Also there were Dennis and Lillian Carter (on Security) and Pam and Phil Eccleston (in Lakeland area). It was good to meet up with friends old and new!

Best entertainment was Friday night with THEM BEATLES – a very accurate tribute band and Sunday night ‘Last Night of the Proms’ with the Club Band. There was other entertainment in one of the longest marquees I have ever seen but if you weren’t in the first 3^rd from one end of the marquee then the entertainment was lost. The bar was at the other end and relatively quiet.

The theme for this year was ‘Theatre’ and Saturday evening entertainments ended at 9:30 to give everyone a chance to walk round lit up units and street scenes. In our area there were 3 good streets to visit.

A great deal of effort had gone into all of the DA’s and Section’s entries in the Mardi Gras parade, one of the winners was Lancs and Chesh DA for their interpretation of ‘Swan Lake’.

Sunday’s parade of pennons at the closing ceremony seemed endless! I didn’t know that there were that many DAs, Sections, and Youth groups!

Trade was OK but no caravan dealers were there. Best bargains were to be found at the Towsure stands who were selling off mail order returns (as new goods but with minor damage to boxes etc). Their main stand was catalogue sales only at 10% discount and free delivery. We bought a porch awning from them.

Monday came around all too quickly and we woke to rain again. We packed down and left site in the rain. It then rained for our entire 260 mile drive home via M6.

Next year the NFOL will be at Newark, Nottinghamshire and unusually will be held over the August Bank Holiday weekend for a 5-night meet.

Congratulations must go to Scottish Region and all their helpers for putting on a good NFOL.

Allan and Wendy