Bongo Fury

If there is enough interest there will be an Irish Bash over the bank holiday weekend of 25th May 2018 at Castlewellan Country Park County Down. The cost is £20 per night including hook-up. Details about the park at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/ca ... park#toc-3. There is further information and reviews on the UK Campsite website at http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/detai ... revid=8388

We will not be taking bookings centrally for this event; instead we ask people to book themselves direct with the site. It is difficult to get hold of anyone at the site, but phone seems to be the best way in the afternoon on 028-4377-8664.

The date of this meeting has been arranged so that people can leave the Scottish Bash in Dumfries & Galloway the previous weekend and get the ferry over to Larne.

If you are interested post on here so we can gauge numbers.

UPDATE 23/01/18: THIS MEETING WILL GO AHEAD. BOOKINGS SHOULD NOW BE MADE DIRECT WITH BONGO MISSION CONTROL ALTHOUGH THE MEETING IS NOT RESTRICTED TO CLUB MEMBERS. BOOKING FROM THURSDAY 8TH MARCH. See further down this thread or the members area on the main website for more info

I'll try and make it up from Dublin!

Hello Ian
I'm also expecting to get to this event if only to see a number of bongos parked up together
Brian

Myself and Deborah will be attending, coming all the way down from Larne. Will be nice to see how many Bongos there are in NI. Enough to start a NI branch or do we already have one?

I'm off to Dublin next week, taking Dawn for her Birthday. I love Ireland and would love to attend a bash there, but the ferry is stupidly expensive.
Is there anyway you could by a block number of bookings Ian like Caravan club do to make a bit yourself, but off a cheaper crossing?

I hope to go as well and I too am heading down from Larne.

I've been told by a friend who goes to Castlewellan often that there is only a part-time ranger there, but that you can book through Tollymore which has a full-time ranger, or he might be able to tell you how to contact the Castlewellan Ranger.
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/co ... orest-park

Apparently Castlewellan's main site is getting work done next year. My friend tells me if you have awnings quite often the pitches have hollows beside them and it gets wet. The main site has EHU If we were in as a group we'd be in a green field site which is really nice but has no EHU.

I haven't booked yet as I'm still testing out my Bongo and haven't yet attempted a test overnighter.

Im in co londonderry i will be there

We will be there!
Good wishes from Leon

I've finally managed to speak to the Ranger (Paul) at Castlewellan and he is happy to have us over the spring bank holiday weekend as long as people book a minimum of 2 nights. All pitches are on hard standing with grass surround and have electric hook-up. We have booked 20 pitches; any unused pitches will be returned at the beginning of May for resale to the general public. The cost is £20 per night and there is a £2 admin supplement if not a paid up member of Bongo Fury.

There has been a change in the booking arrangements. You should NOT book direct with the site. Instead all bookings must be made through us, here at the club, although you should note that this meeting will also be advertised on Facebook and elsewhere and is not restricted to Bongo Fury club members.

We will start taking bookings on Thursday 8th March by telephone only on 0114-2550836. Full payment must be made upfront, although you can cancel without penalty any time up to Thursday 3rd May at 4.00pm.