Cavalcade’s progress will be available via tracking device
THIS year’s Liberation Day cavalcade will trial technology which will be able to keep islanders up to speed on its progress around the island.
Last year the cavalcade was a great success, apart from the fact that it fell way behind schedule and towards the end of its circuit around the island was more than an hour late. Islanders on the roadside waiting to see it were hugely frustrated.
This year the lead vehicle in the cavalcade will trial a new tracker system from Digimap, in partnership with Links Communications.
The position of the vehicle will be updated live as it travels around the island.
The tracker uses special technology for Guernsey which means it sends more position updates as it goes around corners so spectators will know when the cavalcade is due to arrive.
The updates will be able to be viewed via a link from Liberationday.gg and the Liberation Day Facebook page.
The parade will once again involve classic cars, military vehicles, and the modern phenomenon that is decorated tractors – about 100 vehicles in total. Its route will go through all 10 parishes and cover more than 30 miles.
It starts in Torteval at noon and the tractors will join the route at Pembroke until the end.
‘We are thrilled to have the opportunity to take part in the island-wide cavalcade again. Visiting all the island parishes last year was a great success and we really felt the community spirit as we travelled around the island,’ said cavalcade director Jeff Vidamour.
The cavalcade will make its way north along the west of the island.
After a refreshment stop at Pembroke, where there will be live music, the
cavalcade will pass the Bordeaux and the Bridge before heading towards the St Peter Port seafront and around the Model Yacht Pond.
It heads through town via Fountain Street towards St Martin’s and the Forest before disbanding at the Mallard at about 4.45pm.
The cavalcade is being sponsored by JT.
Deputy managing director Tamara O'Brien said the company was pleased to once again support the cavalcade.
‘It’s important we celebrate one of the biggest days in our island’s history, giving us the opportunity to come together as a community,’ she said.
