tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89462369865614544262024-03-13T09:36:29.457-07:00Tatton Park VW ShowBehind the scenes of VWNW, Tatton Park VW ShowJulieannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784697348135949032noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946236986561454426.post-32598507070319982132010-06-19T12:52:00.001-07:002010-06-19T13:21:17.146-07:0025 Years Old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/TB0gcGzGsII/AAAAAAAAACY/E6E8ERG6NO0/s1600/engine+change+1993.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/TB0gcGzGsII/AAAAAAAAACY/E6E8ERG6NO0/s400/engine+change+1993.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484575588440518786" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Amazingly, we been doing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">VWNW</span> for 25 years. I for one am claiming that I went to the first <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">VWNW</span> as a small child . . .</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here's the oldest photo I've got, taken in 1993, it features John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Heaton</span> and Andy Webster doing the Engine Change competition. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Have you got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tatton</span> Park photos from 'Back in the day'? Send them to me: </span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/info@vwnw.co.uk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">info@vwnw.co.uk</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Julieannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784697348135949032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946236986561454426.post-83684439128567014012009-03-21T08:37:00.000-07:002009-03-22T11:19:03.993-07:00Latest news and Blog EXCLUSIVE!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's the latest news:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyyc0tDw1eNpJ0aFKZ6jvmQPjcZeUBZRISvbKR2SYQlf16e1CBjGmnspn_g6DCpyqvTY4cHP4EZ3KHCKV-prQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">ok, I agree, that news was not worthy of a Movie! However I am learning how to edit video and am taking every opportunity to film stuff. The quality is not what I hoped for, it looked ok before Blogger got their hands on it and compressed it, sigh. Does anyone have any advice?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do any of you recognise the location of my little film? There's a (virtual) prize for the first person to id the place where we had our vwnw meeting today.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So, on to my Blog EXCLUSIVE! The Concours classes have been settled upon and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://vwnw.wufoo.com/forms/concours-booking-2009/">here is the Concours Booking Form</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> ~ Blog Followers get first dibs, I will be sending out messages to our mailing list friends when I have integrated the form into our website.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">That's all for now :-)</span><br /></div>Julieannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784697348135949032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946236986561454426.post-37850946817991601562009-03-15T08:12:00.001-07:002009-03-15T12:01:14.181-07:00Signs of Life<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Spring is in the air and I have sprung into action!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yesterday I sent email invites out to Clubs and Traders inviting them to sign up.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://vwnw.wufoo.com/forms/club-booking/"> Club Sign up Form</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and here is the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://vwnw.wufoo.com/forms/club-booking/">Traders Booking Form </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today I finally set to and started on the web banner and design for our home page. I had Rob Meader make some Photoshop selections for me to use on the new website, I found him via the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/forumdisplay.php?f=58">VZi jobs forum</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/Sb0dnBMBguI/AAAAAAAAAB4/dW6nd6PGtJg/s1600-h/beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/Sb0dnBMBguI/AAAAAAAAAB4/dW6nd6PGtJg/s320/beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313435691538023138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">With Rob's Selections I have made this banner</span>:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/Sb1KPB7rwPI/AAAAAAAAACA/pWhBJZxFUn4/s1600-h/banner_v1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 53px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/Sb1KPB7rwPI/AAAAAAAAACA/pWhBJZxFUn4/s400/banner_v1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313484757444313330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Rob's selections are GREAT, he is available for Hire - Photoshopping, graphics and all that lovely Pixel Stuff, check out his web: <a href="http://www.imageperfix.co.uk/">imageperfix</a> His rates are very reasonable :-)<br /><br />I'd love to show you the page I am working on but the text is last years, I'm waiting for Mike to approve this years text and then all will be revealed!<br /><br />Ok, that's all for now, I have a flood of Club bookings I have to go attend to ....<br /></div>Julieannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784697348135949032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946236986561454426.post-391201107950308912009-02-07T11:34:00.000-08:002009-02-07T12:08:03.510-08:00Website, progress at last!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">After many weeks of procrastination I can finally say that I 'did something' towards getting our 2009 web up and going. I have recruited a Graphic Artist to undertake my Photoshop selections.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><br />I found my man on the VZi <a href="http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/forumdisplay.php?f=58">Jobs Forum</a> This is a place where Vee Dubbers can offer their services for hire or post up a job vacancy. I think this fourm is such a good idea, especially in this time of Credit Crunchiness. I had contemplated getting someone from eBay to do my selections but feel much better about offering the work to somone in the VW community. Why not check out the Jobs Forum next time you need any work doing around your home or if your boss tells you they are looking to hire.<br /><br />Here's a sneak preview of what the '09 web banner might look like, but please note that the mexican Beetle was selected by me using the magic wand and it will NOT feature in the finished work, LOL!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/SY3l2l15tFI/AAAAAAAAABY/8vSGJK-bCOc/s1600-h/banner_v1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 42px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/SY3l2l15tFI/AAAAAAAAABY/8vSGJK-bCOc/s320/banner_v1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300145062518830162" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />More next time, I'll 'introduce' you to my Graphics fella and show you some of what he has done for me.<br /></div>Julieannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784697348135949032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946236986561454426.post-46694744814952683882009-01-20T07:22:00.000-08:002009-02-07T00:44:22.512-08:00Big Chef, Little Chef<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/SYxchZcdqPI/AAAAAAAAABI/XZuhJ7zBpBQ/s1600-h/heston_blumenthal_little_chef_ahero_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/SYxchZcdqPI/AAAAAAAAABI/XZuhJ7zBpBQ/s200/heston_blumenthal_little_chef_ahero_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299712590343940338" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >I've been watching the Channel 4 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">prog</span> "</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">Big Chef Takes on Little Chef" with great interest. </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Heston <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Blumenthal</span> is trying to revamp Little Chef with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">som</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">e Blue Sky thinking and experimental cookery.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">What does this have to do with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">VWNW</span>? Well, once a year, on the day after <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">VWNW</span> I make </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">my annual pilgrimage to Little Chef at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tabley</span> in what is (almost) the final part of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">VWNW</span> weekend.</span></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">Some people are surprised to know that the day after our event at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Tatton</span> some of us go back to clear up, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">tid</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">y u</span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">p and </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">even pick up the litter. When the event field is clean we head to Little Chef for an all-you-can-eat session</span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">. I usually have a veggie burger, Mike and Gordon nearly always</span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02"> have fish and chips, Ernie drinks gallons of tea and we never leave without pudding!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.julieanneland.com/vwnw06_pix/DSC00728.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.julieanneland.com/vwnw06_pix/DSC00728.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >My 2006 Veggie Burger, is it wrong to know what year I ate this?</span><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02">It has to be said that we have many Team members but only a few are hard core enough to make it to the Little Chef, its a sign of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Uber</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">dedica</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span class="c02"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">tion</span>. Only "Team Clean Up" get a Little Chef!</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.julieanneland.com/vwnw06_pix/DSC00725.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.julieanneland.com/vwnw06_pix/DSC00725.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >Gordon and Ernie are regular members of Team Clean Up</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">So, roll on August 10<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">th</span>, I can't wait to see what Heston is giving me to eat :-)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">PS: still no progress on the website, ho hum!</span></span></div></div>Julieannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784697348135949032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946236986561454426.post-52153677461233967272009-01-01T06:59:00.000-08:002009-02-07T12:08:49.669-08:00Welcome to the VWNW Blog, anyone got a bomb?<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hello my name is Julieanne and I am one the team organising Volkswagen Northwest, Tatton Park VW Show. </span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Welcome to my behind the scenes Blog where I hope to share some of the things you might never seen on the day at Tatton Park</span>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />As I write its New Year and I am trying to make a resolution to 'do something' to the VWNW website. I have replaced the index page with one that gives a little info for this year, howev</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">er I really *must* pull out my finger and make a start on 2009 content.<br /><br />I need to start by making a new banner, trouble is for what I have in my head I need some Photoshop selections making and I am RUBBISH with the selection tools. Given a neutral background and the Magic Wand I can do ok, but the images I want to work with are not easily selected. Ho Hum, I *promise* to make a start on it before January is out...<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vwnw.co.uk/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__TxayiyC1UY/SYxUrZ4gNtI/AAAAAAAAAA4/PjmUH3o1XXM/s200/logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299703966167217874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">One of last years crap selections by me, note the chunk of bodywork missing! I don't think I used this one ;-)</span><br /><br /><br />I should say that I work best under pressure and find it hard to get revved up in January for something that isn't happening until August. If anyone can pop around here with a modest bomb to blast me into action I would be most appreciative.<br /><br />Please do 'Follow' me, it helps to know if anyone is reading what I write. More soonish!</span><br /></div>Julieannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784697348135949032noreply@blogger.com0