The Camping and Caravanning Club
Greenfields House,
Westwood Way,
Coventry, CV4 8JH
Tel +44 (0)2476 694995
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Schedule for 2008
Christmas Party
New Year
APPOINTMENT OF TREASURER FOR 2009
We have to appoint our Treasurer for 2009 in early
November and are seeking nominations from DA members. If you have a nomination
for someone who wants to be Treasurer for 2009 please send their details to:-
Ian Roberts
SSDA Secretary
9 Station Approach
South Woodham Ferrers
Essex
CM3 5QD
Any nominations should reach the secretary by 30th September 2008
AUDITOR FOR 2008
The DA still only has one auditor for 2008 and we should have two - if there is
anyone out there who would like to become our second Auditor with Rosemary Case
please send you details to the DA Secretary as above.
Ian Roberts
Secretary
A14 HAUGHLEY
JUNCTION CLOSED!!
The Junction on the A14 is likely to be closed this weekend.
Diversions are in place, the directions to the site, supplied by
the site owner are as follows:-
From Stowmarket take the B1113, S/P Old Newton, in the village of Old Newton
Turn Left opposite the Public House, into Station Road, keep on Station road,
site on left just after railway crossing, approx 1 mile from Old Newton.
Site Opens Mid-day.
THANK YOU
I wish to say a big thank you to all members and children who helped
to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance at Brokhowse and Shotley
Meets. A total of
£45.22p was raised between you both which has greatly boosted our funds.
Wendy
D.A. Charity Organiser
CHAIRMAN'S NEWS
I am writing this whilst we are away on holiday in the Yorkshire Dales on a wet
day.
It is disappointing to see so few members out at the meets recently but
understandably the economic climate has hit many caravanners and campers plus
the summer weather has not been at its best.
I hope that myself and the committee will see many of you at our FOL at Stonham
Barns, as we have put together a varied programme
which you can read on the Website.
As many of you will have seen in Cornstalk and on the Website the costings for
Southwold Meet have increased this year beyond the control of our D.A.
The Christmas Party and New Year booking forms are now available from Ian
Roberts, myself or download from our Website under
Latest News.
Best wishes Bill
Rose
Meadow, Shotley - 4th to 6th July
Hi Campers,
What a lovely site
the Shotley Rose Inn was, with the pub, a shop for papers etc. and a Fish & Chip
shop within yards of the site. There are also lots of walks and enough room for
50 units or more, a very flat field with the grass cut like a lawn.
We were very
pleased to win the pitch prize at the meet.
In case some of you
don't know who we are - we only joined the DA some 12 months ago after being
with the motorhome section for the past 12 years - ours is the motorhome which
has a Doberman on the bonnet and the rear.
We have found the
DA very friendly but not overpowering.
Many thanks to the
stewards, Andrew and Catherine
Best wishes
Michael & Barbara Smart
Bob’s Meadow – 20th
to 22nd June
As winner of the ‘Bake a cake on the BBQ’ I find myself doing a write up for
Cornstalk.
Whilst only 5 minutes away from my home, Bob’s Meadow could be in the middle of
the countryside. Situated next to woods and with a huge field it is ideal for
dog walkers and ball games with the children.
Whilst the weather wasn’t glorious on Saturday, the rain did clear to allow us
chance to try our culinary skills in the afternoon. The challenge was to bake a
cake on the BBQ. Notoriously difficult given the extreme temperature immediately
beneath the cake tin! There were 4 entries with varying degrees of success – no
names but Betty Crocker certainly wouldn’t want her name put against that
particular marble cake! Saturday evening Donna had done a quiz for us all to get
our grey matter working – we were pipped at the post by The Dances – well done,
we’re not bitter!
Sunday morning at coffee the independent Judge’s decision was awaited for the
‘Bake-off’ decision. Unfortunately the marble cake was on a back foot with just
the sniff test and nearly made our poor judge retch with the taste of just a
crumb – never mind, better luck next time Paul - oops, forgot no mention of
names! Not sure how, but my lemon sponge made it through the winning post and
won me my favourite liquorice allsorts. The cakes, with one exception, were
devoured by all and to work off those extra calories the men and children
enjoyed a game of rounders in the sunshine. A good end to a lovely weekend
Thanks to Paul, Donna, Holly and Josh for stewarding
Ange Crawford
THORPENESS
HOLIDAY SITE 25TH-27TH JULY 2008
SSDA is listed in the Sites Book as having a joint meet with ECS this
weekend, however this is not the case! Although all members are welcome to
Thorpeness, this is, in fact, a 2-week THS being run by ECS and as such places
could well be limited.
If you intend going to this meet you MUST telephone either Carole on 0777 301
9602 or the club on 0772 400 1000 to check for availability of pitches as this
is a popular THS.
Any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Catherine Dance
Sites Secretary
FOL STONHAM BARNS
12-14TH SEPT.
I am holding a Tombola Stall for the D.A. Charity and
would be very grateful for any donations for the stall
e.g. bottles or cans, alcoholic or non
alcoholic, tinned goods or unwanted gifts.
Thank you
Wendy
BOOKING
FORMS FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
Click on the one
you want and use your print option. If you wish to save the document then right
click and select 'save target as' and save it to your computer. Booking forms
should be sent to Ian Roberts from July 1st onwards - the address is on the
form.
Christmas Booking Form
New Year Booking Form
Come along to this year’s FOL at STONHAM
BARNS 12-14th September 2008 and join in the fun
Friday evening come over to the Marquee for some old fashioned pub games to
include Darts, Bar Skittles, Dominoes, Cribbage, Shove Halfpenny
Colouring competition for the children
Saturday – enjoy reduced admission to the Birds of Prey Centre, to include a
tour of the centre followed by a demonstration. Or have a go at the Mini Golf,
again, for a reduced admission.
Saturday afternoon – come over to the Marquee and design you own pub sign with a
cup of tea and homemade cake or explore The Barns and have a go at the Treasure
Hunt.
Tombola in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity
Saturday early evening – Hot jacket potatoes will be served with a selection of
fillings (Charge to be confirmed)
Ensure your unit is lit up before returning to the Marquee to enjoy ‘The
Hasbeens’ skiffle band to finish off your Saturday.
Raffle during Saturday evening
Sunday, coffee morning and then a safe journey home.
Look forward to seeing you there.
THE D.A.CHARITY
A big thank you to Blacks of Ipswich who have kindly donated a EUROHIKE TEPEE TENT in Aztec design valued at
£79.99p to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
During the next months I will be selling Raffle tickets at £1 each and the
tickets will be drawn at the Christmas Party Meet on Sunday
7th. December at Coffee morning.
Please support this worthy cause as you never know when you may need them.
Thank you Wendy Charity Organiser
LETTER
Hi everyone,
Hope you¹re all well and enjoying summer in all its glory. I¹m writing a
two-page feature on National Camping and Caravanning Week (NCCW) and am
collecting peoples¹ photos and anecdotes of what they got up to. If you
would like to add something a great chance to show off your DA, an
event or a THS please get in touch with me as soon
as possible before 18th June.
As always, photos must be good quality (300dpi and 1MB or bigger) and I'll
need some contact details in case I need to ring and ask for more
information.
Thanks very much, really hope to hear from you all soon.
Kind regards
Laura Rainbow
Club Reporter
The Camping and Caravanning Club
Greenfields House
Westwood Way
Coventry
CV4 8JH
Tel: 024 7647 5270
Mob: 07813 025473
E-mail: Laura.Rainbow@thefriendlyclub.co.uk
Web:
http://www.thefriendlyclub.co.uk/
OAKVIEW
NURSERIES - ARDLEIGH
We arrived at the Meet on Friday in the rain and were warmly greeted by the
stewards Vic and Doreen who told us we were 15 minutes late as they opened at
noon. I think they were feeling deserted and feed up
with the rain all week.
We were soon joined by 3 other units
and by teatime there were 7 units in total. The rain
continued on until late Saturday afternoon though it did not deter some
from
venturing into Colchester or around the lovely garden centre on site.
Sunday morning we awoke to a dry sunny
morning and no longer a soggy field much to the relieve of us and Mick and
Barbara as we were both towed off from different sites the weekend previous.
Coffee morning was enjoyed by us all sitting enjoying the hot sun and
chating. I even managed a walk down the site to look
at the reservoir and listen to the bird song.
This was our first visit to the site
and we were impressed by the number of electric points and information hut,
also it close to Dedham, Mistley and
Colchester.
Thank you once again Vic and Doreen plus Cleo for stewarding the meet.
Wendy and Bill
SOUTHWOLD CAMPSITE
OCTOBER 2008
Dear
Members
You may
have heard that Southwold Campsite have put their fees up considerably for this
year.
I feel that
we still need to go ahead with our booking as it is such a popular site, but we
need to inform as many members as possible about the huge hike in site fees
beforehand.
If you, the
members are aware of the costs it will then be up to you whether you still want
to camp, or not!
The fees
that we will need to charge are as below:
Unfortunately Waveney Council are now charging us per unit and per person per
night and we have to show them how many units were out and the age bracket of
each person within each unit. I have tried to negotiate the prices with them but
apart from making no charge for an awning or dogs, this is the best that I could
do!
It is now
up to you, our members to decide whether you are prepared to pay these prices
for a weekend in Southwold.
If you have
any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on 01473 611430 or via
e-mail at
catherinedance@btinternet.com
Catherine
Dance
Sites Secretary
South Suffolk DA
invite you to the
ROMAN REVOLT
WEEKEND at
BROKHOWSE,
WEELEY
27 – 29 JUNE
2008
DIG OUT THOSE
TOGAS FOR OUR ROMAN REVOLT WEEKEND STEWARDED BY MARTIN AND HELEN
THERE’S PLENTY
PLANNED FOR THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING GAMES FOR THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AND A
CHANCE TO SHOW OFF YOUR TOGA IN THE EVENING IF YOU’RE WILLING!
TO SAVE YOU
COOKING TEA ON THE SATURDAY EVENING, MARTIN IS GOING TO BE COOKING HIS NOW
INFAMOUS MEAT PAELLA
(Not to be
missed but this is optional – fee tbc.)
ERIC WILL BE
PROVIDING US WITH SOME MUSIC ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO ENSURE THE PARTY GOES WITH A
SWING!
SO COME AND JOIN
US FOR A FUN WEEKEND
More details
available from Martin or Helen on 01206 521493
A Message from the Editor
Please can I have all write ups
etc. as soon as possible and unless by special arrangement, always before the
20th of the month preceding publication. Write ups after that time will
unfortunately have to be held over until the next publication. They will
of course still be put on the web site as soon as they are received.
As those of you who use email
know we all get lots of ‘spam’ mail and lots of us use a filtering device to
block some of it out. It is sometimes possible using these filters that
mail can be accidentally deleted or unread.
I now send an acknowledgement for
all articles received by email. If you send an article and an
acknowledgement hasn't been received within 24hrs then please contact me by
phone and we can then sort it out.
Many thanks
John Beales
01359 250048
cornstalk@johnbeales.co.uk
The Camping and Caravanning Club
Greenfields House,
Westwood Way,
Coventry, CV4 8JH
Tel +44 (0)2476 694995
