week so just don't have the time!

And my name is Chris Redford btw, hence the Red.... Just don't ask where the Funkmaster came from.... lol :)

[yellowbug]

yeah time is a problem lol sometimes i wonder how to fit everything in myself :)

well now i have to ask......where did the funkmaster come from :lol:

[Funkmaster Red]

Nope! Can't even remember what there is outstanding any more, it's been so long!
:undecided:
I've had the same problem with Big boyz toys in Thurrock. Ordered some window rubbers for my Bay 2 years ago, they sent half but still havn't send the rest! I've given up chasing them up, every time i call, i get fobbed off, i'll just have to go in there one day and cause some grief! :mad: They were quick enough to take payment tho! Punks... Swings and roundabouts i suppose, luck of the draw if it gets to you?

[Funkmaster Red]

yeah time is a problem lol sometimes i wonder how to fit everything in myself :)

well now i have to ask......where did the funkmaster come from :lol:
Ha ha, guess i invited that question... Nothing sinister or embarrasing, it's the name of my shop, Funkmaster Reds. Took "inspiration" if you can call it that from the american dj Funkmaster Flex.... My shop is 'funky' so thought it fitted... Now its stuck and i've become known as the Funkmaster.. lol May have something to do with it being sprayed down the side of my Bay?!

[Shamrockez]

I've had the same problem with Big boyz toys in Thurrock. Ordered some window rubbers for my Bay 2 years ago, they sent half but still havn't send the rest! I've given up chasing them up, every time i call, i get fobbed off, i'll just have to go in there one day and cause some grief! :mad: They were quick enough to take payment tho! Punks... Swings and roundabouts i suppose, luck of the draw if it gets to you?
Don't get me started on BBT either :lol:

Still waiting (2yrs later) for some headlight glass :rolleyes:


BBT are now part of Heritage.

[yellowbug]

you just dont have much luck do you lucy :D
better than g werkes - jonno bought a 4 branch manifold for his g60 conversion from them, they have sold 'his' one twice to other people, and he is still waiting a year later


oh Chris...whats your shop?

[Shamrockez]

No I'm gonna give up on ordering parts now! :lol:

I've always found Status, GSF and Cool Air very good tho :)

[yellowbug]

yeah we got the shocks from gsf, free delivery and they turned up the next day |(and we ordered them in the afternoon too )

i like getting parts at shows where you can, atleast you get it in your hand straight away that way


(hey lucy we have hijacked the thread again....we are so talented lol)

[Funkmaster Red]

oh Chris...whats your shop?

Don't judge me!!! :evil: It's a smokers gift shop.... Also known as a head shop or bong shop.... We sell all sorts of things that reprobates like... It's a counter-culture shop as it were. We sell bongs, papers, piercing bars, t-shirts, gadgets etc...

I run it myself as i messed up college due to my inability to "just say no!" back in the 90's. I don't smoke it now tho, just make money off people who do, but legally! :D

It's fun, you get to see all sorts. My customers are not just kids in hoods, we get all sorts thru to retired lawyers etc, even lil old ladies! :laughing:

[yellowbug]

*judging you*







:lol:





so is it one of those funky 'bit of allsorts' shop :)
i love places like that

[Shamrockez]

yeah we got the shocks from gsf, free delivery and they turned up the next day |(and we ordered them in the afternoon too )

i like getting parts at shows where you can, atleast you get it in your hand straight away that way


(hey lucy we have hijacked the thread again....we are so talented lol)
We are oh so tallented! :D

Yeah the stuff I've ordered off GSF has been next day and free delivery too recently :)

[Funkmaster Red]

so is it one of those funky 'bit of allsorts' shop :)
i love places like that

Thats it, just like you get in Camden or Brighton, all sorts of 'funky' things. :laughing:

[yellowbug]

cool, will make a mental note to have a look if Im ever in your end of the world :D

[tred]

...and once upon a time there was a thread about cruz to the prom ;) :D

[Blugg]

Thats it, just like you get in Camden or Brighton, all sorts of 'funky' things. :laughing:

Funky FTW :D

What kind of gadgets :confused:

[Ali]

:offtopic: :offtopic: :offtopic: :offtopic: :offtopic: :offtopic:
seriously off topic!!!

I will be there on Sunday - who else is meeting at McDonalds at 10.30 on Sunday? (thanks for the reminder Luke!)

[Shamrockez]

Aren't we meeting at Gordano at 10?

[Blugg]

Aren't we meeting at Gordano at 10?

Don't suppose you have a postcode as my map reader seems to of gone AWOL :laughing:

[1958 Harry]

Yeah we are meeting at Gordano services - sos if I didn't make that very clear in the text hun :)

[Shamrockez]

Don't suppose you have a postcode as my map reader seems to of gone AWOL :laughing:
BS20 7XG for the Services.

BS20 7HD for the starting point of the cruise.

[Ali]

Aren't we meeting at Gordano at 10?

Gordano??? O oh....wheres that :) arent we meeting at McDons?

[Shamrockez]

It's the services at J19 M5 - the one after Avonmouth bridge where the cruise assembled last year.

[Doodlebug]

Gordano??? O oh....wheres that :) arent we meeting at McDons?

Its on Junct. 19 on the M5, we are meeting there at 10 :)

[1958 Harry]

I've just realised Sunday is gonna be a VERY early start for us! We've got to get from Swindon to my Parents house, then from my parents to Gordano for 10! We are gonna have to leave ours about 8 I reckon! :lol:

[MrYellowbug]

Blimey luke 8's not early lol

We have to set off for bus types next week at about 4am on the saturday

[Snowy]

in order to get to Gordano to meet you guys at 10am, we will be looking to leave by 9.50am :p :lol:

[Shamrockez]

I hope you plan your journey to include a lot of rest stops then! :eek:




:lol:

[Snowy]

We'll be packing a flask of tea, ham sandwiches, etc for the journey.....:laughing:

[Shamrockez]

Glad to hear it - you don't want to go hungry miles from no where!



I've just remembered the services have pick and mix..... hmmm..... Vic!!!! :D

[Vickie]

Glad to hear it - you don't want to go hungry miles from no where!



I've just remembered the services have pick and mix..... hmmm..... Vic!!!! :D

Wooohoo! Sold! I'm definitely coming now :laughing:

Will be great to see ya Ali :)

[Ali]

My engine management light has come on on the dash....might not make it to the crusie now....shes booked into have it looked at..... bloody thing.

I will let you guys know....

[Blugg]

Taking a rain check on this one..

[Shamrockez]

Why Danny? :(


Ali - hope it's an easy fix! Did you try restarting to see if it went out?