Bongo Fury

After visiting Mid Wales and knowing that the hogggmans are there half term I thought...hmmm I wanna go back and explore more

So I booked into
Dolgunuchaf, Dolgellau http://www.guesthousessnowdonia.com/accom-camping.html Friday 22 October

then onto Erwbarfe http://www.erwbarfe.co.uk/cms/about/ Saturday 23 October until 26 October

then back to Dolgunuchaf Wednesday 27 October for one night before we head home and back to the grind

Both campsites allow campfires and good loos apparently according to reviews time will tell

We're planning on visiting http://www.kingarthurslabyrinth.com/ on Saturday morning and the rest of the week...well I have no idea apart from going to http://www.devilsbridgefalls.co.uk/ but I have been googling and looking for more jaunts ...as I do and asking knowledgeable friends

So if anyone fancies it I spoke to the campsite at Erwbarfe this morning and she said she has quite a few pitches at the moment

Debs

Sounds great Debs!

'Specially that one at Devils Bridge.

Best keep it to yourselves though otherwise all sorts of reprobates may turn up & ruin your holiday.

mister munkey wrote:Sounds great Debs!

'Specially that one at Devils Bridge.

Best keep it to yourselves though otherwise all sorts of reprobates may turn up & ruin your holiday.

too late the reprobate that makes bongo cakes is joining us

Hi Debbie
I know you don't know me (lol) but just noseying at your links there and the Erwbaife farm campsite looks lovely. Its an area we've never explored (I live in Llandudno).

Can I ask a Q though. For sites like this, I'm never sure whether to book as car and tent, or motorhome and awning. We are unconverted, and so not really a motorhome but don't want to appear to be 'taking the proverbial' with campsites..
e.g to book as motorhome+awning is an extra £2.00 over if we booked as car/tent (given that we stick a pop up tent next to the van which acts as a type of awning..

Confused? me too

Have bookmarked the site though as a definite visit for some point!

LoopyLoo wrote:Hi Debbie
I know you don't know me (lol) but just noseying at your links there and the Erwbaife farm campsite looks lovely. Its an area we've never explored (I live in Llandudno).

Can I ask a Q though. For sites like this, I'm never sure whether to book as car and tent, or motorhome and awning. We are unconverted, and so not really a motorhome but don't want to appear to be 'taking the proverbial' with campsites..
e.g to book as motorhome+awning is an extra £2.00 over if we booked as car/tent (given that we stick a pop up tent next to the van which acts as a type of awning..

Confused? me too

Have bookmarked the site though as a definite visit for some point!

Yeh the area is lovely, I went a few weeks ago and want to go back and explore more

I have the same problem, bongo unconverted and pop up, for this site they said it was £10 for a motorhome and £2 for leccy, didn't ask about awnings. My friends who've booked are car and tent with leccy and it's costing them £13, they asked me how many adults children, but they didn't ask me that about my booking

I'm going to haven in a couple of weeks and they don't allow tents, I took my pop up and they told me off as it wasn't attached to the bongo ! even tho I said I use it as an awning but they let me put it up after an arguement as I promised not to move the bongo all weekend so I'm taking my 'proper' awning this time

Just thought I'd confuse you back

Debs

LoopyLoo wrote:Hi Debbie
I know you don't know me (lol) but just noseying at your links there and the Erwbaife farm campsite looks lovely. Its an area we've never explored (I live in Llandudno).

Can I ask a Q though. For sites like this, I'm never sure whether to book as car and tent, or motorhome and awning. We are unconverted, and so not really a motorhome but don't want to appear to be 'taking the proverbial' with campsites..
e.g to book as motorhome+awning is an extra £2.00 over if we booked as car/tent (given that we stick a pop up tent next to the van which acts as a type of awning..

Confused? me too

Have bookmarked the site though as a definite visit for some point!

Hey Loopyloo if you're free half term why don't you join us at the site for a few days? There's me and my (non bongo) mate and we're meeting up with some fellow bongoers who are slumming it in a warm cottage but if anyone wants to join us they're very welcome be warned tho I have jaunts planned for daytime, usually involving water and heights not that you'd have to join us on them, but it usually ends up fun

Debs x

Hi Debs,

We're trying to work out if we can get there as we have all the kids that weekend. Maybe we could get to the 2nd campsite on the Friday night and stay over until the Sunday. We pick up my partners kids from Bristol on the Friday and drop them back on the Sunday and that's coming from London where we live. Also need to see if we can bribe my two teenage girls into a weekend of camping in Autumn.

Now I just need to think of ways to bribe the teenage girls to come and cross fingers they've not arranged anything for that weekend

umbongocat wrote:Hi Debs,

We're trying to work out if we can get there as we have all the kids that weekend. Maybe we could get to the 2nd campsite on the Friday night and stay over until the Sunday. We pick up my partners kids from Bristol on the Friday and drop them back on the Sunday and that's coming from London where we live. Also need to see if we can bribe my two teenage girls into a weekend of camping in Autumn.

Now I just need to think of ways to bribe the teenage girls to come and cross fingers they've not arranged anything for that weekend

Be great if you can, whatever days My lad is 7 and my friends camping with me have a 2 and 6 year old and there maybe others too. Would teenage daughters be tempted by camp fires or walks to waterfalls ?? or would that just put them off
Let me know if you book we could go on a lego hunt
Debs

Hi debs
I'd love to We are planning on going away at halfterm but haven't yet decided where. Need to sort out logistics but it sounds like it could be a go!
btw I have three kids, 12, 9 and 7 although 12 yr old will prob not come.

LoopyLoo wrote:Hi debs
I'd love to We are planning on going away at halfterm but haven't yet decided where. Need to sort out logistics but it sounds like it could be a go!
btw I have three kids, 12, 9 and 7 although 12 yr old will prob not come.

Nice one be nice to meet you x there's been a slight change I'm not staying in Dolgellau the last night, but the rest is the same xx and I think you've looked at some of my jaunts I'm not that familiar with the area but I've googled allsorts of stuff for days out, so it will be a complete mystery tour but fun hopefully

I'll let you know! Hoping to be there at least from the Saturday-Monday, depends on t'other half getting time off work

btw..I am abseiling down the Marquess of Angleseys column next Sunday

LoopyLoo wrote:I'll let you know! Hoping to be there at least from the Saturday-Monday, depends on t'other half getting time off work

btw..I am abseiling down the Marquess of Angleseys column next Sunday

fab hope you can sort it

and hey what time next Sunday?? and you're MAD

My f̶a̶l̶l̶ ...er...'carefully managed descent' is at 10.40am..

LoopyLoo wrote:My f̶a̶l̶l̶ ...er...'carefully managed descent' is at 10.40am..

oh bugger I won't be here to see it hope you fall carefully
Debs

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Be great if you can, whatever days My lad is 7 and my friends camping with me have a 2 and 6 year old and there maybe others too. Would teenage daughters be tempted by camp fires or walks to waterfalls ?? or would that just put them off
Let me know if you book we could go on a lego hunt
Debs[/quote]

Walks to waterfalls is one idea of a bribe as the eldest who is 16 is doing a World Challenge in summer and has to raise money to go, so may sponser her to camp.. lol. The 14 year old ...not sure yet, maybe some extra pocket money helping out with the younger ones

It's quite sad really, they used to love all that when they were younger.

Will let you know for sure when we've worked out logistics