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Published:
May 30, 2007
Vintage
vehicles set to converge on Burnham-On-Sea seafront
More
than 150 vintage vehicles are set to converge on Burnham's seafront
on Saturday evening (June 2nd) for the 14th annual Vale of Avalon
Vintage Vehicle Road Run.
 The
South Esplanade will be closed to traffic for four hours to allow
the crowds to wander around the cars, motorbikes, vans and lorries
which date back more than 20 years.
Among
the vehicles on display will be vintage ice cream vans, police
cars and fire engines, alongside valuable old cars and motorbikes.
The
43-mile Road Run attracts large crowds of spectators to the town's
seafront, and with sun and light showers forecast for Saturday,
the scenes of large crowds at last
year's event may be repeated again.
Organiser
Daphne Stone told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "We're hoping for another
great evening. The vehicles will start arriving on Burnham seafront
from 5.30pm and they will be there for around one hour until 6.30pm,
when they'll make their way back to Glastonbury."
She
added that 165 vehicles had so far entered the event, but added:
"Entries are still pouring in, so there should be plenty
of vehicles on the night."
Last
year, thousands of pounds were raised for Children's
Hospice South West
and it is hoped that a similar amount will be raised for the Gurkha
Welfare Trust this time. BBC Points West will also be filming
this year's event.
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VINTAGE VEHICLE ROAD RUN ROUTE: |
The
outward route from Glastonbury to Burnham-On-Sea will be as follows:
Bretenoux
Road, Glastonbury
Butleigh
Road
Bere
Lane
Chilkwell
Street
Lambrook
Street
Wells
Road
Tin
Bridge Roundabout
Glastonbury
Bypass
Street
Bypass
Walton
Ashcott
Woolavington
Corner
turning
into Woolavington
East
Huntspill
Basin
Bridge
Walrow
Industrial Estate
A38
to Edithmead Roundabout
Left
into Burnham-On-Sea
Along
the sea front to the South Esplanade
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