lruk meet 2008 Land rover 60th

[charliedenny]

right following on from a suggestion in the how old is your Land Rover thread, 2008 is 60 years of Land Rover (never!:D )

We need to organise a lruk/lrusa forums get together
suggestions please
1. where
2. when
3. what will we do
4. will it be for charity (if so which one)

Somebody/people as general contacts and organisers.


oh and can we have a sticky mods?:D
thanks

[Geobloke]

Oooo good idea, i'll have a think! Like the charity bit too!

[Madoobri]

oh and can we have a sticky mods?:D

Now stuck :)

[Satancom]

Mmm meet in the midlands would probably be best..

However south wales is a lovely place :D

[conkers]

really cool idea Charlie

[conkers]

after rading the other thread wot about tagging it on the end of billing?
just a suggestion.

[charliedenny]

keep em coming
thanks for the sticky

[Satancom]

It would have to be a charity thing. 90% to worthwhile charrities and 10% to green peace just to p off the ramblers Heh.

TBH I would find a cause that could give something back to the peopl, you know something like a community centre (ok bad example). Or a less known charrity that would seriously benefit from a large donation!

[ken110]

oh like the Ken110 respray fund :D:D

[Landysteve1975]

What about meeting at the home of Land Rover the same weekend as Billing spend a day at each?

We could try to organise something with Land Rover to show case vehicles through the years and how adaptable they are to peoples needs.

Maybe do a Solihull to Northampton run???

[Newsreader]

Mmm meet in the midlands would probably be best..
Further north please! :D

I think some sort of road run would be good, if there is one landy for every year and they are clearly marked as such, it would look great in procession. Would make a good media spectacle too.

Charity an excellent idea - things like mountain rescue and coast guards come to mind ... and/or maybe a road safety / anti drink driving type charity ... ? Just batting thoughts about really.

[Satancom]

Further north please! :D

Charity an excellent idea - things like mountain rescue and coast guards come to mind ... and/or maybe a road safety / anti drink driving type charity ... ? Just batting thoughts about really.

I was thinking similar, something to help charrity and make the 4x4 drivers look good.. two birds with one stone :)

Procesion by year would be good, all the way up the M6 or whatever :D

[landiemac]

Great idea think of the publicity, think of the fun & think of the beer (Chris):) . It would have to be tagged onto the back of an existing show to give people from abroad a chance of attending without too much additinal cost. Sollihul to Billing/ Kelmarsh sounds like an excelent idea.

Come on Bernie if lads from all round Europe Iceland Africa & America can get there that makes Scotland just round the corner:D :D

[Landysteve1975]

Question is Landimac will the TRAKKA be ready by 2008???????:D:D:D

[landiemac]

Question is Landimac will the TRAKKA be ready by 2008???????:D:D:D


UP YOURS:D :D :D :D :D

Would be going in the Disco anyway

[Landysteve1975]

UP YOURS:D :D :D :D :D

Would be going in the Disco anyway

Will have to go via tarmac then as you would probably get stuck on the green lanes!!!:p:p:p

[P00DLE]

Question is Landimac will the TRAKKA be ready by 2008???????:D:D:D

nah might be ready by 2018 for the 70th though:D :D :D

seriously though close to billing weekend would be good and save me another £250 boat ticket.

[Landysteve1975]

seriously though close to billing weekend would be good and save me another £250 boat ticket.

Is that how much the Steam Packet are charging now????

Robbing gits!:D

[baz]

Chelsea.
Stuff charity. Too many things being justified by charity connection. Do it becasue you want to. Got another bogus charity clothes collection leaflet this morning.

[Hubber]

Further north please! :D



i second and third that :D :D

[Cocky Lil Guy]

Right im not too bothered where it is...i WILL be there!! Can i be in this run though?? Sounds ace, have a big camp out as well would be bl00dy ace!!

[timbott]

You are all welcome to Pembrokeshire:D

I think a run from Red Wharfe Bay,Anglesey to Solihull would be fun. Of course we could arrange several runs all converging on the Solihull area and it is pretty central and the home of Land Rover so no arguement really:)

cheers, Tim

[Newsreader]

the Solihull area and it is pretty central
Go to the bottom of the geography class, Tim :D I just did an extremely crude calculation on a map and it would appear that my birthplace -Workington, Cumbria - is the centre of the UK. :D Solihull is a long, long, way sarf. :dunno:

[timbott]

Go to the bottom of the geography class, Tim :D I just did an extremely crude calculation on a map and it would appear that my birthplace -Workington, Cumbria - is the centre of the UK. :D Solihull is a long, long, way sarf. :dunno:

But then consider that 20% of the British population live within 60 miles of Buxton (an old statistic I must admit but can't be far wrong) then Solihull should be central for 'most people'

I remember reading summat once that a villiage near Burton on Trent was actually regarded as the centre of Britain, I suppose it depends on where you draw your intersecting lines from and to to find the middle:rolleyes:

cheers, Tim

[Newsreader]

But then consider that 20% of the British population live within 60 miles of Buxton (an old statistic I must admit but can't be far wrong) then Solihull should be central for 'most people'

I remember reading summat once that a villiage near Burton on Trent was actually regarded as the centre of Britain, I suppose it depends on where you draw your intersecting lines from and to to find the middle:rolleyes:

cheers, Tim
But surely we are talking about the population of the forum, not the population of Britain? :D ;)

EDIT: ALso note that I was referring to the centre of the UK, not the centre of Britain - they are two different things :D

[Newsreader]

Good old Google ;)

http://www.ukattraction.com/north-west-england/centre-of-britain.htm



Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire BB7 - England, UK

Much (http://www.ukattraction.com/shared-images/trans.gif) debate surrounds the exact position of the centre of Great Britain. Dunsop Bridge was officially recognised by the Ordnance Survey in 1992 as the neareset village to the centre of the British Isles and BT marked this by placing its 100,000th telephone box on the village green. However, the actual centre of the British Isles is in fact at SD 64188.3 56541.43, at Whitendale Hanging Stones on the hills seven kilometres north of Dunsop Bridge. Others would argue that the centre is much further north in Haltwhistle. It all depends on how you calculate it

I am only teasing ... Solihull / Billing etc probably makes a lot of sense :)

[timbott]

But surely we are talking about the population of the forum, not the population of Britain? :D ;)

OK then so we will all meet at Fort William or summat;)

Anyway, nuff said, going off topic a bit here for an important sticky, consider yourself a victim of OFMOD:D (seen my siggy;) )

cheers, Tim

[Pete H]

The center of Britian according to OS is Dunsop Bridge....
Not too bad of a location...


N 53° 56.743 W 002° 31.105

Theres a cache there also :D

GCYYGH (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=348e8f3f-ae14-4536-9831-86d9142421aa)

[Cannonball Bob]

Has anyone considered what LR themselves might be doing which may be aimed at owners of any Solihull thoroughbred, a sort of Glastonbury for LRs?

And I'm with Baz, dispense with the charity connection. It simply complicates things and is, I suspect, becoming seen as a way of justiying what might otherwise attract criticism. I don't see why we should have to score brownie points to pursue an interest.

[Mogwyth]

Well being that it was partialy my idea, I'd better make the effort too, count me in.

[charliedenny]

keep em coming
somebody might want to find out what landrover are doing themselves

[Roger Whittle]

I'm in - I've already met a few LRUK people and I'd like to meet more. I might be able to provide camping kit if its needed - we've got an old marquee if you think we'd need it.

Roger.

[Landysteve1975]

keep em coming
somebody might want to find out what landrover are doing themselves

I have spoken to various people at Land Rover who have stated that the only things in the pipeline could be similar to the 50th i.e limited edition vehicles and the employees (not the company) doing an event similar to the 50/50 and maybe doing the 60/60 (60 countries in 60 days).

I did mention that one suggestion from the forum could be a proccesion of Land Rovers departing from Solihull, which they liked the idea of.

It was also mentioned that if any years are missing the Heritage Centre might loan vehicles to fill the gaps.

This is just 1 idea.

I have an email address if we want to do something from Solihull and or anything else.
Roger who I spoke to said email him some ideas.

What does everyone think?

[charliedenny]

I'm in - I've already met a few LRUK people and I'd like to meet more. I might be able to provide camping kit if its needed - we've got an old marquee if you think we'd need it.

Roger.

good on that man:D

[Thermostadt]

A line of broken down Landies on the hard shoulder is exactly the image we should be showing the world.

I’m on for it – providing I get AA cover first.

[toppa]

[quote=Thermostadt;731369]A line of broken down Landies on the hard shoulder is exactly the image we should be showing the world.



:D you know it!!

[ken110]

We could take nobber's chassis along and tell em "this is not what you'd expect from a TD5" :D

[Roger Whittle]

Dave78 works for Land Rover and I might have another contact (also a Scout Leader :D ).

Roger.

[P00DLE]

i like the idea of a procession starting at solihul and then ending wherever we can find camping for 50+ (hopefully) vehicles.

like i say would be best close to biling dates but its a year at least away so i would prob make an effort to travel over for it anyway.

[Stumpy Doofleer]

Sounds like a great idea.

[Satancom]

Ill have the 1980 space :D Btw this procession, its going to be at 50mph right? :P

[jepaton]

Ill have the 1980 space :D Btw this procession, its going to be at 50mph right? :PGoing by Thermostadt's earlier comment - we'd be lucky to get out the factory gates by sunset.

Jonathan Paton

[bob86]

I better get one put back together and on the road.

[Bob]

If you're going to do it properly, you should be aiming for the 2008 Amsterdam Motor Show. I don't believe dates have been announced yet, but traditionally it is held from the end of March through the first week in April.
Bob

[timberdog]

midlands

[jepaton]

Braemar? ;)

Jonathan Paton

[Stumpy Doofleer]

Drumclog, 1500 acres of mud and water:D.

[charliedenny]

Braemar? ;)

Jonathan Paton


yes yes yes save me the fuel!!!!
bit to far for some people and off roading is limited!:D

[russ2903]

Great idea, count me in, work permitting ofcause.
Wherever is decided, it should be close to the main motorway. Some idea of numbers is needed so that camping areas could be found for those who want.I would think that North Yorkshire, perhaps around the A1,A66 (Scotch corner) would be more convenient for all members.That would rule out Solihull though.

Rogers marquee would be great too, especially if its a damp weekend. We may be lucky(?) and persuade tony109 to give a talk on towing 8 ton lifeboats.That would ensure an early night for everyone.

[Satancom]

A1 scotch corner? thats like 4 hours in a car and a fair old speed.. At 50mph it would take closer to 8 hours! for me anyhow!

And with the threat of a talk about towing 8-ton life boats count me out heheh!

[russ2903]

A1 scotch corner? thats like 4 hours in a car and a fair old speed.. At 50mph it would take closer to 8 hours! for me anyhow!

And with the threat of a talk about towing 8-ton life boats count me out heheh!

Further for me than Solihull too, just thinking of our friends North of the Border.
This is going to be very difficult to find a site for. Members are scattered from the very north of Scotland right down to the south coast of England.Many more overseas too.
I do remember reading that Weatherby, North Yorkshire,is the halfway point on the old coaching route between London and Edinbrough.

[strang]

You will need to consider the dates carefully, as the Series One club will be having a big event, and the Series Two club (as it is their 50th Anniversary) will also be doing something. For the 50th in 1998, the Series One club attracted around 400 series ones to Shrugborough Hall in Staffordshire - a brilliant event. However, it was rather unfortunate for the AA man who was called out to attend to a broken down green Land Rover :D .

Another important date - next year, 2007 is the 50th Anniversary of the Land Rover diesel engine - get them 'knockers' out!!

[ButtonMonkey]

why not work out where the center of the united kingdom is and hold the event there

[Jimny33]

count me (an 03 freelander owner) in! [:D]

[P00DLE]

since i appear to have the reputation according to some as the forum drunk just let me clarify? will there be beer / alcohol involved in this event?

[Roger Whittle]

since i appear to have the reputation according to some as the forum drunk just let me clarify? will there be beer / alcohol involved in this event?

I can't imagine such a gethering without beer Poodle. We could even get a barrel in. :D

Since we now have a 'sticky', let's corrallate dates through here - anyone know of any of those dates mentioned? The 'extension to Billing/Wherever' idea sounds a good one - a 'substrate' of members would already be there to dig in, so to speak.

As for the distances involved, many of the likely 'very long range' members have already agreed that a Midlands/middle of Britain suggestion makes sense, because of the greatest concentration of population down here. Having said that, may I make a radical and possibly unpopular suggestion? If we work out a 'mean distance travelled' (or do I mean average? Jonathan [Jepaton] will probably tell me) and those of us who do substantially less than that, could pay a 'levy' to help those that arrive from much longer distances? I don't mean a pay per mile deal, but just in blocks of say, 50 miles.

Roger.

[conkers]

I would be more than happy to return to the midlands if it happens in term time so I might be able to bus a few of our caledonian brethren down.
:D in the back of a manky SIII :D

[graham]

I'm with Pete Dunsop Bridge :)

[timbott]

since i appear to have the reputation according to some as the forum drunk

Bug*er, you have nicked my gong:D :D :D :D

cheers, Tim

[graham]

Bug*er, you have nicked my gong:D :D :D :D

cheers, Tim
Oi i thought you were off to bed :D

[timbott]

Oi i thought you were off to bed :D

No, only leaving the shoutbox now Ali is home:)

cheers, Tim

[graham]

Evening Ali hope Tim made you a nice tea :)

[bulkhead ali]

Evening Ali hope Tim made you a nice tea :)

Thanks Graham, he'd made sure that the Stew was piping hot, a couple of beers then bed. thats why I'm replying now:eek:

cheers, Ali;)

[charliedenny]

how about Langley farm in September?

[Kyzer]

Solihull/Gaydon --> a Land Rover show makes sense to me. Maybe Land Rover can make the off-road courses at the Solihull/Gaydon (or both) available for those who wish? Take picture and video of the whole thing, be good publicity for them, and maybe tie in with the new Defender launch?

Also like the idea of the procession in age order, with the vehicles 'birthdate' displayed on it. Wouldn't be fair to limit it to one per year tho, too many people share a given year.

[landiemac]

1 of each model for each year sounds good on the l/r off road corse.

We can all watch whilst eating BBQ badger:D :D :D

[P00DLE]

Solihull/Gaydon --> a Land Rover show makes sense to me. Maybe Land Rover can make the off-road courses at the Solihull/Gaydon (or both) available for those who wish? Take picture and video of the whole thing, be good publicity for them, and maybe tie in with the new Defender launch?

Also like the idea of the procession in age order, with the vehicles 'birthdate' displayed on it. Wouldn't be fair to limit it to one per year tho, too many people share a given year.

always worth asking i suppose then we could take the shorties and a spare g/box for me and really upset them.

[Kyzer]

always worth asking i suppose then we could take the shorties and a spare g/box for me and really upset them.

Shorty for you is a good idea - you'll only rip your the tarty exhaust of your rangie :D

[P00DLE]

Shorty for you is a good idea - you'll only rip your the tarty exhaust of your rangie :D

go forth and multiply GIT

the exhaust will be modified very shortly when i get the time to have a look at it.

[landiemac]

Don't forget a touch or two of South African sprit:)

Oh & Marc too:D :D :D

[Kyzer]

1 of each model for each year sounds good on the l/r off road corse.

We can all watch whilst eating BBQ badger:D :D :D

Mmmmmmmm.... BBQ badger burger :mcdonalds *drool*

[landiemac]

^^^^ With sauce:)

[Kyzer]

Aye - people complaining about coming down from Scotland, poor old Marc is dedicated enough to fly all the way from South Africa (couldn't fit his 110 in hand luggage tho). And he brought paint stripper! :D

[landiemac]

Aye - people complaining about coming down from Scotland, poor old Marc is dedicated enough to fly all the way from South Africa (couldn't fit his 110 in hand luggage tho). And he brought paint stripper! :D


He said the scariest part of the trip was getting in Chris's R/R:D :D :D

[biggmark]

hmmmmmm a scottish meet then convoy to central location??,suppose all regions could do the same with planning so all regions arrive at central location at same time..........might give the traffic cops a headache tho:D

[P00DLE]

He said the scariest part of the trip was getting in Chris's R/R:D :D :D

hmm in that case if he is coming over again i would have to make the effort to bring the series:D

[landiemac]

More chance of that than in the Trakka:D

Any of that pizza left

[Bob]

why not work out where the center of the united kingdom is and hold the event there

This may shock those who reside south of Watford Gap, but Harrogate is technically the centre of the UK. It is actually a good venue location too, hosting some very large national trade shows.
Bob

[P00DLE]

More chance of that than in the Trakka:D

Any of that pizza left

wouldnt be so sure of that the series is good for 120mph:eek:

nope finished the 2nd half of my doner pizza covered in garlic sauce at about 6am when i got up for a pee.

[charliedenny]

nope finished the 2nd half of my doner pizza covered in garlic sauce at about 6am when i got up for a pee.[/quote]
far too much information for my liking!!:D

[Stumpy Doofleer]

hmmmmmm a scottish meet then convoy to central location??,suppose all regions could do the same with planning so all regions arrive at central location at same time..........might give the traffic cops a headache tho:DSounds like a good idea as I stay about 1 1/2 miles from Bothwell services:D.

[Vicky]

This may shock those who reside south of Watford Gap, but Harrogate is technically the centre of the UK. It is actually a good venue location too, hosting some very large national trade shows.
Bob
:yay: This is sounding good, if it's Solihull, I'm 15mins away, if it Harrogate, my Mum lives there:)

[Newsreader]

Scottish meet at Stumpy's :D Down the M6 to SOlihull, meet up with the rest and off to ... ??? one of the shows? SOunds good :)

[Landysteve1975]

Scottish meet at Stumpy's :D Down the M6 to SOlihull, meet up with the rest and off to ... ??? one of the shows? SOunds good :)
.
You could go down the M6 to Warrington and meet up with the North West contingent. Before continuing to Solihull.

[P00DLE]

.
You could go down the M6 to Warrington and meet up with the North West contingent. Before continuing to Solihull.

can yo imagine the chaos of a convoy travelling that far.

[charliedenny]

tow ropes at dawn!
sounds good
now how do we get into action
I am a hopeless leader so anybody want to volunteer?

a line of landys on the M6 with caravans etc mmmm

I will find out what the gipsy club are doing as it is their 50th!

[biggmark]

a line of landys on the M6 with caravans etc mmmm




was thinking about taking the van :D :D :D

[mungo]

Just read the thread..Put me down for it...I think a venue in the midlands would be best....Maybe in/nr Burton on Trent, the brewery town..Tim already suggested it as almost the centre of England
Not that I have any selfish ulterior motive:D :D
Cya
mungo:)

[charliedenny]

even better a line of recovery waggons on the M6!

[jeff]

castle donington would make an ideal venue central uk good locationlots of room and lots of scope for green lanes and tar roads just a thort
jeff

[P00DLE]

tow ropes at dawn!
sounds good
now how do we get into action
I am a hopeless leader so anybody want to volunteer?

a line of landys on the M6 with caravans etc mmmm

I will find out what the gipsy club are doing as it is their 50th!

i think we would need a group of people to help organise this and then one from each region to sort out the specifics of the local meting up etc.

Im willing to help out who else is up for it?

also would need a rough idea of the number of people interested so we can work out space required etc.

[Kyzer]

I'm willing to help - think it's a great idea and would be an event to remember, especially if we could get the procession of 1 landy for each year of production.

[P00DLE]

I'm willing to help - think it's a great idea and would be an event to remember, especially if we could get the procession of 1 landy for each year of production.

good show thats the midlands taken care of anyone else?

[conkers]

I'm wiling to help liase tween midlands and scotland as my two homes happen to be the two regions sorry region, country (same strip o rock we live on) ;)

[Landysteve1975]

I'm happy to help out in the North West.

[Roger Whittle]

It depends slightly on what time of year we are talking about, but if I've got all the various Centenary (Scouting will be 100 years old next year - won't it Dave78?) and Summer camps out of the way or under control, I'll take London and the South East.

Roger.

[P00DLE]

It depends slightly on what time of year we are talking about, but if I've got all the various Centenary (Scouting will be 100 years old next year - won't it Dave78?) and Summer camps out of the way or under control, I'll take London and the South East.

Roger.


Cool well once we get a few more volounteers on board we can start discussing specifics starting with dates and venues.

[Roger Whittle]

We seem to be growing this thing 'organically', which is probably the way to go. The idea of 'local' coordinators is a good one, but I think that might infer we'll need an overall 'coordinating coordinator'.

It needs someone who is 'online' quite a bit; a 'known face' - or at least known forum personality; and someone with a bit of gravitas. There wouldn't be anyone, say from the Scottish Glens, with a bit of Forum form and a string of representative Land Rovers, would there? :D

By the way, did we actually agree, or simple moot the idea, of extending (either front end or back end) an existing Land Rover show? ie; Billing? Or did we settle on an independent weekend and the site nearer Solihull?

Roger.

[P00DLE]

We seem to be growing this thing 'organically', which is probably the way to go. The idea of 'local' coordinators is a good one, but I think that might infer we'll need an overall 'coordinating coordinator'.

It needs someone who is 'online' quite a bit; a 'known face' - or at least known forum personality; and someone with a bit of gravitas. There wouldn't be anyone, say from the Scottish Glens, with a bit of Forum form and a string of representative Land Rovers, would there? :D

By the way, did we actually agree, or simple moot the idea, of extending (either front end or back end) an existing Land Rover show? ie; Billing? Or did we settle on an independent weekend and the site nearer Solihull?

Roger.

PM sent.

[Landysteve1975]

If we was to add this on to one of the show's i.e Billing, the fianl destination could be the main arena at the show, show casing the vehicles through the years. I am pretty sure that if we approached the organisers they wold inclde this in the show.
LRM have agreed a 3 year deal with Billing.

[P00DLE]

come on guys,

i know it is a fair bit of yet but there is a lot to organise and if the meet is going to be viable we are goning to need more than the current 4 volounteers to help sort it.

[timberdog]

I will help in anyway ??

[Satancom]

If your stuck for someone for South Wales ill help where I can.. not sure if im online enough though :D

[Roger Whittle]

If your stuck for someone for South Wales ill help where I can.. not sure if im online enough though :D

You don't have to be frequent, just regular.

We were talking about this last night and we think we ought to be able to get a minimum 200 members taking part - from our membership of umpteen thousand - but Bob pointed out that 'someone senior' ought to be in contact with Land Rover quite early on. Mainly so whatever we arrange doesn't clash with anything they are planning, but also to put in an early bid for 'cooperation'.

Roger.

[Landysteve1975]

You don't have to be frequent, just regular.

We were talking about this last night and we think we ought to be able to get a minimum 200 members taking part - from our membership of umpteen thousand - but Bob pointed out that 'someone senior' ought to be in contact with Land Rover quite early on. Mainly so whatever we arrange doesn't clash with anything they are planning, but also to put in an early bid for 'cooperation'.

Roger.

Land Rover have not yet started to plan anything other than anniversary vehicles.

[P00DLE]

I think we will have to make a more spirited effort to contact land rover and get the organisation of this event sorted. then we can work out what we need to plan and any issues that arrise.

I did have a list on my laptop but the hard disk died so it is gone:(

i believe some members have already made several enquiries but all will become clear shortly.

[Borderterrier]

Count me in. Midlands sounds good, unless you all want to travel to the beautiful county of Dorset!!!;) I will supply the tea! Do we have a date yet?

[stevehow101]

ave it down south, charity begins at home so have cheap beer in the beer tent instead.

[Roger Whittle]

ave it down south, charity begins at home so have cheap beer in the beer tent instead.

Define 'south' Steve. :rolleyes:

Roger.

[P00DLE]

ave it down south, charity begins at home so have cheap beer in the beer tent instead.

the location will be up for debate at some point in the future im sure although i would have thought midlands would be preferable as there has been the suggestion of starting from or ending up at the factory,

the current aim is to gauge interest and try to get people to assist with setting it up.

as for a beer tent i may be wrong but i doubt there will be enough of us to justify a proper beer tent more likely borrow a marquee and just have a free for all in there.

may be an idea to try and add one of the forums famous treasure hunts to it as a bit of fun?

any suggestions for location or things we could organize will be greatfully recieved. anyone know any friendly campsites or landowners who have basic facilites we could use for a donation.

[conkers]

I could set up a mini treasure hunt, mini because ther isn't quite as much wilderness and laning here in the midlands as in Wales.

[P00DLE]

I could set up a mini treasure hunt, mini because ther isn't quite as much wilderness and laning here in the midlands as in Wales.

well i say the midlands but i guess if the idea was to meet at the factory and then travel en-masse to wherever we ideally need to stick to about a 2 hour max trip i would have thought. i suppose quite a lot os the country is accessable within 2 hours or 100 - 150 miles of birmingham aint it.

feel free to throw in ideas suggestions or questions, there has been a few chats about this and more will be revealed within the coming weeks / months

[Roger Whittle]

.................................................. ..as for a beer tent i may be wrong but i doubt there will be enough of us to justify a proper beer tent more likely borrow a marquee and just have a free for all in there.

may be an idea to try and add one of the forums famous treasure hunts to it as a bit of fun?

.................................................. .....................................

As for the 'tent' element of that statement - that's sorted. I can do tents.:D The 'beer' element might depend on how we structure the weekend. In order to get two clear days, we'd need occupation of the site for at least four days; Friday for everyone to assemble; Saturday and Sunday for 'activities'; Monday to recover, strike camp and return home - wherever we have it, some will be facing a long haul.

I think we should try to keep the factory somewhere in the itinerary, however Land Rover respond - it is to be hoped that they will respond favourably - but that will only be part of one day. If there is the possibility of off road stuff, that might have to be a 'rolling activity' with members 'taking their turn' over the whole weekend. A treasure hunt is a great idea and if, as Conrad says, it would be a 'mini hunt' then so much the better; it wouldn't soak up too much of the weekend. If this thing goes the way I think it might, we may have to limit numbers of vehicles on the hunt. Paul H will confirm, but I think we had about twenty-five vehicles at Bala, making about seven teams. I know we never saw any other group all day and that is good. In a more restricted area, we wouldn't want any more than that.

Back to the beer :D. The above structure would allow of three evenings on which we could drink. Taking the Bala TH as a microcosm of what I think might happen, 25 cars might mean 50 partakers of the ale, each on an average 3 pints/evening works out at over six barrels. Well, that's my trailer full - who's bringing the tent? :D And I reckon we might get a lot more Forumeers on the 'Diamond Weekend.' :eek:

Oh, and if we can persuade Ada and the 'Brothers Grim' to do their spectaculary good barbeque, then we speak to them firmly with baseball bats to accept payment - it would be like feeding the five thousand otherwise. :eek:

Roger.

[ENVOY]

I hope you dont mind me joining this thread, but i might be able to help out with an excellent camp site with facilites and an excellent country pub,which is a drinkers pub with real ales that will cater for up to about 100 vehicles/ tents/ caravans situated in a beautifull setting on the Shrops/Staffs border near to Newport in Shropshire which is about 7 miles from junction 3 M54.
PM me if you are interested

[Roger Whittle]

I think you just signed up to be the mid west coordinator Envoy. :D Your suggestion sounds interesting so bear it in mind and raise it again when we start serious planning. This phase is probably called 'blue skying' at the moment, so nothing on paper. However, things will start to pick up when we have some idea of what and where Land Rover intend.

Roger.

[biggmark]

ok so up to now were all waiting to see if LR are going to respond to our meeting................(do they really matter??) do they know that LRUK is probably the biggest online landy enthusiast(sp.) site on the net and we probably have better viewing figures than all them mags put together lol,well i hope that this takes off as not only am i getting excited being with so many landies of all shapes and descriptions but also mrs getting intrigued too lol,boys been asking whats happening since first thread they cant wait either(they got landies in the brain:D ) lol,Envoy seems to have found a good site but....is there somewhere close to take the overspill lol cause i think there will be more than 100 vehicles,and we dont want all u englanders taking up the prime spots next to the bar :D

[P00DLE]

As for the 'tent' element of that statement - that's sorted. I can do tents.:D The 'beer' element might depend on how we structure the weekend. In order to get two clear days, we'd need occupation of the site for at least four days; Friday for everyone to assemble; Saturday and Sunday for 'activities'; Monday to recover, strike camp and return home - wherever we have it, some will be facing a long haul.



Back to the beer :D. The above structure would allow of three evenings on which we could drink. Taking the Bala TH as a microcosm of what I think might happen, 25 cars might mean 50 partakers of the ale, each on an average 3 pints/evening works out at over six barrels. Well, that's my trailer full - who's bringing the tent? :D And I reckon we might get a [I]lot/I] more Forumeers on the 'Diamond Weekend.' :eek:


Roger.

awesome a big beer tent sounds like a plan to me, not sure i like your estimates though Roger i know at billing we were going through a little more than that i think it was in the region of about 15 - 18 bottles each per day for those partaking in a drop thats plus the bottles of whisky, port and the toxic stuff that Marc brought over with him

[landiemac]

awesome a big beer tent sounds like a plan to me, not sure i like your estimates though Roger i know at billing we were going through a little more than that i think it was in the region of about 15 - 18 bottles each per day for those partaking in a drop thats plus the bottles of whisky, port and the toxic stuff that Marc brought over with him


& too many crisps :D :D :D

[Greg S]

Your attendance figures sound a bit low to me. I'm considering the possibility of attending all the way from the West Coast of Canada. Surely there would be an awful lot of people between here and there that would be showing up as well. Some that could just drive to it, without the 26 hours of airplane to put up with.

What time of year are you considering, and what other Landy events are on either side of it so a tourist could get a good overdose of Landies while on your side of the pond for a few weeks? Keep in mind that I would have to get my wife out to Whitland for a week or two to visit an elderly friend while I cavort with the rest of you.

My annual June event sees 25 or more Landies show up and no one around this part of the world has one. See October 2006 issue of LRW for details of my little get together.

[AnalogKid]

We're thinking of making our first visit back home in summer 2008, but there's a lot of saving to be done between now and then.

If there was a midlands based event happening at a time that was otherwise convenient for our trip I'd really want to attend.

[Kyzer]

Just to punt a thought, is it worth considering the booking of a site such as Billing the weekend/weekdays a show so that those who are travelling can get extra value for money out of their journey?

[P00DLE]

Just to punt a thought, is it worth considering the booking of a site such as Billing the weekend/weekdays a show so that those who are travelling can get extra value for money out of their journey?

i was thinking along the same lines possibly the weekend before a show, at least we know they have the capacity and facilities to cope. maybe we could also negotiate access to the offroad course.

[SNO4AMY]

I know a pub in de countryside that lets peeps camp on his grounds etc...and they serve food an beer and are very firendly .... based between bromsgrove n droitwitch..... The bowling green...... they accomadate gatherings but theres no electrics or hook ups juts a field...not sure what he charges but the beer is goodand the gunniess for that matter!:)

[Kyzer]

What sort of numbers are people thinking there will be? Based on response so far we've got to be talking upwards of 100 vehicles, some carrying families, few will have just 1 person on board?

I think that establashing as accurate as possible (so educated guestimate then :D ) figure for vehicles/people is important so we can identify suitable sites and activities.

[P00DLE]

What sort of numbers are people thinking there will be? Based on response so far we've got to be talking upwards of 100 vehicles, some carrying families, few will have just 1 person on board?

I think that establashing as accurate as possible (so educated guestimate then :D ) figure for vehicles/people is important so we can identify suitable sites and activities.

i dont think a small camp site is going to suffice either way and i guess for the more civilised members we are going o need facilitys showers toilets etc, as for activities there is always drinking at previous meetings most atendees have been pretty good at that;) then of course there is harry but he tries bless him.

need to consider those who may be travelling a long way and not hving there own vehicles ok they may rent cars but we would need to ensure space for them in trucks for any offroading etc.

ok peeps here goes i know it is 18 months away but i think we are going to need a rough idea of numbers both people and vehicles by the end of this month so we can start to work out suitable sites. not looking for money or definate yes but if you are interested in possibly attending please add your name to the list. ill start it of with the iom contingent.

P00DLE 1 truck
Weedy 1 truck (2 trucks total)
gaijin? 1 truck (3 trucks total)

[Roger Whittle]

What sort of numbers are people thinking there will be? Based on response so far we've got to be talking upwards of 100 vehicles, some carrying families, few will have just 1 person on board?

I think that establashing as accurate as possible (so educated guestimate then :D ) figure for vehicles/people is important so we can identify suitable sites and activities.

Getting an accurate estimate at any time is an ideal seldom acheived Kyzer and we stand about as much chance as pushing butter up a cats bottom with a red hot needle as getting one this early. However, my gut feeling says your initial guess - 100 cars - maybe quite a good one, although very liable to be an underestimate.

In my experience, the better organised an event is and where detailed information is available easily and early, generates a momentum of its own once a certain 'critical mass' is reached. In other words, once we go over say, 50 vehicles confirmed attending, then more and more members will think it a worthwhile event to be involved with and won't want to miss out.

Looking at just the previous four or five posts gives us indications of very long distance visitors and plenty of them. You are right about the location choice being more and more crucial. We need either a good big, well appointed site (loos are far more important than you might think), with either the capacity to take everything we can throw at it or, have an 'overflow site' not far away that we could fill if our original estimate is well off. Wherever it is, must be 'flexible'.

Were you suggesting we book Billing for the weekend before the big event? Nice idea, but I'm not sure it would be a goer. Wouldn't they have half the facilities closed for maintenance and everything else getting ready for the following week? Otherwise Billing might be a good choice, because we'd certainly not overflow that.

My beer estimates were merely to show that a trailer load of beer might only be enough for twenty-five vehicles - we are already talking about four times that, maybe more. To save everyone hauling beer long distances, ordering barrels beforehand (we could probably have them delivered) would bring the price down considerably and probably improve the quality of the beer.:D

Roger.

[timbott]

May I make a rather radical suggestion here, if this event stands a cat in hell's chance of working we need to establish an organising committee voted in somehow - not sure how, but, without that this will be simply more words and nothing will happen:(

cheers, Tim

[Roger Whittle]

May I make a rather radical suggestion here, if this event stands a cat in hell's chance of working we need to establish an organising committee voted in somehow - not sure how, but, without that this will be simply more words and nothing will happen:(

cheers, Tim

You're dead right mate and I think that will happen. At the moment though, we are sort of 'growing it organically' - to use a horrible management phrase. People are volunteering to coordinate possible attendees in their area and we are hoping someone (like Bernie to be frank) will take the responsibilty of contacting Land Rover to find out what their plans are and if we can be included.:D

Once we've got a better idea of numbers - and I hope you and Ali will be two of them - and a clearer idea of how the event could be structured, we can start chiseling stuff into tablets of stone.

Roger.

[P00DLE]

May I make a rather radical suggestion here, if this event stands a cat in hell's chance of working we need to establish an organising committee voted in somehow - not sure how, but, without that this will be simply more words and nothing will happen:(

cheers, Tim

Tim that is why very early on the call went out for volounteers to help organise the event we have several who have so far volounteered and a few good ideas have been raised so far.
once we have a few more ideas we can then start opening up decisions to a vote and see where we go from there.
this has the potential to be a very good event esp if we can get some sort of official recognition of our event hence we want to start organising early to get a hope in hells chance. some of the ideas that have been raised so far i wont discuss on the open forum but if you want more info or indeed would like to help then PM me and ill tell you all i know so far.
i know there will be some sort of 2008 meet whether it is a small gathering at a show as in past years or a larger gathering of as many members as possible is entirely upto the members and whether people can be bothered helping be that coming up with ideas or joining said comitee and putting in a few hours it is all upto the group as a whole whether this endeavour will suceed.

i for one want it to suceed and to be an awesome event for all.

[P00DLE]

i would also say that if we can get 30 -40 people to say yes we are interested at this stage then the event is viable.

plus it will prob not be a massively structured event more off a gethering loosly organised around a few key events such as perhaps a mini treasure hunt and perhaps some off-roading or perhaps a trip to the landrover factory if we can arrange such things and the location makes it viable.

[P00DLE]

So far reading this entire thread the volounteers for the comitee are

p00dle
kyzer
landysteve1975
conkers
roger whitte (poss)
satancom

could do with a few more i think, apologies if you have offered to help and i have missed you off the list.

Ideas so far raised,

location,
General concensus appears to be somehwhere in the midlands for location.
regional meets then convoy travel to lode lane
mass convoy lode lane to location?
must have adequite facilities
must be big enough that we can be away from others so as not to upset anyone with noise

events,
mini treasure hunt
off roading / green laning if latter obviously several small groups
possible factory tour
im sure more will be suggeted as time goes on

when,
so far there is no general concensus on when except that it would be a good idea around the show season.

Roger has kindly offered to bring a large tent to serve as a beer tent of sorts obviously to make life easier it would be bring your own booze.

The one thing i definately want to do is make sure that we get a group photo of all the members and trucks that attend

[Greg S]

I don't know what you have seen consumed in the way of beer at similar events but the first time I had my Land Rover meet, we kind of just through it out there and invited everyone on the planet. I didn't know if five or five hundred were going to show up. In the end there were about 23 Land Rovers and a total of about 55 people. Seems we forgot to count.

I put up a big tarp, about 30 x 40', built a single outhouse, ran a water hose out to the field for drinking water and fire. We built a fire pit and set up a couple Bar-B-Q's. I told anyone that was coming that dinner was Pot-Luck, lunch was hot dogs and hamburgers that I supplied. I bought a couple dozen beer and had them on ice. When all was said and done, we were out of dogs and burgers, dinner was excellent and I had two beer all day, someone else must have had a beer or two as well as I was left with a dozen and a half untouched beer at the end. I couldn't believe that the suds hadn't been flowing.

Unless you have confirmed drinkers coming, forget the beer except your own. If a vendor wants to gamble with a beer kiosk or trailer, welcome to it. But don't figure you have to look after that as part of the organization of the event.

I also allow camping before and after at my field. The fellow with the motor coach doesn't fit down the drive to the field so he just parks in my drive. Most people tent.

Greg S

[Kyzer]

Agree with what is said about beer etc - difficult to sort out due to uncertain quantity needed, different tastes etc, probably best to leave that to individuals or poss. regional groups to sort amongst themselves if they want to bring barrels. When the IOMann crew and I convoyed from Coventry to Billing 2006, we simply stopped off at Tesco on the way.

As for collecting attendance figures, lots of random voices saying yes in this thread isn't going to help as it will become a long thread indeed and we can't garuntee that all potentially interested parties are going to have slogged thru this already lengthy thread. What I propose is that, if technically possible, a PM box is created and a sticky locked thread posted on the public board for interested parties to send a PM to said box stating their wish to attend with number of likely family/friends accompanying. This should perhaps be done when a better idea of content and loose structure has been attained, possibly thru the use of polls.

Finally, to help structure the planning of this event, the idea of a forum for the key volunteers for planning the event punted a while ago makes sense in order to hammer out the details. This should, where possible and imho, be done in conjunction with constant public consultaion (an event by the people, for the people) maybe in the format of monthly, and as the time draws nearer, weekly threads reporting progress and development, welcoming feedback, but at all times a thread running for the free airing of new ideas.

And if you read all that, you are truely dedicated to the cause and should be involved in organising it :D

[P00DLE]

Agree with what is said about beer etc - difficult to sort out due to uncertain quantity needed, different tastes etc, probably best to leave that to individuals or poss. regional groups to sort amongst themselves if they want to bring barrels. When the IOMann crew and I convoyed from Coventry to Billing 2006, we simply stopped off at Tesco on the way.

As for collecting attendance figures, lots of random voices saying yes in this thread isn't going to help as it will become a long thread indeed and we can't garuntee that all potentially interested parties are going to have slogged thru this already lengthy thread. What I propose is that, if technically possible, a PM box is created and a sticky locked thread posted on the public board for interested parties to send a PM to said box stating their wish to attend with number of likely family/friends accompanying. This should perhaps be done when a better idea of content and loose structure has been attained, possibly thru the use of polls.

Finally, to help structure the planning of this event, the idea of a forum for the key volunteers for planning the event punted a while ago makes sense in order to hammer out the details. This should, where possible and imho, be done in conjunction with constant public consultaion (an event by the people, for the people) maybe in the format of monthly, and as the time draws nearer, weekly threads reporting progress and development, welcoming feedback, but at all times a thread running for the free airing of new ideas.

And if you read all that, you are truely dedicated to the cause and should be involved in organising it :D

as for the PM box not sure if that is feasable but if you want tol help in the organozing drop me a PM or an e-mail to chris@caramsay.co.uk putting LRUK 2008 in the subject line i can create a mailing list then to forward mail to all parties involved in the comitee.

[Kyzer]

Getting an accurate estimate at any time is an ideal seldom acheived Kyzer and we stand about as much chance as pushing butter up a cats bottom with a red hot needle as getting one this early

What a corking 'Whittle-ism' :D

[timbott]

So far reading this entire thread the volounteers for the comitee are

p00dle
kyzer
landysteve1975
conkers
roger whitte (poss)
satancom

could do with a few more i think, apologies if you have offered to help and i have missed you off the list.


Good stuff, looks like thinks are moving along as they should be, I must confess I thought it was just more hot air, sorry:o

Mr p00dle (chairman?) I am happy to help organise a bit of greenlaning with a couple of others:)

cheers, Tim

[P00DLE]

Unless you have confirmed drinkers coming, forget the beer except your own. If a vendor wants to gamble with a beer kiosk or trailer, welcome to it. But don't figure you have to look after that as part of the organization of the event.

Greg S

i think it is safe to say that there will be a beer or 2 consumed over the weekend, at billing last year we drank an epic qauntity of alcohol:D

[Satancom]

Ill do another beer run like the one before xmas... Think that would suffice!

[P00DLE]

Ill do another beer run like the one before xmas... Think that would suffice!

wouldnt be too sure about that.

[ButtonMonkey]

Maybe we could get a convoy together for the beer run.

[Landysteve1975]

How about doing a beer run as the convoy and finishing near Lode Lane just need a big field

[russ2903]

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Were you suggesting we book Billing for the weekend before the big event? Nice idea, but I'm not sure it would be a goer. Wouldn't they have half the facilities closed for maintenance and everything else getting ready for the following week? Otherwise Billing might be a good choice, because we'd certainly not overflow that.

My beer estimates were merely to show that a trailer load of beer might only be enough for twenty-five vehicles - we are already talking about four times that, maybe more. To save everyone hauling beer long distances, ordering barrels beforehand (we could probably have them delivered) would bring the price down considerably and probably improve the quality of the beer.:D

Roger.


Just a few thoughts.

Booking Billing the weekend before the show may not be possible as anyone going to the show can book for the weekend before too. I went in 2002 and I believe we arrived mid-day on the Friday of the weekend before the show and stayed until the Monday after the show.

Regarding beer and a tent.
The tent is a great idea but I think there could be problems with an organised "bar".
If, for example we did get a field at Billing, I am sure they would not look kindly on a rival bar and how would you stop strangers just walking in ?
Wherever the camp site is, would we need a licence for a bar? If everyone bought there own beer, either from home or local to the site and consumed it in a tent, there could be no problem with strangers or licences.

[Kyzer]

Just a few thoughts.

Booking Billing the weekend before the show may not be possible as anyone going to the show can book for the weekend before too.


This is what I have done in the past. What I was thinking is to book part of Billing, like a couple of camping fields near to the decent showers :D, and then people coming from near or far can simply contiue their stay over the show weekend. As big as our event might get, I don't think it will be big enough to conquer all of Billing's camping space.

[P00DLE]

This is what I have done in the past. What I was thinking is to book part of Billing, like a couple of camping fields near to the decent showers :D, and then people coming from near or far can simply contiue their stay over the show weekend. As big as our event might get, I don't think it will be big enough to conquer all of Billing's camping space.

The area we used last year would be ideal

[Kyzer]

Bit small maybe and a bit moist after that storm :D

[mackinnon]

Have a beer tent where you buy a raffle ticket and get a free drink then you are not selling alcohol

[mungo]

The problems with a beer tent are not just the legal aspect.
Someone has to buy the stuff, transport it, pay someone to sell it, arrange security and most importantly, stand the loss:( if it goes pear shaped and there is loads left, or the rant of the drunken crowd if they run out:eek:
If people want ale, take thier own, its cheaper anyway:cheers:
A main meeting tent would be a good idea though..[can't spell marquee]
Cya
Mungo

[Roger Whittle]

The problems with a beer tent are not just the legal aspect.
Someone has to buy the stuff, transport it, pay someone to sell it, arrange security and most importantly, stand the loss:( if it goes pear shaped and there is loads left, or the rant of the drunken crowd if they run out:eek:
If people want ale, take thier own, its cheaper anyway:cheers:
A main meeting tent would be a good idea though..[can't spell marquee]
Cya
Mungo

A very good thought Mungo, we have to keep in mind that we are not a club or organisation in the 'normal' sense. If we were organising a fund raising event for my Socut Troop and decided to have a beer tent in the same way - raffle ticket and free beer - then we already have a treasurer, funds, insurance - almost everything. The forum exists only on the webb and the members rarely meet.

I think you can spell marquee, but could you put one up? :D

Roger

[conkers]

A very good thought Mungo, we have to keep in mind that we are not a club or organisation in the 'normal' sense. If we were organising a fund raising event for my Socut Troop and decided to have a beer tent in the same way - raffle ticket and free beer - then we already have a treasurer, funds, insurance - almost everything. The forum exists only on the webb and the members rarely meet.

I think you can spell marquee, but could you put one up? :D

Roger

Put one up peice 'o' phish spell it :rolleyes:

[mungo]

I think you can spell marquee, but could you put one up? :D

Roger

Thanks for the offer Roger, but I find it increasingly difficult;)

[redhand]

If your still looking for nominations for suitabl charities. Then I propose Alderhey Childrens hospital. The staff here are the best I've ever met and the quality of care is outstanding