A word from Adrian:

The long overdue summer managed to just about hang on: after our first baptism of water, Oktoberfest 2 was blessed by more suitable (and rather nice) camping weather. Our prayer to the Sun God was heard.

Almost everyone got the message that Oktoberfest is a VW gathering designed as a family friendly end of season get together and were ready to take advantage of all the onsite facilities. As a family organised show, we try to keep one and all happy and include as much as possible as "part of the package" and the couple of new activities we thought up over the summer went down a storm.

The Sedgmoor charabanc outing with over 130 happy campers touring Zummerzet was a huge success. Thanks for all the nice emails and remarks - not forgetting the mexican waves!

The kids kept us very busy for 2 days with their colour your wagen pictures being made into keyrings and badges which gave the parents a bit of a well earned respite too.

Jono's jazz funk party tent was ultra cool and gave an alternative choice of entertainment to our Friday night band, Start (brilliant V-dub show-playing virgins) who gave a great performance in the Club. Come Saturday night - the biggie - we had the best Halloween fancy dress party I've ever attended - kids, adults, dogs (and vans) all dressed for the occasion. A Big Up to you all for such a fantastic effort - and the guy from the Planet of the Apes freaked me right out - real scary eyes!

Our fellow V-dubbers from Bristol, The Emperials, got the whole house trembling with their Skaaaary party night - well done lads!. After last year's epic Christmas lunch, Bath Air Cooled had their Boxing Day Buffet early Saturday evening so a fair few Christmas characters joined the Halloween folk to make an interesting mix.

So for most of us, including me, too much of the orange stuff made Sunday a slow start but the complimentary tea and toast for those who found the information point between 9 and 10 certainly helped. The trade area was bustling all weekend and big thanks to the traders who joined us. They put on a diverse choice of parts, vw goodies, info and displays in a newly prepared area just perfect for the job.