BOURNEMOUTH CAMPING

This year the rally held at Greenhill Farm on the edge of the New Forest was a fantastic success, with around 17 units attending, caravans and tents.

A quick count of the dogs on one day showed that there were 34 Welsh Springer Spaniels plus a further 4 ‘other breeds’ – quite a crowd!

The 60s themed supper held on the Saturday evening had more people in attendance than ever before , almost 60 – a large number of which got into the ‘zone’ and appeared in a weird and wonderful variation of 60s outfits – see the pics on the website. Thanks must be given to all those who provided so much of the food on the night, particularly Janey Sutherland who once again ‘cooked up a storm’ providing us with wonderful open apple tarts and profiteroles – becoming something of a ‘tradition’ now (we hope!).

During the week of the Rally, various activities took place, including some Gundog Training (courtes y of Pat Barrett who owns some land alongside the rally field), agility racing, musical SIT competition(great fun), and dog racing also took place, croquet was available ‘chez Blackford’, and group walks occurred during the week thoroughly enjoyed by numerous welshies – again see the website pics.

The dates for 2012 are 9^th – 16^th August 2012 at the same venue, with a planned ‘Olympics’ theme for the supper. Full details will be available on the website in 2012, but make a note of the dates now for your holidays.

Julie Revill