Hands together for Ian

[not so old]

BRILL MEET, enjoyed every minute of the bash, even when a bunch of us sat in the awning for an hour when it rained didn't bother us one bit..
Loads of people i wanted to meet and never got round to them
Loads of new faces i did meet , smashing.
Hello to anyone who i didn't speak to or just nodded to.
P's have a nice holiday Carl and Justine (cabte) it was fun.

Eyup DBO---you do'nt know me but---------------thanks for the loan of the spanner (17mm) did'nt do the job ( so you must have given me the wrong one) but i'm none to good with mickanicks (or spelling) & thanks to AITCH for lending me his toolkit (great bloke) & the bloke with the motorbike (Bandit) for his help--------(god it's sounds like i'm receiving an oscar or summat) also Graham & Paul & wives (sorry forgot your names) who invited me in for a drink (thats why i forgot your names) anyway our first Bash----but not the last Thanks to everybody involved in organising it it WAS BRILLIANT --i know i do go on---Richard for kite flying lessons--enjoyed it
But the best for us was meeting up again with Midland Mob for a few drinks
but did miss Anna & Jimmy

Aughhhhh! I really miss you guys too! But really glad you enjoyed your first Bash. Now you know how I bad I feel missing it! Catch up soon I hope. I miss you

Anna X

[Jon the Bassist]

Sweet, I'm very tired and very happy!
Jaylee, great to meet you and your other half at last.

Thanks to all the other wonderful people I met over the weekend... particularly those who helped me track down my youngest son who was better than Houdini at escapology!

[Neil954]

Thanks to Ian, Marianne and everyone else for organising such a great weekend, this was our first Bash and we had fantastic time meeting and chatting to everyone we will definitely be back next year.
Cheers.
Neil and Burnham Bunch

[mikeonb4c]

BRILL MEET, enjoyed every minute of the bash, even when a bunch of us sat in the awning for an hour when it rained didn't bother us one bit..
Loads of people i wanted to meet and never got round to them
Loads of new faces i did meet , smashing.
Hello to anyone who i didn't speak to or just nodded to.
P's have a nice holiday Carl and Justine (cabte) it was fun.

Ditto that. V. sorry I didn't meet half the peeps I would have loved to meet but blink and the weekends gone. Big big thanks to Ian and Marianne and all the marshalls for another unique and magical interlude such as only Bongo peeps can make happen. Personal thanks to the Muzorewas for the invitation to Paella with them - yummy scrummy, to And and Den and to the Munkeys for their stonking musical collections, Chell & Ady for being lovely neighbours, and Harry for putting the NW marquee next to our secluded spot by the river - but I love it, fell asleep all happy to the sound of Bob singing a load of dodgy Bongo ballads with drunken choruses that were actually remarkably good all things considered

Great to see/meet (as well as those above):

Aitch
Mr & Mrs Alant54
Little Daddy Cain (where's Ste gone )
DaveblueOzzie
Dabs
Boy From Brasil
Crazy Uncle G (one of the original Bongo ancestors along with LDC)
Mr & Mrs Cabte
The Hatris's
The DogsB*llox
NorthernTaff (sorry we couldn't hang around to talk more on Sunday)
Mr & Mrs Scanner
Kirsty
Hotpot
WestonWarrior
Bongo Louis
Blobber
Bob
Snowkiter
JDS
Di and Jamie
Rushmon (yo - Tom Petty is THE man)

gawd I know there were others but my 64k memory chip runs out there. Great also to meet the Kiwi (haven't got name to hand) who is about to tour UK for 4 weeks in a Bongo, and actually made it to this Valhalla for Bongo owners - I think he sensed it was a magical occasion.

Many peeps I'm sorry I missed but you just can't do it all.

Haven't taken any pics cos I reckon others will have done it much better than I could.

We went to Cosford Air Museum on Saturday - superb, and next years Bash is offering a coach tour to the museum. If you like that kind of thing then I highly recommend booking. The collection, running displays, and the staff there are outstanding.

[dobby]

dobby sorry i never got to see you

Next time mate!

[dvisor]

Had a great time, and good to finally put faces to some of the names. That was a belter of a gig on Sunday night Jaylee - great set - you scared the cr*p out of my daughter though

[Dizzy-Dots]

You can certainly add our thanks to the list as well - to Ian & Marianne and to all the Bongo yellowcoats - and both bands - great entertainment!

Great weekend

[Duncan]

Well done to all the organisers, great bash once again, love it

duncan

[ianandwendy]

we had a great time at our first Bash, thanks to ian and everyone for organianising it.

hopefully we'll be going to the welsh one too

[missfixit70]

Having been involved in the yellowcoat side of things this year, big round of applause for Ian & Marianne for putting this together, & the rest of the team, good to get to know the "cogs" that make it work
Big thankyou to both bands, brilliant
I'm shortly off to catch up with a weeks sleep

[Hotpot]

Ian and Marianne thank you
Well done everybody who made this such a fantastic event.
Can't wait for next year

[Bongology]

A really enjoyable weekend, bands gr8, people gr8, thanks guys for all your hard work ,

[aitch]

As another "yellowcoat" I also want to thank Ian and Marianne for all their hard work in the organising of this event and just to say thanks to all the other people I met and spoke to - far too many to name but great to ahve put faces to names at last. ROLL ON NEXT YEAR.

cheers all Aitch.

[alan]

thank you all for put this bash on want a great weekend

[AndAndDen]

Thanks Ian & Marrianne for once again an excellent Bash . Well done Yellow Coats .Excellent bands . And just thanks for a brill time and great to meet new faces .

Andy & Denise