As mentioned in the National Meet thread, we have now organised a Spring National Meet. All are welcome, and it is hoped we can make sure things are available for families.

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Dates

Saturday 5th - Monday 7th May 2007 (Bank Holiday Weekend)

Venue

The meet will be held at Burrs Activity Centre, which is in Bury - about 15 miles north of Manchester.

Full address is....

Burrs Activity Centre Ltd.

Woodhill Road

Bury

Lancashire

BL8 1DA

Burrs Activity Centre

This was the venue for last year's summer bbq - clicky here

This site is relatively central and has good motorway access routes. There's a pub within 50yds of the Activity Centre

Accommodation

Camping is available on site, and we have also made a half booking of the bunkhouse (dormitory style accommodation with rooms to be allocated to suit the mix of male/female/families etc) which will sleep up to 18 people. If there is sufficient demand, we can extend this to take the full bunkouse for 34 people. More details of the accommodation can be found on the Burrs web-site above.

Plan

A rough outline plan is detailed below, but this will be fairly flexible depending on what you want. Of course some things will have to be pre-booked, but we will try to react to what the group wants at the time, and see how well the weather treats us.

Sat

11.30 - 13.00 Arrive at Burrs, and unload / setup camp etc

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch (sandwiches, on site pub or Activity Centre cafe)

14:30 - 17:30 A bit of a drive

17.30 - Late BBQ (and maybe a few beers). There is a Tesco about 5 min drive away so no need to worry about driving all day with your food/beer in the back of the car.

There is a function room in the bunkhouse which we can make use of if the weather is particulary bad.

Sun

9.30 - 10.30 Breakfast (Activity Centre cafe or campers can cook your own)

10.30 - 16.00 I will keep this time flexible for now. There are plenty of things to do on site (walking, industrial heritage trail, orienteering) as well as a full range of outdoor activities (climbing wall, abseiling, canoeing, kayaking, raft-building, archery etc) although some of these will need to be pre-booked - more details to follow.

For any families with younger (and maybe not so young) children, the East Lancs Railway runs past the site, and the main station is about a mile and a half away. They will be running a Thomas the Tank Engine weekend over the bank holiday - East Lancashire Railway - Timetables

Further suggestions are welcome, and I believe Makefish has a few ideeas up his sleeve.

16:00 onwards. What we do on the second evening is open to suggestions. A drive out to a local pub for some food, a takeaway night, the onsite pub, another b-b-q, or if anyone wants to volunteer for some mass catering we could eat in the bunkhouse.

Mon

9.30 - 10.30 Breakfast (Activity Centre cafe or cook your own)

10.30 onwards Pack up and depart (unless you are feeling up to some further outdoor activities).

Prices

Bunkhouse -

Andy 2407 + SWMBO + 2 HCs (bunkhouse and breakfasts please)

PPat (camping + Breakfast both mornings please)

I'll be able to visit on the Sunday with Swmbo....................Pinky will be delighted

The 'Makefish' family will be there in our tent, looking forward to it. Camping for us for both days please .

Gillywibble (Gilly & Wibble). Camping & breakfast both days - I promise not to drink too much this time

I'll come! Camping + Breakfast for me, on both days.

PS: Why is this is not in the "Great Britain" meets section? Sorry, ignore me - re-read it

Count me in.. camping and breakfast both days... 12 Volts Debut weekend

Is the caravaning on the site or in the caravan club site next door to the activity centre

abseiling? awesome! I'm there!!

Rock n roll

Nice one Andy! :thumbup:

I can also bring a full badminton set, if this is meant to be an activity weekend. Comes with nets, poles, 4 racquets, shuttles and even lines to mark out a court.

Seems rude not to, now I know my way there.

So I think that gives us:

Andy 2407 + SWMBO + 2 HCs (bunkhouse and breakfasts please)

PPat (camping + Breakfast both mornings please)

Makefish family (camping)

Gillywibble (camping + 2 breakfasts both days)

Devonutopia (camping + breakfast both days)

Fabia12v (camping + breakfast both days)

bryand (camping + breakfast both days)

ag.morley (sunday only)

Possibles:

octygone? caravan?

Loz? camping?

Neo_VR? camping?

I'll be there with GF and HC..... two tents! (loved the last BBQ meet!)

1)Andy 2407 + SWMBO + 2 HCs (bunkhouse and breakfasts please)

2)PPat (camping + Breakfast both mornings please)

3)Makefish family (camping)

4)Gillywibble (camping + 2 breakfasts both days)

5)Devonutopia (camping + breakfast both days)

6)Fabia12v (camping + breakfast both days)

7)bryand (camping + breakfast both days)

8)Sharkrider, Mel, HC (camping (two tents) and breakfast for 3 both days please!)

ag.morley (sunday only)

edit: on Friday 13th April, I pick up my new car... it's a red Grande Punto spoting, hope I'm still welcome when I'm showing you Furby owners how to go round corners lol...

it's a red Grande Punto spoting, hope I'm still welcome when I'm showing you Furby owners how to go round corners lol...

If it corners anything like the hire car Grande Punto I had, I will not be too worried.

If it corners anything like the hire car Grande Punto I had, I will not be too worried.

lol... it's the sporting... (I drove one of the 'normal' ones too , and it was poor) was quoted as better by some motoring journo's in a group test with the vRS.... I test drove it, and it ****es all over my vRS, sharp turn in, little understeer, much better body control, (the electric steering is a bit lifeless tho..) your's however, well.... I think I'll leave shifty to give you a run for your money... I may have the angel remap in by may (170bhp) but i still wouldn't catch the mongrel

Is the caravaning on the site or in the caravan club site next door to the activity centre

There is a hard standing area / parking area next to the activity centre camping field where you could put a caravan. I'm not sure whether we still have electric hookups availabe though but I will find out for you later in the week.

As you mention, within the Burrs Country Park there is also a new Caravan Club site which only opened last year. It is ony a couple of hundred yards from where we will be so feel free to use this if you are a member - its your choice.

Is this bit

Whilst the campsite is located in a country park, the surrounding areas are urban, and the local youths do occasionally hang around. The gate to the car parking area will be locked on Saturday evening.

However, the camping field and car parking area are not a fully secure compound, and as such care should be taken with valuables etc.

Just a little disclaimer? Is it a rough area?

Went to Bury yesterday and they eat Black Puddings like donuts. Lots of 80+ year olds racing round with zimmer frames, black pudding in hand and fags in mouth. Forget healthy eating this town turns the healthy eating brigades logic on its head . Bury market is close by, and world famous, see here World Famous Bury Market - Open every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. It is a great market if thats your thing. Oh and the tripe is rated too. Outside of Bury the countryside is great. Don`t know if im coming but have a great weekend!

Is this bit

Whilst the campsite is located in a country park, the surrounding areas are urban, and the local youths do occasionally hang around. The gate to the car parking area will be locked on Saturday evening.

However, the camping field and car parking area are not a fully secure compound, and as such care should be taken with valuables etc.

Just a little disclaimer? Is it a rough area?

I guess in this day and age we have to cover ourselves but there are a lot of places where I would be more worried about leaving my car.

We certainly didn't have any problems last time (but that may be due to the fact that we were up drinking half the night anyway!) and I wouldn't let it put you off.

Good to see plenty of interest in this. Many of the members that have put their names down so far came to last summer's bbq meet so it must have been a good meet!

Im going to be working in Spain for the next few days, but keep any questions you have coming, and I'll catch up on this thread when I get back on Thurs if I don't manage to get online while Im away.

I can also bring a full badminton set, if this is meant to be an activity weekend. Comes with nets, poles, 4 racquets, shuttles and even lines to mark out a court.

LMFAO!! Right, I'm coming just to see Jason set up a full size badminton court in the middle of the campsite! :rofl: :rofl:

Oh, and just for the record, I still vote for sleeping bag olympics!

put me down as a possible - not sure if other plans have been made yet. If I do come it'll be me + SWMBO, camping, not sure about brekkie at this time.

d'oh.... not sure if I can make that weekend - sposed to be going away for the weekend to meet up with some mates from my uni days! Spose I could maybe do a day at each lol....

, I still vote for sleeping bag olympics!

That sounds rude to me.

1)Andy 2407 + SWMBO + 2 HCs (bunkhouse and breakfasts please)

2)PPat (camping + Breakfast both mornings please)

3)Makefish family (camping)

4)Gillywibble (camping + 2 breakfasts both days)

5)Devonutopia (camping + breakfast both days)

6)Fabia12v (camping + breakfast both days)

7)bryand (camping + breakfast both days)

8)Sharkrider, Mel, HC (camping (two tents) and breakfast for 3 both days please!)

9)AwesomeSarah and Mark (one tent) and Breakky both days please

ag.morley (sunday only)

After the last BBQ meet this is a must...everyone who went last time thoroughly enjoyed it , oh and I will try to have more than 1 can o Fosters this time :lol:

Hopefully the weather will be good again

Sarah