(english) national meet

[stu]

the english brethren are having an anual meet in england . thats good , should be a good day .
the part that annoys me is that scotland wasnt even considered even though i suggested drumclog
for the meet . andysd1 is looking at kirkton and Bala .
any suggestions as to why us scots are being ignored ??
i have tried on several occasions to get the "over the border mob" to come up here , i got the same
answer all the time "its to far ".
but its ok for me to drive to snowdonia for a bit of laning and come back the same day ,
i also went for the weekend as well and i didnt complain about the distance or the fuel costs .
rant over

[Drift]

Stu Scotland's not being ignored, the vast majority of the members are based in the southern half of the UK and this has to be taken into consideration.
A more central location I would assume to be preferred for a general meet that suits everyone.

I dont think posting this here is constructive in trying to fractionate the different areas by emphasising English and Scottish members, remember there are Welsh and Irish members to, collectively we are all UK members.

[stu]

as no english members come up here why should the scots go to england ?
im not stirring up trouble (you know me well ) the only 2 english folk to come up here are
bernie , and as bad luck would have it is was in england at matt outergods house , and
john tiddles to buy my lwb ."all" this in nearly 3 years of my involvement with fog .

[andysd1]

i did speak to ste (drift) about this, i a came to the conclusion, that i just want to get it started, and if all goes well, that we would look in to setting one up your way in 6 months time, after the first one, so then we have 2 national meets, every 6 months, i dont care where i go, as long as i have a bloody good laugh,

[weave67]

well i for one would love to come over the border and sample the delights that scotland has to offer

[FUDDY MUCKER]

well i for one would love to come over the border and sample the delights that scotland has to offer

Yeah, this one .........



I would be willing to have a weekend in Bonny Scotland, and if you put the vote to the usual Midlands Member who attend every meet without fail, I think you would get the same responce from all of them.

Stu, you name the date and venue and I will personally take the timeand effort to promote it from the English Side.

[weave67]

[bobbinsjob]

just call me "Martini Man", anytime anyplace anywhere

[weave67]

i would love a run up over the border in the spring sometime

[Rifleman]

just call me "Martini Man", anytime anyplace anywhere

There's another name for that Ian

I think it would be great to see you guys up here. Should be a great laugh.
Please don't rant at Stu though, i can see where he is coming from, and i wouldn't say he was trying to cause any problems between us. Yes the majority is way down there, but you can also see where he is coming from when it comes to having to do the travelling all the time.
Lets just stick together as one, and have, as was said, one up here ALSO. We are the best group going as is said often by newbies, so lets keep it that way. FOG rules eh?

[andysd1]

i would love to go in to the highlands, on a weekend, its just finding some where to go, and i dont know what the law is in Scotland for green laning

[andysd1]

found this
http://www.glentarkie.co.uk/

[andysd1]

and this
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/ourw ... orestDrive

[bobbinsjob]

there are no green lanes in Scotland but i believe they make up for it with p&p sites

[bobbinsjob]

just call me "Martini Man", anytime anyplace anywhere

There's another name for that Ian

My nickname has been "Rabbit" since my Navy days

[stu]

i suppose il need to keep the frontera now .

[slapshotDTSneil]

great topic, there is only 1 site in scotland big enough for camping, fires, with scenery, and a pub nearby, that is not way up north and thats Drumclog.

the drum would be perfect, as its not a great distance from the border, near the M74, has terrain suitable for everyone, and to top it all off has a small pub built onto a farm at the entrance.