XRV Kids weekend pics and report

[Sharribee]

We arrived on Saturday morning (a little later than originally planned because of work)

We had a phonecall on route from Vader who was a little misplaced so we picked the Chads and Vaders up on route.

Just after we arrived the sun came out, it warmed up and as Whealie says the kids found water and went for a play (and some of the grown ups too )






Jamie Lee took a fancy to MoM's GSA so tried it for size.



Now the "grown ups"

Chad


Jay





MoM




Lady Vader




Whealie




Chad and Stevie



Jeoff and Claire






Me enjoying a burger



And the Kiddies

Molly, Alex and Jamie Lee



Caitie M
2 minutes before I got a message to Jay to tell him she didn't have spare clothes so don't get wet


Molly, Toni, Jamie Lee (in the canoe) Terri Anne (holding on the the end of the canoe) Alex and Caitie M just getting out of the water






The campsite was brilliant, and I get the feeling we will be using it again next year.

Great weekend going to make this an annual event the Kids really enjoyed themselves, as did the adults

[phil w]

Great pics glad to see Chad still alive And jeez Sharrie you should have had another burger, you my girl is wastin away!!! Look like a 13 year old in the photo

[Sharribee]

Great pics glad to see Chad still alive And jeez Sharrie you should have had another burger, you my girl is wastin away!!! Look like a 13 year old in the photo

had a few burgers and cheese, lots and lots of cheese

[Mabels Old Man]

Some of mine

Camp set up in the dry





Swimming









All the children went swimming







Then we had a BBQ



Apparently some of the food tasted odd



Wasn't just the Vaders who lowered the tone





We had a fire



The sun went down



and strange creatures came out in the dark







Absolutely fantastic week end which everybody enjoyed. Especially the younger children



Again many thanks to Jeff (Geoff)???? for the use of his awning and heater Friday evening and Whealie for supplying the beer.

[j]

Fantastic weekend. Jeff organised a fantastic pitch and the sun gods brought the good weather if 2 hours late. We have 2 things to plan for 1 how do you fit a caravan on a GSA and does any one want a pair of shorts they have out grown me by 8 inches they are like new honest

[StumpyFingers]

Great pics glad to see Chad still alive And jeez Sharrie you should have had another burger, you my girl is wastin away!!! Look like a 13 year old in the photo

I agree
Great photos. Sharrie how much weight have you lost?
Any more and you will disappear.

[Lord Vader]

Ok got some of my pics sorted now

Deb and I had ordered new sleeping bags as we did not get on with the Mummy shape ones we had.They arrived in time but where "a little" bit bigger then i though



and that is only one of them

we had arranged to meet up with the Chad's which we did on Saturday at 6am.We left lovely Essex behind us and,with a stop for breakfast at Morrissons on the way,arrived at the "Campsite" at Lunchtime.
The only problem was,there was no campsite.Both Chad and myself put the Coordinates into our satnav(as it said on the website not to use the postcode) and ended up in deepest wales on a nice river but the campsite was 12 miles away.A quick phone call to J and some directions wearrived.
Putting up our tent was easy and quick.But Chad needed something a bit bigger which took some time and manpower to puit up



As said before the kids had a good time in the lake


of course we had a BBQ



and even had a whealie-bin for our rubbish


as mistakenly reported it was not us which lowered the tone


of course we had to have a little fire in the evening



a few drinks where consumed and some of us where in need of the traditional XRV Breakfast


some suffered more then others


we had a few bacon/egg rolls and then packed up our tents
Whealie has his own method of packing his paniers




Thanks to everyone it was a brill weekend
can not wait till next year

[Sharribee]

I agree
Great photos. Sharrie how much weight have you lost?
Any more and you will disappear.

3 stone now, but that's it for me now at my target so very very happy

Jay has lost 4 so has done even better than I have

[Chad]

We are home now

what a great weekend thanks to all for a brilliant time and thanks to J and sharrie for giving us a nice tour on sunday afternoon

well the weather turned nasty again for monday and today but we still had a good time.

and that campsite is a real find cant wait for the next one

i shall now get my pics sorted

[Chad]

Aaaaaaand heres some pics

yes Catie.M did kind of slip in the water


and mum wasnt happy because the lack of cloths

but then mum kind of fell in



and let me tell you..........MoM was not happy either


whilst waiting for the food


MoM decided to break into his private brewery



and shall now be know as lord Goodhead


whilst sharriebee found the salad


some general pics



the kids





and some adults







oh and some very rare wildlife

the bald racing walrus nearly extinct in wales now



looking after my wee toni as she wasnt to sure of the lake..thanks J