Well that seemed to go well! Campers began to arrive at Forest Park campsite from Wednesday, and all 13 of the pods along with 32 pitches were booked for the weekend. It was great to see so many people (and Triumphs) staying at the campsite.
The weekend started on the Friday with a meet and greet in the bar at 5pm and carried on into the evening with bingo and meat raffle. There was a drive out on the Saturday as well as a walking treasure hunt from the campsite to Overstrand, both of which were well supported.
On the Saturday evening the results of the picture quiz (won by Dirk and Sue) and the treasure hunt (won by the Muschialli family from Leicester) were announced and prizes awarded. This was followed by 64 of us sitting down for a meal. The evening was rounded off with a live band playing covers from the 60s and 70s.
Sunday morning saw bright sunshine for the run to Holkham Hall (a relief after the weather forecast the preceding week), with 42 cars joining meeting at Forest Park. After the initial rush of cars at the entrance to the Hall, things settled down to a steady stream of Triumphs. We managed to make just over the 1/4 mile, made up of 84 Triumphs. Results were given for the teddy naming and won by Nichola and Ian, while the Peoples Choice was a TR2 owned by TR Wensum member Helen.
We thankfully managed to get the gazebo away just before the rain came. Sunday evening saw 20 odd remainers getting together in the bar for a final drink or two, before leaving on the Monday.
Altogether we raised over £2,000 (with gift aid) for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.
Thanks for the weekend must go to Forest Park staff for their great hosting, and organisation; to our band of hi-viz wearers – Dirk & Sue, Andy & Gill for the sending off at Forest Park, Steve and Delia for selling so many teddy names and helping with the booking-in. Steve & Linda, Clive & Sandra, Jane and Lou at the gate. Chris, Ian and Colin for helping with the measuring. Special thanks must go to John and Caroline for providing both the Saturday and Sunday tulip routes as well as helping out on the Sunday, and special thanks to Steve and Karen for liaising with Holkham Hall for the ‘mile’. And finally to all the Norfolk Triumph owners that attended and to TSSC members from further afield who made the trek to sunny Norfolk – especially those who brought their Triumphs!
Judging by the comments folks had a great time. Will we be doing it again? Watch this space…