Oakwood Farm Park, Chester (Oct 2019)
After a relatively easy journey via six motorways (A329M; M4; M40; M42; M6; M56) almost door to door, we were the first to join our rally Marshalls, Dave and Val at Oakwood Farm Park on the outskirts of Chester.
Val had been out and about obtaining information regarding the local eateries and bus timetables which she passed on to us, though Nick and I were later to search out a fish and chip shop which we found after a short trip across to Wales and back! Tuesday dawned with blue skies so we took the opportunity to walk Chester’s walls and check up on how far they had got with the Lego model of the Cathedral. We had purchased a couple of bricks on our last visit when they were working on the foundations, but having laid down nearly 370,000 bricks, they are almost at roof level. We bought some more bricks which went in the roof of the Ladies Chapel.
After a relatively easy journey via six motorways (A329M; M4; M40; M42; M6; M56) almost door to door, we were the first to join our rally Marshalls, Dave and Val at Oakwood Farm Park on the outskirts of Chester.
Val had been out and about obtaining information regarding the local eateries and bus timetables which she passed on to us, though Nick and I were later to search out a fish and chip shop which we found after a short trip across to Wales and back! Tuesday dawned with blue skies so we took the opportunity to walk Chester’s walls and check up on how far they had got with the Lego model of the Cathedral. We had purchased a couple of bricks on our last visit when they were working on the foundations, but having laid down nearly 370,000 bricks, they are almost at roof level. We bought some more bricks which went in the roof of the Ladies Chapel.
On returning to site we had been joined by further members of the club, spending the evening together at the local Beefeater. Between us there were enough cars to get all to the venue. An excellent evening spent in good company. I understand that the beer wasn’t too bad either. We had all agreed that the site did have a number of positives but road noise was an issue, so a number of members including myself were going to resort to the use of earplugs for the night ahead.
A different pub, the Greyhound, was the location for the evening get together where we split into two teams for a pub quiz. Neither team won but we weren’t last either. A fun evening and we had now visited two potential Sunday lunch venues so a vote was taken and our Marshalls could make the necessary arrangements.
We had had a mix of weather over the mid part of the week but by Friday morning the rain was particularly heavy. This did improve by late morning, so we went off to the Designer Outlet which had already been visited by other members the previous day. The National Waterways centre was visited by other members.
Thanks to our Marshalls Val and Dave and the site we were able to spend an evening in the site cafe where a lovely meal of bangers and mash followed by apple pie and custard. This provided an opportunity to hold the raffle in the warm and dry as well as score our
answers to the two quiz sheets that had occupied our brains during the rainy bits.
On Saturday morning we all set out to various destinations. Nick and I opted to visit Nantwich for the first time where we found quite a few old timber framed buildings dotted around the town with a good market in which to browse.
Ray and Carol visited the Anderton Boat Lift, which is over 140 years old and lifts boats 50ft from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal.
We all rounded off the day telling stories and chatting over drinks back at the local Beefeater where we enjoyed our Sunday roasts the next day which followed on from the coffee morning. That evening we returned to the Greyhound for our last social get together of the rally.
Overall the rally reflected the nature of the club, friendly and sociable and why we keep coming back.
A different pub, the Greyhound, was the location for the evening get together where we split into two teams for a pub quiz. Neither team won but we weren’t last either. A fun evening and we had now visited two potential Sunday lunch venues so a vote was taken and our Marshalls could make the necessary arrangements.
We had had a mix of weather over the mid part of the week but by Friday morning the rain was particularly heavy. This did improve by late morning, so we went off to the Designer Outlet which had already been visited by other members the previous day. The National Waterways centre was visited by other members.
Thanks to our Marshalls Val and Dave and the site we were able to spend an evening in the site cafe where a lovely meal of bangers and mash followed by apple pie and custard. This provided an opportunity to hold the raffle in the warm and dry as well as score our
answers to the two quiz sheets that had occupied our brains during the rainy bits.
On Saturday morning we all set out to various destinations. Nick and I opted to visit Nantwich for the first time where we found quite a few old timber framed buildings dotted around the town with a good market in which to browse.
Ray and Carol visited the Anderton Boat Lift, which is over 140 years old and lifts boats 50ft from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal.
We all rounded off the day telling stories and chatting over drinks back at the local Beefeater where we enjoyed our Sunday roasts the next day which followed on from the coffee morning. That evening we returned to the Greyhound for our last social get together of the rally.
Overall the rally reflected the nature of the club, friendly and sociable and why we keep coming back.