Easter Weekend Rally Report - Crowfield Village Hall

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Thursday

Arrived around lunchtime and already few vans setting up.  Weather was good with the sun shining down.  Units kept arriving throughout the afternoon and there were 16 units in total.   Over to the hall in the evening to pay our dues and a long awaited catch up with friends. Poor Doreen and Ron as they had some issues with their van with a leaking heating pipe, leaking soap bottle on the way down.  But the worst thing of all was the bottle of spiced rum that smashed leaking everywhere.  What a waste of a good drink!!

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Friday

Slightly cloudy day but not cold.  Lots of members all gathered together to go off for their Good Friday walk to the Church.  It was then back into the hall for teas and coffees and hot cross buns which went down a treat.  We had some visitors come for the afternoon and had a big BBQ to celebrate Liv's 18th Birthday.  It was then over to the hall for Music and party games to carry on the birthday celebrations.  A good evening was had by all even though I'm sure there was some cheating going on with the adults musical chairs!!!! 

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Saturday

A very blustery day but that didn't stop some members getting out and playing some games of boules. A nice relaxing day before the evenings entertainment.  Over to the hall at 8pm for "Fabbalous" an Abba Tribute act.  They sung lot of Abba songs and even threw in some 70's classics aswell.  Everyone was singing and dancing along.  Some members even dressed up for the evening and were invited onto the stage to sing with them it was a brilliant evening.  

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Sunday

The traditional easter egg hunt for the children followed by the easter bonnets.  There were some very creative bonnets this year.  Boy and girl of the year trophys were handed out to Spencer and Lily.  The new Grandchild of the year trophy was handed out for the first time to Gracie.  A quiet afternoon for the adults but the children as they have the whole weekend were on the park and at the sports pitch at the top of the field they are all having such a great weekend.  Sunday evening over to the hall for some Jacket potatoes and chilli with extra toppings and salad.  The food was lovely and lots of clean plates.  Then it was the start of the race night lots of 20p's being handed over and placed on horses.  Lots of winners and lots of noise cheering on the horses.  Well done to all of the winners.

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Monday

Time to pack up after such a great weekend.  We all met up over that the hall at 11am for prize giving and teas and coffees (and leftover Hot cross buns!!) Well done to all of the winners over the weekend.  Look forward to seeing you all at the next rally.

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Roland and Diane.

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White Rodings Rally Report

Second rally of the year and we were blessed with some glorious weather out at White Rodings. Great turn out of members as well.

Pete and I were last but one to arrive. We learned a valuable lesson on route - never forget your rally book! We forgot ours and as a result arrived via a very narrow convoluted route, one we hope never to do again!! Following a quick set up we had some dinner and joined the other members in the bar for a tipple, pay our dues etc before having a somewhat early night.

Saturday was a free day. A few of us got up and went to explore North Weald Market and grab some bargains. Spencer spent his pocket money on some 3D dragons so was happy. Also got ourselves some of the infamous donuts, almost the size of our faces!

The afternoon was spent chilling out drinking wine and playing Boules - some people even got a little sun-kissed! I spent the afternoon reading followed by a long walk with Red and 3 of his doggy pals. He had a whale of a time running through the fields and was most excited to have found the most smelliest, dirtiest and blackest pond to swim in, so much so that he came out covered in black stinky silt! Good job my parents new motorhome has an outdoor shower point - Red was less pleased about his shower and relegation to the awning whilst he dried off!!

Our evening was spent playing higher and lower. It was a landslide victory for the ladies winning all 3/3 games. Bad luck gents! We also thoroughly enjoyed the “feely bags” and guess the 77 club member from a childhood photo - hilarious that my mum was not able to even guess herself from her own photo! (At least you know where I get it from now!!) The night was still young and Pat found a great game in the book corner which we played in teams - Dereks hosting was most entertaining.

Sunday morning we gathered as normal for tea and coffee. The children all got some sweets for their colouring, with Harley in first place with an amazing dinosaur picture. John & Joan continued to demonstrate their outstanding general knowledge by winning the weekend quiz and Pete and I obviously have on the arrival prize. I did however also win the bonus ball which softened the blow!

Thank you to the Wesbroom’s and Parker’s for hosting a fabulous weekend and we look forward to seeing you all again soon

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Mayday Rally Report - Hollesley Village Hall

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Friday

We arrived to find a few vans already there setting up.  It was a lovely surprise to see the fish and chip van there and needless to say it was fish and chips for lunch as it was only there until 2pm!!!  We had great fun watching Kevin, Karla and Catherine putting up Kevin's new awning.  It only took them 3 hours!!  Over to the hall in the evening to pay our dues and collect our weekend quizzes.

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Saturday

A nice relaxing morning catching up with friends and then a bit of a get together to play some more Boules in the sun.  Over to the hall in the evening for a Cinco de Mayo evening hosted by Janine and Adrian.  What a laugh we all had both Adults and children playing Sombrero Spin, Pin the Moustache on the Chairman and Vice Chairman and Pin the Moustache on the Pineapple for the children.  Sucking peas through straws was a great game and got very competitive.  What a fantastic evening.

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Sunday

Slightly cloudy this morning but that didn't stop us setting up the Maypole.  Peter was on the music and Ian was on the microphone trying to get everyone in the correct places.  The children went first and they done a great job and then the Women and men had a go.  Poor Pete and Adrian got roped in to doing all 3 maypole dances.  Into the Hall after the dancing for a much needed soup and a roll it went down really well.  We then headed off to the pub in the afternoon and sat in the beer garden as it was lovely weather.  This evenings entertainment was Bingo hosted by Catherine and Pete.  Lots of winners both Adults and Children.  We also played Roll the sweet jar and Roll the bottle.  Gracie was the closest with her coin and won the sweet Jar, she even shared some of the sweets out with the other children.  Neal won the Bottle of Whiskey but didn't share this with the children!!

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Monday

11am to the hall for Teas and coffees and prize giving.  Kevin and crew won the weekend quiz, we won the arrival prize, Wilf won the under 6's children's competition and Gracie won the overs.  Kevin won the Bonus ball and Michelle and Shaun won the weekend raffle.

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Thanks

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Roland and Diane.