Dorset Christmas meet and greet

[pops]

has the grange got a car park or is it the bourbemouth get in where you can story andy??

[Gtdog]

Anyone else heading their from the M27?
Could meet up en-route, primaraly because I am very poor at finding my way about on land, but also a mini surf convoy is always a good thing!

Otherwise I take A35 to Bournemouth, come off at Chrischurch Junction then find signs for Southbourne, head south, follow road and nose till arrival?

I think my Garmin 176c has road maps, may give it a go

Otherwise see you there

[bobafatass]

Plenty of parking at the Grange Martin, plus there's loads of free parking at on the cliff top road. It's a nice quiet area of town(till we get there) well away from the town center.

For anyone unsure of directions it's quite easy.

If your coming from the Ringwood direction, follow the signs from Ringwood to Bournemouth, and follow the duel carridgeway,go straight past the first slip road off the duel carridgeway just after the first slip road on the left you will see the Bournemouth hospital, take this exit off .
Turn left at the end of the slip road, then keep going straight, you will pass a garage on the left, then Tescos on the left (watch out for the speed camera) then you will come to a roundabout. Go straight over at the roundabout, just follow this road ,you will pass under a railwaybridge and pass by some playingfields on the left hand side, just keep on going till you reach the end of the road which is a t-junction. At the T-junction turn right, and follow this road all the way to the top where there is another T-junction, turn right then almost immediatly turn left and follow this road to the end, at the end you will find yourself on the cliff top, turn left and the Grange is about 1/4 mile on the left hand side.

Alternativly , if your a little early follow the directions till you get to the roundabout, instead of going straight on turn Right follow the road till you see the kwik fit garage on the right, opposite the garage is a side road, turn left here and you'll see my truck in the driveway. voila ! cup of tea !!

If anyone get's lost just give me a bell on 07921915881 .


See ya all tomorrow.


Andy.

[da SLUG man]

what colour car should i bring for a good seat??...

blue, green, grey or silver?... possibility of black but not sure.

[pops]

Anyone else heading their from the M27?
Could meet up en-route, primaraly because I am very poor at finding my way about on land, but also a mini surf convoy is always a good thing!

Otherwise I take A35 to Bournemouth, come off at Chrischurch Junction then find signs for Southbourne, head south, follow road and nose till arrival?

I think my Garmin 176c has road maps, may give it a go

Otherwise see you there

got it programmed in sat nav can meet you on way say at juct 2 M27

[Gtdog]

Sounds good to me Pops, if you want to call me on 07979597689 to arrange timing.
I look forward to seeing the all new Black beast of yours!
All the best,
George

[pops]

Sounds good to me Pops, if you want to call me on 07979597689 to arrange timing.
I look forward to seeing the all new Black beast of yours!
All the best,
George

give you a call later as terrie not to well coughin and spluttering all over the place
see how she is after lunch and make decision then

[sumo]

give you a call later as terrie not to well coughin and spluttering all over the place
see how she is after lunch and make decision then

Sorry to hear that Terrie is not well,just tuck her up in bed with a hot water bottle.Then sneak off on your own
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Get better soon Terrie.BIG from me and all at the castle sumo.

[pops]

Sorry to hear that Terrie is not well,just tuck her up in bed with a hot water bottle.Then sneak off on your own
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If you dare..
Get better soon Terrie.BIG from me and all at the castle sumo.

he who DARES WINS

well maybe not hey
seem to be in the preverbal **** most of the time anyway

[pops]

he who DARES WINS

well maybe not hey
seem to be in the preverbal **** most of the time anyway

update terrie said yeswe meeting gtdog at 6 at junc 2 on M27

[Gtdog]

It was great to see you all last night, you could probably tell that us skippers dont get out much!

Wishiing those of you I dont see before hand a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Now im off to clean bilges and sand like a mainiac.

[pops]

yes interesting nite my wife sat with george but i sat with the lads and a big up to andy for the evening
we also met some of the newer members of the forum too HI guys/gals some from afar as devon too shame on some of our more local guys for not coming hey

[Linda]

Yep - it was a really good night - lovely to meet some new faces too.

Pops - don't you worry - you had a good deal - the conversation on our table kept turning to toilet matters, and nasty habit of kids!!

Thanks for organising it Andy - good food, good location and cheap too!!

[surfenstein]

yep.can i just say how great it was to finaly put some faces to names.the missus and i really enjoyed the food and the company.well done to andy for organising this.no complaints about the table conversation ,i actually found it really amusing.anyway nice to finaly meet you all.cant wait for the next one.

[bobafatass]

Glad you all enjoyed yourselves.
A good night had by all, hopefully everyone got back safely.

I don't know what the neighbours must of thought , it looked like Swap-shop in the car park with all the wheels, tyres ,sidesteps etc being shifted from one truck to another



Andy.