Charity alternative...Gibraltar farm, Silverdale

[Harry]

Hi all,

I've just got back from visiting Gibraltar Farm.

There are plenty of non hookup places available at £9-00p per night. All hookups are fully booked.

If there are less than ten of us then they are going to allocate an area down at the bottom of the hill to the right of the road through the site.

If there are 10 or more then we can have the rally field (through the right hand gate at the bottom of the field) to ourselves and put up the marquee and there may be a price reduction.

There is a bit of mud arounf the gateways but genarally the site is grassy and dry enough, particularly if you are careful where you pitch.

Still aiming for a Jacobs Join on Friday night and a barbie on Saturday if we have enough people.

Please let me know this evening if you are coming so that I can let the site know in the morning about approximate numbers.

If you can't decide until tomorrow, want to do a day visit etc then just turn up..

I've got 6 so far:

Harry
Di & Jamie
Snowkiter
Dreamwarrior
Chief Wiggam (Sat)
Hatris (day visitor)

any more takers?

Bookings and enquiries through me please. DO NOT CONTACT THE SITE.

H

[snow_kiter]

Count me in as a definate.

Should be there around 6ish.

Pete

[Batty]

Busy this weekend ....
(but still trying to get our van going otherwise we will be in the car with a tent ....)
Sounds like a good one ... think I have been to the site before ... many years ago when I lived in lancaster .... be interested in hearing what sort of a time you have .... and might make it next time if you decide to repeat the experieince !

Dave

[dreamwarrioruk]

seeing as cf is cancelled and ive booked tomorrow off from work to enjoy a long weekend make it another defo for this weekend harry. will be there bout 3.30 tomorrow as jo is at work in the morning,booo.

full weekend please but i doubt we will get as good a sunset as the last time we met there.
see ya all later.

[hatris]

Hi Harry, will day visitors be welcome? We are staying in the area, would like to drop in. Let us know. hatris

[Harry]

Day visitors are more than welcome....just turn up...but snowkiter and me will probably be out treasure hunting during the day.

H

[Wigan_Pixie]

Tell me more about the treasure hunting, are you using metal detectors or have you found a mysterious map and are off for a rip-roaring adventure?

[Bob]

When you have a Bongo everything is a rip roaring adventure. Least ways in my world it is.

[Harry]

The 'Treasure Hunting' is actually geocaching...loking for small plastic boxes hidden away in the countryside and helped by a map and a GPS....to quotethe website...its the sport where you are the search engine.

Its very family friendly with clues to help with the final location of the boxes...in which you will find 'treasure' in the form of small items which you may exchange for something you have brought along.

I'll be doing a few caches over the weekend and would welcome some compasny on some fairly easy walking in a lovely area.

I introduced Snowkiter to Geocaching at Tan Hill and he's already overtaken me in the number of caches visited. I suspect he'll be legging it round on his mountain bike.

You'll be nore than welcome to join us..and I promise that the conversation will not be dominated by recent unfortunate events.

H

[BONGO-LOUIS]

The 'Treasure Hunting' is actually geocaching...

cheers for that harry been rackin my brain as to what it was called since tan hill meet.

Tell me more about the treasure hunting, are you using metal detectors or have you found a mysterious map and are off for a rip-roaring adventure?

wigan pixie its a lovely gesture as you have child i think you could enjoy this i for one would like to introduce this to my grandchildren when they are a little older...and as "i think" your free for the weekend you should give it a go maybe

Gary & Tina

[hatris]

Harry we joined the website a while back on the advice of Jim and Hazel. Never got round to getting organized proper with it though. What time you setting off about on Saturday?

[Wigan_Pixie]

I wish we could come this weekend. Unfortunately I made other plans, as soon as we found out that CF was cancelled and then I had decided not to attend the Red Lion meet.

I would love a go at treasure hunting at some future meet and I'm sure Thomas would enjoy it too.

Have fun all.

[Harry]

Harry & tris....going off site mid/late morning on Saturday.

Wigan Pixie....shame you can't make it...it will be a fun weekend.

Chief Wiggam....se you Saturday

H

[mobilecat]

Have a great time everyone. I love the site and have a ice cream for us. If we were not going on holiday we would have loved to have come.

[hatris]

Jo: I have found one of my birthday cake books but can't find the rest yet. Will fetch it with me on Saturday.
Will there be any kites this weekend?
Thank you mobilecat I had forgotten about the ice-cream. Enjoy your holiday. hatris