Dubshed 2015
On Sunday just gone we took the long drive up to Belfast to attend Dubshed. After a long drive up from Waterford in the rain, which made the journey worse, we arrived at King’s Hall, Belfast. We parked the car and made our way into one of the three sheds to see what Dubshed had to offer us this year.
As soon as we walked in we weren’t disappointed as we were greeted with everything from Mk2 Jetta’s to Mk6 VW Golf’s and everything in between, we even spotted a few Porsche’s and BMW’s which you will soon see.
After attending Dubshed for the past few years I knew that on a Sunday it gets really packed and nearly impossible to take photos so I set to work right away to avoid too many people getting in the way of photos.
After the general public came in and the place filled up and I had enough photos I took the opportunity to just walk around and enjoy the show. This is something I don’t do enough at at shows and I was really pleased to get the opportunity to do so.
One of the best parts of Dubshed is the people and the atmosphere at the show, I’m sure there are alot of people that would agree. Everyone is so friendly and relaxed and this makes for a great day out when you are at the event.
Something else I noticed this year was the amount of cars making the trip over to Northern Ireland from England and Scotland.
This just shows how much Dubshed has grown over the past few years and this is down to the organisers for making it a bigger and better show every year.
After walking around for the day and after our long drive up to Belfast we decided to head home a little early. On the drive home it gave me a chance to reflect on the show.
Personally I think it isn’t far behind the big German shows in England and this is because of the hard work from the GTNI team who help run the show and also to the people around Ireland and across the pond who spend their time and money on doing up their cars to show standard.
At the end of the day the show can’t happen without them cars and the people who attend the show.
Just want to say big well done to the people that made the show happen and we look forward to doing it all again next year at Dubshed.
Words and Photography by Luke West