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Now
in its sixth year, the 2012 rally reverts to its usual weekend and will be held on Sunday, 17 June 2012. The event starts at 10:00 am and runs through to just after 5:00 pm. The venue this year will again be the Lodmoor
Car Park,
just adjacent to our former site at Weymouth College. The
new site
allows full hard standing for the static display together with an
adjacent bus departure area.
Last
year we were pleased to announce new sponsors for the event -
South West
Coaches and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council - and both have
kindly indicated their willingness to assist us again this year.
We
wish to
record our appreciation to both supporters in the continuing difficult
economic climate.
As mentioned, the
all-important date is Sunday, 17 June 2012 and the event will follow
the successful format of previous years with a wide variety of buses
and coaches on display and in service.
Bus
services will once again run to Portland Bill where fantastic views are
available of Chesil Beach en-route
as the bus
climbs up through Portland, and to Bowleaze Cove giving the chance to
ride along the full length of the seafront. A number of other
services will again run this year (see link above) as well as a one-off
special service with an 'Olympic' theme.
As
usual, most of the buses running in service travel along the Esplanade
allowing photographers some fine photo opportunities in and around the
seafront area.
The 454
route serving
the railway station will run again in 2012 giving easy
access to and from the rally site for those visitors coming by
train, leaving the car in the large Swannery car parks nearby or
arriving in the town centre via the new Park & Ride service
accessed from the Relief Road. Alternatively, there are more than
adequate parking facilities available at Lodmoor,
right adjacent to the rally site. As
usual, we plan to run an informal trip to Portland Bill on the Saturday
evening for those who want to arrive in Weymouth a day early to enjoy
the beautiful seaside town, the jewel of the Dorset Jurrasic Coast.
The
weather could have been kinder to us last year but will hopefully
revert to the bright sunshine that we have traditionally enjoyed at
previous rallies.
Read some of the comments we have
received since the 2011 rally.
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