Before I wish everyone all the very best for 2007, a little bit of admin prompted by the mailings from the festival organisers which will have dropped onto many doormats recently.
I am proposing to co-ordinate a "cutweb" block booking for Saul Festival so anyone interested please download your forms from http://www.junctionevents.org.uk/ and contact me off-list for my address. MEMO - dates are 29/30 June and 1 July 2007 The price by the way is £20 per boat + £10 per adult for a weekend site wristband. This "EXCLUDES" the evening concerts in the Music Pavilion although the Drum & Monkey Alehouse and Food Street are accessible with the basic wristband, as well as The Sabrina Theatre. What is required is your completed booking form and appropriate cheque payable to CCT (Trading) Ltd I think there is no benefit from including camping visitors in the block booking as I believe the pitches are allocated on the basis of time of arrival. So it's worth co-ordinating arrival of campers at the site if you want to establish a Cutweb under Canvas enclave. I will forward the single batch of "mooring bookings" with the anticipated result that we will be given adjacent moorings. I will be seeking a location a shortish distance from the main event, but with an adequate amount of grass for the essential gazebos and sundry erections that so often pop up at these events. I have put a note in my diary to complete this process over the weekend 27th & 28th January. And finally, just before I wish everyone a wonderful hogmanay celebration, I should also remind folk of the "Roving Rally" down the Severn and G&S in the run up to the Saul Festival. The plans for this are evolving and so far 9 boats and 3 camping crews have expressed interest. The approximate schedule is as follows, it will be informal, free of charge and folk can join in for all or part of the programme. Mon 25th June - Stourport supper Tues 26th - Pub stop somewhere between Tewkesbury and Gloucester Weds 27th - Gloucester Docks Thurs 28th - Slimbridge or Sharpness followed by Towpath BBQ Friday / Saturday / Sunday - Festival and also, the following weekend - 6/7/8 July, there is likely to be a second expedition to Lydney Docks to join the Lydney Yacht Club event. Cheers Beeky 31st December 2006 PS - I'm sure there was something else I meant to mention
