If anyone would like to contribute to the Happy Camper Chronicle please e-mailMrs Michelle Marchant or pass it on while out and about Examples include any tales from Holidays. Good or Bad experiences, Site reports Tips for caravanning, Items for sale, Recipes or anything you think might be of interest to fellow members. Please get in touch!
For Sale
Please submit advertisements via e-mail to the Webmaster.
All ads will be removed from the web site after 10 weeks
Members are asked to note that neither the HCC Committee, Or the WebMaster can accept responsibility for the quality, safe delivery, satisfactory operation or effectiveness of any product advertised on this page.
This page is intended primarily for HCC members to advertise items related to Caravanning and Camping for sale or as wanted. When submitting an advertisement, please give your full name and Club membership number. No addresses will be posted on this web page. Please state clearly your contact number or e-mail address.
You can advertise your items free, but please don't forget to tell us when the item is sold.
Throughout the year Happy Campers Club will be holding special events including bring and buy sale's with all proceeds going to
Ronald McDonald House Charities
About the charity
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent Charity which aims to provide free 'home away from home' accommodation at hospitals, enabling families to stay close to their child and maintain a degree of normal family life. There are currently 14 Ronald McDonald Houses and 29 sets of Ronald McDonald Family Rooms across the UK, providing 400 bedrooms every single night of the year.
However, there is still a great deal to do. Many families still have to sleep on camp beds or in their cars in order to be close to their children, and RMHC is determined to help as many of these as possible.
A bit of background
Ronald McDonald House Charities Worldwide came into being due to an unlikely alliance that was formed in 1974 in the US between the Philadelphia Eagles football team, a Hospital in Pennsylvania and a McDonald’s Franchisee. On hearing the plight of a young couple whose child was seriously ill with cancer but who were unable to find accommodation near to the hospital so they could be with her, they together established the first “home away from home.”
After the success of the first Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald House Charities was founded in 1984, with the aim of extending this support to children and families who needed it across the world.
This concept quickly spread and in 1989, McDonald’s in the UK took the decision to set up a sister charity to provide the same service to UK families. RMHC in the UK is an independent, registered Charity providing Ronald McDonald Houses and Family Rooms across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Ugly Kid
A lady gets on a train with her baby A guy sitting across from her looks at the baby and starts laughing hysterically.
He says, "Lady, that's the ugliest kid I've ever seen. It looks like a monkey. What an ugly kid."
The lady freaks out, and goes running into the next car sobbing uncontrollably. The conductor sees her and comes over to her to console her.
He says, "Lady, relax...things are going to be all right...we'll get off at the next stop, get a cup of coffee...maybe we'll even find a banana for your monkey."
Membership
Why should you join?
Most of our members will tell you how much their circle of friends has grown since joining the club.
They all say how much they look forward to the meets.
They will tell you its a great club to belong to because we really do bring people together sharing our common interest in an outdoor way of life that we all enjoy.
Our meets are informal and relaxed. Some are more organised and have a purpose, such as walking a particular route, but most are simply weekends away with friends. Some walk their dogs, go swimming, explore the nearby towns or National Trust properties etc.
Some just go to chill out and spend their time catching up with friends old and new.
We are a social and sociable club where the emphasis is on our common enjoyment of caravanning and camping.
Annual membership is currently £5.00 per person, under 18s free.
For Membership enquiries please e-mail
Tel 07984007840
Please note membership of The Camping and Caravanning Club is not necessary to be able to join Happy Campers Club, nor does membership of 'Happy Campers Club' preclude you from joining other clubs or centres of your choice.
PS Please imform Lynn any change of address or phone number.
Hi all you Happy campers out there well we have done so many things since last time we chatted maybe I should jot them down but here goes back to Easter we had a good time the weather was fair to us and we did the bowls tournament in the sun, Well attended yet again, The winners where as predicted, many thanks to all helpers. A few meets later was the scarcrow rally at Cononoly good turn out. I am trying to get the guest book going again so you can catch up more often on there also leave some comments yourself. Another good few meets on and we where at the bogie race and what a weekend red hot sun 25 of us in our own section well done. For those of you who haven't been you must try it just ask the others although i didn't bring the trophy home maybe next year. And now we have had our famous beach party weekend 35 vans out good weather on the Saturday so we were able to do all the things outside, Sorry the bouncy castle man let us down but don’t think that the kids missed it, Shame it was wet for us on the Sunday made it hard work packing away, many thanks to all who helped hope you all have nice weather on your holidays.
Me and Anj went up Scotland bumped into some of our members only had to drive halfway home as our disco broke down and had to be brought home on a recovery truck but all well now. Then it was august bank holiday at wetherby race course back on track with Happy Campers new venue we all liked it . Return visit to Inglewhite and wellie wangin full house again shame it was MUDDY! But we hardened campers just got on with it. And last but not least the A.G.M. +BIRTHDAY MEET good venue excellent turn out well done to Jill who won the P.Y.C.R. A whopping £341.00 bet she thought it was her birthday? We had a visit by our youngest member at 5 days old our Kelly, Mark and Josh brought my new grandson in Reuben he will be out camping soon well i think that's all for now see you on the field YR CHURMUN
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Hi all you happy campers has you,v probably heard i was a very lucky happy camper last wk end at red bank farm by winning the play your cards right £255 having already spent nearly all that on 4 new chairs that afternoon along time coming. Going back to easter a nice wk end the weather was kind to us allowing us to have the bowls comp well attended again and won by father & son well done to you all. The other meets have been well attended and new members are coming into the club hope they enjoy camping with us. May bank holiday saw us at Cononely and joining in with the villages scarecrow wk end & skipton boat festival, good wk end 20 odd vans out well done Daz & Jeannette stwrds. Then salterforth Andy & Wendy first time stwrds had 20 odd vans out, nowt like jumping in at the deep end. Many thanks to Dave & Dacia for stwrding red bank farm. Hope you all have a good spring bank holiday at Gibraltar farm. I am away for the next two meets so see you all at lockside Rippon, Don't forget keep smiling at that wave and have safe journeys where ever you go.
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Hello & welcome to your churmuns chat first page we are only in the middle of Feb.. and have already had 4 well attended meets believe me in all my years of camping that’s some going and its all down to you, let’s try and keep it up i would like to welcome all the new members to the club and hope they enjoy camping with us and all the rejoining members it’s nice to see you out and looking forward to seeing rest of you throughout the year we have had the worst winter for a very long time so let’s hope it pays us back with the summers we used to get just hope i will be able to handle all that beer + B.B.Q.but i will give it a go so don’t hesitate get your van hooked up and smile at the wave. will chat again soon YR.CHURMUN!
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Hi everyone well here i am again chat page 2 hope you are all keeping well while I'm on the subject its nice to see our jack alias susan boil on the mend. Well the last few meets have been crackers like some of our members they know who they are.
We have still been turning out well into double figure units well done and now spring has sprung i guess even more of you will be out don't get in a panick jack, well what about Warton good turn out crackin wk end with marks 40th + michael's karihocky then we had Astley with 18 units out i was supposed to be doing burgers fri night but got there late so we had coffee morning with burgers or as Patrick re named them dongers, on the sat tea time we had a run out to a Jane's 5min away pub more like 15min but well worth the run the 3rd time we have been that says how good it is and value for money, now we are looking forward to a yee haa wk end at riverside Southport for all of you who like country music and dancing, and then its easter hope we get the weather like last year to be able to have the bowls tournament plus all the other activities planed hope to see lots more of you in the easter bonnet parade, that's all for now smile at the wave your churmun!
