Annual Meet Questions

[Roo]

will have to get some off road experience before the meet

Don't ask SImo for any tips will ya

@ that Box Clever
Bless Simo didn't do things by halves did he now

[jontera]

think he'd only been on the site for 10 mins..but we had already had a wander..and said thats not for us..!

bump...

It's more than getting stuck, it's a great weekend with a bunch of like minded people..good mates, a chance to catch up and loads of fun...sign up folks..what else you gonna be doing that weekend

[James Bass]

No need for a modded truck matey. There were a few standard trucks there this year.

[James Bass]

Experience is always good, but again that doesn't matter either. Plenty of FOGgers on hand to laugh when you mess up...erm, I mean lend a hand.

[Alchamist]

Honestly, it is open to everyone and all, and probably the best place to get yourself some experience. There will be plenty of foggers around to help, and if you are unsure then you can jump in with someone going round the site, or have someone jump in with you to show you the way

And, more importantly, you get to meet a whole load of nutters and have a fantastic time away from the offroading as well

[BoxCleva]

Seriously, don't worry about it mate. The offroad bit doesn't interest me to be honest, i was only on the course for about 30 mins all weekend. You can do as little or as much as you like. But as Jay (Alchamist) suggests, going round with someone or having them jump in with you is a good idea, just so that you can get a feel for the place.

[James Bass]

The most important thing is we all have fun, and make new friends.

[Dannyboy]

i may have missed the answer to this question chaps but can you just turn up on the day? reason im askin such a stupid question is due to my work i wont have any idea whether il be free to attend or not, i really wana come down n join in the fun n i will do my best to be there but as i said with work owt could happen!

[Alchamist]

You won't regret it

And yes Dannyboy, you can visit or just a day. All the info is in this thread

[furball]

Roo, i am guessing that your road there would be going through Newtown or would you go through LLanfair Caereinion then Welshpool?

Roo generally tells her satnav where she wants to go and then relies on prayer and blind luck

[BoxCleva]

I would have said there was probably about 10 kids all told this year. Mine are older (13 & 15, the 16 yr old won't camp ), and they ended up adopting some of the younger kids for the weekend.
They'll be fine mate, and driving in the camping area is restricted to walking speed , so that won't be a concern either.

[glynn969]

The most important thing is we all have fun, and make new friends.

and that certainly worked for me , wendy and will last year ...

had a cracking time

[Wilberforce]

any young kids going, im in 2 minds whether i should drag my kids along as they may find it a bit boring, they will be 4 and 5 at the time of the meet, unless there are other young kids going so at least they have someone to play with

If Hound Dog brings his clan along, his eldest daughter is 4 I believe, and I know there were other kids of rounghly that age group. And as Si says, his two were brilliant with the younger ones, adopting and amusing them for the weekend. I would imagine your two will have company to keep them occupied.

Roo generally tells her satnav where she wants to go and then relies on prayer and blind luck

if its a TomTom it will route her up the A470 to Dolgellau, then down the A493 coastal through Tywyn, into Machynlleth, then back .......

That's probably a bit technical for Roo, bless her. I think last year she took herself off to Bobster's in Stoke, and then convoyed down to avalanche with them, hehe. We poke fun at her navigation, but love her really

[Hound Dog]

any young kids going, im in 2 minds whether i should drag my kids along as they may find it a bit boring, they will be 4 and 5 at the time of the meet, unless there are other young kids going so at least they have someone to play with

All being well my daughter will be there and she will be 5 and she was there last year

[Fatbaz]

Hi All

In answer to Furballs question on laning. Having just sign up including my mate (laning guide as last year, we don't use the site course) I can now advise that there will be laning for those that want it. We have in mind an interesting run that our local club did last year, although it is a long run there are some cracking lanes to do (expect scratching....and dents if your not careful through the trees). we'll give it a run prior to the meet to time it and make sure it's all open. It is our intension to do this in groups on one of the 2 days, the other day we can do lanes local to the site.

If we don't get much rain and the surface is dry a car on A/t's will and a car on road tyres should be able to get round. If it's wet road tyres will struggle.

It'll be the same as last year, you bring your own lunch and drink, we'll find somewhere to stop and brew up on route. Promises to be a good days laning.

I'll start a laning list in the new year to give you all time to consider your options, break it on the site or scratch it on the lanes (you can always bypass the scratchy lane)

Regards

Stuart

[BoxCleva]

Nice one Stuart. I was hoping the laning may be a little more interesting than last year and it looks like you've got it covered

[Wilberforce]

Or break the toy on site one day, and scratch the bus on the lanes on the other....

Cheers for putting in the effort for laning, muchly appreciated.

[Drift]

Thank Stuart, your a star

So come on guys when you get your Christmas money get of and sign up and get paying then we can get more stuff organised with the fund.

We are very concious of everyone's financial predicament in these hard times and we want to make this weekend the best value for money we can

[Dannyboy]

Me n Kel are just waiting for confirmation we can both have the weekend off mate and then we can start the ball rolling on the full wkend but we will defo be there 1 of the 2 days

[Drift]

Top stuff Danny