Waldegraves Essex Winter Meet 22-24 November 2013 (1 Viewer)

[FIDGET]

Hi Gail,
Hope you & family and all the funsters have a great time , wish we were there with you all , but can't make this time hopefully be with you on your birthday bash , which ever date you choose.
:thumb: Ann & Terry:thumb:

 

[Dawn B]

Hi Gail,
Hope you & family and all the funsters have a great time , wish we were there with you all , but can't make this time hopefully be with you on your birthday bash , which ever date you choose.
:thumb: Ann & Terry:thumb:

My sentiments exactly
Dawn :thumb:

 

[Larby]

18 bottles mulled wine including the one kindly donated by Highwayman 60 mince pies and the hotdogs all ready for mersea and most of the rest of the shopping done. Cauldron and Hotwater urn packed. Large table packed Just gotta source some more charcoal and buy the rolls & milk tomorrow

lets hope the plastic disposable wine glasses arrive before we leave and that I can find remember exactly where I put the raffle prizes.

Weather forecast looks much better than last year and there still time to book

I am advised SHMBO has some [STRIKE]unwanted gifts[/STRIKE] desirable prizes for the raffle.
She is busy making a cake and I am under instructions NE PAS TOUCHE !

Clearly your MH is servicable. :thumb::thumb:
We know you will be running later than some, do let us know if we can do anything prior to your arrival.

Sun cream and shorts packed. !!:Cool:

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[mitzimad]

Just wondering if anybody else going to Mersea is going to need their regular nicotine fix, or will i be the only one standing outside? Just like Billy no mates.:Blush::thumb:

no you will not be the only snoutcast we both smoke see you behind the bike sheds

 

[ourcampersbeentrashed]

FINAL PLAN and information

HERE are all the details we can think of. Please have a good read as I don't have a print facility to give you a hard copy each when you arrive (sorry).

We hope you enjoy yourselves.


WHERE THE MEET IS BEING HELD

Waldegraves Holiday & Leisure Park
Mersea Island,
Colchester
Essex
CO5 8SE
Telephone: 01206 382898
Fax: 01206 385359
Email: holidays@waldegraves.co.uk

Friday

Please note that high Tides is at 2.37pm in the afternoon and you may not be able to cross the causeway between 2pm and 3pm depending on the height of the tide.

Each meet so far has been different and we dont have plans set in stone. Below we have let you know what is going on within the site and what we will be doing We dont knock on motorhomes and there is no pressure to join in. It is up to you to join in as and when you want to. We hope you enjoy your weekend and that the weather is kinder to us than it was last year.

We are currently not sure what time we will be arriving but it is likely to be later than most of you, so dont wait for us, start enjoying yourselves and introduce yourselves to each other.

FRIDAY
BIRTHDAY - Cathy (NICAF)

Friday evening -

EARLY EVENING - Friday evening Welcome Meet and greet with mulled wine
Come and meet your fellow funsters. We will have some hot drinks including mulled wine early evening which will start sometime between 5.30pm and 6pm dependent on arrival times and we will be barbequing in the undercover area. You are welcome to bring along food to cook, food to share and whatever alcohol you enjoy. After that there is either the clubhouse for entertainment or the main restaurant/bar to chill and play pool. The choice is yours.

OUR PLANS - When we arrive we will set up the two bbqs, the hot water urn and the cauldron. We will bbq and eat in the open air, everyone is welcome to join us. You are welcome to bring food and mulled wine and soft drinks to share or to have your dinner on your own in your van or use the restaurant it is entirely up to you. I will nip off for the bingo, you are welcome to stay and chat to other funsters or to join me.

We are celebrating a funster

Friday Evening Clubhouse Entertainment
6.30pm - Doors open, Kids Fun time with Bonnie Boxer, come down for your chance to play some games and win some amazing prizes and meet the one and only miss Bonnie Boxer.
Kids Karaoke time, Its now your chance to show us what you’ve got, are you the next Ed Sheeran or Carly Rae Jepson, get your request in.
7.45pm - Buy your bingo tickets followed by EYES DOWN FOR BINGO.

Adults karaoke followed by late night disco. Boogie on down to some of our favorite songs from the 70’s,80’s and 90’s In our late night disco.



Saturday
BIRTHDAYS Steve (Mitzimad) and Brennan significant 16th Birthday (Meanders)

This is yours to do as you please.
If you fancy some fun why not join the entertainment team for Wii Time at 11.00am. This will be in the Wheatsheaf. Come and compete in mini tournaments including, bowling, baseball and even wii dance

12.00pm - Killer pool competition. This has been laid on at our request by the entertainments team.
Do you have what it takes to win our killer pool competition? Come and join us for the chance to win a prize. 16+ of age.

OUR PLANS After pool we hope to go into town.

(3pm-3.30pm approx) on our return from town we will be in the undercover area with hot dogs, mince pies and hot drinks available come sit and chat, eat and be merry. We will be selling raffle tickets and smilie hats. Scally will join us. Followed by farewell to Nicaf.

6pm funtime - You are welcome to join us at 6pm for early evening drinks and the raffle draw. Thanks to our leader Jim for donations including a funster flag and cup.

Saturday Evening Site Entertainment and Hog Roast

6.30pm - Doors open, Kids and Adult Bingo.
7.00pm - Eyes down for your kids and adult session of bingo.
Kids Fun time with Sammy seagull, come down for your chance to take part in some classic party dances and win some amazing prizes and meet the man himself Mr Sammy seagull.
Adult Gameshow, Could you be the winner of our very own Waldegraves adult game show, Put yourself forward now to take part.
Horse and dog racing. Get your bets in now and cheer for your dog/horse during our races, could it be your lucky night, place a bet to find out.
Its your late night disco time to Boogie on down to some of our favorite songs from the rock and roll era.

Sunday

OUR PLANS When we finally crawl out of bed we will set up the urns, help yourself to drinks We will visit the Christmas Fair which runs from 10am-3pm
1.30pm-2pm join us for Sunday lunch

Sunday site entertainment
11.00am - kids crazy games
Come on down and join in our crazy games, will you get the highest score, or will be the fastest person? Lets find out.

And not forgetting our Christmas Gift & Craft Fayre- Our annual Christmas shopping event from 10-2 in the Barn & The Wheatsheaf

And if there is snow, a snow modelling competition hehehehehe

NOTE: It is not unusual to see Jaws having a paddle on the beach - be warned

OTHER INFORMATION
Dont forget your pool cue, fishing equipment and golf clubs if you wish to use those facilities


Please note that high Tide is at 3.52pm on Sunday. We ask that all funsters are off pitch by 5pm latest please. FUNSTERS do not have to leave by the usual time as we will be eating in the restaurant and the fayre will be on however in the unlikely event your pitch has been allocated from Sunday afternoon please park on the hardstanding car park.
If you need a key to the barrier it is a £10 refundable deposit so dont forget to return it xxxxxx

DONT FORGET

Fun badges if you have them
FUNSTER BEARS if you have them
Warm clothes and wellies
Alcohol if you drink it
Donations of alcohol & soft drinks/food/snacks/ to share, raffle prizes and bbq coal appreciated.
Dog poo bags if you are bringing dogs. The reason we are not charged for dogs is that on previous years we have always left everything spotless and no dog poo for staff to remove

We look forward to meeting funsters new and old and hope you have an enjoyable time.

Wishing you all a safe journey

 

[ourcampersbeentrashed]

Well here in London it is a lovely sunny day and essex is only "next door".

I will not have any internet from midday so anyone wanting to come at the last minute just needs to turn up and pay waldegraves direct.

Wherever you are and whatever you do, HAVE FUN everyone

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[nicaf]

Just read the final plans for this weekend. All sounds great and we're really looking forward to our first meet! Although am slightly alarmed to read that you will be bidding us farewell on Saturday?? Have us noobies made that bad an impression that you want to get rid of us before our hog roast dinner?!!!! (Well, "it's my birthday and I'll cry if I wan't to"!) We're booked and confirmed for two nights! (unless you know different…..?!)

 

[meanders]

Hi Gail and everyone attending.

Sadly we will not be with you tonight as we are having trouble with the lights on the MH (Will put details on another thread in the hope someone can solve it). Hopefully we will be there in the morning by travelling in daylight.

 

[Rayb182]

Me and Gel would like to say thanks to Gail and Tony for a wonderful weekend, The hog roast and the raffle, it got embarrassing keep winning the raffle, hope you was OK getting off the pitch, got an idea for next meet there, do it yourself mud packs, :thumb:
Hope everyone got home safely, until we all meet again, safe travels.

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[Jaws]

Gail and Tony, you did it again folks !!

Brilliant weekend all round :thumb:

Thanks to you both from woman, me, Dee and Zoe :thumb::thumb:

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Big thanks as always to Gail, Tony and co...... We had a thoroughly good time and it was great to meet up with everyone. Hope everyone got home safely

Cheers,
Dawn, David and Jake the Dog

 

[Ali n Tim]

Just to say a big thanks to Gail and Tony for a great weekend :thumb:

It was good to meet up with other like-minded people ie Funsters

Who else would spend the weekend in a muddy field in November oh:

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[cudleydudley]

super smashing meet

GAIL AND TONY, you have done it again, thanks for a great time, Friday night was brilliant Gail i thought you had gone on stage "for a lark" instead you sang like one :thumb:, plus the rest made it one great night, with happy birthdays joining in, what more could we ask for other than "WHEN YOU DOING THE NEXT ONE"
we got off the pitch with half a ton, of mud on and in the motor-home,
once more thanks George and Sylvia [cudleydudley and ginger]

 

[Philcott]

Many thanks Gail and Tony - I so enjoyed my weekend. It was great to meet new friends and see a couple that I had come across previously!

Home safe and sound, though the inside of my motorhome is nearly as muddy as the outside! Nothing that a good wash won't sort out mind.

Once again many thanks to everyone for their companionship - it was a great weekend!

 

[oldmanriver]

back from our first meet, met some nice people and had a good time thanks to gail and tony, whens the next one ?

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[Larby]

Just back from the meet. Loads of miserable old farts sitting around in their motorhomes. Moaning about the cold and the mud and unwilling to join in.
Now it could have been like that, but this is MOTORHOME[HI] FUN[/HI].

Lots of greasy grass so parked on road, we were blessed with sun and light winds. Everyone joined in and a great time was had by all. The food was good (Hog roast, the accompaniments and the superb sweet all for £4) Blimey Gail you know how to drive a bargain.
The dog got walked on the beach and collected tons of strokes. I won the MHF flag in the raffle and a thoroughly good weekend was had by all.
Lots of new friends were made and I believe everyone owes Gail, Tony and lads a heartfelt thanks for the BBQ and organising a superb weekend for us.:thumb:

Peter. Hilda and Alfie

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Very, very, well put :thumb:

 

[Tecnikal]

Thanks a lot

Hi Gail and Tony. Thanks for a great weekend. Sorry we had to work on Saturday night so only got to spend one evening and half a day with you guys, but it was a brillliant weekend.

As a newbie it was so cool to get up in the morning and everyone just comes up to you and chats and socialises and we all had a cup of tea and a good chat. Friday night was a laugh to and I can't wait for the next one.

Officially hooked. Have decided that all funsters aren't strangers, their just friends we haven't met yet.

See you soon.

Brian and Cherie.

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[ourcampersbeentrashed]

Just read the final plans for this weekend. All sounds great and we're really looking forward to our first meet! Although am slightly alarmed to read that you will be bidding us farewell on Saturday?? Have us noobies made that bad an impression that you want to get rid of us before our hog roast dinner?!!!! (Well, "it's my birthday and I'll cry if I wan't to"!) We're booked and confirmed for two nights! (unless you know different…..?!)

Sorry Cathy and Nick - it should have read Teknical was leaving early (told you I was no good with names

A big thanks to Larby and Meanders for helping sort the electric problem. We now know how to reset the computer xxxxxxx

Just home from the meet. Tonys back has finally caved in so he will be in bed for the next few days. Sink area all washed down and everything loaded into the van and all pitches checked to make sure no one had forgotten anything. Sunday dinner was well worth staying for excellent value for money and large portions.

Thanks to everyone who turned up and joined in, with a big thanks to those funsters who have not had the best of health recently who made such an effort. Well done scally for joining us on Saturday it was lovely to see you. The weather was the kindest we have ever had at this November meet and made a pleasant change.

Daniel won the Wii competition, Tony won the pool competition and it was great to see funsters enjoying themselves.

Between us all we did 28 bottles of mulled wine, 40 mince pies, 120 rolls and lots of drink and food and 12 bags of charcoal.

Thanks to everyone who donated mulled wine, charcoal and raffle prizes. Thanks to everyone who brought over food to share. The two homemade cakes including Mitzimads birthday cake were particularly delicious. A big thanks to those that helped clear up after each event.

Larby won the funster flag, Philcott won the funster mug, Mitzimad won the signed first edition book kindly donated by Superk. George and Ginger we have your raffle prize here xxxxx I think everyone who bought raffle tickets won at least one prize. There was at least one funster winner on the bingo each evening too.

We hope those of you who celebrated birthdays with us had a birthday to remember.

Hopefully the hardstanding area will be completed for next year and we have the offer of a marquee that the site will erect for us for free that we can bbq under that next year.

For those of you who didnt attend, the site layout has changed and we couldnt park on the car park this year which meant trapsing everything quite a way and the ground being so muddy using the mobility scooter was not an option.

NOTE: I have acquired a pink dinner plate with writing around the outside a fork and a knife which belong to funsters somewhere. Please let me know if they are yours.

Thanks to all of you for making this event so enjoyable. The next meet we will organise will be my 50th in May.

Thanks for all your kind comments and for letting us know you are home safely.

We will upload the photos sometime during the week into the Rally photos once Jim adds a meet link

 

[meanders]

Many thanks to Gail and Tony for organising and running this meet under difficult circumstances.

The weekend started badly for us with the dipped beam lighting problem as mentioned in the other thread, but we able to travel down Saturday morning in daylight and obviously had to return early today so we could be sure we got home without needing dipped beam.

It was great that Robert, Daniel and Brennan (our grandson) got on so well. He and Zena (our daughter) thoroughly enjoyed themselves and can't wait for the next Fun meet that they can tag along with we 'oldies'!

We know Gail and Tony knocked themselves up a bit, but are very grateful that they bother. :thumb:

 

[mitzimad]

Everyone has already said it all many thanks to gail and tony xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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[martyn]

Sorry that we could'nt join in with fun,but as some of you know Eileen came down with a stomach bug Friday night,and that put paid to our weekend.She feels terrible at the moment so i'm playing Florence Nightingale.Anyway it was great to meet the funsters we did manage to see on Friday,a big thank you to Gail and Tony for all your hard work.Hopefully the next meet will be uneventful,thanks again,Martyn & Eileen:thumb:

 

[ourcampersbeentrashed]

Sorry that we could'nt join in with fun,but as some of you know Eileen came down with a stomach bug Friday night,and that put paid to our weekend.She feels terrible at the moment so i'm playing Florence Nightingale.Anyway it was great to meet the funsters we did manage to see on Friday,a big thank you to Gail and Tony for all your hard work.Hopefully the next meet will be uneventful,thanks again,Martyn & Eileen:thumb:

Wishing Eileen a speedy recovery. It was lovely to see you both. At least you got a little fresh air and the weather wasnt harsh on us this year xxxx Sending you our best wishes xxx

 

[nicaf]

MAHOOSIVE thanks to Gail and Tony for making our first meet, and my birthday on Friday, a memorable one! I was genuinely chuffed to receive a birthday card from people I'd never met before! G&T - you guys put sooooo much into the meet and really go above and beyond to make sure everyone has a great time - I take my (Funster) hat off to you!

Really good to meet you all.

Cheers!
Cathy and Nick xxx

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[ourcampersbeentrashed]

Just to let you all know that Jim has kindly added the album for the rally photographs

HERE




MANY THANKS JIM xxxxxxx

 

[Theonlysue]

Waldergraves

Many many thanks to Gail and Tony, who tirelessly kept going all weekend -
You will drink

The bbq was wonderfully warm, and a good place to gather.

Everyone enjoyed themselves and the mudpacks were free of charge

A great time was had by one and all:thumb::thumb::thumb:

Sue

 

[dogman]

Am I doing something wrong or are the pictures not up yet.
Glad everyone had a great weekend, sounds like fun and I only wish I could have been there. Gail and Tony, it sounds as though you were very busy on the weekend, might be time to have a few days to yourselves.
Cal

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[icantremember]

Just to let you all know that Jim has kindly added the album for the rally photographs

HERE




MANY THANKS JIM xxxxxxx

Was it very foggy at Waldegraves or is it just the link not working?

 

[ourcampersbeentrashed]

Ive just uploaded the photos I took on the camera on Saturday night.

Friday night photos will have to wait until I find the adaptor for my phone chip.


Ive also uploaded the 2012 photos that I thought I had put on last year but couldnt find.

Will let you know when I upload the restxxxxxxx

 

[Mr Ed]

Thank's to Gail and Tony for all the work you put into the weekend,

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