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CWC7 was Cruise West Cumbria's first birthday cruise. It was exactly a year ago that CWC was founded and planning began for the first event. It took 4 months to plan and assemble a team of enthusiasts to pull off what became CWC1.

With the holiday season upon us, the Cumbrian turn out was the lowest at any cruise so far. However, the masses of people who had travelled from outside Cumbria meant that there were still record breaking numbers of cruisers there on the night. An estimated 500 cars and 1200 people turned up from as far away as Bolton, Liverpool and St Helens. The few who had braved the speed cameras on the drive from Newcastle and Lancaster to come to CWC6 had spread the word, and large convoys had come in from both cities for CWC7.

The atmosphere was once again friendly, and the warm weather ensured that most people got out of their cars and wandered around the car park. With less press coverage than CWC6, fewer members of the public turned up on the night, but there were still enough to give the cruise a carnival atmosphere. As always, the Police attended, but thankfully their main duty on the night was answering questions from cruisers who wanted clarification on the law. Some lucky cruisers even managed to get a look under the bonnet of the Police Scooby.

There was an amazing amount of Japanese muscle on display, with more Supras, Evos and Scoobies than had turned up to all the previous cruises put together. Not to be outdone there were plenty of immaculately turned out VWs, Renaults, Citroens, Fiats, Fords, a Ferrari and the Ecosse show cars were the shiniest Pugs I have ever seen. There were more modded cars this time than the previous cruises, with tuning, body kits, paint jobs and ICE taking equal priority.

CWC also featured a burger van this time around so that no one needed to make the trek off to Burger King for refreshments. Kids and cruisers alike enjoyed the candy floss that they also had on sale. With 3 staff on duty the cruisers kept them busy for most of the night. Another welcome addition to the cruise was the Bat Cars mobile rolling road. I think CWC is the first cruise in the country to feature a rolling road. Anyone who missed out on a power run need not be too disappointed as it is likely that the rolling road will return for future cruises.

Thanks to the 18 Cruise Wombles who once again scoured the car park clean at the end of the night. Thanks also to the cruisers who left considerably less litter this time, making the task far easier.

Given the amazing turnout, the hardest part of the cruise was deciding which of the 182 pictures taken should make it onto the website. If you were missed out this time, bring your car to CWC8 and with any luck you will make it onto the site.