DBK
LIFE MEMBER
Over the weekend the Murvi Owners' Club had a rally at Treloan Campsite near Portscatho on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall. I organised this last year and did so again this year.
Organising a rally isn't difficult, which is why I'm posting this here. However, I am unsure of the insurance aspects if you do it outside of a club or some other organisation which has insurance to cover someone falling over on an organised walk and I would be grateful for any input from those who know about these things.
We gathered on Thursday and by the weekend we had 36 'vans of all ages.
It was interesting to see there is the same divergence of opinion as there is on this forum about the need for levelling ramps and silver screens!
On the Saturday I led a nine mile circular walk around St Anthony Head and found a quiet spot for lunch at the old church at Place - which is owned by the Church Conservation Trust and is worth a visit.
On Saturday evening the Hidden Hut folk came to cook us a paella with a choice of seafood, chicken and chorizo and veggie.
We sat patiently while it was prepared.
And then we had a sing song afterwards - we were much better organised this year with song sheets!
On the Sunday I led a few stalwarts on a pretty gruelling twelve mile walk to Nare Head where we saw three Choughs - an unusual but welcome sight which lifted spirits before the final long push to the headland.
Finally, we went for supper at the Plume of Feathers pub in Portscatho on Sunday evening where they catered brilliantly for 55 of us packing them out to the rafters.
Not everyone went on the walks of course but there were plenty of options for shorter wanders and others drove off to visit Truro etc.
If anyone wants to try organising their own rally here just let me know and I'll let them have the points of contact. We probably brought about £5k to the local community and more than one local thanked us for coming.
It was a good weekend and apart from a damp Friday the weather was brilliant.
Organising a rally isn't difficult, which is why I'm posting this here. However, I am unsure of the insurance aspects if you do it outside of a club or some other organisation which has insurance to cover someone falling over on an organised walk and I would be grateful for any input from those who know about these things.
We gathered on Thursday and by the weekend we had 36 'vans of all ages.
It was interesting to see there is the same divergence of opinion as there is on this forum about the need for levelling ramps and silver screens!
On the Saturday I led a nine mile circular walk around St Anthony Head and found a quiet spot for lunch at the old church at Place - which is owned by the Church Conservation Trust and is worth a visit.
On Saturday evening the Hidden Hut folk came to cook us a paella with a choice of seafood, chicken and chorizo and veggie.
We sat patiently while it was prepared.
And then we had a sing song afterwards - we were much better organised this year with song sheets!
On the Sunday I led a few stalwarts on a pretty gruelling twelve mile walk to Nare Head where we saw three Choughs - an unusual but welcome sight which lifted spirits before the final long push to the headland.
Finally, we went for supper at the Plume of Feathers pub in Portscatho on Sunday evening where they catered brilliantly for 55 of us packing them out to the rafters.
Not everyone went on the walks of course but there were plenty of options for shorter wanders and others drove off to visit Truro etc.
If anyone wants to try organising their own rally here just let me know and I'll let them have the points of contact. We probably brought about £5k to the local community and more than one local thanked us for coming.
It was a good weekend and apart from a damp Friday the weather was brilliant.