LASTING IMPRESSION

The gentle sea breeze. A tang of salt in the air. Your 99 Flake just starting to drip in the sun as the air-cooled treats line up along Madeira Drive. For a great many enthusiasts, the annual splendour of Brighton Breeze is just the summery tonic we need to keep those good-time vibes flowing. And for those who live in Brighton and see all of this unfolding on their doorstep, the yearning and FOMO must be too much to bear.

This was certainly the case for local resident James Prescott who, at the spring-chicken age of 52, decided to stop wishing and start acting, living out his long-held Samba dreams with gusto. He’s got a certain amount of form with the VeeDub brand, having owned a Golf GTI back in the eighties, but of course this is an entirely different kettle of boxer-engined fish.

“I’d always wanted a Split Screen, especially with seeing them at the Brighton Breeze every year, but I never saw