Snowy Volksworld Show

I've been to the Volksworld Show in all kinds of weather. Monsoon rain that flooded the stand, hurricane winds that threatened to blow us into Central London and baking sunshine that left us all in t-shirts supping cold beer. Today it was the turn of the white stuff to take over the show. Heading up the A3 in a blizzard it was clear it wasn't going to be fun. Parking up and getting a hot drink inside we ventured out side. The first thing we saw was perfect for the conditions. A flat four powered Snow Trac.



Something else that caught my eye and that wasn't a VW was this very cool ratty and slammed DKW van. An unusual base for a ride.



We joined the throng of people crammed into the lobby of the building, waiting for 10am and the chance to surge in, soon enough with wristbands in place we headed up the steps to be greeted by one of the original film Herbies, Lily is obsessive about all things Herbie related, she watches the films every week and we had told her she might see him there. She stood and gasped and was amazed, after a donation to charity she was even more amazed to be allowed to sit inside for a photo (though she looks a bit overawed in the shot!)



With that out the way we headed into the show proper, with our friend Steve in tow we emerged into the main hall, it was a sea of Beetles, Camper and other air-cooled rarities.









The show was celebrating the 60th anniversary of VW sales in the UK, they had set up a showroom with a selection of early Beetles and coachbuilts in, there were some stunners including the Dannenhauer & Stauss Roadster and the Beutler pickup.







At the end they handed out reproductions of the 1953 Beetle brochure, a cool memento. More shiny metal greeted us as we stopped for a Lily snack.





Heading back to the car for lunch we spotted a Bosozoku inspired T4, built by a chap from Retro Rides it confused most people. But it covered all the bases and was a refreshing change.



Refreshed and ready for the off we headed back in, with the snow easing we decided the outdoor areas would be best. Campers were lined up round the ring, snow slowly melting away.









After a brief wander inside to warm up and check out the traders we once again made for the snowy section, the club stands again filled the grandstand area, once again a badly placed music tent made talking difficult, so we moved on quickly.









Another icy blast sent us inside, the Esher Hall downstairs the final place we hadn't been. In an attempt to warm things up they had built a beach for some buggies!





A final scoot around and Lily was able to choose a present, she was so good all day, not running off or getting too bored as we wandered, chatted and snapped away. She picked a bright red Beetle to play with.We headed back outside, the snow now rain and the temperature barely above zero. It was an ominous start to the show season, heres hoping the weather improves!





Steve.