Apologies to those who travelled to Tollohill only to find the event had been cancelled. The car park and forest were fine when I arrived to put controls out but the rain about 4 turned the car park into a slopey ice rink which I only escaped from sideways with a very high heart rate.
I should have cancelled the event then but was still hoping the forecast of increasing temperatures would melt the ice. When I returned at 5.15, it was obvious the car park was still unusable and with nowhere else to safely park, we cancelled. By this time Rachel was in a last rehearsal in the Music Hall so we couldn’t get the Gramp website updated but did manage to put something on our Facebook page.
In fact the open paths in the woods were also icy by that time so it was the right decision to cancel, just a bit too late.
We hope to reschedule the event in the New Year.
Tim Griffin, Organiser
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