I was wondering what usually happens on a typical UKCS meet?. I am hoping to start attending some of these in the near future and would like an insight before I do.
I have just replied on another thread about meets, just to repeat what I said there:.
Been on quite a few meets now, and they vary, some are big and have lots of events planned, e.g. fancy dress, quizz, scavenger hunt, sports day, teddy-bears picnic, treasure-hunt, plus seasonal events such as easter-egg hunt or fireworks. The smaller ones may have 1 or 2 or none of the above arranged, but at all of them we usually gather together in the evening for a BBQ and drinks. Even so, you are under no pressure to join in if you don't want to, and it doesn't matter whether you are a drinker or a non-drinker, the meets have pleny of both. There is usually a host who will greet you and let you know whats been arranged.
There are a number of threads on this subject, but to be honest I wouldn't know where to start to find them. lol.
Cas54 copied this off one of my posts a while ago & told me to save it for just such an instance, so here we go:
normally most people arrive on a Friday, set up, have something to eat, & get to know their neighbours, have a few drinks & mingle, the Marshall will normally be the 1st person to speak to you when you arrive, & introduce you to whoever is milling around, so you don't feel like an outcast. Then on Saturday you can decide what you want to do. some go off out & about, some stay on site & just chill & chat, then on Saturday tea time, we try & get together at a central location in the field, & you bring your own BBQ & food & drink, (don't worry if you don't have a BBQ someone will let you cook your food on theirs) we cook & eat our own food, unless you want to share. lol. when everyone has eaten we normally do a raffle, proceeds go towards the bucket of pink, or should I say Rocket Fuel ! & we sit around & chat & have a drink or 10. the kids tend to be doing their own thing, they soon make friends & thats the last you see of them until bedtime. Then on the Sunday, most people just take their time packing up & saying their goodbye's, & go home back to the humdrum life, knowing they have made some great friends, & counting the days until the next meet.
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They do sound really good. I will just have to decide which one to attend first. I did look at the one at York, but unfortunately I am away somewhere else on that weekend so it will have to be a later one.
Hi Shooun ............ there is a meet coming up next w/e .. not sure if there's pitches left ......... but worth a try Orchards .. it's a great site and we have bonfire's aswell .... not sure about leccy pitches !!!!
shooun hi there I am shore you will find the meets very friendly and relaxed ,if you are like most of us enjoying meeting people from all over the uk ,and some from your home town as I have done, I met some old friends I had lost contact with for years at a meet at the Elvastone Castle steam rally and made some new friends, we all have a common interest camping and caravaning .
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Hi cas see you Friday yes we know you will travel long distances for a party lol,some of the meets we have been on this year have been 3 and half hours travelling suffolks about that but we are going on to Feelixtow on the mondayfrom the meet , see you there.
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never lost just on tour
your just jealous of the little voices talking to me
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Topic: What happens on a meet??
Then on Saturday you can decide what you want to do. some go off out & about, some stay on site & just chill & chat, then on Saturday tea time, we try & get together at a central location in the field, & you bring your own BBQ & food & drink, (don't worry if you don't have a BBQ someone will let you cook your food on theirs) we cook & eat our own food, unless you want to share. lol. when everyone has eaten we normally do a raffle, proceeds go towards the bucket of pink, or should I say Rocket Fuel ! 
& we sit around & chat & have a drink or 10. 
the kids tend to be doing their own thing, they soon make friends & thats the last you see of them until bedtime. 
Then on the Sunday, most people just take their time packing up & saying their goodbye's, & go home back to the humdrum life, knowing they have made some great friends, & counting the days until the next meet. 
