Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Rides and Touring => Topic started by: Polar Bear on 07 May, 2017, 09:48:22 pm
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The outline plan is to decamp to Gibraltar Farm campsite, Silverdale (http://gibfarm.weebly.com/) instead of a Long Itch weekend. I need to gauge serious interest if we are to book the group field which I think would be sensible given that the site is popular with families at weekends.
As you will be able to see from their website, it is not cheap but the facilities are excellent and there is lots to do and see locally.
The charging is a bit oddball so I propose that if we do go then the total cost of the camping is shared equally on a per person per night basis, littlies go free. I can deal with this with your cooperation.
We'll likely plan a ride of moderate distance and lumpiness with at least one refreshment stop if folk wish otherwise you could simply do as you please exploring somewhere which will be new to many of you.
Registration of provisional interest and offers of cooking and / or entertainment will be most appreciated.
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Oh bugger! I've got a long weekend in That London with 2 concerts booked that weekend :-(
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Pencilled (well, caldaved) in.
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Not us this time :(
Got 2 weekends camping at the beginning of the month and the week after we are over the other side of the hills in Sheriff Hutton with the ALC.
Only so much money and holidays to spread about thinly!
Rich
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Morecambe Bay? T'fuck. That's a bit far for
me us. We'll see.
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Provisionally registering a possibility of potential interest.
I see they charge an extra £3 a night for "tent awnings and extensions". I'm guessing that's aimed at big tents, whose awnings can be larger than a small cyclist-portable tent, but do you think they'll apply it to tarps too?
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I will be talking to them about the charging in the group field if enough people register interest. I am expecting that tarps on lightweight tents will not be charged for though.
I am concerned as to whether the Melbourne's caravan will be permitted into the group field as everything I read implies that it is tents only.
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I think it's a given that, unless we are committed to camping elsewhere, we will be camping in Silverdale. :)
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It looks very much as though I won't be there.
http://yarndale.co.uk/ refers.
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Possibly, subject to ancient parent minding.
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As a destination it is moderately achievable for us (although it'd be 9ish before we could get there on the Friday I reckon) and the EldestCub wasn't horrified at the idea of spending his birthday in a tent somewhere so currently, subject to the vagaries of calendaring, we're a tentative probably.
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We're in :)
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Crinkles, depending upon attendees, I expect that somebody with a vehicle could be persuaded to collect you from the station - perhaps even from Lancaster if that would help.
Long way off yet though.
Everybody: could you please let me know what size of tent or tents in terms of occupancy that you have please.
Thanks.
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I'm a definte 'no'. Start of the academic year so no way I can get the time off.
Sadly I can't get o Yarndale either. I hope Mrs Wow enjoys it.
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That sounds really nice and it is a cycleable distance from York, too!
No idea what I'll be doing, job-wise, by September, but I'm interested. Would be a one-man pup tent person and arriving by bike. Count me as a tent-ative
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Everybody: could you please let me know what size of tent or tents in terms of occupancy that you have please.
Either me inna small tent with a bicycle, or me + barakta inna huge tent with a car, or possibly neither of us. Depending on logistics pertaining to barakta's job situation, which can't be predicted that far off.
(I appreciate that's completely unhelpful. Suffice to say, if we are going to be doing bikey campingy things that weekend, Silverdale is where it'll be.)
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Everybody: could you please let me know what size of tent or tents in terms of occupancy that you have please.
Same as at Long Itch, I imagine.
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Self plus
three bed semiVango medium-ish tent about the size of PB's. Plus car.
Do we need to tell them about the portable brasseriegazebo?
What was the situation WRT picnic benches? Or do I need a banquetting table, too?
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I'm definitely a possible. It's exactly the right time and place for me on my way to the Wigtown Book Festival.
Small tent and bike.
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If I'm there, I'll be me in a small tent with one bike.
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Self plus three bed semiVango medium-ish tent about the size of PB's. Plus car.
Do we need to tell them about the portable brasseriegazebo?
What was the situation WRT picnic benches? Or do I need a banquetting table, too?
John's Midnight Kebab Van methinks ...
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Crinkles, I expect that somebody with a vehicle could be persuaded to collect you from the station - perhaps even from Lancaster if that would help.
Long way off yet though.
Volunteers for that, no worries.
I'll be there, by cycle unless a car is needed, in the same tent as Long Itch'.
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Arghh photobucket pics all gone!!
Now trying Flickr
The smallish group field at Silverdale is tucked away in the trees like this:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4300/35283862653_aed8c2c1e7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VKV26x)Silverdale (https://flic.kr/p/VKV26x) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/15180987@N07/)
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The post purported to be from Jamie & Jimmy got me thinking about Saturday night food.
The veggie paella is tried and tested but I'm getting a hankering for a veggie curry. A gert big bukkit. Just for a bit of variety.
Thoughts?
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Fine by me. Or a veg chilli.
Separate bucket of rice?
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Fine by me. Or a veg chilli.
Separate bucket of rice?
That's the thing . . .
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PB. Would you mind adding a poll?
Numbers?
Meat Y/N?
Curry?
Chilli?
Anything else...?
As long as I can cook it anything considered. If anyone else fancies cooking instead . . .
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I am a possible for this again. Our normal Skipton B & B is not available but there is now talk of Jan and her sisters staying near Burnley (where one of the sisters lives) and travelling daily. I don't fancy a weekend of wool-watching so I might be able to slope off...
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I'll get back to this thread week after next as I have a lot of work this week.
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In the diary!
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Virgin West Coast have just started a sale so I'm up for a quick visit - return tickets London to Lancaster £22. I'm on the Saturday morning 06.05 train, returning on the 13.38 on Sunday. They're going quickly! https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/
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PB. Would you mind adding a poll?
Numbers?
Meat Y/N?
Curry?
Chilli?
Anything else...?
As long as I can cook it anything considered. If anyone else fancies cooking instead . . .
Nothing too spicy for me, I can do curry and wop some Raita in to cool it but Chilli is too much for me.
A Whacking Gurt Slice O' cow in a "Wipe it's arse, Blow it's nose an Chase it past the Fire" stylee would be nice, not practical though so I'll do that at home.... Possibly tonight.
If anybody needs emergency rescue, I'm only around 9 miles away from the site with a car that'll take a couple of bikes or a Trice.
Who's Up for this one?
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Please see my photo of the group field earlier in this thread - now fixed after photobucket failure.
The campsite has great facilities - it's the opposite of The Green Man at Long Itchington meaning the showers are lovely and nearby but the pub and BYOB curry house are a bit of a walk!
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I am seriously examining the logistics of this.
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Regret I will have to meet you all up the road, and calendar, elsewhere. I look forward to that though.
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Subject to looking after aged parent in the Mancunian area, will be there thinks.
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With flourescent tent guys?
** Makes mental note to get there before Bob **
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Due to unforeseen circumstances I may need to change this event back to Long Itchington. Very sorry but I'll know more by the end of the week.
Please bear with me on this.
Thanks.
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Please BEAR with me - you couldn't make it up!
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Please BEAR with me - you couldn't make it up!
I just did!
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Bear in mind that puns are an occupational hazard on YACF...
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If that is to be the case, it makes my attendance much easier to arrange...
I think...
but I'm not sure. There will have to be discussions with Mrs. Wow.
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So, it does look like it's going to be a traditional Long Itch weekend instead of Silverdale. I will do a Silverdale next year - promise.
Checking with The Green Man this weekend is booked out with 15 caravans. The previous weekend they are on holiday so door unlocking for overnight facilities will be an issue and the following weekend is also booked. The first totally 'free' weekend is the first weekend of October, 6th to 8th.
The only other alternative is the first weekend of September but that may be a bit too soon for other things to happen that will need to be completed.
So, how about October? Let me know what you think soon please.
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I could of course check out other venues such as Wing.
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Ok. So 22nd September is still a Mrs. Wow weekend in Manchester/Skipton. Will watch this space for more details.
Edit: or Wing. I'll still watch this space.
I would imagine that Wing would be very easy, it being a big campsite and this being just a normal term-time weekend.
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I am away with Jonathan notp the first week of October . other than that I can attend either venue :)
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Noted. And Apollo? Always brings a certain 'je ne sais quoi' to proceedings.
Any other preferences on dates or location please?
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The weekend of 29th-1st Oct is an ALC camping weekend and there's a council meeting I think so we won't be able to do that. We're free the weekend before those 2 and the one after (subject to moving house etc) and if we're free we'll come wherever you are.
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Can't finance a travelling to "Far away places" for the late September thing. Probably okay in October. Prefer Itch' to Rutland but willing to do either if I can.
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If long itch is out, how about Cambridge that weekend for something different.
There's a C&CC site with a good tent field to stop at south of the city center, good transport links if needed and then do something like the busway to St Ives on saturday.
I did it a couple of weekends back and as long as you don't end up on the M11/A14 junction like I did (don't ask as I got lost on my way out of town .... :-[) it's a good route. There's a cafe/cake stop just as you get into St Ives. That was my Saturday ride.
Sunday I went to the Duxford Imperial War Museum, always good for a visit.
The other option for good camping near me is St Neots C&CC site but I'm not sure of good rides from there.
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I can organise rides from St Neots CC as is home turf and know area well. Must say the camp site is rather excellent being well kept and on a river side site 10 mins walk from the town centre and five from good quality take away food/pub and has fish and chips visit site on certain nights. It is very popular. Need to keep an eye on local bike thieving scrotes tho but. (Julian had an experience a year or two back). Rich F et al have often stayed there. Early September is out for me however.
Train station is only a few mins away by bike.
Within striking ....YACF pootling distance and with coffee and cake intervals....
Wendy's (as in Peter Pan) grave. (Her dad wrote Invictus as in Invictus games and was the model for Long John Silver).
One of the three remaining Danish (of the horned berserker variety) moats in the UK.
16th Century dovecote with guided access if pre arranged.
A rather elegant village high street tea room.
Grafham water
St Ives and its pie men. Home of some of Sinclairs inventions.
Bedfordshire stately pile actively involved in the abolition of slavery
Several major water mills including that of a well known breakfast cereal company with visitors centre.
Major new British airships
Stately pile near Cambridge
Cambridge itself
Depends what you want really.
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I must admit Silverdale was looking a bit far for me so was wondering about organising a long weekend camping at Sixpenny Handley for soft southerners and friends here - http://www.churchfarmcandcpark.co.uk/index.html. Loads of rides and good walking in the vicinity.
I had a look round last Saturday - immaculately clean. Lots of tall hedges for shelter and we could have a separate area depending on numbers. £10 per person per night. Village shop and pub within stumbling distance. Nearest railway station Salisbury and 2 climbs to get there. (I could be persuaded to meet people and transport luggage!)
Not wanting to detract from PB's efforts; maybe one to think about for next spring as frost is less likely in Dorset?
HTH
Julia
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I could probably cope with a Cambridge one, Salisbury is way too far, travel cost and time, to be practical for me.
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I could probably cope with a Cambridge one, Salisbury is way too far, travel cost and time, to be practical for me.
I know it wouldn't work for everyone but for me Cambridge or anywhere in that direction is really difficult to get to. That London is in the way!
It's just a thought though - and could work in Spring with the likelihood of being warmer than Long Itch.
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Cambridge or St Neots is good for me. :thumbsup:
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St Neots in early October would be good for me, I may even be able to convince Mrs Miggins to make a guest appearance.
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St neots or Cambridge are o.k.for me and Apollo :)
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Mrs Wunja and I would be interested in camping somewhere, sometime, so long as its not the 17th September.
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Stayed at Cambridge last week* - has excellent camping field which is separate from most caravans etc.
I could do any weekend from 15 Sept onwards.
* Stayed at Cambridge last Thursday to be more specific....noticed a few Audax types passing the end of the road in the evening, so stopped and cheered you on for an hour or so
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For those with far greater knowledge than me of the St. Neots / Cambridge options, can I have a consensus on which would be best please, and, perhaps a volunteer helper to coordinate?
Cambridge sounds like it has a tent field which is splendid and St. Neots sounds good save for the thieving scrotes. We'd need to bring more locks than usual I guess. Also, I know Cambridge is accessible by rail but not sure about St. Neots? Nearest big station is possibly Huntingdon or perhaps Bedford?
For those driving from the north west or even Mordor areas it would be a relatively simple M6/A14 for either venue.
I'm likely to want to keep it for the original weekend of 22nd to 24th. Canardly's sell on St. neots was excellent save for the scrotes. Do they have a camping field?
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Cambridge is bigger site and with a separate camping field. The Cambridge site is ~2.5 miles south from the center of town so near the edge, plus the camping field is well away from the road right through the road. I think standard locks will be ok unless you aim to park your bike in the center.
St Neots is smaller site, so may have to book an area, but better access to breakfast cafe and a supermarket (tesco vs waitrose). St Neots has a train station.
Of the two I think St Neots is a better site but Cambridge may be easier for a group to stick together if busy-ish.
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I have used both. I only spent a night at st neots but it is a nice site by the river and the locks on the nene are interesting. I used the Cambridge site coming back from milldenhall a few years ago . Definitely bigger than st neots .both have good facilities :)
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Cambridge has a garden centre just down the road with a good cafe, where clarion, the duck and I waited out the worst of hurricane katie last year.
St Neots is next to the river so you are taking a chance on it not getting boggy, but otherwise is very nice.
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St. Neots is Canardly's neck of the woods. My sister lives in St. Ives.
Cambridge is good for punts. I believe people swim in the river as well.
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Anybody aware how either site deals with non-members?
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Anybody aware how either site deals with non-members?
Charges them the non-members rate, I expect. That's usually how it works for Club sites.
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Hmmm. I was thinking more of how they'd treat a group with a large proportion of non-members.
I'm erring back to Wing as a preference - we all know and almost love it and we can get large spaces together. Facilities are OK too imo.
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Have found out from 'er indoors that the dates in the thread are pretty much all I can do in September. We have joint commitments and/or scouting stuff going on into mid October. After which there's more chance of flying to the moon than me freezing in a tent for a weekend.
Come camping, they said. It'll be fun, they said . . .
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Hmmm. I was thinking more of how they'd treat a group with a large proportion of non-members.
I doubt they'd be treated any differently than a group of members, apart from the fees. A Section meet might get preferential treatment if there was a question of who gets dibs on a rally field, I suppose.
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For a couple of very good reasons I have been compelled to retain the original weekend and to choose Wing as our venue.
Usual routine: Book with the group name of YACF. I will talk to them and see what area we might get to use. Please reply on this thread letting me know if you are intending to attend so I have an idea of numbers.
Thanks for your understanding.
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I think I can make it. Just me. Jan will be Oop Noorth.
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Pretty sure I can make it on the dates planned.
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Anybody aware how either site deals with non-members?
For information only now the decision has been made re the campsite.
Rang the C&CC central booking to enquire about 2 nights at Cambridge for 1 person on 22/23 Sept, no electric. The total member/non-member price* would have been as follows:
Backpacker: £14.70/£14.70
Car+tent: £17.80/£30.30
*Technically the price is subject to variable pricing but I don't expect much change.
Didn't enquire about St Neots but would imagine it would be much the same.
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That's very helpful JenM. Thanks.
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Mrs Melbourne and I will be there with caravan, plus gazebo, spare stove, table etc as required. We'll book a caravan pitch with electricity so that we can provide additional cooking capacity if needed, but that probably means we'll not be in the same field.
Are we OK to book this now? I don't want to commit until it's certain :)
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Polar Bear, I'm sure, will agree but unilaterally I am saying yes. Book it, Danno . . . ;D
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This change to Wing (assuming it's Wing Hall Oakham) is great news for me because it means I can come along. Please add my name to the list PB!
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Polar Bear, I'm sure, will agree but unilaterally I am saying yes. Book it, Danno . . . ;D
Good-oh! We're booked. :)
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Yes, anybody interested please just book asap with YACF as your group.
The more the merrier.
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Sorry about radio silence folks. I have been away for a few days sorting the logistics, packing and dealing with utilities, council, eta., eta. For mllePB's father who has migrated fro. Wales to England. Busy imigrunts!*
I have a number of priority client jobs which take precedence but then I will be all over this and other things.
* Actually, he is an Englishman (well, a Manc :demon: ) who has been in exile for 47 years and has now returned to lickle ingurlund.
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Unsure if I can commit to the Friday, things have 'developed' while we were on holiday.
Can I have a straw poll of anyone wanting a communal cookout on the Saturday night? And, PB, if you have any 'fluence with the peeps at Wing, is there a chance of somewhere flatter and a bit more sheltered than 'Cyclone Corner'? Not looking forward to cooking with one hand whilst using the other and a foot to hold the gazebo down...
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Yes, anybody interested please just book asap with YACF as your group.
Done. Just me inna little tent, as barakta will be off QUILTBAGging.
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Unsure if I can commit to the Friday, things have 'developed' while we were on holiday.
Can I have a straw poll of anyone wanting a communal cookout on the Saturday night? And, PB, if you have any 'fluence with the peeps at Wing, is there a chance of somewhere flatter and a bit more sheltered than 'Cyclone Corner'? Not looking forward to cooking with one hand whilst using the other and a foot to hold the gazebo down...
The other camping field is exposed to the south west completely so would offer even less shelter imo.
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Wing hall now know me and Apollo are coming . I am sure that they are very excited ::-) :)
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We've booked :thumbsup:
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Can I please request a bit of a roll call so that we know approximately who is coming? Don't forget, when you book online please put YACF in the 'group' section of the booking form and then you will be allocated a pitch near the rest of us.
Torslanda is offering his renowned Saturday evening cook up so if you want so please also mention this in your 'roll call' post.
Thanks.
mllePB and I would love some of your nosh please Torslanda.
Anybody for a ride round the puddle on the Saturday?
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We'll be there. 1 for food please torslanda. I'm not up to a puddle ride. Depending on weather I might do a small ride or a trip to the soft play with the duck.
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I'm booked, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to make it now.
Not sure how these things work, but if anyone wants to use my paid-for pitch, they're welcome.
Edit: I now see that I have an emailed receipt with a bar code thingy, which I could forward to anyone who is interested.
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Not going to be there. Next meet, hopefully.
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Me and Apollo are coming :thumbsup:
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I'm coming. I'll make my own food arrangements.
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I've booked for the Saturday night.
I'll feed myself. :thumbsup:
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Is anybody staying until Monday? Just asking like. I expect Cycleman and Apollo will be.
Our vague plan is to catch the train to Northampton on Friday and cycle to Wing via Market Harborough, returning the same way either Sunday or Monday.
At present the forecast is for moderate autumn temperatures, slight northerly winds and not too much sun. I'm wondering if I can really be so lucky!!! :D
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We'll be arriving Friday with caravan and leaving Sunday. :)
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It will be very nice to see you again. :thumbsup:
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Me and Apollo will be staying till Monday :)
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Arriving late Friday afternoon, leaving Sunday, 'developments' have 'stabilised'. TFFT.
Won't have a bike with me - unless someone can find an extra couple of days between now & Thursday!
Will have a gazebo, tent and cooking stuff. I take it Friday night is 'fend for yourself'? Anyone want to split a Tesco curry for two?
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Booked, i will be there friday and saturday travelling home Sun. Happy to join whatever is planned for food on saturday.
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I am up for food,torslanda :).
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I'm booked, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to make it now. Not sure how these things work, but if anyone wants to use my paid-for pitch, they're welcome.
Edit: I now see that I have an emailed receipt with a bar code thingy, which I could forward to anyone who is interested.
Yes please, if that's still available.
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I am packed and ready to go . I am aiming to leave around 4a.m. Tomorrow . Wednesday night s weather is looking a bit damp which should make wild camping interesting ::-) :)
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Whoever gets there first, please keep a good clear corner or flat area for Torslanda's gazibo.
Thanks. :thumbsup:
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I am busy Saturday but would like to put some faces to names/pseudonyms on Sunday if anyone is riding out that day?
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Most people depart for their homes during the day on Sunday but we're staying over until Monday. Not sure about riding but feel free to drop in on camp if you are in the vicinity.
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We have booked tickets to the cycle show on Saturday so we'll be off there and back in the afternoon. If anyone wants a lift, they are welcome to join us. :)
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The whole point is to *escape* Birmingham...
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The NEC is in Solihull. Narrow escape!
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Solihull, like Sutton Coldfield, is the only place that thinks that it isn't part of Birmingham.
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Snobbery. That is all. :D
There is likely to be a ride around the puddle on Saturday.
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I'll have you know that Solihull was part of Warwickshire until 31/3/74. Sutton Coldfield has officially fallen under the jurisdiction of Birmingham City Council since that date as I used to delight in telling them when I worked there.
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Is it too late to join in?
I thought I would be needed for an open-day at work on Saturday - turns out a format change means I can escape.
If I can drag a bike that will take luggage out of the shed in the morning, and pack some clothes, I'll ring the campsite to see if I can get a pitch.
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I expect they'll have a space for you somewhere. :thumbsup:
I'm mostly packed, but in a rush due to being busy with Other Things, so it's entirely possible that I've forgotten my trousers or something. I'm catching the Train From Hell at around lunchtime tomorrow.
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Is it too late to join in?
I thought I would be needed for an open-day at work on Saturday - turns out a format change means I can escape.
If I can drag a bike that will take luggage out of the shed in the morning, and pack some clothes, I'll ring the campsite to see if I can get a pitch.
Didn't realize the Spin Cycle would take panniers...
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The spincycle(s) and the Wobblebike (which can take panniers and has been used for a YACF camping weekend! :smug:) are tooooo deeply buried.
Woke up stressed and achey this morning (it's been a difficult start to term), so I won't be there tonight.
Plans are to get a train to Oakham tomorrow morning - may or may not have camping gear.
Sorry I can't be more specific.
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Yup. Join in as suits. We'll be happy to see you. :thumbsup:
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Just called Wing. We're in Field 1, same field as last time. Sorry Tors - just how it goes.
However, meteorologically speaking, forecast says double digits even overnight, low winds and lots of lovely cloud to keep Polar Bears happy!
I am expecting us to arrive somewhere around ea time.
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Have a good weekend everyone. I’m in London being encultured.
Currently sitting in the sun outside Giovanni’s cafe before going to the Scythians Exhibition at the British Museum. BT staff get free tickets :smug:
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We're Winging it. Some wet stuff this evening, but not to the point of annoyingness.
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Woken by vehicles up and down the access road through the night. Otherwise it's quiet with few campers and lots of space for excited bicyclists to test their machines.
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We've been invaded in the past by earwigs, slugs, snails and even ants but never before by daddy long legs. They are obligingly easily caught and evicted though and don't leave a slimy trail behind to remember them by!
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They do occasionally leave a few limbs behind...
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I'm never likely to discover long legs in my tent. Ooo error . ..
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Found Wing campsite wifi on veranda guarded by chickens (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170923/3b99a4b1cc1ed708e950e2520f1bc0a0.jpg)
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The joy of the first ride on a new bike (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170923/e4d2e3c11e2e0dc7c56d4d647aadd086.jpg)
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Somebody's turned the wind off!
Also, owls.
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Mist over the camping field. We're at the top of the hill looking down on the mist which is thickest in the bottom corner where we camped earlier in the year.
The Clarionettes are partly shrouded in mist as they are somewhat detached from the rest of us.
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And I'm onna train. Weirdly, it isn't rammed, and the luggages are clogging up the vestibule rather than the bike area.
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Good news on the train front then.
I am sitting here gazing across an empty camping field enjoying the sound of the wind rustling the leaves accompanied in the distance by a Sunday afternoon petrol lawn mower.
This is England!
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I'm 'ome. Took the train from Stamford.
It was really good to meet friends again. :thumbsup:
I must try to get to more of these type of things next year...
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As i thought i carefully timed my arrival at my parents for 10 minutes before they sat down to sunday lunch. Just enough time to prepare some extra veg to feed the extra person :thumbsup:
Thank you all for the reminder of just how good the people on here are face to face. It was a wonderful way to spend my birthday.
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Really nice to have you both along. Would be nice if you could make it to Long Itch in May. :thumbsup:
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The joy of the first ride on a new bike (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170923/e4d2e3c11e2e0dc7c56d4d647aadd086.jpg)
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Good news! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I just unpacked my tent, and two daddylonglegses came out. One flying.
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It's been raining for about 8 hours now. No packing up dry for us! :(
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Still raining ...
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Still raining ...
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It’s good for the slugs...
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Could well be but We've escaped damp but unslugged. We seem to be free of daddy long legs too which is a bonus. :thumbsup:
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Many thanks to all the people who helped Apollo get the bike. He was thrilled :thumbsup: . Another great camping weekend. I ended up going home by van as Apollo managed to drown my bivvi bag ::-) .
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OK. Should have reported back earlier but for some reason I felt rather unwell this morning.
The weekend was a real success.
As many will now know the venue change was so that we could supply a replacement bike for the stolen replacement bike for the stolen bike that Apollo owned and loved. Yes, that's three different bikes! I have privately PM's many of you to ask for help in fundraising and soon I will be asking for payment of your generous pledges (or part thereof) as a certain Velomancer of this parish is currently well out of pocket! If anybody else wishes to contribute to this worthy cause please PM me and I'll add you to my list of donors and subsequently collect from you.
I'm hoping that some pictures of a man riding and loving his bike will appear here soon, and then some of Apollo too. Yes, I did get pictures of the lesser spotted Torslanda actually riding a bike with a look of determination etched across his face. I am told that this is indeed a rare occurrence akin to catching footage of Teh Yellow One saying something sensible!
Thank you to everybody who was able to turn up this weekend. Apollo certainly enjoyed himself, I had a great time and I hope that you did too. :thumbsup:
Three weekends in 2018: Long Itch, Wing and Silverdale.
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You wanna da fotos?
Handover of Apollo's bike
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(https://image.ibb.co/c0gZzQ/First_ride.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/faneYk/Apollo.jpg)
The ride around the Puddle
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Angonnamo. I appear to be riding a bike . . .
??? <This Never Happens>
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Angonnamo. I appear to be riding a bike . . .
??? <This Never Happens>
Just like your camping habit then... :o ;D
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Ah I really wish I could've made it. I booked leave from work and everything. In the event I've managed to exhaust myself (again) and couldn't face the travelling. Hopefully I'll manage myself better next year and make it along.
Some gorgeous photos there.
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For those who don't know the rogues in the picture, left to right:
mlle pb
Matthew
Cycleman
Apollo
Kim
Wobbly John
Vinyl John
Vinyl John is a friend of Cycleman's (and ours now of course) and is a lovely chap. There were so many Johns on the weekend that it was appropriate to give him a distinctive name, which I did! :D
Ah I really wish I could've made it. I booked leave from work and everything. In the event I've managed to exhaust myself (again) and couldn't face the travelling. Hopefully I'll manage myself better next year and make it along.
Some gorgeous photos there.
If nothing else Ruthie, Silverdale next year?
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Angonnamo. I appear to be riding a bike . . .
??? <This Never Happens>
Another reason for cheering then!
And Apollo looks very happy. Nice one.
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And Kim with a non-folding upright cycle...
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And Kim with a non-folding upright cycle...
I looked at the photo and thought, something's not right. The world is a strange place. First Brexit and then Trump, and now this.
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And Kim with a non-folding upright cycle...
I looked at the photo and thought, something's not right. The world is a strange place. First Brexit and then Trump, and now this.
It does happen. Indeed, I've got two of the things. Sadly the sproingy mudbike (which is much more wrist-friendly on the circumnavigation of the puddle) lacks front racks, so I brought the boring Dawes instead.
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As many will now know the venue change was so that we could supply a replacement bike for the stolen replacement bike for the stolen bike that Apollo owned and loved. Yes, that's three different bikes! I have privately PM's many of you to ask for help in fundraising and soon I will be asking for payment of your generous pledges (or part thereof) as a certain Velomancer of this parish is currently well out of pocket! If anybody else wishes to contribute to this worthy cause please PM me and I'll add you to my list of donors and subsequently collect from you.
There was a surplus from this exercise and these funds were used to repair Cycleman's trike after this weekend's incident.
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Yet again my heart felt thanks to everyone who contributed to apollos bike and my wheel and axle replacement . You have given Apollo much enjoyment and freedom :thumbsup:
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As many will now know the venue change was so that we could supply a replacement bike for the stolen replacement bike for the stolen bike that Apollo owned and loved. Yes, that's three different bikes! I have privately PM's many of you to ask for help in fundraising and soon I will be asking for payment of your generous pledges (or part thereof) as a certain Velomancer of this parish is currently well out of pocket! If anybody else wishes to contribute to this worthy cause please PM me and I'll add you to my list of donors and subsequently collect from you.
There was a surplus from this exercise and these funds were used to repair Cycleman's trike after this weekend's incident.
Good stuff
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As many will now know the venue change was so that we could supply a replacement bike for the stolen replacement bike for the stolen bike that Apollo owned and loved. Yes, that's three different bikes! I have privately PM's many of you to ask for help in fundraising and soon I will be asking for payment of your generous pledges (or part thereof) as a certain Velomancer of this parish is currently well out of pocket! If anybody else wishes to contribute to this worthy cause please PM me and I'll add you to my list of donors and subsequently collect from you.
There was a surplus from this exercise and these funds were used to repair Cycleman's trike after this weekend's incident.
:thumbsup:
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:D
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I am thinking about camping at Gibraltar Farm in Silverdale and some of those on this thread seem to know it.
On the camp website it says no washing lines - I know there are a lot of stone walls maybe they don't want people pulling walls apart with washing lines.... I could easily run them from tent to ground. anybody have any feedback on using washing lines at this site?
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We have visited a few times and indeed hope to spend a few days there next week. I cannot recall seeing washing but the camping site warden does patrol regularly.
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"No washing lines" is one of those campsite rules like "No sign-written vehicles" that exists strictly for aesthetic reasons, and definitely not as a means of indirectly discriminating against working class people / travellers / those who don't want to feed lots of money to the tumble driers.
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mllePB reminds me that Gibraltar Farm does have a laundry room so probably a drier to boot.
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There's also the well-known fact that if you hang up washing in the north of England, it makes it rain.
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What is Apollo's current state of velopia?
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Ah the plot thickens in Silverdale.......
'Brand new washer / drier available for the use of campers.'
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"No washing lines" is one of those campsite rules like "No sign-written vehicles" that exists strictly for aesthetic reasons, and definitely not as a means of indirectly discriminating against working class people / travellers / those who don't want to feed lots of money to the tumble driers.
Thanks Kim & all for the feedback. After thinking about past camping trips around this time of year I have decided I'd be much better off in a hostel.
BUT... Gibraltar Farm at Silverdale does look awesome, great views... beach at bottom of campsite. More great countryside nearby... so I think I'll be making a trip there in summer 2022... YACF camping weekend!?
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Apollos velo is running very well and reliability :thumbsup:. He has moved from Stoke Lodge in Basingstoke to a new residential care home in Langley and comes home every other weekend. We have been doing a lot of local rides.
We will be cycle camping this month or next. We might go to Porlock in Somerset or Canterbury or Sittingbourne in Kent for a week. I am waiting for the care home to let me know which of the campsites have room :)
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That all sounds jolly good. :thumbsup:
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Apollos velo is running very well and reliability :thumbsup:. He has moved from Stoke Lodge in Basingstoke to a new residential care home in Langley and comes home every other weekend. We have been doing a lot of local rides.
We will be cycle camping this month or next. We might go to Porlock in Somerset or Canterbury or Sittingbourne in Kent for a week. I am waiting for the care home to let me know which of the campsites have room :)
Sounds brilliant. :)