Hosts Carol & Malcolm Core and Elaine & Mike Jakeman
The weather started out sunny but a tad blustery for the arrival of our first guests on Thursday 18th September at Bridlington. Even though there had been a lot of rain in the previous days the ground was firm. We continued to see members come and go up until Sunday with some adding extra days to their original intended stay. All 39 motorhomes, bar one, were booked in and parked up without the hosts getting wet – bonus!
No entertainment or coffee morning was planned mainly due to the poor forecast, however a short history walk/quiz was printed on the welcome sheet- and also a drawing competition for visitors to complete and display in their vans– answers are available on the Facebook page.
The weather on Saturday was dire with northerly winds gusting over 25mph through the day, evening and worsening overnight with some pretty big downpours. The braver among us ventured out into Brid, others (like me) stayed in the van with a good book, pack of cards and numerous mugs of tea! Some awnings and porches took a battering and some were taken down before disaster could occur and most vans wobbled on their wheels all night!
The beach is always a great draw to this venue as it is so close and saw members dog walking, metal detecting (no big finds) and walking either into Brid or Fraisthorpe to the Cow Shed for coffee and cakes. New geocaches were also identified and found by a couple of members.
All in all another memorable outing for the Yorkshire Group, thanks to all that attended.
Rally Stats: Yorkshire 17; East Midlands 5; Lancashire 5; Essex 2; Anglia 2; East Wessex 2; Sussex 1; Severn Valley 1; Northern Counties 1; West Wessex 1; South West Peninsula 1 and Northern Ireland 1
