Great afternoon and was nice putting faces to a few names.

Thanks to Krug for organising yesterday, it was good to be part of such a good cause  It was also good to put faces to names. Here are some of our photos 

Well what can I say ....... Thank you all so much.  What a great weekend.

The hospital are delighted with the weekend.  The fact that the photographer from the Manchester Evening News stayed so long also meant a great deal to them.  This will almost certainly get more press coverage for the hospital.

Angela also told me today that some of the nurses had already fed back what a positive impact we had.   I know at times its hard to tell if we are being sucessful as the weekends are the quietest time for the hospital as they send the most well home.  Most of the kids we saw were quite poorly and the little boy at the start of the day who went in Jonathon's buggy will stay in my mind for a long time ( for those not at the event he had brain cancer - something I wasnt aware of and was shocked to know someone so young could be so unwell).

So a massive thanks to you all.   I am now loading up my pics onto Photobucket and will get them up soon though I have to say I am Knackered!...  Was it the weekend or was it last night in the Pub "Tiger" Grrrrrr.... I am not sure .... all I know is it was EPIC! 

Looks brilliant and what great photos 

And Yes, Its an expierience.....

It really was a great weekend, and as I said above was nice meeting some of the names from here.

Tony, the photographer from the MEN was he in the buggy behind you?

I think so ... he was with Paddy .... he got out loads of times to take pics and he also took them from the roof of the hospital so there should be some good ones.  He said to look out on their web site as that will have more coverage plus we should be in the MEN this week

My wife and I had a wonderful time all weekend. We would like to thank you and your family for your hospitality with Friday nights BBQ and for sorting out the stopover and Saturday nights meal.
Tiger...Grrrr 

GGggrrrreat 

Will have to get a bigger tank for the rides lol enjoyed taking them out and was all worth it 

Hope to do it again next yr !!!

Nice one Krug and for the pub get together 

Tony,

Thank you for a great weekend too.

The day at the hospital is always great, the parents are always really thankful for giving the kids rides, but in reality we don't need thanks as just seeing the kids having pictures in the buggies, the smiles, the 'dad when are we getting one' comments is more than enough.

Thanks for setting the whole event up and looking after us in your local last night (although I am nor sure what Devon made of Mad Dave or having to sit with a right bunch of 40 somethings )

The cruise through the Derbyshire Dales was breathtaking and the pictures by the lake are stunning.

The YHA worked really well even though I still feel we should have been done for trade description . Also made me laugh that Pam and Shaggy spent their wedding anniversary in Bunk Beds. 

Tatton was nice too for a VW show, especially after my extra special purchase, and we eventually got back about 4:30 after heavy traffic an drain on the M6 / M5.

Roll on next year.

One final point, a big thank you personally from me to the guys and girls of the Midland Buggy Club. Great turn out of 8 MBC buggies to support the Hospital Charity, thank you for doing that.

Chad

I have to say the turn out from the MBC was fantastic!  You guys did us proud and I am so grateful.  Also really pleased you got you special purchase at Tatton and look forward to seeing how it works out.

We got a very heavy down pour not long after Shaggy left.  I put the buggy under a cover as it came down so hard.  Unfortunatley it did bring a bit of a premature end to the day as there was a big exit of people.  Humphrey also is not allowed out in the rain so they couldnt get him doing the prize draw - which was a shame - so we headed off and managed to get home before the rain came back big time.... dont think it has stopped since!

For Peter... The YHA did work out well and you were right ... they are a good option and possibly something more of us should consider as it saved lugging tents around (plus full breakfast at £5).  The one we used is quite remote but easy to get back to my village  but as Chad said Mr and Mrs Shaggy having their 22nd wedding anniversary in bunk beds was not really perfect and did cause lots of amusement.

So a great weekend again