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The Gathering Of The Clans event is now fully booked.
Here is a list of Information that might be of help to those good people who are attending:
MEALS:
Please note that "Full Breakfast" spaces will be limited to those people in the hotel rooms and the Bunkhouse. Basically, the hotel can only cater for circa 50 seated breakfasts which is roughly the number of folks per rooms and bunkhouse beds. Obviously, anyone from the Bunkhouse who doesn't require a full breakfast willl be able to free up his or her place to a camper.
Happy campers should not panic however as the hotel kitchen staff will provide bacon rolls between about 08.30 and 09.30 on both mornings of the event.
Evening meals are not a problem as they are served over a period of several hours and there will be more than one sitting (unlike breakfast time).
The Hotel have offered to do BBQ Catering (weather permitting) in the hotel grounds on the Saturday.
Meals and breakfasts (other than breakfasts for the Hotel residents which are part of the deal) must be booked and paid for by each individual. Neither myself nor G.C. will take any involvement in the bookings of meals.
ACCOMODATION PAYMENT:
Can all persons who are staying in the hotel rooms pay the full weekend price directly to the hotel. This can of course be done at the time of the actual event. Ignore the deposits that I have paid. I will sort this out with with hotel.
Bunkhouse Payment: This should be made to either myself or Gordon (G.C.) The beds are £11 pppn (£22 pp for the weekend). Full Breakfast bookings for Bunkhouse residents should be booked and paid for at the Hotel by the individual concerned.
Camping fees: This will be £5 per person per night. This is to cover the cost of hiring the portaloos. All monies left over from this will go into the pot for the charity. The camping fees should be paid to either myself or Gordon (G.C.) on arrival at the event.
Friday evening will simply be a relaxed social get together, allowing everyone to arrive, get settled in and get introduced.
RIDE OUTS
There will be a 2 x Ride Outs (both of them road runs) on the Saturday. Details of the road runs are HERE
The Main Run (Royal Deeside and Glenshee) will leave the Hotel car park around 11.00 and the shorter run (to Edradour Distillery) will leave a few minutes after the main run has cleared the car park. If numbers dictate the necessity to have the Main Run split into two groups, the second group (led by Stumpy) will leave around the same time but do the main route anti clockwise. We'll get exact names and numbers of persons taking part in each of the runs at the event. I have forms made up for this.
It would be helpful if everyone going on the Runs could be in the car park around 10.30 so that the Leaders and Back Markers of each run can make themselves known and also allow people to be informed as to the route(s) we'll be taking. The "Marker" system that we'll all be using can be read about here:
Link
I'll also have maps of the routes printed off for everyone concerned.
There will be a WHISKY TASTING SESSION taking place during the early Saturday evening. This consists of an introduction to Scottish malt whisky by Gordon Clelland (G.C.). There will be an hour long talk and tastings of at least 3 different malt whiskies. Numbers for this will be limited to 25 people. Costs will be £7.50 pp. Again, this is in aid of the charity.
The remainder of Saturday will consist of a good drink, good food and good company.
There will be a raffle in aid of the Rachel House charity at the event.
Mobile Phones: please note that there is NO SIGNAL for mobiles in or near the hotel. This is due to the surrounding mountainous location. There is a public phone in the grounds of the hotel.
Gathering Of The Clans STICKERS will be available for purchase at the event. These are £2.50 a pop and all profits will again go to Rachel House.
We're really looking forward to seeing some weel kent and not so weel kent faces at the first Gathering Of The Clans event
Ronno
Here is a list of Information that might be of help to those good people who are attending:
MEALS:
Please note that "Full Breakfast" spaces will be limited to those people in the hotel rooms and the Bunkhouse. Basically, the hotel can only cater for circa 50 seated breakfasts which is roughly the number of folks per rooms and bunkhouse beds. Obviously, anyone from the Bunkhouse who doesn't require a full breakfast willl be able to free up his or her place to a camper.
Happy campers should not panic however as the hotel kitchen staff will provide bacon rolls between about 08.30 and 09.30 on both mornings of the event.
Evening meals are not a problem as they are served over a period of several hours and there will be more than one sitting (unlike breakfast time).
The Hotel have offered to do BBQ Catering (weather permitting) in the hotel grounds on the Saturday.
Meals and breakfasts (other than breakfasts for the Hotel residents which are part of the deal) must be booked and paid for by each individual. Neither myself nor G.C. will take any involvement in the bookings of meals.
ACCOMODATION PAYMENT:
Can all persons who are staying in the hotel rooms pay the full weekend price directly to the hotel. This can of course be done at the time of the actual event. Ignore the deposits that I have paid. I will sort this out with with hotel.
Bunkhouse Payment: This should be made to either myself or Gordon (G.C.) The beds are £11 pppn (£22 pp for the weekend). Full Breakfast bookings for Bunkhouse residents should be booked and paid for at the Hotel by the individual concerned.
Camping fees: This will be £5 per person per night. This is to cover the cost of hiring the portaloos. All monies left over from this will go into the pot for the charity. The camping fees should be paid to either myself or Gordon (G.C.) on arrival at the event.
Friday evening will simply be a relaxed social get together, allowing everyone to arrive, get settled in and get introduced.
RIDE OUTS
There will be a 2 x Ride Outs (both of them road runs) on the Saturday. Details of the road runs are HERE
The Main Run (Royal Deeside and Glenshee) will leave the Hotel car park around 11.00 and the shorter run (to Edradour Distillery) will leave a few minutes after the main run has cleared the car park. If numbers dictate the necessity to have the Main Run split into two groups, the second group (led by Stumpy) will leave around the same time but do the main route anti clockwise. We'll get exact names and numbers of persons taking part in each of the runs at the event. I have forms made up for this.
It would be helpful if everyone going on the Runs could be in the car park around 10.30 so that the Leaders and Back Markers of each run can make themselves known and also allow people to be informed as to the route(s) we'll be taking. The "Marker" system that we'll all be using can be read about here:
Link
I'll also have maps of the routes printed off for everyone concerned.
There will be a WHISKY TASTING SESSION taking place during the early Saturday evening. This consists of an introduction to Scottish malt whisky by Gordon Clelland (G.C.). There will be an hour long talk and tastings of at least 3 different malt whiskies. Numbers for this will be limited to 25 people. Costs will be £7.50 pp. Again, this is in aid of the charity.
The remainder of Saturday will consist of a good drink, good food and good company.
There will be a raffle in aid of the Rachel House charity at the event.
Mobile Phones: please note that there is NO SIGNAL for mobiles in or near the hotel. This is due to the surrounding mountainous location. There is a public phone in the grounds of the hotel.
Gathering Of The Clans STICKERS will be available for purchase at the event. These are £2.50 a pop and all profits will again go to Rachel House.
We're really looking forward to seeing some weel kent and not so weel kent faces at the first Gathering Of The Clans event
Ronno