So, announcing the BCUK Kent group's first weekend outing. This is a chance to practice skills, enjoy good company round the fire, and experience a beautiful Kentish woodland in early summer. While the meetup runs from 1900 on the Friday 11th, until around lunchtime on the 13th, you can turn up for as little, or as much as you wish. You don't have to stay over if you don't want to.
Exact coordinates will be given out at the pub meet on the 8th.
For planning purposes, and to put you in the ball park:
Date: 11th-13th June
Time: 1900 RV. Distance from RV to basecamp is about 0.5km, if you want to arrive at other times, let me know and I'll arrange to either meet you, or give you a more exact grid ref.
Exfil: Sunday around lunch time.
Grid Ref: TR03 (yes that is a 2 fig reference, a 10km x 10km patch)
Nearest station: Ham Street (Hourly services to/from Ashford International and Hastings/Rye.)
Nearest bus route: 125/127 to/from Ashford - Stop codes: kntdpajm, kntdpajp, Buses approx every 2 hours on Friday/Saturday. Unfortunately this is East Kent and thus buses do not exist on Sundays...
Terrain: Mixed Broad-leaf Woodland.
Parking: Available, at your own risk.
Water: There is a pond at the site but it is perhaps not the ideal source of drinking water. Will need treating. You may want to bring your own.[1]
Sanitation: Every tree is a lavatortree... instruction manual...
Rubbish: Please take home all your rubbish. Leave no trace practices are encouraged.
Fires: Responsible ground fires permitted, will have a shared communal fire, try to keep number of fires to a minimum.
See you all Tuesday 8th, then again the following weekend.
Thanks
Julia
[1]If you are coming by car and can carry a litre or 2 extra, that would greatly help anyone arriving on foot.
Exact coordinates will be given out at the pub meet on the 8th.
For planning purposes, and to put you in the ball park:
Date: 11th-13th June
Time: 1900 RV. Distance from RV to basecamp is about 0.5km, if you want to arrive at other times, let me know and I'll arrange to either meet you, or give you a more exact grid ref.
Exfil: Sunday around lunch time.
Grid Ref: TR03 (yes that is a 2 fig reference, a 10km x 10km patch)
Nearest station: Ham Street (Hourly services to/from Ashford International and Hastings/Rye.)
Nearest bus route: 125/127 to/from Ashford - Stop codes: kntdpajm, kntdpajp, Buses approx every 2 hours on Friday/Saturday. Unfortunately this is East Kent and thus buses do not exist on Sundays...
Terrain: Mixed Broad-leaf Woodland.
Parking: Available, at your own risk.
Water: There is a pond at the site but it is perhaps not the ideal source of drinking water. Will need treating. You may want to bring your own.[1]
Sanitation: Every tree is a lavatortree... instruction manual...
Rubbish: Please take home all your rubbish. Leave no trace practices are encouraged.
Fires: Responsible ground fires permitted, will have a shared communal fire, try to keep number of fires to a minimum.
See you all Tuesday 8th, then again the following weekend.
Thanks
Julia
[1]If you are coming by car and can carry a litre or 2 extra, that would greatly help anyone arriving on foot.
