15-17 November at Giants Seat

DaveBromley

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Hi Guys

As normal at Giants seat there will be a 3 day meet, with people arriving early on the Friday through to leaving on the Sunday by 1pm.

There is usually a group fire, this can be used for cooking if needed although small cook fires are allowed in permitted areas (ask me). or are ok if completely raised off the ground.

Please read through the rules and stick to them!

There will also be some extra organisational elements that will be implemented this time around, we will let you know what these are on the first night.

Thanks in advance

Location

Giants Seat is located off Ringley Road West.
This is the A667, which runs between Whitefield (Manchester) and Kearsley (Bolton).
The campsite is between the villages of Outwood and Ringley.
Distance from M60 Junction 17 - 3 miles (10 minutes).

Grid reference (of entrance from Ringley Road West) - SD 774 055 GB Grid

Address:
Ringley Road West
Radcliffe
Manchester
M26 1EW

Sat Nav users enter M26 1DY and keep following the track to the end, bearing left where it splits

Or paste this into Google

53.53995,-2.342162


About the Site

The site is a functioning scout camp, we are lucky enough to have built a great relationship with the warden and are pretty much given free reign.

There are 10,000 standing Tree’s majority Oak although there are birch and beech on the site as well as a few others.

There is a VERY large field that can be used for tents etc. this is flanked by woods on both sides. Also at the bottom of the field is another wooded area ALL of which is scout land. The boundary on the left (looking down the field with Martin Lodge behind you) is the stream. On the right the boundary is the road that runs towards the garden centre. At the bottom the boundary is where the rail track meet the Motorway. The site as a whole covers 54 acres, so there is no issue with space.

There is a fully functional Shower block with 3 electric showers, sinks, urinals and 5 toilets. There is also access to drinking water on the site.

There are a few rules that need to be followed to allow us all to have a good time without damaging the relationship that we have built.

Please take a few mins to read through this post to familiarise yourselves as failure to adhere to these rules may mean you being asked to leave the site


Thanks in advance

Dave Bromley

G.M.B.G

Giants Seat Rules

*Please pay Subs when you arrive, its £5 per night per person. (i'm there for a good time too so dont want to have to chase people please)

*All litter must be removed from site, there is NO site bin so if you brought it with you take it out or burn it please (not whilst others are cooking)

*NO GROUND FIRES –other than areas that I say is ok.

*We can take as much deadwood as we like BUT IT MUST BE DEAD if in doubt leave it alone

*The Flag circle is out of bound (no exceptions)

*Sharps and alcohol dont mix so no drunken sillyness (by all means have a drink just dont overdo it)

*Sharps to be sheathed unless in use

*any Guests or Minors are the responsibility of the relevant Member

*There is ample room if you want to be away from the group by all means do so.

* Toilet blocks are to be left clean! (offering to do these will be of great help as I usually get left to do them)

*All litter must be removed from site, there is NO site bin so if you brought it with you take it out or burn it please (not whilst others are cooking) Yes this is on here twice as several meets myself and others have ended up with a lot of rubbish left on site which we then had to shift…. This is NOT acceptable if you bring it you shift it.
There was a real issue with this at the last meet, I will not be left to do this on my own again. Yellow cards can and will be issued to people leaving their pitch OR the main fire in an unsatisfactory state at the end of the meet!

* oh and last but most important ...........................HAVE FUN!!

I know a lot of these wont apply to everyone on here, but better to be safe than sorry

Thanks guys and i look forward to seeing you there

Dave
 

jim.b

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gutted!!! i wont be able to make anymore till january :( bloody work! why oh why do people need to be entertained! :(
 

DaveBromley

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I'm not gonna make this one now unfortunately.

We do however need a list of people that are going, Gray is going to be pretty lonely if this is all thats going lol

Dave
 

Ratbag

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I'd like to come along for the Saturday night with my boys, if that's OK?

Stan (ginge)
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danny358

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will there be other meets throughout next year at this location. i didnt know there was any here until i saw this post. i go round giant seats regularly with the dog or on my bike. i cant make this meet but would defo go to any others cheers.
 

DaveBromley

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There are looking like at least 8 meets at this location next year possibly more.

I will be posting up a thread with all the dates for next year after the GMBG Admin meetup on thursday.

We will be putting together a plan for the coming year Re Dates of meets, potential courses, and also a couple of excursions we have in mind.

Watch this space

Thanks

Dave
 

nettles150390

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I am deffinatly up for this if im allowed to come along, i love giants seat too its a nice area. plus since ive only recently got into bushcraft proper it'll be very informative for me :D
 
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DaveBromley

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the more the merrier mate, have a look at the rules and make sure you stick to em.

The chap in charge will more than likely be Alan although the other GMBG admins will make themselves known i'm sure.

I unfortunately will not be there this time but will look forward to meeting you at some point in the future.

Thanks

Dave
 

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