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Rogue · Strata Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 3865

Camp Oakmud you mean? Razz

Was pretty awesome, got beyond the point of caring about the mud and decided to just get drunk and get on with it.

Friday night wasn't too bad, had an awesome night catching up with people, drinking, watching the football and playing a few games Wink

Saturday was a very wet day but not enough to dampen my spirits, had a great time surrounded by great mates. Did quite a few rides on the park and also had a fantastic time bowling and in the crystal maze, then it was back on the park again for food and more riding.

Highlight definitely has to be when we were on Bounce looking down at the Teatrays when someone came off and got a soaking. Also repeat rides on Speed when there was no queue.

We went back to the campsite for a bit, getting all our glowing tat before enjoying the show and ERS on Meggy.

Personally for me I thought this was the best ERS I have had on Meggy and have heard a few people mention the same. It actually stopped raining for the ERS which was fab.

Another highlight was this morning getting cars off the field although I have to say we did very well with little problems Very Happy

Thanks to everyone for a great weekend and see you all again very soon. Thanks to Nev for organising it and thanks to Oakwood staff for being great Very Happy

Can't wait to see all the photos.
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Auntie Murial · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

Haha , that is awesome, Camp Oakmud ! love it
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Coaster Toaster · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject:

What a great weekend weather was nice on friday.

Couldnt sleep that night due to the ammount of kick i had drunk. we were up nice and early thanks to the rain.

Found the day itself was really good even if a bit damp but walking to cc2000 was a great break from the park and campsite to try and dry up.

The ers in the evening was awsome people that were there were in really good spirits dispite the rain. I think it must have been due to most of us all being in the boat due to the camp site.

Today was good fun i knew i wasnt going to get very from as saw the day before i was really bogged down and so i moved today adn what a suprise i got stuck.

I got towed out b adam and what a scary experience it was lol but all fun.

The not so fun part of the whole weekend is now washing cleaning all the mud off things.

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Cheers magic amy had to point it out as when you said i couldnt see it

Magic · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

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stealth fan · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:

Back from an interesting weekend at Camp Bogwood. Was I the only person who moved their car this morning and not get it mud spattered Laughing

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chewie · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

Just got home and would like to thank the lunatic who pulled...No dragged me out of the mud with his 4x4. The experience was much more intense than any coaster i've ever ridden and ever likely to ride...Cheers you're a life saver.

Besides that had a top weekend and birthday. Mega was just fantastic as always.
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Rough Rider · Strata Poster Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 403

Well what can I say guys?
Hope you all had a great time in SUNNY Pembrokeshire Wink

Wow! what a great weekend we made of it guys..................I am soooooo proud of you all (considering the weather) and the conditions.HA! Laughing

I think the best was ther ECBS...................Exclusve Canaston Bowl Sesion Laughing

as that was the only place to stay dry (for 7 hours on the beer HA!) and have a beer NOT watered down by the rain Very Happy

Full marks to you all for travelling down to sunny Oakwood and STILL making the best of cack weather Very Happy

Roll on next years bash.
Hopefully that might just be enough time for our tents to dry out Very Happy

Full marks to all of you for travelling down to Oaky.
BUT wasn't it worth it riding Meggy after all that rain.......................she just flew Very Happy

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smiler · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject:

Video of the weekend including car pulling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCC4CHHRmA4&feature=user

Folly farm video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJ0mYt_pNA&feature=user

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Coaster Toaster · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject:

Love the vid and pics rich v good.

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Boo · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject:

Well what a trip!!
Camp Oakmud was certainly:
Wet!
Muddy!
Cold!

But soooo much fun!!!

Friday was good as had fun drive to the park via the small welsh roads. Was good evening and had fun watching the football (Im sure the girls will understand why Razz

)! Was good to see everyone and my Dad (Goodwood) and the family! Had fun chatting in the evening..was a great laugh!!
Had a really rough night because of being so cold and Dan wired up on kick so only had a small sleep but was up early, braving the rain!

Saturday was fun, in the end i think most of us just put up with it and had a laugh and went hyper in the evening (Hope didnt annoy Team Bush too much..and thanks for the Haribo! Very Happy

)!! Had some good rides in the day and enjoyed going into the warmth!!!
I must say that the ERS in the evening was the best one I'd been on Meggie, and the atmosphere was great again, if not better!!!

Sunday morning was ok! Was fun/scary to watch Dan be towed out of the field! Was nice to get back into the warmth though.

Thanks to everyone who made it a great trip even with the weather!!

Amy

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Oh yea forgot about that, thanks for the haribo and krispy kreme dougnuts Very Happy

Also thanks to Alison who managed to get many of the cars off the field with very professional driving Very Happy

and Andy S for arranging a tractor to come over
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The Judge · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject:

Camp Oakwood
Thanks for another great day,
Fri we started in porthcawl then barry island then turned up at oaky round 5pm and found a highish pitch near the far end of the site, spent the evening talking bbqing and generally chilling out. watched the fireworks then settled in for the night.
Sat AM ERS wet Meggy spent the time alternating goes with sarah while we took it in turns babysitting alicia, a different ride in the rain. Did wet bobsleigh wet speed (sarahs first ever go on speed) wet treetops, then dryed out in the kids adventure area then hit braer rabbit and spooky 3d several times. Took the trek over to crystal maze/ bowling with Matt, will and josh Rogers (alicia won the bowling) we got 8 crystals in the maze and got 6th place on the day as team COASTERWET thanks to team RCCGB for the statutary dome assistance. Blew the meal vouchers in Woodies, won a teddy on the basketball hustle. Then sarah and alicia went on flying scooters and i watched the wipeouts on bounce.
Many thanks to Dave Wells buddy who towed us off the field early evening in his super chelsea tractor.
Thought a quick evac was in order with our little girl wetter than a wet thing on a wet weekend. we rolled in 1am this morning, tired and happy.
just sorry to have missed the night ERS.
Will be back camping next year possibly with charlotte too, coaster crazy.
Thanks nev for the day, Auntie Murial Andy S for the campsite and Oakwood for letting us carve up the field.
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AndyT · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:54 am Post subject: I had a great time.

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Bambi · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:27 am Post subject:

What lovely weekend, even if it did rain constant!

Friday at folly farm was brilliant, I want a swirl in my garden, I have never laughed so much on a spiney ride like that! Bring them back is all I can say.
They had some cute animals but there must be something in the water in that place! They were all expecting babies!!
Very strange contrast from walking around with no jumpers on, to then walking round a campsite in every item of clothing you had!

A highlight of mine was the I don’t care attitude that everyone had on the campsite, I had this on Saturday but then woke up on Sunday it had finally got to me, but we were all in the same boat and it was very amusing watching everyone getting off the field, but then becoming very dangerous, especially Dan and Chewie’s cars and not forgetting the caravan!

The bobsleigh was insane, very scary and I certainly will not forget that in a hurry, Meggy was good and the ERS spirit in the evening was a lively one and everyone enjoying it, despite the rain!

Brilliant weekend, great to catch up with people, and talk to some people who I don’t normally see on every trip!
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Steven Burns · Strata Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1777

To be honest i would say the trip was complete hell. However there were fun bits and some great new memories.

Sorry we had to leave at 8pm on Saturday but me and Vicci had been worn down by the weather, personal dramas and people standing around instead of riding lol. Would have loved to complete the night with the night ERS but we decided to make the move.

We stayed at a great hotel only 15 minutes away. Had a lovely meal and a drink. Plus nice warm showers.
Ryan, the hotel we stayed at was run by your old school friend Terry Davis. We had a long chat about you. lol Plus i believe his daughter used to work for you and was once a ride op on Meggy.
Was a really nice end to the trip. Neither of us were up for a night in what the camp site had become.

Vicci would like to say she loves Team Busch and thanks to Keith Sargent, Barry Healy and Allison for making us feel welcome when we did a drunken invasion. lol
Plus a big thanks to Andy S for the mattress pump, we love you isn't it Laughing

Cheers to Team Hacket, Ryan, Harvey, Dan and Dave Perry for also being a great laugh and putting up with us.

Also a big thanks for our great ride time with Andy Knight.

Cheers guys.
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Plus thanks to Ian for being a gent and coming to get us. Your a star buddy. You did a great job isn't it.
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Rogue · Strata Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 3865

Had such an amazing weekend with super people, despite the weather it really didn't get me down. Like Hayley said we all had that "I don't care attitude and just got on with it"

Had some brilliant ride time with Steve, Hayley, Dan, Amy, Rich, Jess and Ashley. As we had already done Oaky earlier on in the year we enjoyed the socialising more than the ride time. Watching you guys on the Bobsleigh my heart was in my mouth.

The ride ops on Speed were fab, one of the girls was the same one who was on Meggy for the charity ride, me and Amy had a nice chat with her about how great her hair was.

Treetops was interesting with them only filling the back section of the train though, understandable though as we have seen Treetops shoot through the station when full and wet. Pirate ship was so authentic cos of being sprayed with water, I think even Rich enjoyed it Wink

I missed out on doing Brer Rabbit and Spooky 3D as just wanted shelter and a drink, so me, Andy, Steve and Hayley sat out.

Thanks to everyone who looked after Andy, he really wasn't feeling very well and was worried about ruining everyones weekend.

I must have missed the dramas that were going on, but I think at the time I was on the park on Bounce and then laughing at Ben and Charlie (I think thats your name) repeat riding and falling off on the Teatrays.

Had a really good time back at the campsite early evening watching Alisons tiggers Wink

and having a good chat to people I don't normally get round to chatting to. Special mention to Coaster Police for joining us on the field and helping me and Jess with our glowing tat Very Happy

also thanks for riding with me during the ERS.

Had a great time down at the Crystal Maze and bowling, thanks to Death who helped us win a crystal Very Happy

All in all a great weekend, love looking through the piccies, got some super memories. Great to see old friends and new.
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amigasat · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject:

Just to let you know i've uploaded my photo's from the weekend on my website. Have Fun !!

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smiler · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject:

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Pics now online Very Happy

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stealth fan · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject:

My pics are on facebook. Video is now processing on the same site, so you should be able too view it within the hour.
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Rogue · Strata Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 3865

Have put some photos on facebook and there is now a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vixBT9yBbAI
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Steven Burns · Strata Poster Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1777

My pics are up here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevie-b/sets/72157606387452489/

Plus the camera god decided to be nice to me this time and not take another camera to picture heaven. It started working again on Sunday morning. Must have dried out isn't it Very Happy

Good job this time as Vicci bought me that this one one week before USA 2008.
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mophead · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

I have to say that saturday was the worst weather I've ever experienced on a club trip and yet it was one of the best days ever. The rain made Megafobia fly and kept the crowds away from the park. During the evening I managed 6 goes on Speed without getting off! Because of the weather I decided not to try the Arm Up challenge on the tea trays but did see many other people fall in. After heading back to camp and emptying the tent I visited the Team Bush site for a water logged chat before heading up to CC2000 for lunch and to dry off. Our team got the highest score of the day and the week in the Crystal Maze and we didn't cheat at all.....

The evening was spent with a lot more riding, some more tent mopping, a lot more rain and the best dark ERS ever. Thanks to Nev, Oakwood, Wendy (for giving me a lift home) and the two guys who pitched their tent next to mine thus blocking out the worst of Robert's snoring!

Roll on next year, although I might opt for a B&B!
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Glastonbury aint got nothing on Camp Oakmud Laughing

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Nimmykins · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject:

Wow.. looks like we missed one great weekend.

We had the wedding on Friday, and on Saturday when you guys were riding, I was hand feeding giraffes.

When you were being pulled out of mud in a Welsh field on Sunday, I was snorkelling alongside tropical fish around a coral reef in the Indian Ocean.

It's a hard life. Laughing

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oblivion · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject:

Glad you all had a good weekend, gutted we missed out, will hopefully be at loopathon depending on work. Great to see everyone making the best of it and having fun even despite the weather! Smile

sueysue · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject:

Hi there,

MegaGLOWmania was my first RCCGB event. I had a fantastic time, despite the rain. Everybody was great and the evening ERS atmosphere was awesome Very Happy

See you at Loopathon.

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smiler · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

Glad you had a great trip the oakwood trip is always the top trip to do. Welcome to the board to. Very Happy

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sueysue · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the welcome!

Probably most of you are aware that Oakwood have extended their opening days this season, but here they are anyway.

Throughout August: every day 10am - 10pm

Sept 1 - Sept 14: every day 10am - 5pm

Sept 15 - Oct 24: weekends only 10am - 5pm

Oct 25 - Nov 2: every day 10am - 5pm

You'll find me on the Pirate Ship, arms in the air the whole ride!! Razz

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USfriends · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:38 am Post subject:

Sounds like a fab trip, albeit a bit wet.Made Meggy fly!
One of these years we will be there for that.
Glad nobody melted away, really enjoyed the pictures and vids.

One question, what is with Stevie B and his pink outfit?!?
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bluea61 · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

Its taken me a while but this years trips was another great one. Camping was great, despite the rain. If anything I think it added to the trip a great lets get on and enjoy ourselves on Saturday night.

The bobsleigh was great, very hairy in the rain but a good laugh. Also the night ERS was the best I've ever done. The atmosphere was excellent and everyone still made a great effort with the glowy stuff.
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USfriends · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:54 am Post subject:

If being happy for a change is a bad change? lol Cool

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STEALTHYBUTBAD · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject:

another excellent oakwood trip ! It may have been raining but it didnt stop me from getting some rides (5 in total) on my favourite woodie - megobia !. After The morning e.r.s it was time to go over to speed to get a couple of rides in. You knew when i was on it as u could hear me doing the "oggy oggy oggy" chant followed by "we're coaster crazy , what are we ?" chant whilst on the vertical incline. After Speed it was time to do some filiming of the park (yes , i actually managed to remember my video camera this year ! lol). I got some footage of the waterfall hoping some people would fall in off of the trays (am i evil or what ?). Was a bit dissapointed with no one falling off so went and had a go or 2 on the bounce Followed by plane crazy and tree top coaster. Then more filming of the waterfall and a couple of people actually fell of the trays Twisted Evil

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A quick bite to eat in the cafe (where most of the day was spent) then a video of some members do their ride on vertigo and then more rides including brer rabbits party train ride. I even had a go on the train ride and got some footage for the video. Then more waterfall footage (some one went off causing a big splash ! - on the video !). Then more speed , bounce and then time for evening meal. In the evening it was more speed , bounce , plane crazy before going to the outdoor stage where the Blues brothers were doing a show. I made it in time for the last song before filming the fireworks which were as good as ever (even if they were in a diferent location). Then it was over to megafobia again where i got 4 rides in (including being on the last train of the e.r.s). It may have rained but it didnt stop me from having a wicked time !

Thanks to oakwood theme park and of course - Andy Hine !
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