August Activities

August Bank Holiday was dark, damp and dismal so what’s new!!!

On the Sunday Sue and I decided to go and watch the hovercraft racing at Gang Warily near to the Fawley oil refinery.

I have wondered for some time where the name ‘Gang Warily’ had come from so for this blog I have found out and copied it here.

In 1314 The Drummond Clan, loyal to Scotland and her kings fought off the invading English at the battle of Bannockburn. The ingenuity to strew the grounds with calthrops (a four pointed spike) proved to be crippling to the horses of the English cavalry.
Some years later the Drummond Clan were rewarded for their services to Robert the Bruce and were allowed to include the calthrops in their coat of arms, which when completed required a motto and what better than "Gang Warily" (Go Carefully).

In 1772 members of the Drummond Clan moved to Hampshire and acquired large areas of land in Southampton. Part of this land was bought by a large petroleum company that resulted in the dividing of one of the Drummond farms. The divided land had to be given a new name and hence the area was called Gang Warily.

Many years later part of this land was sold to Fawley Parish Council and in 1986 Gang Warily Recreation and Community Centre was built and opened to the public.

Here are some of the action shots of the hovercraft racing.

And they’re off!

Out of the water….

Someone going the wrong way?

Down the finishing straight…..

Waterlogged and needing a helping hand.

Oooops!

Not the best way to finish!

Ex-Dortmund gathering at Trish and Colin’s.

David and Carol moved on to us after T&C’s. We had to do a bit of geocaching whilst they were here. This photo was taken at Avon Heath Country Park not too far from Ringwood.

NB for Maggie and Andy – do you remember this sheep seat!

Sue’s always ready for the rough terrain.

Newbie geocachers Tony and Ellen. They only fully join the club when they have a GPSr. Have you bought one yet?

This set of geocaches was close to Waterlooville. We managed a few of the caches which are part of a long walk.

Ellen ‘What have we got here then?’ Tony reading the log.

Where is the cache? It’s here!