Mothers Day Rally
Butley

March 2009
 

Friday evening tea and coffee in the hall was ended by a very crispy white frost outside and the gas bottles needed to be topped up ready to keep the vans warm. It was a very hard frost but by 9am the sun was high in the sky and the last of the mist had gone. So out came the chairs, wind breaks and we all agreed that this was what we had been waiting for all winter.

The weekend was very friendly and relaxed. There were lots of children and there was plenty of safe space for them to enjoy, including the playground and the large farmer's field behind the vans. Derek was right when he commented that the children are a credit to our centre. The atmosphere was lovely. We walked backwards and forwards, up and down the field, to try and determine what the pictures people had drawn in their caravan windows were. It was also a great way of saying hello to everyone that we had not seen for a while as well as enter the competition. The Berry's and McCartney's came out on top... clever lot !!
 

Sunday morning flagpole was chaired by Derek & Sheena Pannell and Derek made us all laugh with his cheeky jokes. Tony was still not encouraged to say anything on the mike though, so we musk keep up the cheeky comments in future !  This rally was a terrific weekend that demonstrated everything that a rally should be. Relaxing, friendly, interesting, fun, and a really good value weekend.
 

Pictures courtesy of Beryl Garrod and Trevor Smith