It was a beautiful Indian summer weekend for the seven vans that attended the season’s penultimate rally at East Ashling. It was warm and the sun shone every day and all day.
The evenings were a little chilly, but thanks to the rally officers, Mac and Mon, erecting their gazebo the 14 campers were protected for the Saturday evening barbecue dinner. Mind you, the amusements after the meal were a little passe – singing along to Gracie Fields, Alma Coggan and other of that generation!
Ernest Shorney
Ernest died last month; he was 81. A past member of the club he was always a keen caravanner and following the death of his wife joined the club. Driving a big Beamer and towing a large van – to accommodate his 6ft 6in frame – he would attend our rallies and had the advantage over the rest of us when it came to a skittles evening.
Ernest would also join other club members on their summer jaunts to foreign destinations. It is often recalled that when waiting for the ferry at Fishguard to go to Ireland he fell asleep in his bunk and only just made it aboard.
A Bishops Waltham resident, where he had spent his childhood, he worked some of his life as a engineer in East Africa. He leaves two step daughters.
