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Agreed we abondoned it today as well. We had planned to return home tomorrow but the fields were in a poor state and weather conditions didnt seem likely to improve . My 4x4 never moved between arrival and departure as the event was yellow flagged ( no vehicle movement allowed ) but it annoyed me to see many cars moving about unnecessarily causing extra damage to the ground . I appreciate the event organisers and block marshalls efforts and enjoyed the sports and sunday nights entertainment in the marquee but the ground condtions were far from ideal . We had already had a week at Braithwaite with lots of rain and mud i'm glad to be back home again .Normally we'd stick it out regardless but not this time !

think they need to look for a disused airfield where you can park outfits on the runway LOL Does anyone know where next years will be and who's hosting it ? At least it ran this year last years was cancelled due to bad weather .

Hi

we went to this rally, it was our first time at a Northern Centres Rally.

The fields were very soggy and churned up in parts. However the weather stayed bright enough for all of the well organised activities to go on and lots of fun was had by all........until....(and I bet your glad you moved on when you did)...just before midnight on the monday eve North Lancs were woken by lots of movement and flashlights as we were told to get up asap and move the van as the fields were flooding.  Half asleep, in the pouring rain and in pjs we dragged the awning down and tried to gather as many of our things as possible.  We fled to one of the marquees, where a comforting hot drink and blankets where handed out whilst the men folk helped to move the vans further up the hill with their 4x4s.

Things could have been much worse if it wasnt for the kindness of the ralliers who with no thought for just themselves mucked in and made sure everyone was helped.

The organisers made sure we had regular updates and plenty of hot drinks and comfort.  We we very quickly given the all clear as the floods ebbed back and we returned to our vans.The following day was just the same everyone came out made sure that all was ok and that we could get off the field.

We have never been so looked after by such fantastic people.  We would never be put off joining any rally again, although hard standings do sound a much better idea!!

Dawn 

ps next years Rally was announced to be at Houghton Hall and run by East Yorkshire

we'll def be there!!

Hi

if you go onto the NLCC website gallery for Northern Centres you will see just how bad the floods were!!  Myself and my 3 children were safe inside the marquee unaware of just what was happening outside.  I was amazed to see just what they were dealing with.  I thank them so much.

Dawn

Yes there were some that had the flood waters in their vans, and for them it must have been a nightmare situation that no-one would have imagined or wanted!.  Good luck to them and hope that things are sorted quickly so they can keep on rallying.

We were also at the Northern centres rally. The rain did not deter anyone from competing in the events, and the highlight on the monday was the tug of war finals. We were with the South Yorkshires on the far field that was furthest from the river and on a little higher ground, but even we were aware there was "something going on" down the hill in the middle of the night when some of our men started up their 4x4's in the middle of the night to go and help tow people out of the mire and water.There is an excellent team spirit in times of emergency and we were proud of the men who went to help. However we had no idea that the water was so deep and feel really sorry for anyone who had their van soaked. On tuesday midday we had to be towed out of the mud (car and van) despite having a 4x4 and driving as carefully as possible. We then went out of the back lane of the site as we were near that end and did not want to add to the congestion down at the 'bottom'.