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Hi all
We have just returned from the Not the Bubble Car rally, well more of a get together than a rally, and once again we had a fabulous time meeting new people and renewing friendships.
The site at Smeatons Lakes was not quite as nice as it seemed to be on the advertising, however this was mainly due to us being scattered about on various pitches because there were a lot of empty caravans parked on the nice pitches with a view, our view was less than exciting.
Never mind all that, the company made up for all the shortfalls.
Soon after we arrived we met (in no particular order) Stewart and Shona (artona) Vic and Sylvia (vicdicdoc) Karl (Grommet) Angie and George (an99uk) Jock and Rita and Roy and Helen (Roy31). Later Shane and Sally (snelly) arrived with some additional friends and we met Trevor and his wife (sorry I didnt catch your name or if I was told I forgot and can only apologise for that) (trevorf). We had a really enjoyable evening with Stewart and Shona and Vic and Sylvia in artonas van catching up with each other.
Sid and Shirley (SidT) arrived on Saturday morning after they had had a wonderful evening babysitting.
Saturday started fine and then we had a torrential downpour that send gossiping motorhomers scampering for cover and we waited for Frank (drummer) to arrive. He turned up with a case of beer (thanks Frank, some of it went on Saturday night and the rest will be in the RV for when we see you at Peterborough) and had a good chinwag with us all. It was decided to take the ladies shopping at a local outlet store, courtesy of Stewart, who had 11 of us in his Euramobil and off we went for a couple of hours shopping, which I believe all the ladies enjoyed (you do know how to keep the ladies happy Stewart!!!).
Upon our arrival back on site most people visited our van for drinks and eats. Sharon cooked 8 pizzas and 40 sausages and a huge bucket of pasta with bacon and king prawns in the van (good job we had our new cooker) along with salad and some popodoms. Lots of wine and beer was consumed and all the food got eaten which meant we didnt have to unpack it when we got home We had a visit from someone at about 9 pm asking if we could dig a motorhome out of the mud, I shall not say who this was, but after quite a while Angie came back in with her sister in law and after they had been fed Jim M arrived looking worse for wear (oh dear it seems you might guess who got stuck now!!!!!) and joined the party. About 10 pm Hettiehymer arrived with a couple they had just met, carrying wine, and helped us finish off the food and drink. Unfortunately trevorf missed out on the evening (sorry) and so did Jock and Rita.
At one point we had 20+ people in the RV and the van was rocking, everyone had a great evening (we hope) and left at around 11:30 pm.
Sunday morning arrived in a blaze of glory with beautiful sunshine and clear blue skies, for a while anyway, but as ever it was time to pack up and go home ( ).
We would like to thank all of you for making the trip and really hope that you found it fun, worthwhile and enjoyable. We had people from all points on the compass join us from as far away as Edinburgh, Grimsby and Ipswich, Wales (North and South) and the south coast (en route back from holidays) and we are grateful that you all made the effort. Without all of you it would not have been so much fun for us and we look forward to meeting you all again. I have put some pics on an album called Smeatons Lakes, it is in the rally section, please feel free to add any you may have. Please don't put any scary ones on though
We hope you all had a safe trip home.
Keith & Sharon
Last edited by kands on Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:07 pm; edited 1 time in total
Hi Keith and Sharon
Glad you had a great time, I'm seriously jealous we couldn't attend but there will be plenty more opportunities in the future.. well done both of you..
You don't just hope we had a great Saturday evening you know we did. Thanks a lot for arranging the rally, totally successful weekend. Looking forward to Peterborough.
Although not an "organised" rally as such - all thanks MUST go to Sharon & Keith for organising it [especially the venue change at such short notice]
- Agreed that the site could have been better - but this is UK not France ! so I gues for Uk on a scale of 1 to 10, it rated about 4 . . still we did have the sunshine[and a wee drop of rain] but I know we enjoyed it & are looking forward to the next one.
Thanks also to Stewart and Shona (artona) for ferrying us all shopping - I KNOW Sylvia likes spending money
To all the people we met - sorry if I couldn't remember your names - its my advanced old age to blame . .
Back home now [its raining here in Wales as usual] . . can't wait to get out again, so hopefully we'll see you all again soon
ps/
The awning / privacy room went up ok [took about an hour . . done it without reading the instruction book - mind you it would have taken only 30 minutes if I had read the book first but hey - I'm a man & instructions are for wimps], taking it down took 20 minutes . . I think more practise is required.
]vic & Sylv
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(I typed this but canīt remember what it means - thatīll teach me to be a Smarta*se)
Hi all
I have put some pics on an album called Smeatons Lakes, it is in the rally section, please feel free to add any you may have. Please don't put any scary ones on though
Keith & Sharon
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