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• Christmas Dinner and Camp: December 07, 2013 - December 08, 2013

[RedLeader]

Okay, there's still a few days to go until Xmas but that doesn't mean we can't get our plans in motion. The sooner we can announce a date, the more chance that people can arrange the time needed. For anyone who hasn't been before, this will be the fourth time we've had have a full turkey dinner with all the fixin's up in the Mournes. The more complicated stuff is precooked before and then heated on the fire up there, the more straightforward items are all cooked at the dinner. It's been a fantastic success every year, by far the 3 best camps we've ever had. Obviously it's cold in December so wrap up warm and make sure you have suitable gear for the conditions! It's family friendly and guaranteed to be the best camp cooked meal you've ever had 

It will be in Annalong Wood again this year on Saturday 7th December. Further details to follow, any suggestions welcome, just post below.

As ever, everyone needs to read and understand the safety and responsibility notice linked here if they want to attend:
http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/forum-news-information-and-help/ni-wild-meets-safety-and-responsibilty/
It will be cold and possibly wet and snowy. Definitely make sure you have suitable gear and experience for a night out approaching winter. If anyone wants any advice just PM.

Post below or PM to say you are coming and what you want to bring and you'll get added to the list. If you want to being something not on the list then that's fine, just let us know:

Food items required:

Turkey & Stuffing	Dowser
Ham	Redleader
Quorn Roast (Vegetarian Option)	SpecimenYak
Mashed Potatoes and Champ	Moxy
Roast Potatoes	Spud
Sweet Potato	Aragorn
Chipolatas wrapped in Bacon	whyRya
Roast Parsnips	Aragorn
Sprouts	Rumblebum
Mushy Peas	SpecimenYak
Carrots	Glenn B
Gravy	Dowser
Cranberry Salsa	AnnieAnne
Christmas Pudding with Custard and Brandy Sauce	Stepstew
Mince Pies and Cream	Fourman
Mulled Wine (Number of Bottles)	Rich.h / whoRya / Dr Monkfish / Glenn B
Port	Clairebear
Single Malt	Big Dod
Cheese Board and Biscuits for Cheese	Kayakgirl
Raspberry Ruffles	AnnieAnne
Christmas Cake Substitute	Oisin and Grace

Non food items required:

Christmas Crackers
Christmas decorations
Christmas lights	Landyliam

Attendees
Redleader + 1
Dowser
Aragorn
Clairebear
Matthew
Spud
Rumblebum
AnnieAnne
Kayakgirl
whoRya
Landyliam
RustyMadra
Fourman + 1
Big Dod
Moxy
SpecimanYak
Phil_b
Glenn B + 1
Stepstew
Grace
Oisin
Mourneman

Maybes
DrMonkFish
Wild_camper2013

[Ed]

Provided my work do (as yet unarranged) is not on that weekend I will be in attendance.
No sweet potato on the list? I could rectify that

[clairebear]

i'm on it like a car bonnet, ill bring a bottle of port as it settles the stomach after the feed. 

[Matthew]

Ill be there.

[Spud]

I'm in, stick me down for the roast potatoes, people seemed to like them last year!

[RedLeader]

Me + 1. I'll do ham.

[DrMonkFish]

I would happily de-lurk myself at this, with a similar proviso as Aragorn that it doesn't class with a yet to be confirmed work do.

I could sort a few bottles of Mulled Wine.

[Doctor Who]

hey, guys put my name down as possible. I won't know guarentee until near the time. I will bring Mince Pies and Cream.

[Rumblebum]

I'm in! Stick me down for the sprouts again, sooner or later il be able to make em taste good!
Il bring a bottle or two of wine along as well.

[whoRya]

Heck yea!  And if my work dinner is on the same night, then I'll wish them well 

Chipolatas and bacon for me again would do fine and a wee bottle of team wine.

[Rich.H]

Sounds good I'll get the gf to book it off work and both head up. I can knock up a drum of mulled wine easy enough from that list.

Rumblebum try just steaming the prouts for 5 mins then give em a quick fry in garlic butter. It was how I got the gf to eventually eat them.

Whats with these posh chipolatas in bacon??? Isn't xmas normally just pig bigs wrapped in bigger pig bits?

[Kayakgirl]

I'm a maybe.. If I'm not heading over to Lapland to work with Santa and his reindeer I will definitely be there.. Will know better over the next few weeks..

[Ed]

ok I've just got the date for my xmas do and karinas so I'm in.
I should do the parsnips in addition to the sweet potato. Ill also see if karina can do a big batch of traybakes for afters aswell.

[RedLeader]

Dude, you're only married a few weeks and you already have the wife in the kitchen making food for your mates   

ok I've just got the date for my xmas do and karinas so I'm in.
I should do the parsnips in addition to the sweet potato. Ill also see if karina can do a big batch of traybakes for afters aswell.

[LandyLiam]

Dude, you're only married a few weeks and you already have the wife in the kitchen making food for your mates

So where did the rest of us go wrong 

Put me down for the Christmas Lights (I'll see if I can improve on last year  ) hopefully I'll even get to stay all night again too 

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