The arrangements for this Summer Picnic were made by our Publicity Officer
Tony Russell. this being one of his many local haunts. However the organising logistics
precluded the supply of the usual free glass of plonk and hot
dog. The pub is on a small lake used for fishing
and they had agreed to let us use their separate adjacent field for our
picnic. Regretfully, the weather was also much against us. It had been raining heavily for days before and days
after and we were advised only a day beforehand that the field was waterlogged
and would not be usable. We were however welcome to use the car park. -
which may be a bit of a Squeeze. Already parked aside was a very flash
Lotus Evora, the fastest lotus on the road, 400hp, 186mph 3.5V6, at a mere
price of £72,000
The car park was a bit small, bit muddy and with puddles. The weather on
the day was forecast to be atrocious but remained grey and dull, but dry
for duration of most of our stay there. The conditions were not
anticipatory of a high turnout but slowly cars started arriving and
filling up the
carpark. Eventually we achieved 15 proper cars and some moderns.
This was a downturn on last visit's attendance of 21 cars. The conditions
were also not favorable for a picnic in the countryside but three or four
groups people did put on a reasonable show. After about a couple of hours
or so a
shower did assist in rapid evacuation of SVVS vehicles from the carpark,
and their wet drive home, - and subsequently having to wash them before
putting them back into mothballs. |
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Some SVVS Members may be aware that
for many years The Great SVVS Summer Picnic had been
held at Mr & Mrs Chairman's Church Farm. Part of the event was
providing each member on arrival with a freshly made free hot dog and providing
each Member with a free glass of wine. Similar freebies were offered at
other SVVS picnic sites. Church Farm is relatively fortunate to have an adjacent flat mown show field which vehicles can
safely enter, negotiate and park. People could picnic adjacent to their
cars or use the nearby picturesque mowed duck pond area. In the event of
rain there were two barns. One barn had tables and chairs and a carpeted
floor, while the other is a more rudimentary big open-air pole barn. To
provide these facilities entirely free does take a great deal of
organising and lots of hard work to get all the fields, buildings and
facilities ready for use. Being a private home, there is no staff to do do
these works, so everything has to be done Mr & Mrs Chairman. Some
on-the-day work does
require help from SVVS volunteers. Apart from Janet and Chas Moody, SVVS volunteers
became very
short on the ground. So if you are wondering why the Summer Picnic is
not at Church Farm, and why no plonk or hot dogs, Mr & Mrs Chairman found having to do
most of the work continually themselves, to be somewhat
laborious. Perhaps somebody else can take up the mantle or another SVVS tradition
will disappear. For things to continue to happen, participation is
required! This is a volunteer unpaid club needing your help. |
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