Edited to add more information rather than carry on in comments.
Campcraft – No necessity to have adults present, although I think the children being ‘well supported by parents’ meant they deemed we needed less tutors. Given some of us will probably have high adult to child ratios (eg me and Ady would both stay) I’m sure anyone who didn’t want their adult there / any adult who needed to look after younger siblings would be fine to not be around. Does that help?
Camping prices are £5 per tent per night plus £3 per adult per night plus £1.50 per child per night. I have a booking form and I will check with the centre but suspect emailing everyone who wants to come their own copy and getting you to book and pay individually for whatever you’ll be around for is the best way forward. Our plan is to go from Saturday to Saturday and we are open about what days we do campcraft and Butser but I probably need to get those days booked sooner rather than later.
Butser we can do one of two ways – either just go and pay seperately or I can contact them about a group visit and arrange some activities. I’d need some numbers to contact them with to sort out a group visit.
Right – I need to get this booked really or at least slightly more organised.
Here’s the deal 🙂
Camping at The Sustainability Centre, which is in Hampshire from Sunday 7th / Monday 8th September until Saturday 13th. Come for as long or as short as you like but I really need some proper numbers to give them on a booking form.
It is a fab place, it has a hostel and the centre in the grounds very close to where we’ll camp, both of which have showers and toilets which are clean and ok.
They are very green and ecowarrier stylee so are big into things like recycling but are also a fab place to have a great camping experience. We can buy firewood and borrow fire dishes from them which make for excellent campfire evenings. No hook ups or other poncy facilities of course ;).
The campsite is in woodland and is also a short walk away from the South Downs Green Burial site which is lovely. There is a HUGE Asda just 8 miles away and depending on how many of us there are communal cooking might be a good plan?
I want to visit Butser Ancient Farm one of the days we are there – shout if you want to do that too and I’ll look into prices – if we can get a good deal by being a bigger group then feel free to invite people if they are local (I’m thinking of Hampshire, Berkshire, Sussex folk here).
It will be Davies’ birthday on Sunday 14th and for various reasons we’re not doing the big party at the hall this year but will do something while we’re away. If you are local and not planning to come and camp we’d love you to come and join us for his party which will be something woodland based.
There is a campcraft place on site which offer fab activities and I have been in touch with them about a session. They have quoted me £255 based on numbers I told them of 20-30 people which at a tenner or so each isn’t cheap but I reckon would be a great experience. What do people think about that? Are you up for it? It’s wilderness and camp craft skills, stuff like lighting and making fires, building shelters etc. and would last for 3 hours or so. If you think you might be up for that let me know how many of you and I can get a proper firm quote based on those numbers. They reckoned 2 tutors would be needed for a 20-30 people group so possibly it would go down in price if we were smaller?
So I’m looking for numbers, dates to stay, numbers for Butser and numbers for the campcrafts stuff please 🙂
Provisionally interested in all of that. Sounds just the thing for September for us.
Will see you after this intensive working week and we can chat!
Comment by Ali — 04 August 2008 @ 9:26 am
yes to everything! (3 of us) And provisional yes for WFs too (at least 3 of them) Helen’s dad is currently not very well, so will depend on that, but they are very keen to come!
I have a big pot I can bring to stick on the fire.
Seem to be missing camping prices? Do you know how much the camping part will be?
Comment by Em — 04 August 2008 @ 10:06 am
Is Queen Elizabeth Country Park worth a visit? I remember going there with a school trip!
Comment by Simon — 04 August 2008 @ 12:43 pm
really wish we could 🙁
Comment by Jax — 04 August 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Ark depends on hospital appointments – dates of which are due in next 2 weeks 🙁
Campcraft sounds great but entertaining Jasper will be a nightmare – are parents expected to stay, or could I just drop Claudia off?
Would really like to do Butser.
So yes – will be there, but no idea which days yet (not v. helpful).
Comment by layla — 04 August 2008 @ 6:56 pm
Provisionally count us in but I wouldn’t want to be part of the camp craft as the kids would get more from this without me there, they have done about 5 of these already and know how they feel. If it can only take place with parents there then obviously I have no choice. We’d probably come home on the Friday.
Comment by Roslyn — 04 August 2008 @ 7:17 pm
Mon-Sat 1 tent 2 adults 1 child.
Yes to Butser. Activities arranged would be good.
1 Adult 1 child for campcraft
We don’t feel up to cooking for everyone so will have to say no to communal cooking.
Comment by Michelle — 04 August 2008 @ 11:09 pm
yes to all. we’d be there from the Monday, just me and kids. campcraft sounds fun too, would be up for it and would have to stay with M at least no doubt.
Comment by Kirsty — 05 August 2008 @ 8:17 pm
told chris to read and think
Comment by HelenHaricot — 05 August 2008 @ 9:57 pm