Jason Shambrook, one of the event’s organisers, said that the rally had attracted some 250 people from the UK, Jersey and France, and they believed that three-quarters of them were visiting the island for the first time.
Many had already said that they would like to return.
Paul Oliver came over from Leeds and hired his wheels locally from Millards in Victoria Road.
‘I heard this might be the last one in Guernsey and I’ve always wanted to come to the Channel Islands,’ he said.
Organisers did say that they may pull the plug on the event, or at least give themselves a break for a while, due to the extent of the organisation required. An eight-strong committee have spent about a year planning the rally, wanting to make it ‘the best yet’.
Andy and Julie Newman turned up on their Lambretta three-wheeler made in 1960. There are only about 10 in the world.
‘I’d been looking for one of these for two years and I had a tip-off that there was one in Cambridge. It was just a million pieces in boxes and I spent over a year restoring it,’ said Mr Newman.
‘I started going to events in 1980 and I’ve had many [scooters] over the years.’
He also has a 1957 Durkopp Diana, a relatively expensive scooter for its time made by Durkopp, a pioneering firm from the German motorcycle industry, which is currently on loan to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
The youngest member of the organising committee James Crook, 25, has only recently got involved.
‘I rode on the back of a scooter when I was five years old and I’ve loved them ever since,’ he said.
The Priaulx Premature Baby Foundation was this year’s beneficiary of any funds raised over the weekend.
PPBF trustee Guy Hardill had also hired a scooter from Millards to take part with his son.
‘This is the second time that the Scooter Rally has supported PPBF and it’s incredible.
‘They raised about £1,700 on Friday night just from selling T-shirts and every penny helps to maintain the three flats in Southampton.
‘We have to raise about £150,000 a year, and it’s all done on donations and support like this.’
Five hundred local and visiting riders and passengers spent Saturday evening in Herm watching the Devotees perform – but they had to leave their scoots behind.
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