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Marsh Farm, Shepley. yorkshire Mayday weekend April 30th - 5th May

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Marsh Farm Rally Report We arrived on Thursday to a very warm welcome from Sue and Terry. There was a little hitch at the beginning of the rally, as some other caravans had parked in the area where the electric hook-ups were situated, meaning unfortunately we were unable to use that field. However, this certainly didn’t spoil the weekend for us, and we instead moved into the adjacent field without electric. The field was lovely and clean, with no previous cattle having been on it, and it offered fantastic views across the countryside. In the evenings we were treated to some beautiful sunsets, which made the setting even more special. Thursday was very much a “legs down” free-and-easy day, giving everyone chance to settle in and relax. Friday was another free-and-easy day, with quite a few members taking the opportunity to explore the surrounding area. There were some lovely woodland walks filled with beautiful bluebells, along with a pub or two nearby for refreshments along the way. Sa...
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   Easter Rally 2026 Felt a bit nervous about going on the rally. Hadn’t been for a long time and only renewed my membership this year. I needn’t have worried as the welcome we received was a warm one. Expecting to be on hard standing behind the industrial building was pleasantly surprised to find the rally was further back on grass with trees spring flowers and lovely views and plenty of places for the children to explore and ride their bikes around. Thanks Paul for this.  A relaxing free and easy rally with people mixing and chatting on the rally field. The children were made very welcome with their own rally packs containing a quiz and other things to do. Sarah and Lisa had them in to make Easter cakes and an Easter tree and sent Sean and I to the station cafe for a break. Much appreciated. There was also an Easter egg hunt for the children which they thoroughly enjoyed. The 4Cs at its best friendly, welcoming and very enjoyable. We all had a great time and are glad to...
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Valentine Rally 12th - 15th February

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We arrived on Thursday with a few others to light rain, though it did brighten up a little by Friday, more people joined us throughout the day, and in the evening we all gathered in the clubhouse for a get together with a backward raffle, which caused a good laugh.  Thank you to Sue for donating the prizes. Saturday brought a bit of sunshine and in the evening we enjoyed a lovely 3 course meal followed by games with Mark. We played Mr and Mrs, fruit reels,dirty minds (which was absolutely hilarious) and another backward raffle. Thank you Mark -even Chris managed to win 2 prizes despite always saying she never wins anything.  It was a really good evening for everyone especially Liam.     A big thank you to Shelly and Je for all the time and effort you put into organising the rally, and to Sarah and Lisa for helping with the delicious food - there was plenty for everyone. Barbara
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Christmas Rally Dec 4th - 7th

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  Arrived mid morning on the Friday, positioned by PC, and not long after two teas appeared courtesy of our treasurer SW. All jobs done we settled in, then it was off to the adjacent pub for our meal, we later came back and went into the hall for refreshments by the committee. Saturday, weather was cold, damp with very low cloud, in the afternoon, teas, floaty coffees, apple and mince pies were offered while memberships were renewed for the forthcoming year. Evening came and it was back in the hall for our Christmas feast, all prepared and served by our committee, our lovely members Helen, Lisa and Juley, after our fill it was followed by the raffle draw all proceeds going in aid of the Air Ambulance, that done we had a few quizzes, our chairman’s favourite pass the parcel but unfortunately our chair couldn’t be with us this year, this was followed by Bingo. After a tiring day people slowly returned to their units.  Sunday morning, weather much the same damp and foggy, we all ...
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Moira Furnace, Firework Weekend Rally Report 7th-8th November

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Moira Furnace, Firework Weekend Arrived just after lunch, greeted by Graham our marshal, and a welcome cup of tea, sited van, legs down and got sorted, nice of the landowner to mow the grass prior to the rally, really had a job to keep the grass out. Friday evening rain stopped for us to just step out and watch the fireworks from the back of the vans. Saturday, a much better day, we all congregated around Graham and Julies at tea time for our free raffle, hot dogs went down a treat along with the mushy peas, all enjoyed by all, then the fireworks again, this time we ventured off site into the adjacent field for an uninterrupted view, brilliant 20 minutes of aerial fireworks, back to the rally field this time to be treated by Roger to his rocket display, a lovely evening prior to it going cold. Sunday came, dull but dry, a quick walk around the Furnace grounds and canal before heading home. Thank you, Graham & Julie, for a lovely rally. L & JB
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Halloween Copt Oak, Markfield October 30th - November 2nd

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Rich and I arrived at the rally on Friday teatime. We were greeted by Shelley with a lovely smile who gave us our rally packs. She also gave us the name of a horror film to draw a picture of, which was to be used in a game later on Saturday evening. We popped over to the local pub, The Copped Oak for some tea where we bumped into Ian and Ang who had just finished eating and were heading back to the rally. The food was lovely. We headed back over to the rally where we joined some others went into the hall to socialise and have a drink. Saturday morning bright and early I went over to the hall to meet Shelley and Helen to start preparing the buffet food for the evening social event. Webber popped over and helped us put up the Halloween decorations. The food and room were looking great so we popped back to the vans for a well-earned rest. We all headed over to the hall at around 6 pm, and Shelley asked us to put the pictures we had all drawn onto the wall. we had to guess which Horror Fil...
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