Wirral meet
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:27 pm
Hi to everyone who attended the Wirral meet this week-end.
What a great turn-out! When I thought of bringing you all to Wirral I thought I might attract half a dozen Bongos - what a turn out and what a friendly crowd, what wonderful weather. The field was ideal for us, Harry's marquee made a good gathering place for us all. The Master gourmet B.B.Qers, the Angus beef burgers and deli sausages washed down with copious amounts of beer and wines. Excellent cabaret by Mike, backed up by some wonderful singing from the rest of us!
I nearly forgot to mention our Saturday morning expedition to the Dungeons. We arrived without any problems. Some of our hikers were looking a little tired so I tried to take them back with a short cut ( Betty would have warned you about my navigating skills if she had been with us ) we got within viewing distance of our Bongos- but the path ended, so we had to retrace our steps. We eventually made it back to camp. The expeditionery force clubbed together to give me a down payment on a sat-nav!
The gathering came from far and wide, Cumbria, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffs and Merseyside, however Sue and Pete from Kent were easily our distance travellers and consequently won the bottle of wine that I was offering. A couple of Bongo owners were paying a casual visit to the country park and were absolutely gobsmacked to see a glorious line-up of Bongos, they came in to see us and said how dis- appointed they were not to have seen the postings on our gathering ( it pays to keep accessing the club site! )
I have sent cards to Gerry White who provided us with the field, and to the staff of White's Farm Shop thanking them for helping us have such a good week-end.
Our thanks to everyone who contributed to a great gathering, it well and truly made up for our missing this year's Bongo Bash.
Kind regards,
Walter.
P.S. If anyone wants to buy a Cockerel
What a great turn-out! When I thought of bringing you all to Wirral I thought I might attract half a dozen Bongos - what a turn out and what a friendly crowd, what wonderful weather. The field was ideal for us, Harry's marquee made a good gathering place for us all. The Master gourmet B.B.Qers, the Angus beef burgers and deli sausages washed down with copious amounts of beer and wines. Excellent cabaret by Mike, backed up by some wonderful singing from the rest of us!
I nearly forgot to mention our Saturday morning expedition to the Dungeons. We arrived without any problems. Some of our hikers were looking a little tired so I tried to take them back with a short cut ( Betty would have warned you about my navigating skills if she had been with us ) we got within viewing distance of our Bongos- but the path ended, so we had to retrace our steps. We eventually made it back to camp. The expeditionery force clubbed together to give me a down payment on a sat-nav!
The gathering came from far and wide, Cumbria, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffs and Merseyside, however Sue and Pete from Kent were easily our distance travellers and consequently won the bottle of wine that I was offering. A couple of Bongo owners were paying a casual visit to the country park and were absolutely gobsmacked to see a glorious line-up of Bongos, they came in to see us and said how dis- appointed they were not to have seen the postings on our gathering ( it pays to keep accessing the club site! )
I have sent cards to Gerry White who provided us with the field, and to the staff of White's Farm Shop thanking them for helping us have such a good week-end.
Our thanks to everyone who contributed to a great gathering, it well and truly made up for our missing this year's Bongo Bash.
Kind regards,
Walter.
P.S. If anyone wants to buy a Cockerel
I think its going to be one of those memorable events that will stay with them for years...
