Woodside Field

Being new members of Suntreckers and only having attended 3 rallies before, we had allocated our bookings for this year including Rally 25 at Woodside Field, Old Sodbury, a new site for Suntreckers to be run by Eddie and Pat Silk, who we had met previously and were really looking forward to seeing again.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we found this rally was likely to be cancelled as Eddie and Pat had to pull out unexpectedly, so we decided to come out of our comfort zone and step in to run it at the last minute.

We had absolutely no idea what was expected of us and as Woodside Field was a new site to Suntreckers, no-one was able to give us the heads up! Running two businesses and generally having very little time to ourselves, we felt we were really not yet ready to run any rally and to be honest, we were finding it all a bit daunting, but now we can honestly say we really enjoyed the experience!

On our arrival at Woodside Field, having had problems with the business and struggling to get away early on Wednesday, we met Brian the owner who showed us around the beautiful CL site. We then got stuck halfway up the slope (as we were not going fast enough), so not a good start!

We soon got settled and could admire our beautiful surroundings, took our dogs Millie and Lottie for a walk around the field and through the woods, but to be honest we were both not particularly looking forward to our stay and running the rally and setting out the rally field. However, by Thursday afternoon the majority of units had arrived and settled in and our lovely quiet field soon became our first rally.

Yes, it took us out of our comfort zone, but everyone was happy to give us advice and support us. There is actually very little organisation to sort out and everyone was so friendly and helpful. We were also extremely lucky to have two days of beautiful sunshine and the owners Brian and Helen were both very friendly and accommodating, even selling fresh hen and duck eggs.

We are now very pleased we ran this rally and are looking forward to returning to Woodside in future and even running more rallies. It really isn’t as frightening as we thought and there is a lot of help if you want it. There are also some added bonuses: a). You get to have the pick of the pitches even if you find out later you didn’t get it quite right. Ann got the best position for all day sun! b) The best bit… You actually get to know everyone. c) You get to meet the owners too d) We also enjoyed having the field to ourselves at the beginning and at the end, being the first on and last off the site. All in all, it was a great experience and one we hope to have again!

Written by Dee & Alan

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