Grand Tour & Killarnery Springs

Well Killarnery Spring was excellent and everyone who went for the week-end had a great time. The live band was excellent and James Chapple from Lantren got every one up dancing. The weather was horrendous but it did not stop them opening the water splash rides in the pitch dark and pouring rain at 8-30pm and with a gale force wind blowing specially for us. It was so windy they close one of the rides but the others where just as much fun, or so I was told by the nutcases who loved it and kept going back for more. The music was set up in the massive big play area which had those long tube slides and a death slide. It also had a ball pond and a big sort of climbing frame it was massive and kept all the kids aged between 3 & 63 busy. It was pure fun and if you think you are to old to have fun in a place like this then think again.There was so much to do all day and the owners made everyone feel so welcome. It is hard to imagine that it was all free for the whole week-end and even the camping was free. It is nice to know in this day and age that someone can welcome us into a place like Killarnery spring for free and they did not care if we took 3 minis or 300. The owners were fantastic as was the staff who joined in with the fun. We were invited back so I asked if I could bring a few friends and they said no problems so on the Saturday of the Grand Tour we are going to Killarnery springs. We are going to have a barn dance with a differance, you do not have to dance, you can lose yourself in the massive play area with the kids. There is so much to do and some thing for everyone, I hope the weather may be a bit better.
My only disappointment was the mumber of mini owners who turned up my but I got a great deal of pleasure knowing that everyone who did enjoyed themselves, so did the owners of Killarnery Springs.  

Sounds wicked!! i'll have to make arrangements for next year!! sorry i missed this year now

Now thats funny Linda said last night Michelle will love this place don't know why she said that but I think it has some thing to do with knowing you so well. Luke would love it just as much.

well he might - but i have way more practice than him!!

the ball pool was great fun, but i kept getting stuck on the slide!(_cheer)

Ere what about that young blonde that pulled Charie onto the dance floor.They were dancing for ages.

well when i left last night she pulled him on the dance floor again, so i dont know what happened after that!

No wonfer he didn.t finish all his breakfast this morning.

he was very quiet this morning! hes prob too embarresed to come on the forum 2nite!

basher isnt talking either, hes still prob worn out from the powerhouse and waterslides

Shirly bashers mum enjoyed the slide as much as the kids. Shame she didn't go down the water slide Basher come back the first time for the water slide and said "See you don't get wet" then he went again with Charie big mistake they both came back soaking

if they put on the water slide for the grand tour there are going to be alot of happy soaking people!

They have already said they will.

They have little boats to go down the water slide, so there is no swimming involved.

You end up in about six inches of water but not sure if that is outside the boat or inside.

i think the middle slide the water ends up inside the boat, but i think the others you just got a little bit of water at the bottom that gets you in the face!

Sounds like fun! sorry couldn't make it-mabel had a big leak in her back window seal so had to bale her out-soggy back seat-not nice. So will it be killarney springs instead of the kebab run or as well as next year?

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he was very quiet this morning! hes prob too embarresed to come on the forum 2nite!

i got home at 3 am monday morning! broke down twice, first time the coil lead broke on the a39 and the second time it died on the a 303. managed to get home just about witha bit of fancy wiring lol

i was shattered on sunday morning. didnt get back to the tent to about 2 or 3 am. make sure you phone the dj and ask him if he has had any balls up his bum recently! he slept in the ball pit that nite

well my mini is still in devon, at terrys, cause there was a  bit of smoke coming from the bonnet!

hope its nothing major.

mine needs a new distributor as its nackered. doesnt run properly anymore and i spent 4 hours trying to get it all timed in as well. it does make some loud bangs out the exhaust though

wot time did you leave killarney yesturday if you got home at 3?

i left at 4:30 in the afternoon. got back at 3 AM this morning

dont fall asleep on the keyboard!(p2_sleep)

Was it the blonde that kept you up till 3am, she was quite a mover. Leannes car had a leaking rad and is now feeling a lot better after some TLC. Linda says she is going to drive it down to Exeter Airport on Wednesday, should be a laugh Linda hates driving anyone elses car it's a good job Leanne left the stereo in the car. Well at least it will give me a bit of peace untill the way home of course.

yeah i think it was the blonde

oooooo charlie you will regret saying that!

Thank you terry, r u sure about taking it to exeter?we can always pick it up.

lol. i think the dj will regret saying he had balls up his arse, after he said that we ended up twisting everything he said

and any way, why will i regret saying that?

Charlie are youv.r not coming down for the Christmas meal as well are you.

i might be...

wheres all the pics from the weekend?

The Carnival Queen has got it all in hand

ok. dont think i'll do the christmas meal this time round as it clashes with the wsmoc one.

Charlie,
Are you sure you want to see the photo's.  You looked as though you were enjoying yourself with the pretty young blonde.  Did you get her number?

oops i knew there was something i forgot

yeah i'd like to see the photos.

I wish everyone who starts a mini club the best of luck and I hope that it does not take over their lives like the register has taken over ours but I will not let another LOCAL mini club broadcast it's mini club at any of the events that we organise. We have had 10 years of hard work building up a repution not just in North Devon but across the country. We have raised over a £100,000 for charity and are half way to raising the £150,000 for the mini wing appeal. I know sometimes what we do is just not enough for some people, so be it. We put on 3 events every year and they are all a great big success I think even raising £800 at the South West Mini is a great success. So if another LOCAL club gets involved with Killarnary Spring it would not be right for us to say we are going there this year. Now you know the reason why we are not going to Killarnary Springs.

Terry,

I can't pretend to know the details, but I don't blame you for not wanting to promote the opposition. What astonishes me is that anyone would even consider forming a club close to such a friendly and successful one. I reckon the popularity of our favourite car has peaked with the masses, and there'l be a reduction in the number of clubs, as smaller ones become unsustainable when they lose members, so I wouldn't worry about it if I was you - but I wouldn't promote them!

As for Killarney Springs - what will give them greatest footfall and publicity? The new club, or the biggest car meet in the South West? That's how I'd put it, when I let them know our position!

Whatever happens, I'm up for the "Kebab Run" - my lot are already looking forward to fish 'n chips on the Quay, on Saturday night.

All the best, mate.

R.

To be honest I love the Kebab run as well because I am at the back for a change. I chance to see the run from a different position and no chance of me getting lost.

Won't be very long queues for the rides then if the other club go.

haha wondered how long it would take for someone to say that

didn't want to go to killarney springs anyway-i'd only get sick on the rides   the kebab run is great anyway-sorta announces our arrival for the weekend and gets people talking about the grand tour if they had forgotten about it (how very dare they!!)

thats true. i doubt my minivan will go over those bumps in the road, theres only 2 1/2 inch of clearance underneath it

I havent done the keebab run yet, but we heard it last year as we headed for dinner and could see you across the bay!!! I REALLY wanted to run back to the BnB to get Missy and catch up with you.

Must try to persuade the rest of the gang to do it this year, they moan that they done like Keebabs!!! Nor do I but most places do other food too!!!! Moan moan moan.....

you dont have to have a kebab though.

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Must try to persuade the rest of the gang to do it this year, they moan that they done like Keebabs!!! Nor do I but most places do other food too!!!! Moan moan moan.....

in fact last year i think we had a BBQ - it's a metaphorical kebab. the food really isn't the point of the run now is it? tell them to stop being so silly!

Missymummy:

As I put in my post, my family have already said they're looking forward to fish 'n chips at the chippy on the Quay at Bideford - eat in or take away, and it's bloomin good. You're welcome to join us (Wife, daughters [23&19] & me - two minis) - lots of others did last year.

Richard.

We just call it the Kebab run because it sounded better than the evening meal run.

I'm there already!!!!

i cant say no to a mini run and food

Mini Run and Good Food sounds great but I'll pay for it at the gym after..... Oh well somethings just have to be done!!!

Did I just read mini59 was paying for the fish and chips at Bideford Quay.

sounds like it

Fish and chips 100 times, thank you, sounds good to me.

How does Mini59 know the bloke in the chippy's called Jim (and I've never seen the name spelt the way he did!).

Richard.

Hang on a minute I carn't afford fish and chips 100 times you'll have to see my passanger (my brother) he's the one with the money well at least he should be he never drives his ar it's alwas good old Mark (thats me by the way) wo ends up driving and paing for the fuel.

All this talk of food has made me hungery now!!

By the way I think you need your eye's tested!!! (and I can say that as I wear glasses)

i had mine tested

mmmmmmmm chips-don't they always taste better when someone else is paying as well!! i'd accidentely on purpose forget your wallet that night mini59 or you are gonna get mugged by 100 chip crazed nutcases

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mmmmmmmm chips-don't they always taste better when someone else is paying as well!! i'd accidentely on purpose forget your wallet that night mini59 or you are gonna get mugged by 100 chip crazed nutcases

The Dogs Eaten it!!!  

that excuse only works for homework!! and if you actually own a dog.

We've got 2 Boarder Collies Rory who's nearly 3 and is into everything and Tess who's 21!!! and just likes to eat and sleep.

Ok then my car's eaten all my money!!!  

now that i do believe-mine has chomped a big hole in my finances as well!

was that a typo or is your dog really 21?

She's really 21 we got her from Boarder Collie Rescue when she was 1 she'd lived in 3 differenhomes by then the last being a 5th floor flat she had been really badly treated , but she's very much loved and cared for now, Rory was a recuse dog too he was thrown out with the rubbish with is brother (we think by a farmer in Wales) he's brother had already been rehomed if he hadn't I think we would have ended up havinboth of them.

wow 21!! that is one hell of an age for a dog-shows he must be well looked after -i love a happy ending-blub    i can't believe the way some people treat their animals,they should be put down( the people not the animals)

I couldn't agree more they don't deserve to be treated like normal people.

Some kids up here recently threw a cat of a 5th floor balcony several times and filmed it on their mobiles phones. If I caught them I would end up being locked up.

I also can not understand why people call them dumb animals they're far from it, they know more they we do or as least Rory does he know's what your going to do next before you do!!!

that's the trouble,they would get away with it and u would b in prison. sure i read somewhere that most serial killers start off by killing and torturing animals.makes u wonder what's in the future for those kids. think we have gone a bit off topic here but i'm glad that your dogs are happy and healthy,dogs are very good at getting their own way-they usually can make you believe that it was your idea to give then extra treats in the first place! us humans are so gullible