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Thread #58881   Message #934633
Posted By: GUEST
16-Apr-03 - 08:01 AM
Thread Name: Gosport & Fareham Festival (2003-05)
Subject: RE: Gosport & Fareham
We'll be there - in our half-way-through self-build camper conversion (white LDV pilot). It will be its first trip out - so we get to try out whether the beds actually work etc..... (still its a step up from making Amoret sleep in the boot of the car - which we threatened to do at Llanstock)
So we'll be in the Ashcroft carpark unless its full by the time we get there. We're really looking forward to being on-site again this year.

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We have camped in the past - and it was no problem. We used a really friendly campsite about 10 mins walk from the venues, and if the Ashcroft is full then we'll go there again :

Ellerslie Camping & Caravan Park   
Down End Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 8TS
Tel: 01329 822248
Fax: 01329 822248
Pitches: 40

Its a hotel, with camping in an orchard in the grounds. The only facilities were a toilet & shower block & it was fairly quiet. Just right really. With the weather we're promised for the weekend it should be no problem camping.

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Last year, when easter was too early for the campsite (opens from beginning April), we hired a static caravan at :

Kingfisher Park
Browndown Road
Stokes Bay
LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT
Hampshire
PO139BE
Tel: 023 9250 2611
Fax: 023 9258 3583

That was more comfortable of course - but also more expensive. Plus I wasn't totally happy with the attitude of the people running it - but it was ok overall, and I'd use it again if necessary. That made sense last year because the Late Night stuff was at the Belle Vue close by, but of course if you stay that far away then you are going to have to drive in to the Ferneham every day - which is naff if you wanted to drink.

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Prior to that we stayed in a B&B in Gosport one year. The proprietors sold the B&B, but we still see them each year because now they come to the festival instead of slaving away all weekend.

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See ya

Kris (KingBrilliant), Mark & Amoret