Prompted by some members that attended the event last year and Julian’s latest entry on "End of Season" I thought I would suggest that we get together again for probably the first of the Swallow Boat gatherings for 2014 at Rutland Water.
Myself and Andy D will organise permission to hold the event at Whitwell, car and trailer parking, access to toilets and showers etc. As per last year overnight stops on your boats will not be a problem, I will arrange rooms at a local pub for those requesting accommodation and I’m sure we can get together in the evening for a "few scoops" as my youngest lad tells me is the current term and a probably most welcome meal.
As far as dates in April are concerned any of the weekends are possible, probably best to leave a couple of weeks between this one and the Ullswater gathering so shall we plump for the 19/20th as a starter.
Please post your interest on the forum and advise me if you would like a room and meal booking. I will of course find out the cost's before making any bookings and confirm with you first.
Members comments from last year :
Great to meet so many nice people at Rutland and it was good to see all those Swallow Boats craft on the water. We'll have to do it again sometime! Thank you to Peter for organising this and getting us all on the water while keeping it friendly and informal. Somehow you even managed to fix the weather too!
Peter,
Thanks for organising a great weekend afloat. Even the weather was kind, despite the odd bit of snow lying around. Great to meet so many Swallow owners and their boats.
To add my thanks to Peter for organising and everyone for making it such an enjoyable weekend.
It was great to meet you all.