ollie240585
Ex. Club Member
Representing the Micra Sports Club for JAE 2008, Ollie and James here.
We have spent this morning and early afternoon up in Mersea Island looking at the new venue for JAE 2008!
If we are honest, we had some slight doubts about the venue, we were a bit nervouse of the dreaded causeway and the access to the venue.
All doubts about the venue are now well and truly gone!!!
We think that the atmosphere of JAE 2008 will be awesome, the venue as it stands is smaller than JAE 2007 (East Of England Showground in Peterborough) BUT this is not a bad thing, EOE showground was too big, clubs were too far apart and a hell of a lot of space was wasted!!!
The causeway is not a problem, the road seemed nice and clear.
Once on Mersea island the roads are not that big, and this MAY cause a bottleneck but a system is being implemeneted to try and improve the flow of traffic.
We have arranged a position near the Almera Owners Club, the SX Owners Club and Honda Owners Club.
There is a swimming pool, climbing towers and a lot more stuff will be on site to make this better than JAE 2007. We have also had confirmation that there will be no curfew at this venue, we can party up until the early hours of the morning if we wish, As peterborough was a midnight Curfew!!!
We have also had confirmation that a beach party will be allowed, with bombfire, although the beach is crap (see photo)!!!
We honestly believe that this JAE will be better than previous years, with a better atmosphere with more things to do!!!
Live from some random pub just off Mersea Island.
Ollie and James
(pictures to follow)
Edit : Additions now I'm back
Right would also like to add more information about the new site for JAE, the place looks absoloutly awesome! The bars there are going to carry on the Japanese Theme, even Saki will be provided at the bars, the decor will be japanese and the japanese theme will be a large presence throughout the event!
Also a new thing for JAE, there is a school type canteen within the premises, this will provide full english breakfats to help cure those hangovers, and also meals in the evening. But why would you want this when the MSC BBQ is SOOOOO much better!!!
The campsite will be on the actual stand itself, the idea is to reduce movement around the site. This could be better, but it needs to be done properly or it could look a mess!!!
Regarding the Causeway, the high tide times will be posted on the JAE forum before the event, these times are the times you want to avoid getting there for, if the causeway is flooded it's not the end othe world, about half a mile back on the mainland there is a nice pub which you can go to, also the causeway is only flooded for about 30-45 minutes, it's not going to be the end of the world if you hit high tide at this time.
Events such as Show and Shine, Tug of War, and 5-a-side football will be present also. Everything is centrally based, so hopefully this will create a better atmosphere, as everything seemed too far apart at EoE.
There is at present only 1 road on and off the site, so this will create a bottle neck, in the future (JAE 2009), there is a new road being built to improve the traffic around the island. not brilliant for us now, but I can't imagine things being TOO bad if it is organised correctly!!
I am now so looking forward to this event, it should be an absoloutly awesome event.
See you all there!!!!!
We have spent this morning and early afternoon up in Mersea Island looking at the new venue for JAE 2008!
If we are honest, we had some slight doubts about the venue, we were a bit nervouse of the dreaded causeway and the access to the venue.
All doubts about the venue are now well and truly gone!!!
We think that the atmosphere of JAE 2008 will be awesome, the venue as it stands is smaller than JAE 2007 (East Of England Showground in Peterborough) BUT this is not a bad thing, EOE showground was too big, clubs were too far apart and a hell of a lot of space was wasted!!!
The causeway is not a problem, the road seemed nice and clear.
Once on Mersea island the roads are not that big, and this MAY cause a bottleneck but a system is being implemeneted to try and improve the flow of traffic.
We have arranged a position near the Almera Owners Club, the SX Owners Club and Honda Owners Club.
There is a swimming pool, climbing towers and a lot more stuff will be on site to make this better than JAE 2007. We have also had confirmation that there will be no curfew at this venue, we can party up until the early hours of the morning if we wish, As peterborough was a midnight Curfew!!!
We have also had confirmation that a beach party will be allowed, with bombfire, although the beach is crap (see photo)!!!
We honestly believe that this JAE will be better than previous years, with a better atmosphere with more things to do!!!
Live from some random pub just off Mersea Island.
Ollie and James
(pictures to follow)
Edit : Additions now I'm back
Right would also like to add more information about the new site for JAE, the place looks absoloutly awesome! The bars there are going to carry on the Japanese Theme, even Saki will be provided at the bars, the decor will be japanese and the japanese theme will be a large presence throughout the event!
Also a new thing for JAE, there is a school type canteen within the premises, this will provide full english breakfats to help cure those hangovers, and also meals in the evening. But why would you want this when the MSC BBQ is SOOOOO much better!!!
The campsite will be on the actual stand itself, the idea is to reduce movement around the site. This could be better, but it needs to be done properly or it could look a mess!!!
Regarding the Causeway, the high tide times will be posted on the JAE forum before the event, these times are the times you want to avoid getting there for, if the causeway is flooded it's not the end othe world, about half a mile back on the mainland there is a nice pub which you can go to, also the causeway is only flooded for about 30-45 minutes, it's not going to be the end of the world if you hit high tide at this time.
Events such as Show and Shine, Tug of War, and 5-a-side football will be present also. Everything is centrally based, so hopefully this will create a better atmosphere, as everything seemed too far apart at EoE.
There is at present only 1 road on and off the site, so this will create a bottle neck, in the future (JAE 2009), there is a new road being built to improve the traffic around the island. not brilliant for us now, but I can't imagine things being TOO bad if it is organised correctly!!
I am now so looking forward to this event, it should be an absoloutly awesome event.
See you all there!!!!!
Good work (Y)
