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DONNINGTON PARK HOTEL
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| In the Oak Room |
The Birthday couple |
This was the first proper
rally for the 2010 season. I
must admit that I was beginning to wonder if the rally would take
place. When you
consider that we have just had what can only be described as the
longest and worst winter we have had for decades. You would think
that nobody in his or her right mind was going to turn out in a
caravan, in that weather. But
low and behold three or four days prior to the rally the weather
changed and the sun came out.
I was still a little sceptical as to how many would take
the chance and turn out.
Then catastrophe!!!
My car was involved in a road accident (not my fault I may
add) and was off the road. The other drivers insurance said they
would supply me with a hire car, but the day before the rally they
rang to say that they had scoured the country and couldn't find
a car with a tow bar. I
thought that's it the first rally and I can't go.
Then at lunch time on the day of the rally they turned up
at my door with a Ford Estate fitted with a tow bar.
Talk about cutting it fine.
Within 30 minutes the van was connected and we were away.
Ten units attended (all real
caravaners) and as it turned out the weather was almost perfect,
beautifully dry and sunny during the day but very cold at night.
But that didn't matter as we all had electric hook-up and
the heating was left on all the time. I was surprised to see the
twins Alan and Barry, as Barry had been seriously ill in hospital
for over 5 weeks. The
first sign of the sun and they are out.
They breed them tough up north.
Nice to see you both back.
Saturday I was up early
intending to visit nearby Long Eaton.
My old Regiment, the "Sherwood Foresters" were parading
through the town having just returned from Afghanistan.
Unfortunately the parade had caused a traffic hold up and I
was stuck in the middle of it, by the time I arrived the parade
was over. I still
managed to see many of the lads walking about town. They did look smart; they made me feel proud to be an ex-"
Forester. "
Although we didn't have a
Barb.B.Q, (John
Iliffe failed to turn up, some lame excuse about not having a
car). In the afternoon the faithful few gathered for the ritual
half a dozen bottles.
In the evening we all
congregated in the Oak Room for the usual social evening ably
hosted by the terrible twins, Janice and Ann. (I’ve just thought
we have four sets of twins in our small group.)
Ann called the bingo and Janice ran the raffle.
This weekend we had a double birthday celebration, Dave on
the Sunday and Debbie a day later.
To finish the evening off Daves' twin daughters Steph and
Chrissy came in with a birthday cake singing happy birthday to
them both. It was a
great evening, nice to be back with friends, I've missed it.
Sunday morning was lovely and
sunny but cold and we had a choice of things to do there was the
usual Sunday Market or Donnington racetrack with an enthusiasts
meeting and specialist car display.
Both were within easy walking distance.
I had to go to the market.
I bought a new set of caravan steps.
The weather was so nice that we didn't leave until after
4pm. Looking forward
to the next one.
Metal
Mickey
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Day meet at
the Cottage February 2010 |
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A well
deserved gift to our Debbie for a fantastic year of
caravanning
from Area 6 members |
This
year's day meet meal was at The Cottage, Blackwell. Dave and I
arrived as the doors were being opened. I had just finished
arranging for tea and coffee to be served on arrival, when I spied
Paul and Sue outside looking for the door, it opens outwards so
they assumed it was locked, I beckoned them in and we sat down
with a coffee to have a catch up. As we were talking I spied Jane,
Joyce and the gang also looking baffled, so off I went again. By
12.05 all had arrived, Mick was one of the last, he was out
putting ACC signs up just in case anyone got lost, they didn't,
I must have done a good job with the directions, I love Google
maps!
The Cottage is
quite deceiving, I am sure that from the exterior you wouldn't
think that it would be worth going in, but it has good home cooked
food, prompt service, at a reasonable price, everyone seemed
pleased. I had just finished dessert when I saw a beautiful
bouquet of flowers heading towards Ennice, I thought they are
gorgeous, wonder who the lucky person is. I was amazed, they were
for me!! The card read "from all the members of the ACC who were
at the Christmas rally" I didn’'t know what to say, I was
gobsmacked, what a lovely thought,
thank you all,
you're great, they have pride of place on my hearth.
Originally
there were twenty seven booked for the meal, but due to illness
four had dropped out. Alan and Barry Smith had to cancel as Barry
is currently in hospital. I would just like to say GET WELL SOON
from all his friends at Area6, hope to see them both back rallying
soon. Bob and Sue Dennett also cancelled, due to Bob not feeling
too well, so hope your feeling better soon Bob.
There is a
change to the rally calendar, Mick will be changing the details on
the website and I will make sure that everyone gets full details. Rally 9: Trentfield Farm has been cancelled due to a family
bereavement. This has been replaced by Uppertown Farm, nr
Carsington Derbyshire, it is another new venue and is not far
from the visitors centre, It was going to be a new venue for 2011,
but was also available for June 2010.
Anyway a great
start to the new season and hope to see you all soon.
Debbie
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CHRISTMAS
PARTY RALLY.
HOSE
VILLAGE HALL DECEMBER 2009. |
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| The Group Photo |
Debbie and Dave The
Organisers. |
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Report from
Debbie
Well were do I start? Friday morning and I loaded up the car,
what was I thinking suggesting changing the format of the Christmas
party to a three course meal? Phyl thought it was a great idea and
was behind me, as my advisor, so too late to turn back now! Dave
had already taken the caravan, although I did get worried when I
had a call from Asst Organiser Colin asking me if Dave had forgotten
where the rally was, he had seen him pass the venue - twice! Dave
finally found the venue and headed off to work, mind you the fog
was like pea soup for most of the day.
During the day at least three
of the locals had told us that there was mulled wine and mince pies
6pm at the church, so Jane, Mandy and I went to have a look, it
was a Christmas fair. We had an obligatory mulled wine which was
an acquired taste I didn't have, then headed back with our purchases
of bracelets, earrings, necklaces and holly wreaths.
Later we had
a social evening in the hall, bingo and some music, well eventually
as Dave again was late, this time using a diversion as an excuse.
I left at around 11pm leaving the hardy drinkers the key to the
hall.
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| Preparing the Hall |
Getting the kitchen moving |
Saturday morning and volunteers came from every angle. Colin
had his hands full with the hall, putting out the tables and setting
them. I had wrapped a present box for everyone as a place setting
and was feeling particular as to where it was placed. Colin did
well though keeping his cool as a few "fussy birds" twittered about
moving things around! Mandy and Jane were assembling the tombola,
Margaret and John were first in the kitchen with potato peelers,
John apparently had plenty of practice with a potato peeler when
he was in the army. The preparation didn't take long really, the
potatoes for roasting were peeled, new potatoes scrubbed, brussels,
carrots and salad chopped in no time.
At 2pm we gathered in the
hall for the tombola and a cup of tea, Alan, Sue and Owen joined
us as they weren't staying for the party, they all came laden with
donations for the raffle. Most people donated to the raffle and
I would like to thank everyone for their generosity it was amazing,
thanks Area6. We had the tombola then in the distance we could hear
a bell, it was a much anticipated visit from Santa, Emily was waiting
with anticipation for Santa to find her present, but his elves had
put it to the bottom of the bag, so she had to wait for him to dig
deep. Santa then left the kids beaming faces to finish the rest
of his chores before Christmas day. Time for a quick feet up before
putting on our glad rags.
5pm sharp and the kitchen staff arrived
to assemble the starters of fruit juice, prawn cocktail or pate,
we had all 46 of them on the table by 5.20pm, what a team! We sat
down to eat on schedule at 6pm. After the starter the kitchen team
jumped into action again, new committee member Paul became the "trolley
dolly" as Mandy and Margaret decanted the vegetables into the serving
dishes, he wheeled them to the tables on a trolley. Meanwhile Phyl,
Jane plated up the meat, ready for Dave out front, who asked the
each table to come to collect their choice of roast beef &
yorkshire,
turkey and stuffing or salmon in turn. James and Sophie also pitched
in taking gravy out in the numerous receptacles we had begged or
borrowed. The food all arrived to the table hot and everyone seemed
to be pleased with the results. Dessert was a choice from the dessert
or cheese table which everyone helped themselves too.
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| One of the most important, but less glamorous
jobs. Cleaning up! |
What a sparkling job they made of it |
The tables
were cleared in no time, Anita, Elaine, Sue and Paul were in the
kitchen till it was shining. By this time the DJ had arrived and
set up, we had a party game then onto the dancing, from disco to
waltzing, we had it all. In the "present" place settings I had put
a strip of free raffle tickets for everyone for the "grand raffle"
and grand it was too. There was a cordless drill, two mobile phones,
M&S bath robe, electric steamer, numerous bottles of spirits and
wine, tins of sweets, biscuits, chocolates, to mention a few, mind
you the one that got the most attention was the shopping trolley,
which I feel will probably do the rounds next year! Bob and Sue
seemed to clear up with the raffle, although Mandy didn't do very
well, AGAIN! During the night the trolley made a few more appearances,
this time with drinks on it which Mandy and I took out to everyone
to have a drink with us, luckily we weren't drinking with everyone
or it could have been messy. The dancing continued till midnight
but the party carried on till the early hours, the last of us leaving
at 3am, even Mrs Kett was there till 2am! All in all it was a great
night which I felt sure all enjoyed, Ennice more than anyone, at
one point she had three men tripping over themselves to dance with
her, if you've got it Ennice flaunt it!
Sunday morning 10am and
almost everyone was in the hall helping clear up, followed by coffee
morning and mince pies. I made sure that everyone had a rally calendar
and took deposits for the day meet in February, and then we all
packed up and shipped out till next year. It's been a great year
for the club and I'm looking forward to next year. There are a few
surprises in store as I said at the AGM, all of them good! I would
like this opportunity to thank all the committee members and their
partners, for their hard work this weekend, without you it wouldn't
of been possible.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year!
Debbie
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Metal Mickey makes a fuss of the
Organiser |
This was the last rally of the season, and what better way to
end the year than with a fantastic Christmas Party weekend, because
the party extends over the whole of the weekend. Phyl and I arrived
just before lunch on the Friday. As usual Colin had saved us a space
close to the hall as, together with Debbie and Dave we carry most
of the equipment. As soon as we had dropped the van legs everyone
had lined up to assist with the unloading. Within minutes it had
all been transferred into the hall. While Debbie and Phyl put all
the food away several others prepared the hall for the evening.
By 8pm. everybody was in the hall for the social get-together, a
few drinks and a game of bingo called by Dave. We all sat and reminisced
until well after midnight. Saturday morning most had their little
jobs to do, Debbie and her crew were in the kitchen and Colin supervised
the rest in the hall preparing the tombola and setting out the tables.
Dave was sent to the last minute shopping. We also had a surprise
visit from Alan, Sue and Owen who although unable to attend the
party came loaded with wine for the raffle table.
2pm. it was back
in the hall for a cuppa and the Tomboa run by Mandy and Jane, as
in previous years nobody was slow in putting their hands in their
pockets. Every ticket was sold and quite a nice little sum was made
for the club funds. This was followed by the arrival of Santa Clause.
Before he had time to sit down little Emily was by his side letting
him know exactly what she wanted for Christmas and she had no intentions
of leaving him until he was sure that she wanted a dolly as big
as she was. He then carried on to give a present to all the youngsters
under the age of 16. Whilst all this was going on Debbie and the
kitchen staff were preparing the Christmas meal. It was then back
to the vans to get dressed ready for the evening Party.
5.30pm and
we all filtered back. The ladies dressed to kill in their party
dresses and many of the men wearing evening dress and bow tie. Everyone
did Area 6 proud.
6pm we sat down to what can only be described
as a spectacular Christmas Diner. We had a choice of either prawn
cocktail, pate or fruit juice for starters. Turkey, roast beef,
or salmon with all the trimmings for the main meal and a sweet trolley
to die for. All washed down with copious amounts of Quality wine.
Finally ending with coffee and cheese and biscuits. Debbie and her
crew did us proud. Then of course came the less attractive job of
cleaning up. As in previous years the "Leicester crowd " jumped
into action. They told Debbie that she was not allowed into the
kitchen. By 8pm the tables had been cleared, the pots and pans washed
and everything in the kitchen sparkled. Well done. By this time
the Disco and dancing was in full swing and the drink was starting
to flow. It was then time to break for Debbie and Dave to run the
raffle, and what a raffle, full of quality prizes. Many donated
by members and ranging from a cordless drill to mobile phones, boxes
of chocolate and numerous bottles of wines and spirits. Everyone
was given a free strip of tickets. John Iliffe won the drill and
Bob and Sue had an exceptionally lucky night. It was then back to
the dancing. Part way through this second session Debbie surprised
everyone when she and Mandy came round with the drinks trolley laden
with more than half a dozen bottles of spirits plus mixers. It was
free drinks all round until it was gone.
Dancing carried on till
midnight when the music had to stop, but the party atmosphere carried
on until the early hours. It was 3am when I crawled into bed and
I slept like a top.
By 10am. The early birds were back in the hall
clearing away and tidying up. 11am was coffee time and all the children
were given a selection box. Debbie gave her usual sermon and thanked
everybody for making the Christmas Party such a great success. Though
everyone did their bit to make the party such a success I think
we all agree the vast majority of the work and organising was done
by Debbie. She said that she wanted it to be different with more
quality and she certainly did that. Well done Debbie!..
Debbie was taking names with £5 deposit for the Day Meet
meal in February. Anybody wishing to go and haven't yet booked
give her a ring as soon as possible.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy and stress free
New Year To all.
Metal Mickey.
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SOUTH
HYKEHAM, VILLAGE HALL
20th. TO 22nd. NOVEMBER
2009
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Debbie and Dave explain the new quiz |
If we listened
to the weather forecast we would never go anywhere. The forecast
for this weekend was gale force winds. heavy rain and some parts
of the country had been flooded out. We had none of it; the weather
was fine, dry and very mild. In fact I would say that it was very
warm for the end of November. I think it must have put one or
two off as we only had 9 units attend, the lowest turnout for
years. The ones that didn't come missed out on a lovely weekend;
All but one had hard standing in the car park. The one missing
out on a dry spot was the Organiser Debbie and Dave. They are
always the last to arrive as they both work late.
All but Debbie and Dave arrived before lunch so in the afternoon
just about everyone took advantage of the sunny weather and walked
to the nearby Garden Centre, which had been enlarged and altered
out of all recognition. It was more like an Outlet Centre with
top branded cloths and shoes on display, so we spent more time
in there than we normally would and finally finishing up in the
brand new Cafe. By the time we arrived back it was Bar.B.Q time.
We don't cook much now days, we stand round the fire and build
a big pile of empty bottles.
We don't normally use the hall on the Friday evening, as it is
too expensive to use it both nights. But the key holder allowed
us to hire a small committee room at a greatly reduced rate. This
was perfect for our needs; we spent a pleasant evening having
a few drinks and being entertained by Mandy. Saturday was to be
shopping in Lincoln but this place is notorious for difficulty
in Parking. So the older ones amongst us (three with walking sticks)
decided to use our bus passes and catch the bus. Numerous enquiries
in the area as to bus times turned up numerous answers. From 5
past the hour on the hour to 5 past the hour every 2 hours and
various times in between. We decided to plump for trying 5 past
10. We had a 15-minute walk to the bus stop arriving at 10 minutes
to 10, giving ourselves plenty of time. After standing there for
three quarters of an hour in the cold a passer-by kindly informed
us that there wasn't a bus for another hour but if we walked a
mile down the road they run every 10 minutes. So that put paid
to shopping in Lincoln. We fetched cars and made due with a couple
of hours walking round a factory outlet. Another wasted day. One
consolation it didn't cost me much.
8pm and we all congregated in the hall, as I entered I was reminded
in no uncertain terms that together with Brian and John I was
host for the weekend. Brian was collecting the rally fee and John
was calling the bingo and because I was last in I had the rest.
Selling the bingo tickets, running the raffle and collecting the
money. When the ladies do it there is always two of them. I did
it on my own. Who said that men can't multi-task? Afterwards Debbie
and Dave had set up a quiz, which they called "Who am I? What
am I?" Debbie had been very busy setting up "Power Point" which
she projected onto the wall various statements and each team had
to guess who or what it was. It sounds very complicated but it
wasn't. (This lass is full of ideas, I don't know were she gets
them from). By the way my team came last. We had a break between
questions and had an American Supper.
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Then tells an even funnier one |
Anyone would think that was enough entertainment for one night,
but no, we have our own resident stand-up comedian. MANDY! We
had a least an hour of laughter as she gave very graphic details
of her teenage years and holidays abroad. On the Sunday morning
we had the hall for an hour just so that we could have coffee
morning under cover. Debbie also made some final arrangements
for the next rally which is the Christmas Party Weekend. It will
be party time for the whole weekend so don't forget your best
bib and tucker.
Metal Mickey.
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DONNINGTON
PARK HOTEL
6TH. TO 8TH. N
OVEMBER 2009.
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Bar.B.Q. Gang |
Here we
are again at good old Castle Donnington Park Hotel.
Twice a year we come to this venue.
Usually at the beginning and at the end of the rally season.
This is normally the coldest time of the year and we are
guaranteed electric hook-up for each unit and this year most had
hard standing as well. It
is also right on the boarder of all three counties
Nottinghamshire,
Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
We couldn't be more central.
The site is also directly under the flight path of all
the planes from East Midlands Airport. Ideal for plane spotters.
We normally have a good turnout for this rally but this
time we were a little down on numbers.
11 units attended, still not bad for this late in the year.
Phyl and I arrived before lunch on Friday so together with
John and Margaret we did a little afternoon shopping in nearby
Ashby. We managed
to get back in time to have a few drinks with the Bar.B.Q. Gang.
They had erected the gazebo and fitted it with an electric
light but despite a roaring fire it was still bitterly cold and
it was throwing it down with rain. But they kept the tradition,
we have had a Bar.B.Q. at every rally, even at the Christmas Party.
Saturday the weather was
a little better, bright and sunny but still cold.
I also noticed the signs indicating the new Norton Motor
Cycle factory inside the grounds of the Donnington Race Circuit.
I had a walk round but couldn't find the way in. Maybe
next time. In the afternoon we had the usual ritual of walking round the
shops, this time it was Long Eaton.
By the time we got back the Bar.B.Q. was again in full
swing it was dark but the weather was much better so I decided
that if you can't beat them join them.
It was hot dogs and beer. Phyl had no sympathy for me when
I finished up with indigestion and couldn't eat my tea.
She just laughed and said I should have more sense at my
age.
7.30pm. it was social evening
in the Oak Room at the hotel.
Richard and Dawn should have been hosting this rally but
they have moved to live in Dorset so mother Ann and aunty Jan
did the honours and what a good job they made of it, but then
they always do. Janice
called the bingo and Ann organised the raffle.
After numerous requests from the Assistant Organiser Debbie
finally gave in and let him have his Beetle Drive.
Everyone joined in except the instigator so Debbie let
him be the timekeeper. It
was a bit of a laugh and Sue Burton won a bottle of wine. It must
have been well after midnight before Debbie kicked us out.
It would have been later but Brian wasn't here this weekend, Pauline's
had a poorly chest but hopefully everything should be OK for the
next rally.
The weather was again quite
good on the Sunday. We
don't have coffee morning as everybody visits the nearby Sunday
Market.
Metal Mickey.
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REPORT
FROM BOB AND SUE
Hi reporting
yet again on of course another great rally arrived 9.30 Friday morning closely
followed by Colin Hubbard, just as we were setting up 3 more vans were
arriving the weather was cold but dry but by lunchtime there were 8 vans.
Everyone settled in the vans apart from the usual bar-b-que gang huddled round
the b-b-q to keep warm. Saturday morning arrived to find that Dave &
Debbie must have arrived the night before in the dark. Sue and Owen got there
by lunchtime making 11 vans in total, as usual everyone went there own way
shopping in local areas the weather was a mixture of sun and showers but at
least it waited till late afternoon before the heavy rain came. Saturday night
in the barn brought the usual bingo called by Jan (hope I got the right sister
can never remember which is which) anyway you did a brill job but it all
seemed to go to one table. That was followed by the raffle, which the
winners were spread all around. We then had a bit of fun by holding a beetle
drive with Colin being the timekeeper and Sue winning a bottle of wine. The
drinking and chatting carried on till around 12.30 with the usual late bunch.
Sunday morning came with the sunshine but cold most of us went to market close
by for a little bit of shopping and a stroll which unfortunately brought yet
another great organised rally to an end just got to wait another two weeks for
us all to get there together again. Hopefully Pauline will be back to full
health after being ill in hospital which made it that her and Brian couldn't
attend this weekend get well soon Pauline hope to see you soon. Bob & Sue
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OAK A.G.M.
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The A.G.M. |
WOW!
What a rally and what a great year we have had. 17 units attended
the A.G.M at Copt Oak plus three day visitors; even the weather was good
to us. The meeting was
opened at 3pm. prompt and was over in 20 minutes flat. Everyone was more
than satisfied with the way that Debbie and her team had organised
things over the past year, and from looking at next years rally sheet
there's much more to come.
Debbie gave her Organisers
Report, which was received with a well-deserved outstanding ovation.
With calls of "Well Done!" from Bob Dennet and "Here!
Here!" from the rest of the floor.
Phyl gave her Treasures report and informed us that the financial
state of Area 6 was very good and that we could look forward to a bumper
Christmas Party. The
original team, with exception of one committee member, were re elected
for a further year. Paul Gask was elected as the new committee member.
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The D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Choir |
Debbie had decided to cancel the
beetle drive, which had been arranged for the evening's entertainment,
stating that she and Dave had something better.
Dave had spent the last two weeks on" ebay" spending a
fortune on what can only be described as a professional Karaoke System.
The evening started off with Colin and Ken, the rally hosts,
selling the tickets for both Bingo and the raffle, and Mandy jumped at
the chance to call Bingo. Dave
then took over for the rest of the evening.
He had fixed up a sound system second to none, he had a TV screen
for the individual singers and the words were projected onto the wall
for the rest of us. Getting
someone to be the first person up to sing at a karaoke is always
difficult so Dave and Debbie started it off with a great rendition of
"I got you babe" that really got things moving.
Paul did several solo performances and a great duet with his wife
Sue, followed by Dave and Hazels grand children Beth and Reece.
Jamie did his bit with son Charles.
A group of the girls, led by Debbie gave a fantastic rendition of
D.I.V.O.R.C.E. with
everyone joining in the chorus pointing
a finger at one prominent person in the room.
Paul's impersonation of Tom Jones
went down very well, but Dave not wanting to be out-done got up and did
his version of the "Green, Green Grass of Home."
That really got the girls going. Debbie and Mandy rushed to the
front and threw their bra's at him, then bounced all the way back.
Paul threw all his cloths at him
with the exception of his underpants. Some wondered just how far
he would go but he was very modest in the end. Whilst all
the was going on trays of sandwiches, cakes and other finger licking
goodies were delivered to each table.
As the evening went on Dave slowed things down to a gentle sing
along. Brian brought things to a close with the old favourite "You'll
Never Walk Alone." Although
the music stopped at midnight the party went on into the early hours.
We even had an extra hour when we put the clocks back.
The early birds were back in the
hall Sunday morning cleaning, tidying away and preparing the coffee. Debbie gave her sermon thanking everybody for making it a
great weekend. No rambling
club this weekend everyone was too busy.
Thanks Debbie and Dave for a
great year of caravanning, as we all know the organisers job is always a
joint venture.
Metal Mickey
ORGANISERS LETTER,
A.G.M. COPT
OAK 2009.
I would just like to give a short report of the Copt
Oak rally as this was the AGM rally,
it's normally a great turnout and
this year was no exception. There were 17 units for the weekend with
some members visiting just for the afternoon meeting.
The
AGM itself went smoothly, and with the exception of one new committee
member, the existing committee were re-elected.
I
received a warm reception whilst delivering my organisers report. The
treasurer followed me with her report, in which she explained that we
were in a good position financially, mainly due to the generosity of
John Greenwood at Warner's, who reimbursed us with the cost of two of
the gazebos purchased earlier this year. I would like to thank
Warner's for their assistance it is greatly appreciated. The floor was
then opened to comments and questions, comments were overall positive
from members. I explained what "hosting a rally" was and asked for
volunteers, who promptly added their names to the list. I also asked if
maybe some of the other members would like to have a go at writing the
rally report occasionally, I would like to thank Bob & Sue Dennett
for the prompt emailed rally report received on my arrival home, thanks
you two. Finally a big "THANK YOU!" to the committee and members of
Area6 for their help and support over the last year.
Debbie
LETTER FROM BRIAN AND PAULINE
Having just had the
first year of our retirement as Area Organiser we would like to say how
much we have enjoyed being able to sit back and relax.
Having said that we would like to congratulate Debbie and her team for
the wonderful job they have done. Keep up the good work,
looking forward to 2010. Well Done Debs. Brian and Pauline
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REPORT
FROM BOB AND SUE DENNETT
Hi Madam
Organiser.
In reply
to your request at the AGM for someone to give a different view on
rally reports if you don't mind here's my attempt Debbie.
I arrived early Friday
morning to find Colin and his van was already there soon after
setting up three others had arrived, and then by lunchtime the
field seemed to be filling up nicely even a poor weather forecast
hadn't put people off, or was it just the fact that we all wanted
to make sure that last years committee was re-elected after such a
wonderful job done by all. I am sorry if sue woke anyone apart
from Debbie and myself, on her return from work at 4 am Saturday
morning. Fortunately the poor weather on Saturday did not stop
people from going out doing their own thing. Before we knew it was
3pm and time for the AGM meeting. It was short and sweet but the
right result. Meeting over time for everyone to do their own thing
again and before we knew it, it was dark and time to be back in
the hall, which was full by the time sue and I got there.
Usual bingo and raffle followed by Ken and Colin selling tickets
and Mandy calling the bingo then the fun began. Dave started
setting up the Karaoke and Debbie passed around the song lists and
a few brave people entertained everyone. Later we had a short
break when food was brought to the tables for everyone to enjoy,
then back to the Karaoke for more fun Dave sang a Tom Jones song
which prompted two young ladies to throw their bras at him
promptly followed by a male member of the audience to join in the
fun and stripped to the waist and throwing his clothes towards
Dave, which had everyone in stitches and it didn't even put Dave
off his singing. The usual late crowd sat around talking till
late.
Sunday morning brought on
strong winds but it was dry and sunny. Coffee morning soon came,
and it was all back to the hall for coffee/tea and Debbie did her
usual talk to thank everyone for coming. Then back to the vans to
start to pack away to go home and get ready the next rally.
Bob and Sue
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CRICKET CLUB
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The ramblers set off |
It
is that time of the year again, autumn is here and the dark nights are
approaching. The club tents
have been packed away and put into storage until next spring. I shall miss the summer but we can now look forward to a
different type of caravanning. On the plus side we don't have so much
gear to carry around and we spend the social evenings in warm village
halls. We dress more
civilised and are not restricted to boots and woolly jumpers.
Our
first winter venue this year was at the ever-popular Collingham Cricket
Club and what a spectacular success it was!
We have the use of the clubroom for the entire weekend, and did
we make full use of it, wall-to-wall entertainment all weekend.
To
start with the weather was perfect, warm, sunny and dry.
Fourteen units attended, not a bad turn out for the middle of
October. Phyl and I were
hosts for the weekend but we were only allowed to collect the rally fees
the rest of the activities were considered to be to complicated for us
the professionals took over, and what a good job they made of it.
I think deep down Debbie was looking after me I had only been out
of hospital a few days having had surgery on my head. (Long time
overdue, many said.) I was
quite the centre of attraction for a few minutes; everybody wanted to
look at the scares on my head. But
the novelty soon wore off when they realised that they hadn't cut down
to the brain. (Yes I know,
"What brain!")
There
are several good country walks in the area, ideal for the newly formed
rambling club. On Friday afternoon John, Margaret and myself did a
little 3 or 4-mile stroll to give us a appetite for the evenings
proceedings. We knew that
Ennice was putting a little supper on for the evening, and we know what
her little suppers are like. Enough
for the feeding of the five thousand.
We
all congregated in the hall for 7.30pm.
I prepared the Bingo board, and then talked our Dave into being
the caller for the night. He's
much better at it than I am and he does like to hear the sound of his
own voice, just like his dad. Hazel
carried on from were she left of at the last rally, winning most of the
games. I thought Debbie said she was barred? We then settled down to Ennices supper. There was the biggest pile of meat and potato pasties, at
least enough for half a dozen each.
There were two very large pans of mushy peas and jugs of meaty
gravy, plus mint sauce. It took us quite a while to get through that
lot. I saw quite a few
doggy bags come out to finally clear it.
Well done Ennice and John as usual it was fantastic. It was quite
late before everyone staggered out, mostly through eating too much.
Saturday
morning and again the weather was lovely, although I must admit I didn't
see it to early it was gone 9.30am. Before I put my blinds up. By lunch
time it was that warm that most sat outside to eat.
7.30pm
and we were all back in the clubroom, Dave and Debbie were there quite
early preparing for the race night.
They really go to town when they arrange things.
Dave sets up the computer, projector, screen and sound system.
Debbie, Margaret and John set up the bookies table.
Within a short time we were ready for the off.
Dave gives a running commentary, Debbie and John takes the bets
and Margaret keeps the betting chart up to date.
This is the second time they have done it and everything went
like clock work. It's 50p.
a bet and they pay out on first and second places with a wooden spoon
for the last. The person with most wooden spoons wins a prize. I forgot to
mention Debbie had also arranged an American supper. We had 4 races then a break for supper then 4 more races.
It makes a nice change from bingo.
Finally
Dave had nice surprise for us he left the sound system up and had on his
computer hundreds of songs from the 50's to the present day. We had a good old fashion sing-along. Auntie Maureen and Ennice got quite emotional over a couple of the good
old favourites and both had a little cry. (Auntie Maureen takes after
her mother).
It was one of those evenings when nobody wanted to leave. Ken and
his cronies had half a dozen different bottles of cognac and brandy.
They had a little tasting session, swilling it round in their little
brandy glasses, sniffing it then swilling it round their mouth.
I noticed that they didn't spit it out.
I’m glad I don't drink. It
was quite late before Debbie kicked the last one out and locked the door.
The end to a perfect night.
Sunday
morning again lovely weather, we had coffee and biscuits in the hall and
Debbie gave her little sermon, she gave details of the arrangements for
the Christmas Party, many of the arrangements are well in hand. We are
to have a sit-down Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and she
encouraged the men to have suit and bow tie.
The women always dress to kill anyway.
She gave out the invitations asking them to be returned as soon
as possible to help with the catering which is in the capable hand of
Debbie and Phyl.
After
coffee Debbie rallied the troops for a few miles ramble before lunch.
(Don't that girl ever rest?). She led us through ploughed fields, fields
of turnip, carrots and various other unidentifiable crops.
We crossed the railway line four times and climbed numerous
styles. The rambling club
goes from strength to strength. It
was a great weekend full of activity, I'm knackered.
The
next rally is the A.G.M. at Copt Oak let's have a good turn out and give
Debbie the support she deserves. She
has just completed her first year as Organiser and what a rip- roaring
success her and Dave have made of it.
I have seen the hours she has spent in arranging next years rally
calendar, well over half are new venues and that takes some doing.
Well-done Debbie!
Metal
Mickey.
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WEST HILLS FARM
DERBYSHIRE
25TH. TO
27TH. SEPTEMBER 2009. |
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The kids playing |
Finding
a new venue is always a worry, you have recommended it and what if
others don't think the same as you and hate it. Well Jane need not have
worried about her recommendation for West Hill's Farm. What a GREAT
find it was, the field was flat with well cut grass and fabulous views
all around, and we also had a bonus of the fabulous sunshine. Well-done
Jane!
Dave and I
arrived Friday in daylight, quiet a change for us. I was shocked to find
we made 17 units and shortly after Jamie, Kay, Charles and Emily brought
up the rear to make 18 units in total, what a great turnout.
Saturday
and the sun was still shining. A few visited nearby Bakewell or Matlock,
stopping at the odd designer shopping village for a spell of retail
therapy. Debbie and Colin
headed for the hills for a spot off walking and Mandy sat reading her
book! After a quick chat with Mandy, I suggested we put a little
bit of supper on. So I headed off to Bakewell, stopping of for some
supplies on the way back. We didn't tell anyone, as we wanted it to be
a surprise.
The "three
musketeers" (myself, Mandy & Jane) gathered in my awning at 7pm
to butter, fill and cut sarnies. It only took twenty minutes and we had
them plated and covered, ready for distributions later in the evening.
Jane & Joyce were hosting the rally and enlisted the help of John to
call the bingo, grand job he did too, with the "Derbyshire
Flyer" making the last full house worth a whopping ten
pounds!!! Dave Marshall had a very lucky night, as did wife
Hazel on the raffle, well done you two, but I forgot to tell you "you're barred!" The raffle was heaving with donations, all
gratefully received, I am always humbled by the generosity of the
members of Area6. The sarnies were bought in and went down a treat. It
was quite cosy in the tents and the majority of people were there till
the generator went off at 11.30pm. Then the serious drinking started and
I fell asleep, so thought it time for bed.
First thing
Sunday it was misty, but the sun shone through in no time. Then all
hands to the pumps as we gently took down the gazebos and settled down
for coffee morning. The results of the quiz were read out, Sue won hands
down with a whooping 47 out of 50 and Paul didn't help her either!
I gave my coffee morning talk and covered a lot of topics, who was going
to take the outdoor club equipment to store, donations for the Christmas
tombola, change of venue for the day meet meal, pasties and race night
at Collingham and the up coming AGM, no wonder my mouth wouldn't work. I
at least didn't have to resort to Mandy's offer of working me like a
ventriloquist's dummy!
The
rambling club assembled after coffee and we set off for a stroll, it was
slightly easier than normal as there wasn't a stile in sight. We all
strolled around quite easily, some stopping off at the park for a go on
the swings. It was then time for a well earned rest and we came home,
who said caravanning is boring!
Debbie
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QUORN
LODGE, LOUGHBOROUGH
11TH TO 13TH. SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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| The site |
John gets instructions from Tim |
It was supposed
to be the beginning of autumn but the weather for our rally at Quorn
Lodge was perfect, it was more
like mid- summer.
At its peak the temperature must have been in the mid-twenties.
Quorn Lodge was a new venue situated on the outskirts of
Loughborough. The rally
field was slightly slopping but with a grandstand view of the Great
Central steam railway. The
only preserved double track main line in the UK.
Sixteen units attended all hoping to see plenty of the good
old-fashioned steam trains travelling the track over the weekend.
But we had picked the wrong weekend; it was the "Diesel
Weekend" Very interesting but not as nostalgic as steam.
We must try again another year making sure they are running
steam.
Debbie and Dave were hosts for the
weekend but both work quite late so Debbie's Second in Command, Colin,
took charge until their arrival. In
true caravan club style he had pegged out the pitches and as each van
arrived guided them into their exact spot with military precision.
Everything was very neat and tidy.
Well-done Colin.
Friday evening the Bar.B.Q's were out
in strength and most took advantage of the fine warm evening and dined
outside. Unusual for us we
had quite a few youngsters this weekend, mainly members' grandchildren.
These were up quite late running about the field with their
torches and hiding from each other.
They had a great time, its something they can't do at home in
such safety.
Saturday it was either shopping in
Loughborough or on the trains. I
had to go shopping the wife's not keen on trains but she does like
shopping.
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Debbie looks very professional |
The site owners son is keen on
shooting and offered to set up a few targets for us to have a go at if
we liked. Well this was music to Tim's ears. If anybody knows guns it's Tim.
Guns and cameras are his specialty, but mainly guns.
He had a word with the farmer and went off home at speed. Hour
and a half later he was back with a boot full of top quality air guns,
enough for everybody to have a go. We then spent the next few hours shooting at various targets
in a nearby field. It was
great fun and everyone enjoyed it, even the walking wounded John Iliffe
and Dave Marshall, both put their eye too close to the telescopic sight
and got a bruised forehead from the recoil. Many of the men said it took
them back to their army days and Debbie said it reminded her of the time
spent in the Falklands as a Corporal in the NAAFI.
The weather was still fine and warm so
out came the Bar.B.Q's and a few bottles and outside eating. The evening was spent socialising in the club tents with the
usual bingo, a little drinking and a lot of talking. This went on till quite late.
After Sunday morning coffee the
rambling club re-formed and a dozen or so of us hiked a couple of miles
down to the canal. Debbie
entertained us by throwing sticks into the water and letting her two
spaniels dive in and retrieve them.
The kids thought it was great.
This new venue was a great success, will have to use it again.
Metal Mickey.
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AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY
RALLY
CHAPEL ST.LEONARDS. LINC’S |
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Everyone
gives a hand to erect the tents |
The
August Bank Holiday Rally at Chapel St.Leonards gets longer, all but a
couple of members arrived on the Thursday and several didn't leave
until the Tuesday. We had
16 units including Pam and Roy who come for a week or more and stay on
the 5-van site. Even Debbie
and Dave managed to get time off and stayed for the full five days.
The weather was mainly dry and warm but very, very
windy. Putting up the club
tents was a mammoth task needing everyone to give a hand by hanging onto
the poles until everything was finally battened down.
All 6 tents were needed as we had over 60 people inside on the
Saturday evening. Mandy and
Colin hosted the rally.
Thursday and Friday evenings everyone did their own
thing having their little get together. Friday evening we helped John
and Margaret celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary. During the day it was either trips to Skeggy,
Ingoldmells, Mablethorpe or if you could get out of the wind relaxing in
the sun.
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A very common sight |
Every afternoon
just about every group had the Bar. B.Q out.
Even Mandy got the bug and cooked the evening meal and I have
never seen that before in all the years she has been caravanning.
Saturday evening was the usual get-together in the
club tents. It's a good job
that Debbie bought the two extra tents or we would not have been able to
get everyone in. If the
turn out gets any bigger we may even need more. We celebrated Sue's
birthday I won't say how old she is but she doesn't look her age, or
should that be she doesn't act her age.
Paul did a very professional job in calling the bingo.
I'm sure I've heard that voice booming out over the
loudspeakers as I walked along the seafront at Skeggy.
Mandy did the raffle in her own inimitable way.
She always manages to do things different.
Another great evening which carried on until quite late.
I can't come to this site without collecting a few
blackberries and John went back to his boyhood days and went scrumping
for a few apples. Margaret
supplied the pastry, Phyl did the baking so for a very small cost we
all had blackberry and apple pie with our Sunday dinner.
Sunday was another social evening in the tents.
We again had the obligatory five games of bingo then Debbie and
Dave took over and gave us three games of "Play your Cards
Right". Debbie decided
that it was going to be free to enter with three chances to win a free
nights rally fee. Debbie
read out the questions and Dave was the dolly bird who turned over the
cards. Nobody was quite sure of the proper rules, but it was a laugh
and passed on a good hour. Chrissy, Pam and Roy and John and Joyce won a
free night at the rally of their choice.
Monday morning and we still had gale force winds.
We had to muster all the troops to be able to take the tents down
safely. Many hands make
light work and within half hour all six tents were down and packed away.
We had coffee morning and Debbie thanked everybody for the great
turnout and for making it a very enjoyable weekend.
The next rally is a new venue at Quorn Lodge,
Loughborough near to the steam railway.
Metal Mickey
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Thorseby Park
14th to 17th August 2009 |
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Thorseby-While the
cats away!
On Thursday my Colin
put his back out, so it was touch and go as to whether we would be going
to the rally at Thoresby, but he rose to the challenge and with a little
help from his friends managed to set up the van on arrival. Think he was
glad he did though as he lapped up the attention paid to him by Jan
& Ann rubbing his back all day Friday. That soon stopped when I
arrived though, no way Jose!
We were lucky with
the weather, although there was a stiff breeze all weekend. Erecting the
tents took all of us to hang onto them to get them up, but once in place
they were steady as a rock.
Friday night Colin
retired early, about 10pm, so whilst the cats away and all that! I ended
up being put to bed about 11.30pm, it was one of those silly nights
where I got rather loud and I loved everyone (some more than others,
Barry!) NO drink for me Saturday, as I was learning about the evils of
drink all through the early hours.
There were the usual
BBQ's Saturday and social evening in the tents. Although Saturday was
not as late as normal, something to do with the regular drinkers not
being there I wonder.
Sunday morning we
celebrated a birthday, Jane Herzig 21 again and again and again. Thanks
for the chocolate cake provided by the birthday girl.
We wish Richard
& Dawn Merricks well with their relocation to Poole, Dorset in a few
weeks, this is probably the last rally for them and the girls, we'll
miss you. There are negotiations in progress for a rally on their
garden, but still early days!
Some went to Thoresby market Sunday morning and then off home, next
rally is last chance to "be beside the sea side, beside the
sea" at Chapel St Leonards, bank holiday.
A
big thanks to all for helping with the rally, offers came from everywhere.
Mandy
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LYNDON
TOP AND
APPS COURT FARM AS
GUEST OF AREA 18 |
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RESERVOIR TO RIVER
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Area 6 Rally
The Reservoir |
Area 18 Rally
The River |
It's the last night
of our week at Apps Court holiday rally hosted by Area18, we have just
eaten a takeaway and were wondering what we can do now, I suggested that
we could all the write the rally report...so here we go...It all started
a week ago at our Lyndon Top rally near Rutland Water. We arrived
Saturday as Dave had to deal with some impromptu car repairs on my son's
car. We joined 12 other units, including some very welcome guests Ken,
Rose and their grandsons from Area 10. It was a good turnout as a lot of
members are still on holiday.
On Saturday, most
had a trip to the local market town of Oakham, which sold fantastic
locally grown fruits and veg, the strawberries were fantastic. Jane and
Tim ventured down to the nature reserve to view the nesting ospreys, but
unfortunately a kestrel had taken residence in the ospreys nest. The
weather was great so we had a street party style meal Saturday night
with the social evening in the tent afterwards. Mandy and Colin had
collected the rally fees so I offered to call the bingo. Well in a
fashion, firstly I was asked to slow down as I was a little too quick
for some of the elderly, then I had a few mishaps with bingo
terminology, I called 16 but said "key of the door" by
mistake, my argument being there are a lot of latch key children these
days! We carried on until late, much to the surprise of our guests from
area 10; it was almost midnight before they knew it. They are welcome to
join us again at anytime.
Sunday we had coffee
morning, followed by a Le Mans start for the four units that were
heading south for the weeks holiday rally at Apps Court, Walton on
Thames. Ken & Ann Merricks would be bringing up the rear and joining
us Monday directly from their two week holiday on the Isle Of Wight.
On arrival, we were
greeted by Area 18 Organiser Ken Field, followed by a welcome cuppa from
his wife Sandy.
Once set up and
settled, we all decided that we would have a takeaway as Ken & Ann
had got the BBQ and were not arriving until Monday. We had just settled
down to eat when we were invited to the marquee for bingo, we had to
decline as the curry was calling. On Monday it was bright and sunny, we
ventured out to a local town, then came back to wait for Ken & Ann
to arrive.
Tuesday we all
decided to visit Windsor, we took two cars and the pretty route via
Slough, who needs a sat nav when you have Metal Mickey leading the
convoy. Say no more but next year he is not leading when we go to
France!
Tuesday night Big Bob and Dee hosted a cheese and wine evening.
Phyl put her bottle in the basket of her scooter and was mugged
immediately on entry. I was in bad books as Big Bob was not so quick to
get my bottle, which I immediately opened and poured for myself before
offering it to be put on the table, I did feel guilty though and asked
Dave to bring another bottle to be put onto the table. The evening was a
great success and we all enjoyed it.
Wednesday, we all thought was the
highlight of the week with a river cruise on the Thames financed by
Warners, it went from Hampton Court to Richmond. Thank you very much
Warners for paying and Sandy for organising it, we all thoroughly
enjoyed it. We were all free to either join in with the numerous
activities held throughout the week or do our own thing. We all managed
to visit Hampton Court Palace, Windsor and the local marina, as well as
numerous walks by the river.
On the last night our hosts arranged a
beetle drive in the marquee which some of us ventured, it was quite
fruitful as Ann won first prize, a bottle of wine.
At coffee the next
day she gained another bottle of wine for winning the quiz, Jan
complained though as she gave her most of the answers! This was followed
by a fantastic raffle with top prizes of a portable TV with DVD player
and a solar panel, we did win our fair share but not the top prizes. We
topped off the week with a visit to the onsite Sunday car boot then said
our good byes and headed home up the M1.
We would all like to
say a big THANK YOU to Ken, Sandy, Big Bob, Dee and the committee
of Area18 for the warm welcome and great rally. It was brill to meet
members from other areas of the ACC, including the infamous Tony &
Tessa Hawes. Hope to see more regular inter area gatherings in the
future.
Debbie, Dave, Mick, Phyl, Brian,
Pauline, Ken, Ann, Jan & Col.
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STEAM ENGINE AND
COUNTRY SHOW, 10TH. TO 12TH. JULY
2009. |
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| Plenty to see at this one |
Debbie's little van |
The Rempstone Steam Rally
is one of the best rallies of the year it is always good value for money
with plenty to see and do, but it is at the wrong time of the year. Most
of our members are away on holiday.
Hence the fairly low attendance.
This year it looked as though our Organiser, Debbie, would not be
able to attend and she had booked a day of work to be able to get there
on the Thursday. About
three weeks ago Dave told Debbie that he would not be able to go to
Rempstone as he was going to Australia for two weeks on business.
Debbie was devastated. She couldn’t tow their caravan, which is
a 6-berth twin axle, as her licence didn't cover her to tow a trailer of
that weight. If you think
that a small thing like that was going to stop our Debbie, think again.
She spent the next couple of weeks on ...eBay ...looking for a
cheap smaller caravan. She
found one the day before Dave flew out to Australia.
That gave her three days on her own to get it ready for the
rally. I don't think the
van had been used for years. Early
afternoon on the Thursday Debbie arrived at Rempstone with a smile from
ear to ear and the cleanest little van you have ever seen.
She stuck her head out of the car window and shouted, "I’ve
done it." She had
never towed before. And on her own she pulled her little caravan over 30
miles along side roads, lanes, the M1 motorway and finally across three
fields. Nothing stops our
Debbie. Within the hour she
had the awning up and everything working with the exception of the
fridge. No matter how we tried it wouldn’t light. Debbie got out her
mobile phone text Dave in Australia, within a minute he rang back.
Ten seconds of instruction from him and the fridge was working.
She just stood there and said," That's the way to do
it."
Three vans arrived on the Thursday the rest
arriving by late Friday afternoon.
About a dozen of us spent the evening in the club tent having a
few drinks and putting the world to rights.
Saturday was spent at the show. The Knights of
Nottingham put on a great show of Jousting and hand to hand fighting,
apparently most are stuntmen and have done work in many films.
Well worth watching.
Saturday evening was spent in the club ten.
Brian and Pauline were hosts for the weekend and for the first time in
her life Pauline called the bingo, well done.
We don't have a coffee morning because everybody
wants to get off to the show.
The main point of interest was the Dog Show;
Debbie had entered her two Spaniels Fudge, the pretty one and Jed the
rescue dog. Between them
they won three awards a 1st, 3rd and a 4th.
But I can't remember what for.
It was a great weekend.
The next rally is Lyndon Top and then from there
a group of us are making our way down south to spend a few days with
Area 18 at Apps Court Farm, that one I am really looking forward to.
Metal Mickey.
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| Beechwood
Park – Elvaston 26th.to
28th.June 2009 |
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| Good turnout |
Saturday night |
I maybe about to
jinx the weather but when we go to Beechwood Park the weather's always
kind, no different this year. It was hot, hot, and hot. Some rain was
forecast, along with some newbie's in tents, but as it was raining
heavily in Leicester neither the rain nor the newbie’s ventured to
Derbyshire, what a difference a few miles makes!
On Friday night when
we arrived, post 9pm as usual, there were several groups outside their
vans enjoying the warm evening. The retirees who arrived on Thursday
were on their second night of sitting out till the early hours having a
wee dram. After I had settled down with a bottle of beer Dave came and
said he needed to go home, shocked I asked why, he reminded me that at
the last rally the Elsan became blocked and we took the cassette for the
toilet home and it was still in the shed. Of course it was MY fault! Off
he went getting back around 11.30pm just in time for bed.
Saturday was a
little misty to start with but we all managed to eat out in the usual
street party fashion, as it was warm. In the evening we arranged
windbreaks around the marquee for a game of bingo. It was cosy, and we
had Queen Maureen and King Tony sitting on the raised floor overseeing
us all. It had been John and Joyce Cantrill's 50th wedding
anniversary recently and they generously supplied a buffet of sandwiches
and nibbles, along with various colours of wine to mark the occasion. It
was greatly appreciated. When young Charles came in he caused quite a
stir as he passed me a piece of his handy work – a swear box. The cost
was 10p per word, funnily enough it made some people a lot quieter and
others realised just how much they did swear. The club funds rocketed.
We had a couple of sets of visitors join us; Brian and Pauline joined us
in the afternoon as they couldn't make the rally due to fridge trouble.
Diane and Chris joined us for the evening and won the bingo again, gosh
I must be lucky in love. Mind you I did win on the raffle and funnily
enough I got the salad spinner that I was hanging my nose over. We were
all in bed by midnight though.
Sunday and everyone packed up and
slowly filtered away. We as usual are last to arrive and last to leave,
we didn’t leave the site until gone 8pm. It was a great rally and I am
looking forward to the next one at Rempstone, although I have yet to
find something to sleep in. I have had several offers of help, but think
I will end up in a two-man tent as a LAST resort!
Debbie
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