A bit more information below.
Royal Geographical Society Overland Travel Workshop
The Royal Geographical Society is organising an Overland Travel Workshop
in Yorkshire on Saturday May 23rd.
The format will involve several speakers and presentations on overland
travel, as well as example vehicles, maps and paperwork to discuss.
Though primarily being a Saturday event, there is provision for
overnight camping if attendees wish to carry on the activities the next
day. You may have seen it advertised in the April issue of Land Rover
Owner magazine (page 15).
The plan is that visitors will be planning to make an overland trip of
their own and will want to find out the nitty-gritty of paperwork,
vehicle preparation, equipment, budget, route and so on. There is no
desire on the part of the organisers to make money, only to raise
awareness of overland travel as a means of exploring the world we live
in. A small fee is charged to traders (?100) to cover our costs.
Confirmed speakers so far are, alphabetically; Peter and Eileen Crichton
(double circumnavigation, LR Discovery 1), Mike and Margaret Hingley
(South Africa and Namibia, LR Defender), Graham and Claire Spark (UK ?
Cape Town, LR Defender), David Palmer of Terrain Adventures (Medical and
Emergency provision and equipment, LR Defender) and Sam Watson (Desert
and bush travel, LR Defender). You may note a distinct Land Rover bias.
This is partly by design, as Land Rover is a major supporter of the
Royal Geographical Society, but also partly by chance! We do not mean to
discourage the Toyota (or whoever else!) contingent!
The organisers think it?s important to have a ?select few? trade stands
there to enable ?first time? overlanders to think about what they need.
Trade stands are ?100 per trader ? a nominal charge to cover our costs.
It?s the first time we are running this event, and it is being
publicised firstly by the Royal Geographical Society on a national
level, 4x4 and overland travel internet forums and also by the 4x4
press, so we have no idea about numbers attending, though we hope they
will be reasonably high. We have received emails confirming visitor
attendance already. We are trying to avoid the ?4x4 Show? feel in favour
of a constructive ?workshop?.
The venue is a small Prep School in the Howardian Hills AONB ? a very
scenic location. We have the use of the lecture facilities and open
spaces. This is however NOT a commercial venue. For those wishing to
stay overnight we can only offer space for vehicle-based camping ? but
that fits very much in with the theme of the event!
There will be catering provided by the local pub, who have also brewed a
real ale especially for the event ? ?Overlander?. There will also be a
braai / BBQ in the evening, to which all are welcome, traders, attendees
and speakers alike, on a ?bring your own food? basis.
Importantly, again due to space limitations, we must restrict traders to
a maximum of TWO 4x4s PER COMPANY, and no ancillary vehicles to remain
on site (vans, HGVs).
Location
Terrington Hall Prep School, Terrington, York
(Take A64 north from York, turn off A64 and follow sign for Terrington
Lavender Farm to get to Terrington village!)
OS Grid SE 672707, Lat N 54? 07.733? Long W 0? 58.412?
Facilities
All events are on the Saturday so there is no need to stay overnight
unless you want to for social or logistic reasons.
There is vehicle-based camping on site, but no facilities apart from a
single loo block. However as Overlanders that shouldn?t worry us too
much! Ground tents are fine but please ? no fires! (unless they are in
firepits that don?t touch the ground) Roof tents are ideal and most folk
will be sleeping in them.
The location is pretty remote ? a small village. There is no nearby fuel
station, only a small village shop and intermittent mobile signal on
most networks.
Costs
Attendance as a member of the public will cost ?5 per vehicle,
regardless of number of folk inside ? just to help cover our costs. This
is not intended to be a profit-making event, but instead to share
knowledge and experience of overland travel.
Catering
A buffet lunch will be available and in the evening we will have a
barbecue arrangement, but evening food is very much on an informal
?bring your own? basis. ?Overlander? real ale (brewed especially for us
by the local Storyteller Brewery) will be available and suggested
donations for this are ?2 a pint.
Trade Info
If you are coming as a trader, the cost is ?100. This is obviously much
less than at 4x4 Shows ? the reason being that this is a fairly low-key
event. Please limit ?on site? attendance to two cars or 4x4s max, plus a
van if needed, and no HGVs.
We anticipate that the trade will take place on Saturday. Please feel as
much a social part of the event as the attendees and enjoy the
after-hours braai etc!
Paul Harper wrote:
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