The town of Bellingham sits in the beautiful English border area, just South of the Kielder Reservoir and plumb on top of Hadrian’s Wall and the Pennine Way.
The rally was located, just outside of Bellingham, in a dedicated rally area beside Brown Rigg lodges.
The weather was “interesting”. It wavered between wet and windy, windy, sunny and windy and eventually, sunny. That said, it held up for the Saturday night barbeque, expertly cremated by a few of us on four barbeques.
Being a very rare northern rally, it attracted some new faces, and we welcomed Margaret and John Sutcliffe with their Safari and Myra and Stuart Edwards with their Willerby to their first rally. Both couples claimed to have enjoyed themselves and even enjoyed the barbeque food.
The weather made organised events difficult, so other than the barbeque, members relaxed, socialised and explored the beautiful countryside and history around us.
Saturday also saw a visit from Alison and Phil Hobson, who were sadly unable (due to many canine dependents) to stay for the evening. The visit was much appreciated and enjoyed, regardless.
All in all, a relaxing, restful weekend (except for replacing a Fiamma awning arm on Alex and Jen Smith’s Hymer) and much enjoyed.
Members in attendance were
- Alasdair Robson, Rob Davison and Bunny Robson – 1992 Hymer B694
- Jen and Alex Smith – 1990 Hymer S550
- Myra and Stuart Edwards – 1956 Willerby Vogue with S1 Land Rover (my apologies and eternal shame for suggesting it was an S2)
- Richard Robson and Maria Parisi – 1990 Hymer B564 (Dotty, the multi-coloured T25 did not make the journey, so this was borrowed from Alasdair Robson for the rally)
- Ann and John Jones – 1982 Baily Maestro
- Pam Petre – Star - TBC
- Cameron Burns and Chris Lowther – 1973 Sprite Musketeer
- Lucy and Jamie Robson - 1991 Hymer B534
- Ben and Olly Humphries-Gibbons – something relatively modern
- Day visitors Alison Hobson and Philip Higham
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