Pony club boys and all others interested: Bretti Jan 2011

[Arthur Alchin (Arthur Alchin)]

Thank you Andrew

I have the Thetford Porta Potti in toe and ready to roll (with it's own little tent. As well as shower gear.)

Also have the weed eater and rake under control (usually travel with that in toe).

Yep dew heaters travel with me and the gear.

Thank you for the report. The big question if you get a chance is is there much of a crowd up there?

We usually park ourselves down near the river crossing at the far extreme end of the reserve down near the fence, not the causeway you pass on your left as you are going down the hill into the reserve

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

My bad back better get better before Thursday or I'll be missing out on the trip.
Unless I have a volunteer or two to put my tent and tarps up.
I will promise to provide suitable liquids for the work....

Geoffro

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Originally Posted by Inmykombi

My bad back better get better before Thursday or I'll be missing out on the trip.
Unless I have a volunteer or two to put my tent and tarps up.
I will promise to provide suitable liquids for the work....

Geoffro

I am happy to help a mate in need!
... especially if disposal of liquid assets involved
Let me know what I can do to help get you there...
... I mean to help make your stay more comfortable

[Arthur Alchin (Arthur Alchin)]

leave the lifting to us guys Geoff, don't want to see you miss out when it can be prevented by a bit of help from us with the tent and scope etc.

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Thanks Arthur and Alan,

I may have to sit on my chair and give the orders as to what to do next.

My back is feeling a little better but I would be very grateful of some help with setting up my tent and tarps.

" geez......I better get plenty of brown fizzy liquids " and maybe one or two for you guys as well....

So what about a head count or do we know how many are comin' ?

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

as much as i have been dying to join you lot at Bretti, i must again decline.

a big thankyou to Arthur for the offer to be my taxi, but, i have a swollen left hand/arm due to a medication conflict, a couple of jobs that need doing, and looks like the boys going to the PC need a keyholder anyway.

sorry

geoff

[Rick Petrie]

I too can not make Bretti either or the Pony Club.
I hope you guys have some nice weather and skies, and I will definitely miss the company and the opportunity for some really dark sky.
Next time for sure.

[Zincberg (Andrew)]

Hey Arthur,
Yes, there were some crowds...mainly around the end of the recerve you were talking about staying in. In the whole lower sectiong of Bretti, there were maybe 40-50 tents set up? each one with enough lighting to light up the Opera house.
That being said, we had a HUUUUGE storm hit on Monday night that saw a lot of the tents (mine included) deconstructed..and a lot of the "city folk" picked up the remnants of their campsites and left.
I sat out the storm..and came back yesterday, there was no point in staying.. it didnt look like there was an abundance of clear skies heading that way.

Anyways...hope you all have fun with it all, and hope the skies remain clear for you all.

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Still Packing

[jakob]

Sorry guys, I'm unable to join the fun

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Sorry to hear that you cant make it Jakob. We will miss your scope spinning around showing us the wind direction....

Please leave some spare photons for us if you take your 16 inch Lightbridge to the PC next weekend.

Catch you next time somewhere.



I ams till packing too. Twin servo's at 9 am it is........

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Originally Posted by jakob

Sorry guys, I'm unable to join the fun

That is very disappointing Jakob.

We will miss your company.

see you next time


finished packing ... time for bed
twin servos 9:00

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Three intrepid souls made the trek to Bretti.
All had a wonderful time.

...hmmm!
That about sums it up I think.

Plans already under way for the next episode.

[jakob]

I was hoping for an extended report to compensate the people staying at home?

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

so was i Jakob - so was i

geoff

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Originally Posted by jakob

I was hoping for an extended report to compensate the people staying at home?

There was a great crowd at Bretti.

Our telescopes did not go un noticed.

and an eager crowd gathered, encouraged by the friendly warm Pony Clubbers in attendance.

Many oohs and ahhs were heard.
Many thankful parents enjoyed views of Jupiter, crescent moon, and other assorted rarities, and "Iceinspace" was promoted continually.

A few new enthusiasts were unearthed, and I expect new memberships to increase dramatically.

It was a truly enjoyable experience sharing with so many people the joys of this wonderful hobby.

that accounted for about two hours on friday night... the rest of the time in pictures

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Well....I had a ball in the company of Allan and Arthur.
Despite the rain being on then off then on again all the four days, it was still loads of fun.
We did have about an hour or two of stars on Friday night, but it didnt last, and you guessed it.....more rain again.
But plenty of rest and no mobile phones.....yesssssss....

Next trip it would be great to get a few more, even if the weather is not so good, as we c an still swap stories and ideas.

See you ALL next time.


Geoffro.