ask for? A lot of members are local-
ish, although they do get regulars
who come from as far away as
South Wales and Gloucester
for their monthly meetings.
Not content with setting up and
running a successful VW club
from scratch the pair of them,
with much appreciated help
from club members and backing
from loyal traders including
Vantastic and Campervan
Gifts, have also expanded in
the world of VW festivals.
In 2018 DC decided to have
a range of merchandise and
Darren decided it would be good
to launch it at their ‘own’ show.
The location was set to be Himley
Hall, but somehow it expanded
into a weekend festival - the first
to be held at the Hall for twenty
years. “To be honest it’s just more
cost effective to have a two-day
show by the time you have hired
in marques / toilets / fencing
etc etc. Party in the Park was
supposed to have been in April,
but rain stopped play and so it
was moved to September - despite
that last-minute disaster the event
was a great success and it will be
happening again this September.
Flushed with that success they also
launched Dubs In Wonderland
VW Festival over the Easter 2019
weekend with Toyah as a special
guest - apparently Darren’s all-time
80s crush! Regular readers will
have seen the show report in the
issue 86 a couple of months ago.
Plans for the future of DC? “My
dream would be to own a Splitty
and then buy some land, so we had
our own place to run VW camping
and festivals,” Cheryl answered.
Although she then goes on to say
that she and Darren don’t tend to
plan ahead and are very impulsive.
So, for a couple of people who claim
they don’t plan, their plans for a
successful VW club and shows are
coming along very nicely. You can
find Dubs Collective and details
of their shows on the internet
and of course on Facebook.