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Karmann Komment Volume 42 | Issue 2
A QUICK SPIN TO SHETLAND 2024 continued...
there were plenty of show attendees from mainland Scotland and further afield.
overcrowding the stopping off points – Sunburgh Head, St Ninians, Scalloway and Lerwick itself. We had booked an Airbnb in the hamlet of Gulberwick, approx. 2 miles outside Lerwick – again, like the ferry, early booking is recommended for accommodation as we struggled to find very much availability even 4 months before the event.
Days 4 and 5 (1st & 2nd June) Lerwick
The Car Show sets up from around 9:00 and
is based at the Clickamin Leisure Centre in Lerwick. It’s a great location with plenty of indoor space for more specialist vehicles
and the motorbikes and loads of tarmacked car parks for everything else. There were plenty of volunteers from the local car club
to get everyone in quickly and parked up with minimum delay. As it’s a full weekend show and the public pay for entry the organisers encourage vehicle owners to keep their cars at the show until it closes each day so visitors can get the full experience (although you can leave earlier if necessary) They also have security
on overnight and the whole site is fenced. We were happy to leave the car overnight and just used taxis to get back and forward the short distance to our accommodation. The show starts to wind down around 4pm on the second day and we were off site by around 5pm. There are plenty of food options on site and Lerwick town centre is only a short walk away so you can break the two days up with a walk around the shops, port etc.
Day 3 (31st May) – Tour of Island
Arriving on time at Lerwick at 07:30, we were met by a team from the Shetland Classic car club and organised into several groups for a tour of the southern half of the main island, confusingly for an island called Mainland! This takes until mid- afternoon and is all
part of the show event – just register for the tour when you make your show booking. Each group has about 6 or so cars to avoid
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