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Eighteen JBA's left the UK from England
Scotland and Wales to visit our Dutch friends
in Holland from 7th. September to 14th. September 2001.
Three were unable
to attend. Bob Foreman's car was undergoing repairs and was not ready in
time, Brian Jones was unable to have the time off, due to work
commitments. Bad luck fell on Donald and Christine Collier, their
car broke down at the Channel Tunnel with diff problem s.
However after
their JBA was transported home, they flew out to Amsterdam and hired a car
to join us at Ginkelduin.
This trip was arranged by Leo Groeneweg
who lives in the city
of Veenendaal, Holland. Assisting him were Guust Poppe and his wife
Ria
First of all let me introduce you to our hosts. Pictured below are Leo and his wife Pietje
with their son Sander. Also on hand were Guust and Ria Poppe.
Guust is the JBA Owners Club representative for Holland.
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Pietje |
Sander |
Ria |
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Seven UK Owners from the Midlands, Wales
and the North sailed from Hull to Rotterdam on the Wednesday due to
Ferry bookings being full on the Thursday sailing. Although we had
booked back in January, this meant an extra overnight stop in
Holland.
However Leo had this in hand and had arranged an extra
night at the holiday park Ginkelduin. The other UK members arrived
on the Friday and also those from the south sailing from Dover.
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The cars arrived in Holland from
the overnight ferry crossing from Hull on Thursday morning.
On disembarking, the first cars off the ferry
waited in a bay for the rest of us to catch up.
The weather was overcast 16o and six cars opted
to put their hoods down but my car was crammed full and I
couldn’t put mine down. It was just as well as it started to rain and on the motorway
spray was a problem, two baseball caps were blown off and found their way
under lorry wheels.
We had a stop for toilets on the way and this
German gentleman was overwhelmed by the sight of our Falcons.
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The next stage was cleaning up the donor
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On arrival at Ginkelduin at 11.30am. we
received a great welcome from Leo and his son Sander.
Once we had settled into our apartments, some of
us went for a wander round the camp.
In the evening we congregated in the restaurant
for a meal, a beer and a natter. We were anxious to meet up with the
rest of our bunch, arriving on Friday.
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Our first outing was to Veenendaal
on Saturday to join the Veenendaalse Oldtimers Club.
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Safe Driving All the Best Regards Robbie 
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