Picnic in the Park 2008 Event Cache
Gowenhouse: Archived. Thanks to everyone who attended. Would love to see you next year. Total EMails received Picnic related, about 750 !!!
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
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***Please note, if the weather is particularly terrible and no-one is at the above coordinates when you arrive we will be in the Beef and Barge Pub on the Trowbridge Road out of Bradford. The pub opens at midday and has no problem with kids. Food also is served. Coordinates are N51 20.102 W002 14.307. Organiser doesn't have to buy a round so mine's a Guiness***.
Following on from the success of the last 2 years Party in the Park events this one will once more be held at the Barton Farm Country Park (home of the Tithe Barn) in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire on Sunday 13th July 2008 . Once more it would help if name badges could be worn with the caching name on as it tends to encourage conversation between groups. It may seem sad but it worked the last 2 years!!!
As last year the purpose of the event is for the growing number of cachers in the area to meet each other and put a face to a name so to speak.
Nothing special is planned at the moment although 7 local caches will go live nearer the time (including an earth cache). We intend to be at the above coordinates from about 11am till about 4pm and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible for a lunch time picnic and chat. Please bring your own food and drink (alcohol is permitted) and chairs/rugs may be a good idea as there are limited benches to sit on.
There are plenty of caches for you to find pre/post event in the local area - as I write there are over 80 hidden within a 5 mile radius so please don't feel you have to stay at the event. If I start to bore you just leave!!! If you haven't done it, a suggested round trip walk of about 3m along the river/canal would take in 4 caches ie. Canoe spot a barge? followed by Avoncliff Aqueduct, Sidetracked - Avoncliff and finally Barton Farm Country Park. A particular favourite of mine is The Chapel at 38 which offers great views of the town - Don't forget to chat to Al if you do that one!! Also, our Bradford on Avon cache is a good one to see a few of the sites - and it ends up near the Tithe Barn. Seven caches are going live the day before which is a round trip walk of about 3.5m starting from the Barn so look out for those.
Several people have expressed an interest recently about the possibility of organising a Mega Event in Wiltshire next year. Please have a think about this over the next 10 days or so as to whether you feel you will be able to organise/assist in the running of the event. There will be a table at the event where you can leave your thoughts ideas etc and time will be set aside to chat re whether it can be done.
Parking is available at the Tithe Barn, or the car parks in Bradford town centre which would require a short walk along the river to get to the site. There is also a large car park down Moulton Drive (coordinates N51 20.415 W002 15.056) which is only a short walk to the park along the canal. The park is suitable for pushchairs and a great place for children to play - swings and playground available. Toilets are available in the nearby station car park.
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