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Please see details below from Carole Way:
Date & Time: Thursday 15th August @ 1pm
Funeral Location: Oakley Wood Crematorium
Oakley Wood, Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, CV33 9QP
Wake Location: Riverside Caravan Park
Tiddington Rd, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7AB
Dress Code: Colourful.
All SOC friends who knew Jeff are welcome to attend.
Webmaster
I was very saddened to hear that former member Jeff Way passed away recently. Many long-standing members will remember Jeff as he and Carole were very active members. They organised many rallies over the years and Carole was Rally Secretary from 2000 – 2003.
Jeff and Carole left the SOC for a few years when they bought another make of caravan. They rejoined the SOC in 2019 but after a while sadly had to retire from caravanning due to Jeff’s illness. He will always be remembered with affection by many friends within the SOC. Val & I have many happy memories of time spent in their company.
Our thoughts are with Carole, Pippa, Naomi and granddaughters at this very sad time.
RIP Jeff.
John Brailsford, President
Back in 2000 the Club produced its first Caravan Cook Book which has long been out of print. Now nearly 25 years later our caravans, motorhomes & camper vans are much more sophisticated and the cooking equipment available for us to use whilst away from home has also become more varied and sophisticated.
During the Open Forum Discussion following the 2024 AGM, there was considerable support from those present for an updated version to be produced. The Committee have agreed, and I have taken on the task of co-ordinating the recipes submitted, and it will now be known as the SOC Cook Book to reflect the fact that the club is not just about caravans. Although I volunteered to pull this together, please remember that it is Your book that will contain Your recipes.
The first step is to gather some information from You All, and to this end there is a short survey available via this link SOC Cook Book Survey with a deadline to submit your responses by 30th September so that a summary report of the results can be included in the Autumn 2024 edition of Going Places, and more fully on the website.
N.B. You don’t need a Google account to complete the survey.
Please submit your recipes to recipes@swift-owners-club.com but please remember to acknowledge the source of your recipe i.e. your own, family recipe, based on or adapted from a recipe by First Name Last Name etc.
The recipes received will be compiled into a “Book” which initially will just be available via the website and therefore accessible via your phone, tablet or laptop whilst away. If you prefer, you can of course just print out the recipes you particularly want to use. The SOC Cook Book will therefore be forever expandable, amended easily and not constrained by the number of pages, and will never be out of print! Whether a print version is eventually produced will be for the Committee to decide, but in the meantime let’s get started!
On a seasonal basis, one or two recipes will be included in Going Places under the title Let’s All Cook & Share. To kick start this, my all-year round recipe for Moroccan Tagine is included in the Summer edition. It is adaptable for either lamb, chicken or just vegetables and can be cooked in various items of equipment e.g. oven, slow cooker, Remoska® etc. whilst away in your unit, and also of course at home. I hope you enjoy trying it!
Yvonne Lovett
The Summer 2024 edition of our magazine Going Places is now online to view or download. Access is by clicking on the magazine image on the General Info page.
Webmaster
Please note that this rally which had to be postponed until 9th to 13th October is now full.
Anyone wishing to go on the waiting list please contact the marshals Mike & Chris Pitchford.
All details can be found on page 38 of the Rally Venues Book.
Webmaster
Please note that the first paragraph on Page 17 of Going Places should read:
If you have previously set up and still have a Direct Debit mandate for the SOC Annual Subscription, YOU DO NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION. If you don’t currently have a mandate set up and would like to use a Direct Debit in the future, this will be possible as part of the renewal process from 1st September.
Please pass on the message to any member friends you know who don’t have access or don’t use this website or the SOC Facebook page.
Webmaster
I was very saddened and shocked to receive the news that longstanding member David Potter of Beverley, Yorks had passed away suddenly on Sunday 2nd June.
Val and I have known David and Mary along with their sons Simon and Edward since they joined the club in 1987. They have always been regular ralliers and also marshalled many excellent rallies over the years. David & Mary recently celebrated their 350th rally on the Tallington Lakes Rally in March.
David will be sadly missed by all who knew him and will always be remembered for his quizzes and his sense of humour.
Our thoughts are with Mary, Simon, Ed and their families at this sad time.
RIP David
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Please give the family privacy to grieve.
Any contact with the family should be made ONLY via their son Ed.
Please let Ed Potter know if you intend to attend the funeral on 07957 860586, text message preferred and not a phone call if at all possible.
Details of Funeral and Wake:
Thursday 20th June at 13.30
Location : Haltemprice Crematorium, Main Street, Willerby, HU10 6NS
Afterwards at the Mercure Grange Park Hotel, Grange Park Lane, Willerby, HU10 6EB (From the Crematorium turn left and in 250 yards turn right into hotel car park)
John Brailsford, President
The minutes of the April Zoom Committee Meeting are now online. See General Information page.
Webmaster
Please note that the above rally is now fully booked. A waiting list is available and if you wish to be added to the list, please contact the marshals.
Webmaster
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The information is also available on the RALLY INFO/UK Holiday Rallies Page.
