Any plans for Easter?- Now NW Mini meet at Hardraw, Yorks

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:00 pm

Hope you make it...I'm just setting off for the overnight ...photography from dawn tomorrow then the Green Dragon from about 12.00...see you there.

cheers

H

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:12 pm

we will be there lunchtime, mini convoy with Karena

dreamwarrioruk · Post by **dreamwarrioruk** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:28 pm

where u meeting up for the convoy from

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:00 pm

Well bck from meeting Harry and the gang, great location, nice snow, big hello to Ronhud and Donna, will post a photo or 2 when photobucket plays the game

Sorry to miss the squirrel watch, we made a retreat home before the weather got worse

& bongos attended today, well done Harry

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:27 pm

Cheers Pete

Having parked up near the pub overnight I awoke to find the van and the roads covered in 3" of snow.

Combine that with the rason det're for me being there in the first place to do some wildlife photography and finding that my LCD screen on my expensive digital camera had cracked overnight I was feeling pretty p****d off.

At 9.00am I was trying to think how to call the whole meet off.

Anyway by lunchtime I returned to the pub to find rodhud had arrived so we retired to the log fires and another bongo arrived...and another...and another etc etc.

Good beer...good food...good company...all toasting around a log fire with sunshine streaming through the pub windows and snow blizzarding past (yes sometimes both at the same time)

Kids buildling a snowman (Bob) on the picnic tables and throwing snowballs.

Whilst Pegleg Pete & Karena sensibly scuttled for home the rest of us went off to a private nature reserve where we were lucky to be able to watch 3 or 4 red squirrels.

7 bongos attended with about 20 people altogether.

Thanks for making a what could have been a disaster into a great day out.
TRUE TOUGH NORTHERNERS IN WOOLY HATS
H

dreamwarrioruk · Post by **dreamwarrioruk** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:34 pm

i didnt have me wolly hat on harry, i believe that in the sun i was just wearing me t shirt.
thanks all for a great mini meet, we had a good day including the snow and thanks go to harry for allowing us to get close to the red squirrels.
have got some photos which i will post up shortly.
nice that so many turned up to this meeting, 7 bongos in the end.

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:37 pm

ere are a few photos, sorry to have missed the squirrels

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:52 pm

Are you sure you didn't model the snowman on Mr Munkey?

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:53 pm

dreamwarrioruk · Post by **dreamwarrioruk** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:02 pm

i like the first two photos pete very atmospheric.

heres a few from me

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:58 am

Great photos Mike

ronhud · Post by **ronhud** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:00 am

Big thanks to Harry for seeing through a challenging mini meet. Here are a couple of pics taken on the way over.
Ron

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Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:05 am

Nice photos Ron, Ingleborough looks well with the sugar coating

Bongo-Bubble · Post by **Bongo-Bubble** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:58 pm

So sorry to have missed out on the mini -meet, photos look GREAT!!!! Having phoned ahead early morning to family staying in Burtesett (1 mile out of Hawes) for a weather report, we decided that the weather was to bad for our poorly "Billy-Bongo". We did venture over late afternoon in the Honda, managing to have a climb up the hill and have a snowball fight before our warm by the coal fire..... As we were driving in, we spotted several Bongos leaving......arrrrrghhhh........maybe next time!!!

Post by **Bongoplod** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:19 pm

Brilliant day out,never expected the blizzard,drove to the Dragon through a "whiteout".

Nice to meet up again with the regulars,and nice to meet Ronhud,who had travelled from Hudderfield for the meet

Neil and Lynzy and their friends Mark and Lynne christened Neils Bongo,the four of them stayed at a campsite outside Hawes,woke up to 6"
of snow on Sunday morning....and no hook up!!. Neil and Lynzy slept up in the roof,They are now confirmed TOUGH NORTHERNERS IN VESTS!!!

They stayed here http://www.bainbridge-ings.co.uk
£12 for 4 of them with the Bongo,and spoke highly of the site....bargain.

Heres some pics.........

Thanks again to Harry for getting the ball rolling and getting us motivated

Brian n Jean

Ps....Mark and Lynne,who came along with Neil and Lynz,have got the bug
and are thinking of joining us in the mad world of Bongos.....two more prospective nutters in the fold