AVWO Club meet August (part 1 of 2)

The Aylesbury Volkswagen Owners Club (AVWOC) is a Facebook based club set up in 2020 for anyone owning a Volkswagen or VAG vehicle. The club has grown rapidly with over 1,500 members in just 6 years. Once a month they hold a 'Breakfast' meet at the Akeman Inn, Kingswood, near Aylesbury, Bucks. This monthly event has event has also grown in popularity and the large car park is almost always full of members vehicles, both air-cooled and water cooled. August's breakfast meet was held on Sunday 17th and as the forecast was good and I had some free time I jumped in my bus and headed over to join in the fun. As my blog is air-cooled based I try to keep my photos to air-cooled vehicles, so apologies to all the water cooled AVWOC members.

To see all my other blog entries, go to ‘My Blog Archive’ to the left of this page. Simply click on an arrow for a particular year, then click on an arrow for a particular month, this will then give you a drop down menu for all the blog entries for that month.

My bus parked up in the sunshine at the
AVWO breakfast meet.

It's 10.00am the sky is blue, the sun is 
shining and already quite warm. Perfect
conditions for a VW meet.

Robin brought his 'Brumos Racing' split
screen bus along to the meet.

Robin's mascot.

A lovely venue for the meet made better
by blue skies and sunshine.

Very nice Porsche 356, I'm not sure if
this is a replica or not as the build quality
is so good, but it doesn't really matter.

Stunning interior.

Andy, who runs the AVWOC came along
in his slammed early bay.

Paul brought his outrageous custom bug.

The 1970's blue metal flake steering
wheel was perfect.

The engine bay is as clean and tidy as
the rest of the car.

I did like the roof rack on this lowered bug.

Andy's bus.

Lovely clean late bay pick up that was 
very straight. Suzie took the chance to
get in the shade and cool down as I took
some photos.

Gary's late bay, another very clean bus.

Paul's un-mistakable late bay was at the
meet as usual.

So that was part one of two about the Aylesbury VW Owners club breakfast meet, Next week will be part two where you can see plenty more air-cooled bugs and busses including an awesome Baja bug so be sure to come back next week

BeachDubbin VW Show (part 3)

 On Sunday 3rd August I attended the 'Beach Dubbin' VW show which is held on Southsea Common in Portsmouth. This annual event has to be one of my favourite shows of the season due to it's location. Southsea Common is on the south coast and a stones throw from the sea. The size of the show, which I think is billed as 'The biggest one day VW show in Europe' and judging by the sheer number of vehicles that attend, I can well believe it!. The variety of vehicles is immense with every type of VW imaginable, from early split screens to the latest T6's and everything in between. I'm a member of the 'Wolfsburg Bus Crew' (Wolfsburg Bus Crew | Facebook) and they had a club stand at the show, so I decided to join them in their line up. Some local members of the WBC drove down on the Saturday and camped over close to the show, but I decided to drive down on the Sunday morning with my mate Gary and meet the rest of the WBC about 1 mile from the show so we could all cruise to the show together. The only downside of this idea was the rest of the WBC were meeting up at 09.00, and to in order to meet them in time Gary and I had to leave our home town of Aylesbury at 06.00 to drive the 100+ miles to Southsea sea front. The blog continues as I wander around looking at all the cool VW's.

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Awesome sight.

This and the following 6 photos, I must
admit I pinched off the BeachDubbin page,
 just because they are such great photos
showing the atmosphere of the show. There
were hundreds of traders selling everything
you could possibly want or need.

My mate Gary knocking out some
cool tunes all day.

For those who haven't been to this show,
this photos shows just how big it really
is. No wonder they call it the largest one
day VW show in Europe.

Just some of the amazing BeachDubbin
crew who put the show together.

There was a BMX stunt rider who gave
a couple of shows throughout the day, what
this guy could do on his bike was insane.

There was plenty of food vendors who
catered for everyone. This vendor sold
tea and cake... Mmmm.

I absolutely loved this Bug.

The view from inside my bus.

Super clean and straight.

Time to head home and Suzie is ready
in her seat, waiting for me to pack up.

Heading home on the M27, I followed this
lovely split screen for a short while.

So that was the BeachDubbin show for 2025, without doubt a fantastic day out. This is one of my favourite shows of the year, if not the favourite, mainly due to it's location right on the sea front on the south coast. Of course the sheer number and quality of both air cooled and water cooled VW's, along with American classics, bikes and scooters also helps to make this show what it is. Add to that a vast array of traders selling everything from clothing to spare parts, and a great selection of food venders, what's not to like? Next weeks review will be a 2 part review on the Aylesbury VW Owners breakfast meet, so be sure to come back next week.

Beach Dubbin VW Show. (Part 2)

On Sunday 3rd August I attended the 'Beach Dubbin' VW show which is held on Southsea Common in Portsmouth. This annual event has to be one of my favourite shows of the season due to it's location. Southsea Common is on the south coast and a stones throw from the sea. The size of the show, which I think is billed as 'The biggest one day VW show in Europe' and judging by the sheer number of vehicles that attend, I can well believe it!. The variety of vehicles is immense with every type of VW imaginable, from early split screens to the latest T6's and everything in between. I'm a member of the 'Wolfsburg Bus Crew' (Wolfsburg Bus Crew | Facebook) and they had a club stand at the show, so I decided to join them in their line up. Some local members of the WBC drove down on the Saturday and camped over close to the show, but I decided to drive down on the Sunday morning with my mate Gary and meet the rest of the WBC about 1 mile from the show so we could all cruise to the show together. The only downside of this idea was the rest of the WBC were meeting up at 09.00, and to in order to meet them in time Gary and I had to leave our home town of Aylesbury at 06.00 to drive the 100+ miles to Southsea sea front. The blog continues as I wander around looking at all the cool VW's.

To see all my other blog entries, go to ‘My Blog Archive’ to the left of this page. Simply click on an arrow for a particular year, then click on an arrow for a particular month, this will then give you a drop down menu for all the blog entries for that month.

Simply stunning.

Lovely old Porsche 911Targa.

The gold colour on this Porsche 356A,
was amazing.  

A VW powered trike.

This Baja Bug caught my eye.

Part of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's line up
at BeachDubbin '25.

It's starting to get very busy now.

Very clean LWB dune buggy.

I do like those American racing torque
thrust 11 wheels.

Custom dashboard with the embossed
Volkswagen script.

I headed back to the bus for a cuppa and
a rest, Suzie took the opportunity for a 
quick nap.

I've not seen a Honda Express before,
it doesn't look very fast, and I guess it has
such a comfortable looking seat because
 wherever you want to go, it's going take
some time to get there!

After walking around the show for a few
hours, we decided to cross the road onto
Southsea beach. This is looking out into
the English Channel towards France.

Nice calm sea, but it's starting to cloud
over, although it's still warm.

Back in the bus for another cup of tea and
a chat to Gary, who's back in his bus and
parked up next to me.

Suzie having another quick nap as I chat
away.

Gary's clean bus putting mine to shame.

My bus reflected in Gary's shiny hubcap.

The sea air and all that walking has
taken it's toll on Suzie.

Booty call, Mine and Gary's buses.

So that was the second instalment all about the BeachDubbin show 2025. Next week will be the final blog review about this show, where you can see plenty more air-cooled VW's so be sure to come back next week.