bug jam 22
This was my first time at Bug Jam and after hearing all the horror stories I was determined to find out for myself. We arrived early Friday afternoon and camped in the club camping section with some newfound friends. After hearing about all the dodgy goings-on over in the general camping section, we thought this was the safest option.
The drag strip was empty and it was £15 to RWYB (Run What Ya Brung). The bus did a 23.8s even though it was fully loaded (beer, bed, trolley-jack, etc). I have posted the video on Facebook if anyone fancies a laugh!
Anyway, there was lots of stuff to do. The trade village was open with all sorts of stalls and food vendors. There was live music on the main stage with both Blur and Oasis tribute bands, plus dance music in the tents in the evening. The music and the fun fair went onto around 1.30am (surprisingly). If you have kids I strongly recommend you camp in the family area due to the noise.
Saturday morning started bright and breezy, and the drag strip was quickly dried out and started the second day of the RWYB competition. Over in the Live Action Arena, a full day of stunts and car-crushing carnage took place, with shows from the incredible Zero Gravity mountain bike trials crew, big-air back flips from the UKFMX team, drifting, donut and 2-wheeling action from Terry Grant, including a specially commissioned New Beetle stunt show, with the finale being a 5-ton monster-truck show. The arena held a massive crowd all day with the non-stop action.
Saturday night came around with a full line-up of rocking tribute acts on the Red Stripe stage including covers of The Rolling Stones and Status Quo. The Big Tops hosted more dance music for those that had energy left from the previous night!
The weather was a little intermittent, with occasional showers stopping racing every so often all weekend. As for the drag racing… what can I say? WOW!!!!!! The jet cars and the funny cars were fantastic – even the jet Beetle was a laugh.
Just Kampers and Andy Saunders spent the 3 days making a T25 into a ‘Vancake’. This mini-Volkswagen is only 3’1” – the world’s lowest Volkswagen bus ever – plus it’s street legal!
Kirsty.
2008 events
Volksworld VW Show
Sandown Park, Surrey.
29th-30th March 2008.
VW's @ Stansted
Stansted Mountfitchett, Essex. 12th April 2008.
Manningtree Classic Vehicle Show
Manningtree, Essex. 20th April 2008.
Battlesbridge Classic Vehicle Show
Battlesbridge, Essex. 11th May 2008.
Battlesbridge Volkswagen Show
Battlesbridge, Essex. 17th-18th May 2008.
Enfield Pageant of Motoring
Enfield, Middlesex. 23rd - 26th May 2008.
Plymouth Volksfest
Plympton, Devon.23rd - 26th May 2008.
Stonor VW Show
Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 1st June 2008.
Weald County Show
South Weald, Brentwood, Essex. 15th June 2008.
Camper Jam '08
Weston Park, Shifnal, Shropshire. 21st - 22nd June 2008.
VW Expo 08
Paddock Wood, Kent. 28th - 29th June 2008.
Peppercorn VW Show
Nr Leeds Castle, Maidstone, 12th - 13th July 2008.
London Volksfest
North Airfield Weald, Harlow, Essex. 13th July 2008.
Bug Jam 22
Santa Pod, Wellingborough, Northants. 19th - 20th July 2008.
West Bergholt Classic Car Show
West Bergholt, Essex. 26th - 27th July 2008.
Jaguar Show
Battlesbridge, Essex. 2nd - 3rd August 2008.
Sussex VW Festival
Chalvington, East Sussex. 10th August July 2008.
VW Festival
Harewood House, Leeds
16th – 17th August 2008.
Cornwall VW Jamboree
Stithians Showground, Cornwall
22nd – 24th August 2008.
Knebworth Classic Vehicle Show
Knebworth, Nr Stevenage, Hertfordshire. 23rd – 25th August 2008.
VW Action
Santa Pod Raceway, Wellingborough, Northants.
30th – 31st August 2008.
Bishop Stortford Classic Car Show
Windhill, Bishop Stortford, Essex. 13th - 14th September 2008.
Battlesbridge Grand Mobilia Day
Battlesbridge, Essex. 27th - 28th September 2008.