This weekend we joined up with the old crowd , Kevin, Sonja, Lorraine and Andy at the East Essex CC Halloween meet at West Newland Farm, St Lawrence, Southminster. This was a Halloween themed rally and involved lots of dressing up and scaring children. Lorraine and Pat were quite good at it.
On Friday we took part in the biggest game of Cluedo that I have seen which involved Lorraine becoming one of the characters and some detective work. We won this .
Saturday was great weather and we spent most of the day preparing for the evening trick or treat event for the kids and the social night that followed. Jonathan joined us for the remainder of the weekend and prepared his pumpkin.
The girls created a dimly lit cave style lair in which to sit and entice the kids into before frigtening the S%*t out of them.
Some of the smaller kids looked genuinly disturbed by the experience.
Brilliant weekend again
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Pevensey Bay East Sussex 2010
Brilliant weekend and the weather was unbelievable.
The usual crowd , Sonja and Kevin, Andy and Lorraine ( who seems nice ) and Dane and Hazel and their new puppy Charlie for the Saturday.
The aim of the weekend was to try sea fishing from the beach. I think we had grand ideas of eating what we caught on a big BBQ in the evening. Needless to say the local Fish and Chip shop did okay from us.
On the Saturday we entered the East Sussex Camping and Caravan Club local group Fishing Competition and I came joint last along with several others who also caught nothing.( including Pat )
Sunday was a bit better with a few small Whiting caught but too small to be edible.
Fantastic experience in a brilliant location .
The usual crowd , Sonja and Kevin, Andy and Lorraine ( who seems nice ) and Dane and Hazel and their new puppy Charlie for the Saturday.
The aim of the weekend was to try sea fishing from the beach. I think we had grand ideas of eating what we caught on a big BBQ in the evening. Needless to say the local Fish and Chip shop did okay from us.
On the Saturday we entered the East Sussex Camping and Caravan Club local group Fishing Competition and I came joint last along with several others who also caught nothing.( including Pat )
Sunday was a bit better with a few small Whiting caught but too small to be edible.
Fantastic experience in a brilliant location .
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Ride To The Wall 2010
This fantastic Motorcycle event " Ride To The Wall" is an annual ride to raise funds for the upkeep of " The National Memorial Arboretum" in Staffordshire.
The day started at Drayton Manor Theme Park were about 10,000 motorcyclists assembled. It took 2 hours to get out of the car park
The ride was about 15 miles long and ended at the Arboretum. A short service took place to remember all the Soldiers that have died since the Second World War.
Very Moving
The day started at Drayton Manor Theme Park were about 10,000 motorcyclists assembled. It took 2 hours to get out of the car park
The ride was about 15 miles long and ended at the Arboretum. A short service took place to remember all the Soldiers that have died since the Second World War.
Very Moving
Hoar Park Fishing Meet 2010
This weekend was particularly busy, we tried to combine two events into one.
We decided that we wanted to take part in the Annual motorcycle ( Ride To The Wall event ) to raise funds for the upkeep of "The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire and attend a joint Facts , Fun and Roamers Rally at Hoar Park, Ansley Near Nuneaton.
This blog entry is about the rally and I will add an additional entry regarding the Ride To The Wall event.
We drove up the rally in horrendous rain and when we turned up the place was flooded. Alan, one of the organisers said " What ever you do don't drive on the grass". Guess what, I totally ignored his advice and promptly got stuck up to my axles in mud and had to be towed out.
Friday night was a good laugh , we all got together in a barn and had a quiz night that had endless drinking forfeits . Our Chris seemed to get stung the most and ended up drinking about 6 shots of a very dubious cocktail.
Can't tell you how the fishing went as we went out for the day on the bike but Chris enjoyed it and came second.
Saturday night was very social but Sunday was back to heavy rain so everyone left early
Good weekend with some great friends.
We decided that we wanted to take part in the Annual motorcycle ( Ride To The Wall event ) to raise funds for the upkeep of "The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire and attend a joint Facts , Fun and Roamers Rally at Hoar Park, Ansley Near Nuneaton.
This blog entry is about the rally and I will add an additional entry regarding the Ride To The Wall event.
We drove up the rally in horrendous rain and when we turned up the place was flooded. Alan, one of the organisers said " What ever you do don't drive on the grass". Guess what, I totally ignored his advice and promptly got stuck up to my axles in mud and had to be towed out.
Friday night was a good laugh , we all got together in a barn and had a quiz night that had endless drinking forfeits . Our Chris seemed to get stung the most and ended up drinking about 6 shots of a very dubious cocktail.
Can't tell you how the fishing went as we went out for the day on the bike but Chris enjoyed it and came second.
Saturday night was very social but Sunday was back to heavy rain so everyone left early
Good weekend with some great friends.
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Silverstone, Renault Cup 2010
This weekend we went to Silverstone race Circuit to see the Renault Cup.
The weekend consisted of qualifying and the main races for many different categories of Renault racing cars.
Stephanie and Jonathan came a long and I managed to get Jonathan on one of the Pit tours .
We saw a few accidents and overtaking .
Unfortunately the field we stayed in, opposite the circuit, turned out to be the mother ship for human pond life and we probably wouldn't return there unless we were feeling low and wanted to feel better about ourselves.
The racing was brilliant.
The weekend consisted of qualifying and the main races for many different categories of Renault racing cars.
Stephanie and Jonathan came a long and I managed to get Jonathan on one of the Pit tours .
We saw a few accidents and overtaking .
Unfortunately the field we stayed in, opposite the circuit, turned out to be the mother ship for human pond life and we probably wouldn't return there unless we were feeling low and wanted to feel better about ourselves.
The racing was brilliant.
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Essex Air Ambulance Bike Ride
Today we took part in the Annual Motorcycle Ride from Fords at Dunton to Harwich. About 3000 bikes set off and it was all in aid of the Essex Air Ambulance .
Monday, 6 September 2010
Little Easton Manor, Great Dunmow
Because the weather forecast was great for the weekend we decided at short notice to go away again.
We went with the EEDA to Little Easton Manor, what a little gem of a place in the grounds of the manor which had a few fishing lakes too.
We sat out in beautiful sunshine, had a short ride into Great Dunmow to buy some cakes (defeats the object of exercise) but were yummy. Had a couple of walks along the footpaths.
Saturday night we had an impromtu quiz which our rather large team won. No cheating honest.
It was a really relaxing weekend and were pleased that we went. Even being in the flight path from Stanstead, with the planes throttling up above our van didnt spoil it.
We went with the EEDA to Little Easton Manor, what a little gem of a place in the grounds of the manor which had a few fishing lakes too.
We sat out in beautiful sunshine, had a short ride into Great Dunmow to buy some cakes (defeats the object of exercise) but were yummy. Had a couple of walks along the footpaths.
Saturday night we had an impromtu quiz which our rather large team won. No cheating honest.
It was a really relaxing weekend and were pleased that we went. Even being in the flight path from Stanstead, with the planes throttling up above our van didnt spoil it.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Whitstable August Bank Holiday 2010
Whitstable on the August Bank Holiday weekend. I would love to say glorious sunshine , baking hot and sunburn etc
Sadly this want the case although it was a brilliant weekend with great friends.
The Great British Summer appears to be history. We had wind that shook the van and rain that hurt.
Putting all that aside we did manage to get out for a cycle to Whitstable and do a bracing walk a Herne bay.
The main event was socialising, and laughing so all good fun
The North Kent coast is beautiful and we were lucky enough to be on a rally field that was only yards from the sea.
Andy and Lorraine's Kite flying skills need to be improved and quite frankly they were crap, but what do you expect they bought the kite for 50 pence in a boot sale. It was the only Kite that was afraid of heights.
Kevin managed to retain his Boule Crown, and we did have a bit of a laugh at some blokes who were drowning their boat and car.
Sadly this want the case although it was a brilliant weekend with great friends.
The Great British Summer appears to be history. We had wind that shook the van and rain that hurt.
Putting all that aside we did manage to get out for a cycle to Whitstable and do a bracing walk a Herne bay.
The main event was socialising, and laughing so all good fun
The North Kent coast is beautiful and we were lucky enough to be on a rally field that was only yards from the sea.
Andy and Lorraine's Kite flying skills need to be improved and quite frankly they were crap, but what do you expect they bought the kite for 50 pence in a boot sale. It was the only Kite that was afraid of heights.
Kevin managed to retain his Boule Crown, and we did have a bit of a laugh at some blokes who were drowning their boat and car.
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