The Avon Club’s fantastic Mere Bash

paul · **Posted:** Thu 29 Jul, 2010 9:46 am

Posted on behalf of the Avon club:

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The Avon Club’s fantastic Mere Bash will be on 11-12 September this year, and everyone from our neighbouring clubs is cordially invited. It’s our annual weekend party, and it’s been running for more years than anyone can remember.

Everyone camps (you can arrive on Friday evening or any time on Saturday), and the main fun takes place on Saturday evening. We have a marquee with ridiculously cheap beer, live music and dancing, and we fire up a huge barbecue. There’s a bouncy castle for the children, and we also have a bonfire on Saturday evening. Bring your own toys too - toy gliders, kites, bikes etc.

It all takes place in the bottom landing at Mere Rifle range in Wiltshire, a location steeped in the history of hang gliding and paragliding. It’s at 51° 6'0.91"N, 2°16'14.74"W (you can paste that into the search box in Google Earth or Google Maps). To get there, get yourself to Mere, and then turn into Manor Road between the Lloyds Bank and the Nisa shop, and follow the Mere Bash signs.

Everyone from your club is welcome. Tickets will be £10 in advance and £15 on the door, and that includes the camping. Souvenir T shirts will also be on sale. Please bring your own food for the barbecue, and please bring all the water you’ll need as there isn’t a supply nearby. For tickets, please contact Ali Lees, our Social Secretary at socialsecretary@avonhgpg.co.uk.

I hope to see you there,

Richard Danbury
Chairman, Avon Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club

Jeremy · **Posted:** Sat 31 Jul, 2010 5:57 pm

Hi all at Avon, a question from my loved-one: If there's no water, are there any toilets?
Thanks, Jeremy

paul · **Posted:** Sun 01 Aug, 2010 3:33 pm

Hi Jeremey. You'd best email Avon Club about this as the event notice was just posted on their behalf.

Jeremy · **Posted:** Sun 01 Aug, 2010 5:31 pm

OK thanks Paul.

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The Avon Club’s fantastic Mere Bash