North West Big Autumn Bash - 2nd - 4th October 09

[Muzorewa]

Thanks to Harry for another great meeting at Silverdale. Sadly the forecasted weather turned out to be accurate but we still had some dry & calm spells later on. The kids (especially Hannah) had a fine time and didn’t eat anything in JetSkier’s awning

Nice to meet up with the usual suspects again plus a lot of newbies this time. Also a couple (Nigel & Sue) from Carlisle doing exactly what we were doing two years ago – scouting around looking for ideas & opinions before taking the inevitable plunge.

Some pics from Team Muz.....


Nintendo Wars












Hmmm, bacon, egg & black pudding butties for breakfast!


“The morning after the devastation before”, or something like that










Off for a walk around the coast




Something tells me the winds we saw on Friday night are not uncommon.....


Excuse the slight blurriness in this shot, I was really struggling to stand still

[Muzorewa]

Not sure what was going on here, I think Mrs Muz mentioned the washing up






Mr Munkey’s Bongo with one of those inferior machines lurking in the background











On the way home, we decided to grab some lunch at the chippy in Arnside (just to check that Friday evening’s success wasn’t just a fluke) and then drift around Esthwaite Water and grab the ferry across Windermere

[mobilecat]

Thanks Harry for another superb meet. My keys never did turn up - something else to add to the things Catherine has lost at a meet.

[Diane]

Cheers H for getting this one together again. We had the usual good time although Jamie and Cam had an extra good time as they did Go Ape on saturday. Great to see the usual suspects and also meet some new comers. Thanks to Mrs hembramacho for the 'tour' of Grizedale forest . Funny.








mrswaycar8 whizzing down some ridiculously high zip wire


Chell about to step off a perfectly good platform


Pete crash landing


Amie landing gracefully


Mae doing well too

[Diane]

Bev and Elliot the birthday girl and boy for those of you at the back of the marquee who didn't have a clue who you were singing happy birthday to

[Diane]

[Diane]

And thats the lot from me. I dont think there's actually any pics of Bongos in that little lot. Strange - I'm sure there was some there
Di

[Muzorewa]

At this point aren't you supposed to drop the camera into the sea and run to his aid?

[karena]

excellent weekend - thanks harry - did some-one say it was windy - it was sunny on thursday when we arrived - we even had a bbq and it was sunny on sunday when we left -anything in between is just a blur of laughing.I really hope this site manages to evade the nimbys and politics and stays open.WE left without the white dog but i am sorely tempted to take ben over next weekend and see if they would get on - though it has been pointed out to me that it isnt the best plan to have a white long haired dog with all the cow poo around here.

[Diane]

At this point aren't you supposed to drop the camera into the sea and run to his aid?

Nah - it's character building

I did however run to his aid about 10 minutes later. He found a rope swing and I was just taking this photo of him trying to do his own Go Ape thing when, through my view finder I saw him land on a rock. He took a bit of a bump to his head but survived OK. Not sure what kind of idiot would actually make a rope swing over some rocks?!



Action shot or what?!

[Muzorewa]

Ah yes, that was on the bank behind where we were pitched. I was snooping around there looking for a good vantage point

[amie..x]

C'mon pete weres them there videos you recorded.
Hahahahahahahaha

[Muzorewa]

On Saturday Muzette had a hearty breakfast (see previous pics) and then icecreams etc. She was told not to have anything else to eat and off she went playing with everyone else. Muz Jr & I happened to be taking a few long-range shots and noticed her seemingly stuffing something into her mouth. Before I could get a picture as evidence she disappeared into JetSkier's awning, only to reappear a minute or so later. BINGO

Later that evening when she was loitering for her tea, I asked her if she'd had anything to eat. "No" came the less than convincing reply.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Well, WTF is this then?"
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[amie..x]

And two big yoghurts and a cereal bar two burgers over the weekend at silverdale

a girls gotta eat hahaha

[Triple/R]

Looks like a cracking turnout & you all enjoyed a great weekend very impressed with the pics-----------looks like Muz is getting the hang of it as well