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New Forest meet up??

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:23 pm
by dorsetdave
Any one fancy meeting up in The New Forest,plenty of good pubs, bike rides,dog walks etc.

Open to suggestions and dates.

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:31 pm
by the janner vanner
Dave, I found the best way to get a meet going is to research the area, pref with loads of free parking, food near by and a public loo. Then name a date, place and time. I have found that a meet needs a leader who makes the decisions and then the rest will fall into place.
I have been disappointed only once with the turn out. I arrange most of the monthly meets here in the Southwest. We regularly get between 10 to 20 Bongo turn up.

Best of luck

Dave

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:33 pm
by dorsetdave
Thanks for that tip, i arranged one down at Studland last month, i surveyed the area for everything you have suggested for that meet, one other member turned up!

And then you read on the forum that members in Dorset/Hants/New Forest say not a lot happens!

Still i wont give up because as you drive around Poole,Bournemouth and The New Forest you see loads of Bongos.

Once again thanks.

Dave

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:35 pm
by chipvan
Yep be up for that..

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:48 pm
by Simon Jones
We would be up for a meet somewhere in the Forest, subject to suitable dates etc.

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:27 pm
by chipvan
Would a sunday be best for most??
Some work sat

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:50 pm
by Don&Shirley Gungadon
DorsetDave
We wanted to come to your meet at Studland, but this was the weekend that Bongo was seized up - but well done for arranging it.

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:33 am
by chipvan
Don&Shirley Gungadon..have you got it sorted ok?

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:11 pm
by Chris&Gem
Might come along, without a bongo it's not the same but if your looking for numbers :wink: I'll be in a kia :oops:

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:14 pm
by chipvan
be nice to see ya..will you get another bongo one day?? nice cheap tin top??(with tow bar)

Re: New Forest meet up??

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:14 pm
by Don&Shirley Gungadon
Hi Chipvan. Yes all sorted. =D> Bongo seemed to free herself but AJC Classics took her away to give a thorough checkover. We were very pleased with their service. I suppose we had got used to Paul of Furze Motors keeping her in tip-top order and feel a bit lost now that he has gone.
We were sorry that the turnout at Studland was disappointing and felt sorry for poor DorsetDave who had gone to the trouble of organising it. Studland would have been an ideal location for a meet. We went there to celebrate getting Bongo six years ago. Could have been the cold weather that put people off. We will try to make the next one.