Hi folks don't know how solid this is at the moment but a friend of mine has been doing some work at Eglinton Park, a small country park near where I live. It is a venue used occasionally by various groups in the area for hosting shows and steam rallies and such like, also scout groups for their annual camp. Anyway while I was chatting to him there today, one of the rangers came over and joined the conversation. Chat got round to talking about bushcraft and venues for meet ups and the possibility of having a weekend meet there was mentioned, subject to approval of the appropriate bosses of course. In order to put forward a proposal to him I would need an idea of how many might be interested in this and also possible dates. There is a large flat field area for tents but the hammock side is an unknown factor until I speak to the head ranger face to face as this has never been requested before but the field is surrounded by a band of trees suitable for the purpose. There are loos and a tap for water on the field and a good sized car park next to the field. The ranger service provide public walks for groups around the park showing the flora and fauna in the park so they could well provide a bit of a presentation on plant and tree id for us. Anyway this is just to test interest and possible dates at the moment for me to approach the head ranger with something in mind nothing more at this stage. So who would be up for this, and my thinking is March / April / May / June, somewhere in that region, and the place has the capacity for big numbers.
