Pink Car Rally 2015
“Kiss-Me-Quick-I’m-on-the-Pink-Car-Rally”
Pink Cars are being
pampered and polished in preparation for the 8th annual Pink Car
Rally on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th September. This year’s #SeasideSpecial will see pink
cars from across the UK heading to Blackpool for the start of the rally, which
coincides with the seaside town’s iconic ifest – Blackpool’s Illuminations
Switch-on Festival Weekend.
The pink parade will
travel #Coast2Coast from Blackpool to Scarborough Fair and will be calling in
at Leeds Children’s Hospital, Monks Cross and Clifton Moor Shopping Centres in
York, giving the public and press lots of opportunities to see the pink
procession.
The rally raises
awareness of, and funds for, the Little Princess Trust charity, which gives
‘real hair’ wigs to children and young adults in the UK and Ireland who lose
their hair, primarily through cancer treatment. Donations can be made via https://www.justgiving.com/teams/pink-car-rally-2015
Sali Gray, creator
and organiser of the Pink Car Rally is already incredibly excited, despite this
being the 8th rally; “Each year I think that I can’t possibly get
excited about the rally again, but I do.
Starting the rally in Blackpool, during ifest, is amazing and I’m already
wondering whether we will be able to entice any ‘celebrities’ into our cars,
for some pink publicity photos”
The Mayor of
Blackpool will officially start the rally at 10.30am on Saturday 5th September,
with the Pinkies starting to gather from 9am in St John’s Square. Sali said “We’re hoping that lots of people
will come to see our pretty pink cars, which will be dressed-up for the
occasion!! (As will we!) Sunglasses may be required (rose-tinted of
course) because our shiny cars are dazzlingly bright – rather like the
illuminations themselves!”
After leaving
Blackpool, the rally will stop at Leeds Children’s Hospital, enabling the young
patients on the oncology ward to see the pink cars, before heading towards York
where the ‘final stop’ of the day will be Monks Cross Shopping Centre.
On Sunday morning the
Pinkies will start gathering at York’s Clifton Moor Shopping Park, from 9.30am, for
the official start of Day 2 of the rally at 10.30am. The pink cars will
be easily spotted on the A64 as they head to Scarborough, where they will drive
past the train station before turning right and heading out of town, over the
Valley Bridge, taking the A165 towards Filey. The pink procession should
arrive at Scarborough Fair around 1pm and will stay
for an hour or two, allowing the pink participants to enjoy all the fun of the
vintage fair.
Creator &
Organiser: Sali Gray – 07974 771746 – Sali@saligray.com
Facebook www.facebook.com/pinkcarrally
Twitter: @saligray
@pinkcarrally
Website: www.pink-car-rally.com
How the Pink Car
Rally started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXX1WRoMjxA (Recorded 2011)
Other Pink Car Rally videos can be found on the PinkCarRally YouTube Channel
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