Rally Chester Easter Food and Drink Festival 2023.

[Carol]

Apologies I mean arriving Friday, New to the forum and this would be our first rally. Darren.

Hi No problem you are on at No 56 arriving Friday, do let the Marshalls know it's your first rally. I'm sure Janine barsteward will look out for you.

 

[Janine]

I said I would be in the pub…

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Apologies I mean arriving Friday, New to the forum and this would be our first rally. Darren.

Just advise that you are with motorhome fun ,when you get checked in and they will direct you in to the MHfun area.
As your new you have to buy everyone a drink as part of the initiation process. Honestly.

 

[dmoore]

Just advise that you are with motorhome fun ,when you get checked in and they will direct you in to the MHfun area.
As your new you have to buy everyone a drink as part of the initiation process. Honestly.

That sounds expensive lol, ps Thank you for the warm welcome

 

[scotzsue]

Hi fellow funsters at Chester. It is not our weekend not only have we a poorly motorhome problem with the automatic gears. But also with Johns CPAP the 12V lead we have is blowing fuses. He does have a mains lead but we have no inverter with us. Does anyone have one we could borrow?

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Janine]

I will ask AdamH in the morning xx

 

[Janine]

scotzsue can you pop down to the marshalls tent and Adam will have a look at it for you. (He is qualified!) He is in the Pilote nearby.

 

[scotzsue]

Thanks Janine we were very late up
this morning Adam has found us, lovely young man. Can relax a bit now.

 

[Janine]

Thanks Janine we were very late up
this morning Adam has found us, lovely young man. Can relax a bit now.

I do the Proud Mother thing

 

[Langtoftlad]

I said I would be in the pub…

View attachment 736271

That's not the Brewery Tap


This is the Brewery Tap...

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Langtoftlad]

Lovely to see you Carol and Eddie.

 

[Janine]

That's not the Brewery Tap


This is the Brewery Tap...
View attachment 736386

Well spotted

It was Telford’s Warehouse and dogs are welcome there

 

[Langtoftlad]

Well spotted

It was Telford’s Warehouse and dogs are welcome there

Was there last year.
I'm guessing if a band was on it was past Kerry's bedtime... We're much more of a lunchtime thing.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Food Fest is open... Some of the prices are eye watering... but there are some that are reasonable.
Price of a pint £6.50 but this Wrexham Lager is excellent and £4.50

 

[Janine]

catspyjamas and me have been on the big wheel and now having a cuppa by the river So lucky with the weather

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

A cruise on the river anyone

Or a ride on the big Wheel

 

[Janine]

The big wheel was fabulous

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Food Fest is open... Some of the prices are eye watering... but there are some that are reasonable.

It is £15 per person for the general public to enter and £8 for concessions.
There is not much going on in the food areas unless you want an expensive fastfood lunch.
The food festival is fairly busy though.

 

[Langtoftlad]

It is £15 per person for the general public to enter and £8 for concessions.
There is not much going on in the food areas unless you want an expensive fastfood lunch.
The food festival is fairly busy though.

As a camperfest we obviously get free entry so that's great value... I obviously haven't done a prices reset...I whinge about pints at £4.50 yet I'm paying in excess of £6 at the Music Hall Tap right now... So what do I know about prices .

Despite this, I've bought loads of stuff from "Artisan" stallholders which probably would be cheaper in Sainsburys...

But it's the whole ambience thing... and I like the idea of supporting local independent producers.

 

[Sandancers]

As a camperfest we obviously get free entry so that's great value... I obviously haven't done a prices reset...I whinge about pints at £4.50 yet I'm paying in excess of £6 at the Music Hall Tap right now... So what do I know about prices .

Despite this, I've bought loads of stuff from "Artisan" stallholders which probably would be cheaper in Sainsburys...

But it's the whole ambience thing... and I like the idea of supporting local independent producers.

£15 per person makes the camping ticket good value !

One thing we noticed about Chester, there are a lot of street beggers, but most of them look young enough and fit enough to get a job. They also mostly seemed better dressed than the average person on Tyneside !

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[MaidinDevon]

I had great FUN walking the walls, and splashing out in the food festival. Mostly, olives, fudge and cheese, all essential food groups.
We ran away early, because we ran out of gas. Currently in a Britstop near Shrewsbury.
It was great, but the facilties for campers was very poor. Only one toilet block in the field, and only one water tap for all the motorhomes.

But thank you to the marshals for their hard work, making it happen.

Paul and Karen

 

[Janine]

I had great FUN walking the walls, and splashing out in the food festival. Mostly, olives, fudge and cheese, all essential food groups.
We ran away early, because we ran out of gas. Currently in a Britstop near Shrewsbury.
It was great, but the facilties for campers was very poor. Only one toilet block in the field, and only one water tap for all the motorhomes.

But thank you to the marshals for their hard work, making it happen.

Paul and Karen

It was lovely to see you.

The facilities at this meet have always been a bit inadequate but it is a cheap weekend in a great location.

People seem to have voted with their feet this year with a much reduced number of vans.

Maybe you could email the organisers with your views? If enough people do, they might up their game next year.

camperfest@chesterfoodanddrink.co.uk

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Thanks Janine, we had a great weekend ,good weather so we decided to depart after tea to miss the potential rain tomorrow whilst the site was dry today.
Surprisingly there were fewer vans all round than previous years despite being advised the site was full. But there again that's up to the camperfest organisers.
Re the note about facilities, have to agree but there were some additional portaloos and waste bins up behind where we were but no elsan point. We did see people using the portaloos to empty cassettes unfortunately, which must have filled them up quickly and left some mess. Luckily we had enough water on board for the weekend.
See you at Peterborough.

 

[Theonlysue]

Thete was elsan to right of bins.

 

[Indy259]

Janine. I left Thursday to miss the rain. Good to meet up with new and old friends. Thankyou to you and the Marshalls

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[SueTayBon]

Thank you for organising Janine & barsteward I left yesterday and had an easy journey home

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Thete was elsan to right of bins.

I was referring to the lack of an elsan point in the group behind us. Yes there was an elsan point near the exit to the field ,but that was the only one that i was aware of. The campers at the far end were filling thE portaloos from their cassettes .

 

[Indy259]

Janine. I left Thursday to miss the rain. Good to meet up with new and old friends. Thankyou to you and the Marshalls

Correction, Left Friday. Had long drive, brain dead

 

[Wendo55]

Correction, Left Friday. Had long drive, brain dead

Err.....I'll change it for you Chris .....it was yesterday, which was Sunday.

 

[Janine]

Correction, Left Friday. Had long drive, brain dead

Reading that, I am just so pleased that you managed to get home safely

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}