yankee doodle

A new site for 2008 and booked again for next year!
Although the weather forecast was inclement to say the least, a disappointing 10 units turned out. Not one child was camping with us despite Happy Hens being geared up for children, a shame really.
Thanks to Pat and Barry for standing in and stewarding, also to The Clulow's and Joan for the entertainment Saturday night, with skittles, shove halfpenny, and bingo….which I won twice.
We had a visit to a micro brewery where the beer was a fantastic 6.5%.......well worth a visit at £2 per pint. Thanks to John, an old DA member, who owns it and was the host for the afternoon.
It is well worth a visit to the farm even if not camping. The farm is not open to visitors on Sundays.

DDA only has 2 meets left this year including New Year, which is a booked meet.
The Xmas Party at Cavendish Cottage follows the usual format, with the children’s party in the afternoon and the main one at night. The hall will be open after the first party so that visitors have somewhere to sit till the evening party starts. We look forward to seeing you there…..come and camp with us and enjoy the party without having to drive.
All the best for Xmas and the New Year.
Regards
Pat Jackson

Notice is hereby given that the
AGM of Derbyshire District Association
will take place on
Saturday 21st of February at 3.00p.m. prompt.

The meeting will take place at
Copt. Oak, Leic. LE67 9QB. MR 129/482128.

From M1, J22 turn towards Leic. Take 1st slip road on Left. At T junction turn Right, site on Right in approx. 1mile, behind village hall.

Membership cards must be shown.
Notices of motion must be submitted in writing to:

The Hon Secretary.

Mr Karl Drew
40, Pennyfields Boulevard, Long Eaton, Notts. NG10 3QJ
by Sat 24th of January.

Nominations for election to the committee should be submitted to the Hon. Sec. by the same date.

We at DDA have 5 Committee members retiring in 2009, those being;
Steve Robinson (Chairman)
Michelle Lowde (Website Officer)
Jan Pawlitta (Booking Officer)
Jim Symonds (Regalia Officer)
Malcolm Drew (Acting Holiday Sites Officer)

As you can see this leaves us requiring new members, if those retiring don’t put up for re-election.
If you fancy a go then put you name forward for election to Karl Drew (Secretary), address below. The term is classed as 2yrs.
The criterion is that you must have been a club member for a period of at least one full year.
We cannot function without a good committee!
On behalf of the remaining members, I would like to thank those retiring for all of their hard work and commitment over their term in office. Thanks to Malcolm Drew for standing in as THS Officer at short notice, after Brian Hewitt retired due to work commitments and finishing Brian’s term off.

If you use the TomTom Satellite Navigation System to find your way around the country you may like to add the postcodes for Derby DA sites to your Maps as Points of Interest. These are not 100% accurate as not all field we use have postcodes so you still need to look out for the yellow DDA signs, hopefully as we visit each site we can record the actual latitude and longitude for each site so that in the future we will be able to make this system more accurate.
This file will enable you to see where various sites are on the map browser or you can navigate to any site by using the advanced planning option to navigate to a POI (Point of Interest). But please check the route and that it is suitable for towing vehicles before you set off.

click the download button below and choose 'Open' then extract the two files to a folder on your computer where you will be able to find it later.

Now connect your TomTom to your computer in your usual way and copy the two files DerbyDA sites list.ov2 and DerbyDA sites list.bmp to the folder on your TomTom where the Great Britain or Western Europe Maps are found.

In TomTom preferences go to Manage POI's and enable/disable POI's then tick DerbyDA Sites List. You will now have all the Derby DA rally sites for 2008 on your TomTom.

If you would like us to send any site list updates to your E-mail address as soon as they are available please send your email address to jackson3524@hotmail.co.uk

We will soon be in need of stewards for weekend meets and Temporary Holiday Site's in 2009, if you think you may be able to help out next year look out for the new 2009 site list which will be available on this website soon , all you have to do is pick a meet you might like to steward then just click here to email Ted Walters or phone him on 01773 856101 alternatively contact me or any other member of the Committee.

If you have any enquiries regarding meets listed please email me, also please don't forget if you have anything you 'd like to share with our members on this website e.g. Photo's, meet reports or any other interesting caravanning and camping related information please send them to me at m.lowde@sky.com or telephone Derbyshire DA on 07852757531 or 07919402919 .Click Here to see the Sites list for 2008.

Would you would like to purchase an item of clothing carrying the Derbyshire DA logo ?

For a small cost a name can be added

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Here's a great site with loads of information on attractions, walks and places to eat around Derbyshire

www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk

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If you have any camping or caravanning related items that you wish to advertise on our new "for sale" page, please email me the details including a description, price and if possible a digital photo of the item, don't forget to send your preferred contact option e.g. Phone number, email or both. All items will be advertised for one month unless notified, please send details to Michelle Lowde