Thorntons Holt, Stragglethorpe, 2017 Christmas Rally Report
Oh boy, is it cold! We wish we were still in Spain!
We motor straight past home and on to Stragglethorpe. The only people who know we are back in the country are rally marshalls Sharon and Ian, (who we have phoned to check it’s OK to arrive a day early). When we arrive they greet us and soon had us parked up and the kettle on.
Next stop was the new shower block and laundry. Talk about luxury; underfloor heating, huge cubicle space and then 10 minutes of hot water at a time - no leaning on the button to keep the water flowing!
Thornton’s Holt Campsite is a great place for the Christmas rally, parking is pretty level and on hard standing, which is essential at this time of year. There is a bus stop just over the road to Nottingham or to the village of Cotgrave. The pub is opposite the bus stop and it is here we gather for social evenings and we had our evening meals here. The food is ok, not outstanding but cheap and cheerful, with pleasant staff who make sure we have a good time.
Oh boy, is it cold! We wish we were still in Spain!
We motor straight past home and on to Stragglethorpe. The only people who know we are back in the country are rally marshalls Sharon and Ian, (who we have phoned to check it’s OK to arrive a day early). When we arrive they greet us and soon had us parked up and the kettle on.
Next stop was the new shower block and laundry. Talk about luxury; underfloor heating, huge cubicle space and then 10 minutes of hot water at a time - no leaning on the button to keep the water flowing!
Thornton’s Holt Campsite is a great place for the Christmas rally, parking is pretty level and on hard standing, which is essential at this time of year. There is a bus stop just over the road to Nottingham or to the village of Cotgrave. The pub is opposite the bus stop and it is here we gather for social evenings and we had our evening meals here. The food is ok, not outstanding but cheap and cheerful, with pleasant staff who make sure we have a good time.
Most of us went into Nottingham at some stage to the Christmas market and many other shops, I picked up one or two presents here.
On the Saturday evening we had our Christmas dinner and party, the DJ was excellent and played some good music and quite a few of us hit the dance floor and later on some others who were in the pub joined us.
On Sunday we had our usual coffee morning and raffle with some lovely prizes of which we were lucky enough to win a couple.
It was nice to see old friends and meet new members, some of whom we had signed up at Birmingham, We hope they enjoyed the rally as much as we did.
Eventually we had to make our way home to the farm after a lovely month away.
Jane & Anthony Steward
On the Saturday evening we had our Christmas dinner and party, the DJ was excellent and played some good music and quite a few of us hit the dance floor and later on some others who were in the pub joined us.
On Sunday we had our usual coffee morning and raffle with some lovely prizes of which we were lucky enough to win a couple.
It was nice to see old friends and meet new members, some of whom we had signed up at Birmingham, We hope they enjoyed the rally as much as we did.
Eventually we had to make our way home to the farm after a lovely month away.
Jane & Anthony Steward