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Late Order!
Hello Brian,
Hope to arrive on Friday with Fritz and Bev, so could you put me down for evening meals Friday and Saturday, and breakfast Saturday and Sunday.
Thanks Alec.
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Hi Jake
As it's not feasible to skip work early on Friday, I'm aiming to arrive by noon on Saturday, so please put me down for Sat evening and Sunday morning food.
I'll leave it to the last minute to decide if I'm in the van or on the bike, but if it's the later, I'd like to take you up on your kind offer of somewhere in your tent to unroll my sleeping bag.
See you all at the weekend.
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Hi
Wont be able to make it till Sat afternoon so could you please put me down for Saturday evening meal and Sunday breakfast
Thanks
Simon
Fritz and Bev, I will bring details of Iceland route and dates we hope to be there.
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Please put Vanessa down for Saturday evening meal and Sunday breakfast as well. Thanks
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Simon,Fritz,Bev: Iceland
Simon,Fritz and Bev
I'm heading to Iceland this summer. Let's talk at the weekend too.
Chris (on Black Rat Bike (Transalp) or white van, depending on weather.)
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Now I'm confused! There are 2 other campsites on the map. All 3 within walking distance of the village. Why have you assumed it's that one? I was just going to look for other tents/bikes when I get there.
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Directions around DENT for those that may get lost, If your coming from the M6 into Dent pass the first campsite then look for the George and Dragon pub then nearby on the right is the Post office turn Right and the campsite is 100 yds or so from there. see you there Jake.
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To all those that turned up to this meet Thanks, Especially Alec who attended on behalf of all you southerners having travelled the furthest and camped both nights I am sure he gets the Gold star. But it was great to see everyone and meet one or two new people, The weather gods were against us and the wind ,rain and sleet made the weekend pretty uncomfortable along with the muddy slopes of the campsite. The Odious Landlady at the pub did her best to keep us miserable when we escaped the weather and kept those that chose B&B at her pub maybe wishing they had faced up to weather outside instead of her miserable, cold and unfriendly hosting manner. In fact I think we believed the village were up against us - this was even more highlighted when chris alighted from his B&B above the village store and joined us for breakfast at the campsite stating that he may as well have camped as he had no heating, a cold shower and the landlady prefered not to cook breakfast. Even a number of the villagers sneared as they passed us on sunday morning -( Mick and his wife at the campsite did there very best to make us most welcome and the lady in the post office was fine too).
But I am sure if Jens was looking down he would certainly have had a smile at our discomfort. We all had a drink or two in his memory.
I am sure I can leave it upto individuals to post there own slant on this weekend, but all in all it was one to remember.
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Nice to meet you all. Even though I only managed the Saturday night I experienced sunshine, hail, ice covered roads, torrential rain, howling gales and heavy snow between leaving home and getting back. A great weekend, I missed out on the "hospitality" in the pub on Friday night but I've got no complaints about the food and the company on Saturday evening and the breakfast on the campsite on Sunday morning.
Paul
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Had a great weekend. Thanks to all for being superb company. ANd Jake for being our Leader.
The locals of Dent (Dentees? Dentures?) are definitely odd. Inbreeding? Who cares. The ride there and back was fun and the scenery interesting.
Let's meet again sooner than later for the 4th Northern HU Meet:
Before Easter I'm free 17/18March and 24/25March.
After Easter I'm free 28/29April, 5/6 May (7th is Bank Hol Monday) and 12/13May.
Maybe at Blakey Ridge again? The publican there seemed to know how to make people feel welcome.
Cheers
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Hi guys
Another great weekend in great company! We didn't let the weather dampen our spirits or flatten our tents however hard it tried (and it tried very hard at times, especially around 4am Saturday morning!).
Jake, thanks for being our leader (although none of us needed much leading to the shelter of the pub).
Hopefully, will see you all at the next one.
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Cheers all
Thanks to everyone, great weekend, and I too am sure there was a smiling face looking down on us all in our hour(s) of need.
The leader’s tent was god sent and created the community spirit missing in much of Dent. (Campsite staff excepted) The it has to be said in the pub was excellent, and luckily available to those not of a ‘local’ dispensation, and so greatly enjoyed by the in-comers.
All in all it was a great w/e and even the trip to A&E on the way home for Mr Balloon-face couldn’t detract from how good it was to meet up again. Hopefully see you all at Blakey….only camped once there when the winds breached 80mph :-0
Picture shows one advantage of the w/e’s weather – thanks to Ian for the kite-flying lessons!
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Hi all
Thanks for a great weekend, nice to put names to faces or visa versa.
Look forward to seeing you all again soon.
Simon
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help
am trying to attach my photos from the w/e = but the file is too big - how do I squash it?
had a great w/e, good company and some good tales told. let's hope that the next meet is warmer!
let me know how to do the photos
take care
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