Friday 20 May 2011

Classic car rally this weekend

The Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association is holding its 10th Anniversary Rally this weekend. On Saturday they will be driving through Gibraltar with a police escort, and on Sunday, they venture out to Castellar and up through Jimena to Colmenar (Gaucin station). The rally will also include several vehicles of their counterparts in Andalucia, who last week came up into the sierra to celebrate their own anniversary. The annual 'season' begins for classic car enthusiasts and for the rest of us, who can admire these wonderful machines, carefully maintained, polished up and still ready to go. It is truly a sight to behold, as many people do along the many routes they take throughout the countryside. Click on Read more below for the full programme.
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The Rally this year will take place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May.
   
Saturday.

10 am.      Meet Casemates Square for registration. Entrance to Casemates will be down Casemates Hill and to the registration desk where you will be given your vehicle registration sticker and your various tickets for the events. Whilst displaying our vehicles at Casemates the Calpe Band will be playing for our entertainment.
       
11.30am   Drive up Main Street to Cathedral Sq.  We will follow the Sea Scout Band up Main Street. Drive up Line Wall Road to Trafalgar Interchange. Continue straight across the roundabout to Rosia Road and on to Rosia Bay. Through Rosia Bay and exit through the tunnel.  Exit tunnel to Mosque, follow the road and exit right. Follow the road towards Europa Point, turn around and double back.  First roundabout take right to Dudley Ward Tunnel. Follow the road past Sandy Bay and Catalan Bay and exit to Devil’s Tower Road.  Continue until roundabout at Winston Churchill Avenue.  Take third exit down Winston Churchill Avenue keeping to the right and continue to Waterport roundabout.  At Waterport roundabout take first exit and then turn right into Ocean Village, where you will be directed to the static display area. There will be a police escort all the way to Waterport.

12 am       Assemble at Ocean Village for static display of vehicles.

15.00 lunch at Ipanema Restaurant.

Disperse after lunch.

Sunday.
Event Organiser. Stefan Nicholson.

The meeting place is The Hotel Castellar which is situated on the road between Estacion Almoraima and Castellar Nuevo.  Registration will be from 9-30am with cars leaving at 10-15am and all of the cars should be away before 10-30am.
 
We have a beautiful route prepared through The Alcornocales Nature Park with a coffee stop and a drinks & nibbles stop. The run will end with lunch at Hacienda La Herriza on the Colmenar / Gaucin road.

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