The Holiday Rally this year at Ross on Wye was a new venue for us. Eleven units attended at various times from 25th July to 5th August. The rally field is situated about 1 mile from the main road, 4 miles from Ross on Wye and 8 miles from Hereford. Within a short distance there are roads leading to Abergavenny, Hay on Wye and Monmouth, so a good choice of destinations to visit. Everyone I spoke to on the rally enjoyed the fine views and peace and quiet.
On a very sunny 1st of August, long-time members Ron & Peggy celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary in style on the rally field. Nibbles, champagne and cake were enjoyed by all the members attending the rally, joined by site owners Lynda & Geoff. Later in the week Ron & Peggy were thrilled to receive an Anniversary card arrived from the Queen!
Here a few more photos from around the rally field. See if you can spot the difference between the first two!
What a difference a day makes!
Is there a pot of gold in this toilet tent?
View from rally officers awning.
There were several pubs within a few miles of the site, but the Red Lion got the thumbs up from the members. I did not realise you could get Whale and Chips!
As rally officer I tried not to organize people too much, but we did have a trip to the local cider farm for a tour and a tasting. This proved very popular as the owner was very helpful in answering our many questions, and tutoring us on cider blending and tasting! When we had finished our tasting we had to force ourselves to have a cream tea in the adjacent tea rooms.
Orchard Tour
Cider Tasting!
Again joined by Lynda & Geoff, we had our coffee morning in Ron & Peggy’s awning on the last Sunday, and lo and behold another anniversary cake appeared ( thanks to Ron & Peggys Son). Picture below. Despite a few showery days, every one agreed it was a good rally and would like to return to the site. We all thanked Lynda & Geoff for their help and friendliness, which had made the Rally Officers job very easy.
I was hoping not to mention the weather in this post, but according to our trusty site owner we had 22mm of rain in about half an hour one evening, and by the morning this had risen to 30mm.
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Mac & Mon
Just to add to Mac’s great report, the Ross on Wye rally field was like a lawn, And even after 30mm of rain it was still dry. As soon as we left site owner Geoff was out with his tractor towing a big lawnmower making ready for another rally to arrive 3 days later.
Hope we return to this site sometime soon as there is much more to explore.
Steve