The 2007 Burn's Supper
Hallowtree, Nacton.
January

We arrived at the ever popular Scout campsite at Hallowtree expecting the field to be waterlogged after all the rain and snow in the previous weeks, but we were pleasantly surprised to find the field well drained and firm underfoot.

After setting the van up, having a Friday afternoon nap and chatting to friends it was time to nip back home and pick up our daughter and her friend from school.

Friday evening was spent in the hall chatting to a hall full of ralliers and catching up on all the gossip.

Saturday morning dawned bright and crisp, breakfast was served by the marshals coming round to each van with a huge tub of steaming hot porridge.

Some hardy souls then walked off the porridge with a long circular walk down by the river, others just chilled out in their vans.
 

Saturday evening and it was time for the Burn’s Supper. We all queued up at the hall waiting for the doors to open and when they did we were greeted with a superbly laid out hall, a tot of whiskey or orange juice and Scottish themed music.

It wasn’t long before the hall was full of hungry ralliers and the first course of Scotch Broth was well on the way, this was followed by the piping in of the Haggis and all the finery of the speech (that I still don’t know what is being said).

The main course consisted of the Haggis (specially flown down from Scotland) with tatties & neeps and cauliflower cheese. Dessert was Oatcake with raspberries and cream. the alternative, goulash looked equally as inviting.

The whole meal was absolutely superb, the marshals really excelled themselves, the rest of the evening was spent chatting and dancing to Terry’s tunes.
 

Pictures by Steve Garrard & Trevor Smith
 

Sunday morning dawned bright and dry again, as Flagpole was held on the Saturday night we just got tidied away said our farewells and set off home.

Our thanks must go to our marshals for the weekend Dave & Norma, Terry & Joy and Derrick & Lesley who all worked extremely hard to make everyone’s weekend very enjoyable.

Steve, Mel, Tasha and Ellie