East Anglia Group! - Archive

[RAPPLEBY2000]

i tried to get a east anglia group started earlier in the year but due to work and babies being born i was a little short of time.

over winter i will have a fair bit of freetime at weekends even weekdays, to do stuff.

does anyone want to meet up?
there are 365 pubs in Norwich!

activities in the area could include:
woodland, naturewalks, hikes,
lightweight hiking/camping, long distance paths.

if you PM (Private message) Me i can send you an E-mail or text for my mobile number.

chears hope to meet you soon!
Richard (RAPPLEBY2000)

 

[Paganwolf]

Me Ol dads got a van in Bradwell Yarmouth ill take you up on it when i come down! :biggthump

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

come on guy's i know you're out there! :roll:

 

[tenbears10]

Only just seen this Richard. I would be up for meeting. We mentioned Thetford Forest last time IIRC. I'm driving distance from that sort of area but only just for a Friday night pub type meet. Distance however has never stopped me going to the pub before so if the time is right.

Would be good to go for an evening or one day meet first but whatever.

Count me in.

Bill

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

hi out there you possible east anglian bushcraft group people, i met up with R-Bowskill today for a drink, we have already disscussed possible trips and camps! and others that may be interested.

anyone else want to meet up from the east angliqa region?
there are more possibilities than you may think!


PM me or E-mail (RAPPLEBY2000@YAHOO.CO.UK).

hope to hear from you!
:biggthump

 

[Ranger Bob]

Howdy, just found this thread. An East Anglian group sounds like a great idea and I sure would be intrested. I'm located just south of Thetford forest.

 

[al]

rangerbob, i`m from bury st eds too, but live in kent now , trying to move back that way , get back sometimes though

 

[R-Bowskill]

Once the madness of Christmas / Hannukah / Winter Soltice (delete as appropriate) is over and I'm not working every day it'll be easier to get to either meet up or go places.

 

[Rob]

Mel and I get up that way plenty, so I am sure will be able to tie in with some of yur plans :wave:

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

as i say it would be great to meet up, christmas seems very busy for most of us, how about a meet up in spring?

couple of suggestions:

a pub meet then a walk (or visa versa) in a central location.


prehaps a camp at the coast over a weekend, so you can stay for the night or the whole weekend, try out new gear ect.

any ideas?

thetford seems quite a good central area to get to any other areas good to meet at?

 

[Wayne]

Hi. If you give me some notice for a weekender i will make it. It's not that far from Sussex. :wave:

 

[jem seeley]

Hi, just stumbled on this one. I'd be interested in doing something in this region too. I,m also, originally from the Bury St Edmunds area. Seems like a fairly central place for a few people.Anyone know of a wood we can legitimately borrow for a weekend? I'll be following up a few leads here.

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

im not quite sure if i can find out but there was an area in thetford used by the scouts for survival camps, who owns it or how i find out i'm not sure.

just a thought off the top of my head, is it worth asking the MoD they have loads of land to spare in the area some quite small patches? anyone tried asking?

my father in law has several acres of land in the fens, all apple orchard and open farmland but there are areas which we could use, for basic shelters, fire lighting, camp craft, down side is it's right next to a busy road and theres the possibility we could be attacked by a big cat, well he thinks so :shock: . mabey more of a day out thing there?


even if we can't find a venue we could base ourselves on a standard campsite and go to a local woods to try bushcraft skills :biggthump

 

[MartiniDave]

Subject to other commitments please count me in!

Dave

 

[tenbears10]

I'm in subject to other stuff and gaining a weekend pass from my better half

I think there is room for a pub type meet and afternoon out as well as a whole weekend camp.

We have to get something going now there are several people interested.

Bill

 

[Ranger Bob]

im not quite sure if i can find out but there was an area in thetford used by the scouts for survival camps, who owns it or how i find out i'm not sure.

I think this is Thorpe Woodland, http://www.forestholidays.co.uk/caravanandcamping/sites/thorpe-woodland.asp
I know somone who has stayed here before and I know they allow fires. (At least they used to!)

There are only 2 campsites I know of in the Thetford Forest area. The other one is a private field on west farm in Hockham, but isn't really in the forest. No other info on this.

 

[Ranger Bob]

just a thought off the top of my head, is it worth asking the MoD they have loads of land to spare in the area some quite small patches? anyone tried asking?

I've stayed on Stamford battle area about a dozen or so times when I was in army cadets about a decade ago. At that time cilvilians were strictly forbidden, and I've been asked to move further away when straying too close.
But, theres no harm in asking!

 

[KIMBOKO]

I have access to a woodland site unfortunately its not very central for most of you, only a few miles North of me in Felixstowe.
Other places to try are the Scoutwebsite
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/cgi-bin/camping/db.cgi?db=camping&uid=default
Dont Know if that will work
and look for sites for backwoods camping.
I dont know if they are open to non Scout use. The Lowestoft district site at Herringfleet was great when I last went there as a Wolf Cub.
I went past the Bradfield site which is near Bury but it seemed a bit too open for me.
The Hallowtree site near Ipswich is also a good site with views over the R. Orwell.

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

my favourite campsite is called manor farm in east runton (north norfolk) yes its a standard site but smack ontop of the north norfolk coastal path, and you only have to walk yards to be in the contryside, it has all basic but sound showers ect, no fires allowed though.

norwich has a scout campsite i am very familiar with for over 15 years! called "eaton vale" i've campped as a scout and non and always enjoyed it, they used to provide half oil cans to burn wood in for your camp, also the obligatory scout camp fire area, a river runs through it and loads of local walks to be had in water meadows and woods, they also have a new center including an indoor climbing wall!

the thetford survival campsite i don't think was a regular site i think i can remember where it was i shall look it up.

 

[Ranger Bob]

http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/cgi-bin...nty=Norfolk&view_records=View+Sites&mh=1&nh=9

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