The hosts Mike and Elaine arrived early to set up and be ready for visitors at 1pm. The weather was very kind to us as rain was forecast, but it passed Pateley Bridge by and everyone was welcomed by Elaine and parked up in the sunshine by Mike and helped by Malc.
Pateley Bridge is a pretty market town on a hillside and everyone was told the location of the important places, like the pub and the best pie shop and many pies were purchased!
A free and easy weekend as there is no meeting room on site, so visitors were given a couple of quizzes to have a go at, one involving walking around the village (and up a rather steep hill to a lovely viewing point from the Stoops) and a non-walking quiz to keep brain cells supple.
The weather on Saturday and Sunday was a mixed bag of sunshine and showers (some quite heavy). On Sunday we managed to hold a coffee morning outside the host tent before the rain came again. The quiz results were given out and all the winners helped themselves to a bag of sweets. In the afternoon we could hear a brass band entertaining the people in the park opposite and some of us wandered over to enjoy the music. Many of us booked in to the local pub for a delicious Sunday lunch which was plentiful and good value for money.
The rally attracted 26 vans, 1 from Lancashire, 4 from Northern Counties and 21 from Yorkshire.
