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Festival Wedding season

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It’s that time of year….not just peak wedding season, but potentially the time when the sun comes out, we all warm up & our thoughts drift to idyllic festival weddings.

amara 1  amara 2

Whether you are planning it to be boho , hippie chic, a ‘Wedfest’ or a ‘Woodland Wonderland’ festival wedding – you are certainly going to be inspirational and unconventional with your plans for your day.  With this in mind rocking up to a field, flagged with bunting you really don’t want to be in a conventional form of transport…..cue the VW vintage Campervan.

Harping back to its heritage of freedom and love, the VW campervan has maintained it’s cool over the last 60years, looking as stylish on the roads today as it did in the 60s.  A VW wedding campervan is an insightful choice for your day, with space, style and retro good looks it offers everything you and your wedding party need…….not only are they spacious, with plenty of room for a large dress, or bridal party – they are the epitome of a festival theme.

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We have recently teamed up with Amara & their on-line Wedding Journal for a feature on Festival Weddings……article will be live on 31st May.

 

Time for a makeover Bernie!

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This week we said good-bye to Bernie as he goes off to Rapid Rodent Racing for his external makeover!

bernie door open  bernie emptyrapid bernie filler bernie chez

Bernie already looks absolutely stunning thanks to his superior hand crafted interior – thanks to his awesome re-fit by camper shak – so it’s just his exterior that needs sorting.

Having sat Bernie alongside the rest of the fleet over the last few weeks we’ve decided to have him re-sprayed in a more muted vintage blue, so that he tones better with the cream and vintage green vans…..so we have opted for a lighter blue, an original 1950s Mercedes paint colour, he’s going to look simply stunning!

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Time to reflect

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It doesn’t seem possible that we are nearly half way through the 2014 wedding season – as  July and August draw closer we are preparing for the busiest few weeks of the VW Wedding year.  We uncovered the VWs from their winter hibernation in March, and they’ve enjoyed fresh spring days, torrential down pours, as well as brilliant blue skies – basking in the heat of the summer sun.

morris yellow   wilson rain 2   wilson - lilac and pale blue

Whilst we plan for the 7 weddings we have this week we’ve been looking back at the range of beautiful churches we’ve travelled to, the gorgeous wedding venues we’ve visited and the variety of brides & grooms that we’ve met…..for every wedding we’ve been too – one thing remains constant, the love of VWs!

wilma and daphne   wilson-notley5385f55a96278.jpg   12th april charlotte & danny

We’d best get making bows now, but enjoyed our little reflection of the season so far…..can’t wait to see where else we get to, who else we meet and of course what else we may work alongside!

basil with green vintage car  daphne & london bus       morris cream vintage car

VWs & festivals

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As the rain unexpectedly breaks the gorgeous sunny spell we have enjoyed – we know it can only mean one thing…..the start to the Glastonbury Festival weekend!  That got us thinking about how many VWs will be driving down to the Somerset Levels to the largest green fields festival worldwide & how many will get stuck in the mud on Michael Eavis’s 900acre dairy farm!

woodstock VWs   woodstock Beetle

The lure of the outdoor festival began truly in 1969, with Woodstock – on a 600acre farm near the town of Bethel, outside New York, there were 32 acts playing to 400,000 young people & is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in music history – with acts such as The Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker & Jimi Hendrix. And of course who else made an appearance?  The now famous ‘Light’  – a VW campervan commissioned by the lead singer of the band ‘Light’ to turn his tour bus in to a “magic bus” which was done by Dr Bob Hieronimus.  Dr Bob drew inspiration after long backstage discussions with rock & rollers such as Jimi Hendrix and he recalled “We would share information on various things like UFOs, Atlantis, reincarnation, and especially the the eye in the triangle and pyramid found on the back of the $1 bill”

woodstock vw camping    glastonbury VW mud

So these days we have Glastonbury – which began in 1970, the day after Jimi Hendrix died……. there are over 2,000 acts planned this weekend ranging from Dolly Parton to Laughter Yoga Lessons! And the camping….well no matter what the weather we really hope there is a good turn out of VW campervans & Beetles.

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