Shitefest 23...???

[davidfowler2000]

23 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

Is everyone else too scared of camping?

Come on @trigger, it's more or less on the same latitude

 

@dollywobbler

 @Cavcraft could probably cycle to this.

Our previous wonderful hosts @dollywobbler, @KruJoe, @Six-cylinder, @kirton and @Saabnut haven't called by yet.

 

 

Afraid of camping? This is the very type of event I bought my trailer for!

[dozeydustman]

I’m hoping by July my personal and work commitments will be far fewer than they are now so I’ve voted for that weekend. Cannot make any time before mid-June

[Supernaut]

I've voted for July and I also already have several days either side of that weekend booked off work!

[brownnova]

I think that’s a pretty resounding victory for July… 

[hairnet]

just to say if it ends up july all the local travelodge/premiers are price gouging that weekend

if you wanna see sit down first

[catsinthewelder]

53 minutes ago, hairnet said:

just to say if it ends up july all the local travelodge/premiers are price gouging that weekend

if you wanna see sit down first

https://images.app.goo.gl/yReUaXNstkqcSndF6

[twosmoke300]

Travel lodge / premier inn for shite fest ?

’av a word !

[hairnet]

5 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

https://images.app.goo.gl/yReUaXNstkqcSndF6

no id hide under yer barnet - lots of it

 

[hairnet]

2 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Travel lodge / premier inn for shite fest ?

’av a word !

im old/not carrying that shit on the bike/old

 

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

I think that’s a pretty resounding victory for July… 

oi teach - wind it in

 

[cms206]

1 hour ago, twosmoke300 said:

Travel lodge / premier inn for shite fest ?

’av a word !

I can't lie, even I've upgraded this year's accomodation from a Volvo estate...

[twosmoke300]

If it’s a shitty forecast I’ll be in this 😂

[EightMegs]

Sunnyjim               1,2,3

Ghosty.                        3

Flat 4.                         1,3

Hairnet.                     1,3

FatHarris.         1,2, maybe 3

Catsinthewelder. 1,2,3

DavidFowler2000   3

Willswitchengadge.  2

Mat the cat.               1,2

Anthony G.                 1,2,3

CMS 206.                    1,2,3

Brown Nova.              1,2,3

Twosmoke x3 

Fumbler.                        1,2,3

wuvvum.                        2,3

EightMegs                    2,3

 

 

Maybe

Doblo seven 

83c

[twosmoke300]

3 actually works best for me now . 

[Sunny Jim]

Sorry for not getting back on this sooner it's been one of those weeks. 15-17th July looks to be the most popular date but so far only  23 people have expressed an interest but at £43.48 a head it doesn't look very viable for us to commit to taking the whole field for £1000. @LightBulbFun (and anyone else) the bunkhouse won't be open so those not wanting to camp would have to stay off site. The site is about 3 miles from Llanberis so there's loads of bed and breakfast and airb'n'bs in the area so you wouldn't have to stay in a Premier Inn/Travel Lodge.

I'm going to speak to Ted (the guy who owns the site) later this evening to see if it's viable for us to take just part of the site and if other guests are going to be around what kind of restrictions that might place on us in terms of noise etc. - are people still interested if we can't have the place to ourselves? I'm happy to try and organise something in this neck of the woods if people want to come.

 

 

[Sunny Jim]

If we're only going to be around 25 - 30 people I could look at other venues. One possibility might be the training centre where I work. There's 14 bedrooms (12 x single, 1 x double & 1 x twin), a field for those wanting to camp or the option of a camp bed in our large training shed. If we pay them we might be able to persuade the kitchen staff to do us a evening meal on the Saturday and breakfast on the Sunday. There's also plenty of inside space for people to gather and parking for 30 cars on hard standing so no danger of anyone getting stuck in a field if it rains!

[brownnova]

Some people are likely to wait for a date til they commit, but I’m not really sure what normal Shitefest numbers are? 

[twosmoke300]

41 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said:

If we're only going to be around 25 - 30 people I could look at other venues. One possibility might be the training centre where I work. There's 14 bedrooms (12 x single, 1 x double & 1 x twin), a field for those wanting to camp or the option of a camp bed in our large training shed. If we pay them we might be able to persuade the kitchen staff to do us a evening meal on the Saturday and breakfast on the Sunday. There's also plenty of inside space for people to gather and parking for 30 cars on hard standing so no danger of anyone getting stuck in a field if it rains!

That sounds brilliant 

[willswitchengage]

'What makes a good site'? I can't remember what the toilet situation etc was but at the two I've been to we stayed at 6C's farm (a field) and in Devil's Bridge I think we rented a field behind a pub. A blank slate to park and camp in, have some fires, make a bit of noise etc. Perfect.

[dollywobbler]

Devil's Bridge was a bit of a cheat. We had free use of the field as the hotel expected us to eat and drink there. Which we largely did. Only cost was the loo hire.

[egg]

@Sunny Jimdo you work at the Kent Mountain Centre in Llanberis? I stayed there best part of 28 years ago on a Geography field trip (coming from Kent).

[davidfowler2000]

As long as we can make it the stated July dates it could be at Dungeness Power Station for all I care.

[dollywobbler]

Sadly, I'll be in Cumbria over the proposed weekend. Bah.

[fatharris]

Shall we lock this date in for July then? Seems counter-productive to leave it an open poll when the first option is next weekend.

Can the thread title be edited to match?

[Sunny Jim]

@Ghosty@Flat4@hairnet@fatharris@catsinthewelder@davidfowler2000@AnthonyG@cms206@brownnova@Fumbler@wuvvum@Dobloseven@83C@Cord Fourteener

Right, Shitefest '22 in North Wales is go! Had a good chat this afternoon with Ted, the owner of the campsite. I explained that at this stage I only had about 20-30 people interested so hiring the whole campsite for the weekend of 15-17th July wasn't feasible. "No worries," he replied, "cos I've just realised I've already taken three bookings for that weekend." He's still happy for us to stay too, however and said he won't take any more bookings from other people.

So here's the deal: campers will pay £10 per person per night to camp. I realise that some people will be staying off-site and we might have some day visitors too, but we'll need to limit the numbers doing this so as not to take the piss. Perhaps we could have a nominal parking charge and give the money either to Ted or a charity of his choice?

We'll be at The Snowdon Inn Campsite, Llanberis Road, Cwm Y Glo LL55 4EE Link to website

The Bakehouse and the Cube Kebab Van  will be open in the evenings to feed us and Ted's going to ask both of them if either  might be willing to do us some breakfast baps of a morning. I'm putting out feelers to try and borrow some gazebos so we can have some communal space to shelter from the Welsh sun (or rain if it rains).

So please do come and have fun - shite am byth!

@twosmoke300could you change the thread title again please and maybe delete the poll if possible or should I just start a new thread?

[davidfowler2000]

MUCH EXCITE!!!

[davidfowler2000]

Regarding previously mentioned comments about "Noise"...

We shared the campsite at the Bubblecar Museum with regular campers and there were no complaints. We're not a rowdy bunch and we always leave the site as we found it. IIRC the time we stayed at Llangolen Car Museum, the comment made that the only thing we left behind was a single bottle cap someone had lost in the long grass.

Also re: breakfast...
Regular Shitefest attenders will be aware that on Saturday morning myself and @cms206 will have limited supplies of angular, geometrically shaped sausage, tattie scones and Scottish crispy rolls that rip your gums apart. It usually goes down very well. @dollywobbler is usually first in the queue.

[davidfowler2000]

Mr @Sunny Jim, on behalf of I'm sure a good many folk, is the campsite suitable for motorhomes and small caravans or is it tenting only? Some folk like to sleep in their cars too.

[Sunny Jim]

Suitable for motorhomes and small caravans. I'm sure Ted won't have a problem with people sleeping in cars either. He's a pretty laid-back bloke and from what you outlined above we'll have no problem complying with the few 'rules' there are at The Snowdon Inn.

For @LightBulbFun and anyone else who doesn't want to camp a colleague has a wooden chalet that's free that weekend. The accommodation consists of a double bed and two bunk beds in one room and a sofa bed in the living room, toilet shower and kitchen area - it's £50 a night all in. It's about half a mile from the campsite up a hill over looking the lake. If anyone's interested let me know asap and I'll get it booked.

This link to it on airbnb will show it as booked - it is still available they've just sacked off airbnb and prefer to let it through word of mouth. airbnb link

[brownnova]

51 minutes ago, davidfowler2000 said:

IIRC the time we stayed at Llangolen Car Museum, the comment made that the only thing we left behind was a single bottle cap someone had lost in the long grass.

The Llangollen museum guy remembers the group very fondly and said we were welcome back when I visited a few years later!

Very much looking forward to this!