Northern Bongolow wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2017 4:11 pm the thing i find most amazing is that its only just had its second ever starter battery fitted.

Why would any of us be amazed? He hasn't needed many starter batteries because he hardly ever turns the blooming engine off!

At this year's AGM there was a discussion about what constitutes a "Camping Unit" at our meetings. The discussion arose because some people felt it was unfair to charge a solitary Bongo owner the same price per night as a Bongo towing a caravan with multiple occupants.

It was also noticeable that ...

Bob wrote:Cold shower, Paul.

Susie would be disappointed...

Ian wrote:Including Saturday day visitors, I'm going for 251.

Is this a competition? And what is the prize? I'm all excited now...

Jr still has some (and some Lanark Blue) in his freezer, might be worth his while keeping it and then putting it up on eBay as a rarity in a few months :idea:

Don't know if you saw this but it looks like Jr.'s freezer investment strategy has gone the same way as the pound...

http://www.bbc.co ...

Currently they appear to have Estimas and the superb 12 seater HiAce (one of which I would love to have here once Brexit is accomplished).

Aren't they available here without Brexit then? Ah. Must be another Brexit falacy then... https://www.gumtree.com/p/vans/toyota-hiace-12-seater-minibus-300gs ...

Muzorewa wrote:For the moment we're consoling ourselves with the possibility of launching a new range of "I ate Dunsyre Blue and survived" t-shirts

Mine's a large then. On second thoughts I ate Dunsyre Blue during one of your barbecues, so it had better be an XXXL then....

Northern Bongolow wrote:awake, packed, - - - - - - - - - - gone.

I'm awake, I'm packed, now waiting to pick up Susie from work at 1.30.

I will be gone somewhere around 11.30'ish for the next 4 nights...

Northern Bongolow wrote:not yet.

Neither am I... But I will be tomorrow

Northern Bongolow wrote:just one more sleep.........

Are you awake yet?

I've always thought...

Why run a generator when you've got a built in one under your bonnet?

Except in the case of a Bongo, I should have said "under the gear lever"! :roll:

Seriously though. You have an engine capable of charging both the vehicle battery and any leisure batteries at quite a ...

Muzorewa wrote:Ok, Spam's in the van.

Oh, and some Dunsyre blue

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The other reason for setting off so early was to visit here...

...in South Lanarkshire. Dunsyre is the home of Dunsyre Blue and Lanark Blue, cows’ and ewes’ milk blue cheeses respectively, Scotland’s answer to Roquefort. We stumbled across Dunsyre Blue on the Isle of Easdale of all places ...

Good one.

Now why can't I find a "Like" button on this forum...?

Don't know any sites in the southwest of Wales (apart from at the Gower) but a bit like the southern Softies going from East to West in roughly alternate years then it would appear that the Welsh meet should be somewhere in the southern half of Wales in 2017.

Even ignoring the above, Nantcol (and ...