'Benidorm or Bust' driving rally

• PatrickS

  • Location: Marine Parade, Dover
  • Registered: 19 Sep 2015
  • Posts: 448
  7 June 2017     12:49329730
  #1      
  This joyous cavalcade of 190 or so decorated motor vehicles passed through Dover this morning on the first leg of their 5 day driving rally to Benidorm.
  
  Great fun to see them all along Dover's seafront and going round several times in an attempt to find their way to the Eastern Docks.
  
  http://benidormorbust.co.uk
  
  If ever there was needed an example of how ineffectual the new A20 smart system has been in producing the 'connectivity' been seafront, town and port - this was a pretty good show.
  
  I watched car after car after car from this cavalcade exit Marine Parade by the Premier Inn onto the A20 in an attempt to get to the Docks. Going round several times in their search (they could see their destination clear and simple right in front of them all the time) they became more and more amused at our road system.
  
  Having failed to achieve their goal they finally twigged that doing a 'U' turn at the Woolcomber lights would be the answer. Most of the cavalcade took this route. 'U' turn after 'U' turn on several changes of the lights.
  
  I rest my case.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  7 June 2017     13:01329731
  #2      
  Almost the same day as last year.
  
  
  https://www.dover.uk.com/forums/dover-forum/function-at-the-yacht-club
• Guest 2134

  • Registered: 18 Jun 2017
  • Posts: 1
  18 June 2017     21:52330341
  #3      
  Hi Patrick, I am the one who entered the jaguar last year, this year I was in the support team and the commodore of the yacht club competed the rally in aid of Parkinsons, I tried contacting the Dover express but sadly it appeared no one was interested. Next year we will be leaving from the Royal Cinque Port Yacht Club on the 13th of June to begin the epic journey once again for various charities hopefully this time we can start on the sea front as I believe Dover District Council needs a few moths notice. We had a lot of support from the Port of dover Harbour board who helped us park the 190 vehicles in the car park. The link is wrong which you put above, it's a rival who copied the real benidorm or Bust website. The one of ours Starts from Dover and not Blackpool. Thanks.
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