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Ruthy

The Scottish Champs

For those brave archers out there daring the brisk Scottish weather mid march
I have just received an email from Loch Ken Holiday Park. I sent them an eamil regarding booking a camping pitch for the weekend only to find out that they have increased the camping pitch by £4 per night - it now costs £16 per night with electric hook up and £13 without electric it seems a little expensive as there are only basic facilities on site and you have to pay 50 pence for a shower!
However i have found another one further up Loch Ken called Ken Bridge Hotel and they also offer caravan and camping pitches I have just booked myself and Ratty in for the weekend and it's only £13.50 per night with electric hook up and the showers are included also there is a bar and restaurant on site in the hotel with log burning fires so all in all it seems a better deal
Website here about the camping side of things. Although the prices are out of date so you will need to contact them for that (there isn't a great increase in prices)
http://www.caravancampingsites.co...iesandgalloway/kenbridgehotel.htm

and here is about the hotel side
http://www.kenbridgehotel.co.uk/index.htm

I know a few other folk that stayed on there last year and said how much nicer it was so it looks like a good choice to me  
Ratfighter

And they advertise fresh crayfish, straight from the river to the frying pan and onto the plate in a few minutes.

Could be a hot contender for replacing Haggis and steak on the Saturday night in Crossmichael!
Selwoc

It does seem a bit steep for camping. I'm booked in to the same B&B in Castle Douglas as I have for the last two years, for  not much more, £22 including breakfast.
Ratfighter

Selwoc wrote:
It does seem a bit steep for camping. I'm booked in to the same B&B in Castle Douglas as I have for the last two years, for  not much more, £22 including breakfast.


That's a great price by any standard but come on , where's your sense of adventure,  Scotland in  March, perfect camping weather. you'll give soft sotherners a bad name
Selwoc

The Ratfighter wrote:
Selwoc wrote:
It does seem a bit steep for camping. I'm booked in to the same B&B in Castle Douglas as I have for the last two years, for  not much more, £22 including breakfast.


That's a great price by any standard but come on , where's your sense of adventure,  Scotland in  March, perfect camping weather. you'll give soft sotherners a bad name

Soft maybe, but I'll be very warm, more importantly, walking distance from the pub. I'll start my camping off in Essex in April.
Onewackybow

I'm tempted to come and watch (just for the crayfish!)...
segolden

   Scottish crawdads, who'd a thunk it. Don't eat the things anymore, but at least we now know a good place to feed.
Bushy

I'm going looking for digs I'm not doing the camping thing this time was cold last time in fact it was -5 according to the thermometer in my car so I'm looking for digs where there is warmth and shower lol
Selwoc

Bushy wrote:
I'm going looking for digs I'm not doing the camping thing this time was cold last time in fact it was -5 according to the thermometer in my car so I'm looking for digs where there is warmth and shower lol

B&Bs usually get booked for the next year by the current boarders. You may have to look further afield. I had to stay in Dumfries for the first couple of years.
Bushy

Unfortunately due to a change in circumstances I am unable to attend scottish so going to have to hold fire until 3d's
Ruthy

Pssssst....
Bushy change your signature    
Bushy

cheers ruthy i forgot to do that
Bushy

WATCH OUT SCOTLAND HERE COMES BUSHY mu ha ha ha ha
Chedawan

Bushy wrote:
WATCH OUT SCOTLAND HERE COMES BUSHY mu ha ha ha ha


Student loan come through then?  
bkupris

My wife and I are going to travel down to check this out. We are newish NFAS members and not eligible to shoot. Trying to sort out camping etc.. Will we need a parking permit or whatever to get near the course?
Ruthy

Yes you will need a permit to park, If you have a news letter the contact details will be in there, if you give them a call i'm sure they will send you one out  
AFB

So who from here is going?? I feel a photo coming on
Selwoc

Brian, I'm sure if you arrived armed with a couple of pounds, you will be able to park. I have noticed in past years that some people have parked in the village and walked the short distance to the champs.
Ratfighter

Selwoc wrote:
Brian, I'm sure if you arrived armed with a couple of pounds, you will be able to park. I have noticed in past years that some people have parked in the village and walked the short distance to the champs.


I'm really not sure about this as the parking ticket system is in place for a reason. However the Parton lot are very accomodating and I am sure that a call or mail to them will produce a result.
bkupris

Thanks folks, I'll check it out. If things get too complicated we will stay in the nearest Hilton and get transport in the complimentary limo
Selwoc

Malcy is staying at the Loch Ken camping site, I think he has a limo
Ratfighter

We'll be at the Ken Bridge site, look for the biggest tent in the world
bkupris

Shel, yeah I emailed the Ken Bridge about availability for camping but no response yet?
Selwoc

I'm sure you'll be there some how, hope to meet you at some point.

PS - meeting Malcy for a meal in the Imperial Hotel at around 7 pm on Friday, maybe you can make it there as well.
bkupris

Selwoc wrote:
I'm sure you'll be there some how, hope to meet you at some point.

PS - meeting Malcy for a meal in the Imperial Hotel at around 7 pm on Friday, maybe you can make it there as well.


Thank you

We will be there

Brian
bkupris

Well I just booked us into the Kings Arms, Castle Douglas for the Friday and Saturday night so we will see you there
Chedawan

Bit too soon for me I'm afraid... can't get my six shoots in    Looking forward to next year though... I love Scotland!

Not sure about the camping malarky... but I'll get there next time by hook or by crook..,


Hopefully see you all at the 3d's though...

Adam
Malcy

Selwoc wrote:
Malcy is staying at the Loch Ken camping site, I think he has a limo


I think I'm at the Ken Bridge campsite...although now I'll have to check because I can't actually remember, not at all like me!!!  

...and I'm not sure about the Limo either, depends what it needs to fix the exhaust back on after I tried jumping out of Kelso yesterday  
AFB

For those going to the Scottish do you have a target score for the weekend?? or a target position??

AFB's target  =  Score approx 800  position top  20

Raven's Target = Score = approx 600 and position 15.
Malcy

AFB wrote:

For those going to the Scottish do you have a target score for the weekend?? or a target position??


I'll be happy with an average score of over 17.5

It's my first champs so whatever place I get, it will be a pb  
Selwoc

Malcy wrote:
AFB wrote:

For those going to the Scottish do you have a target score for the weekend?? or a target position??


I'll be happy with an average score of over 17.5

It's my first champs so whatever place I get, it will be a pb  


In 2006, and average of 17.5 would have got you first place.
AFB

Chuckle so you want first place Malcy
Malcy

Selwoc wrote:

In 2006, and average of 17.5 would have got you first place.


Then I'd be very happy!  

I think I'm capable of doing 17.5 though
AFB

Just a few hours now then we are off to Scotland
Dawn

Good luck and safe journey to all going to the Scottish  

Hope the weather isn't as bad as the forecast says  

Look forward to hearing all about it  
AFB

Thanks Dawn, You not going this year??
Dawn

I have bever shot the Scottish Champs, not one I have been keen to do really  

No particular reason, just Scotland at Easter has not been a consideration, who knows though maybe one of these years we will  
corbarwolf

Just thought you might like to see a few photos taken at this years Scotish Champs.
Pooka won a lovely trophy for 1st place in Jr Girl Barebow Class.
The rest of us will have to wait until the results come out.
The weekend was a dream weather wise apart from a chilly wind on the top side of A course.
The targets were well placed and appeared to be straight forward until you missed them for no apparent reason than clever placement using the beautiful terrain.
Hope these prompt you to go to next years champs Dawn.





More photos if interested on this website link
http://freewebs.com/centaura9/
Dawn

Wow Mark fantastic photos  

Must admit it does look very tempting  

Congratulations to Zoe, well done that girl    
Joe(thebow)M

Thanks for the pictures.  I think the rural pictures are great, and I bet everyone
had a great time.
Selwoc

Good photos.

Cobrawolf, now I've seen your photo of Pooka, I realise I saw you both at the champs, but didn't know it was you. I'll speak to you next time we meet.
corbarwolf

JoeM
never heard a bad word said all weekend, such a fantastic place to shoot.
Selwoc
please do, love to put faces to names, briefly met Ratfighter this weekend while queuing at the very top of a windy A course, but not enough time to stand and chat in the middle of a shoot, nice fellow, next time should be better.
Dawn
do you like the photo of that huge rock that looks like a silverback gorilla
i know you would like it in scotland but i think you have to have a camera packed before a bow, stunning countryside, red squirrels, woodpeckers and roebucks all seen on the course whilst shooting

Cannot wait until 2009 now
Bushy

i thought u were on about the picture of me looking like a silver back gorilla lol never mind it was a fantastic weekend but unfortunately i was not up to the challenge and am not going next year and I seriously got to get some weight off looking at that
corbarwolf

 
i see what you mean, bushy, but no i wasn't.
However looking at them again, you both seem to have the same facial expression about you, uncanny!
richard d

Good pics Mark and the ones on your club site however I thought you might have slept in the campervan that you went in and not b&b type, thats just chicken.
corbarwolf

Hi richard,

Did that last year and vowed never again, after we found we couldn't cook breakfast until we cooked the bottle of cooking oil that had frozen in the night.
Damn that was a cold night.

Mark
Ratfighter

Hin Cobarwolf & Pooka
It was good to meet up albeit too briefly on that frozen hillside. Had the shot not been as testing a prospect as it was I would have been more communicative. Hopefully the next time we meet up it will be waiting to shoot a 20yd javelina!!!

all the best
Ratty
Bushy

i really hadnt got a clue that u had taken that corbarwolf else I would have shown my good side to the camera problem is that I dont think that I have one
corbarwolf

Hi bushy

i didn't really know who was in it,  i was just trying to get one of my atmospheric gathering shots or two.
But i promise next time i'll let you know so you can take your hairnet off.....  

cheers
mark
Bushy

or what worth it was mark The curlers fell out as soon as we got the first lot o snow

BY THE WAY THE SCORES ARE NOW IN NFAS.NET
corbarwolf


snow what snow!

yes we have seen the results john,
and very pleased we are too.
Pooka came 1st
and
I came 10th which i was as pleased as punch with.
Bushy

well done mate really good shooting by both of you was wishing that I had done a little better but never mind 16 was good considering amount of practice I did, is there any places left at centuara wooden arrow????
corbarwolf

Yes John, still some places left, wooden arrow shoots don't tend to get fully booked in my little experience of them, always place for you anyway matey, just give Peter/Janet a ring (01332 760971)
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