Newark Gathering 30 May - 1 June 2025 - Official Announcement

@Blackdog

Hopeyou get mended and see you in 2026.

Regards Jeremy

 

I hope you folk are all having a good time.

Cheers

Tony

 

Yes, hope you all are having a good time.

 

Enjoy!
And take plenty photos!

I will make it one year........
Alec.

 

I managed to put off my hospital admission to Monday, allowing me to ready a greenhouse full of veg plants to cope with my absence, and to make a day visit to Newark yesterday. A long haul for a day trip but oh so worth it, I stayed a much longer after dark than intended!

I brought along the Kenrick Aurora to join in the fun and cook a couple of meals.



Huge thanks to Ross for making it happen- and making a very inspirational journey there given the circumstances! And for the good company and kindness of those I spent time with, and apologies to anybody I didn't have the time or energy to talk to through exhaustion at the moment.

Wonderful displays as always, looking forward to seeing photos from others. Certainly a lot more stoves in evidence than last year which was great. Next year I'll bring a proper display, promise!

 

Aye. Well done Lad!

Just away myself. Great weekend & really appreciate the fantastic displays & laid back vibe plus the generosity of friends feeding me over the weekend! I'll post pics later.

 

Looks brilliant. Heads up for a good aurora spotting opportunity this evening lads & lasses, but you might need to turn the lamps down!

 

Three days of bliss! Companionship, stoves, lamps, cooking and good weather.




Speaking of cooking, I took my Outback Oven to rustle up bread and scones from store-bought mixes of the ‘add water’ (milk for the scones) type.




An empty Duvel Belgian lager bottle provided just the right measure of water for the bread and half-full of milk for the scones. Emptying the bottle of its beer was the cook’s perk.




The bread turned out well …




… and the scones too.




Paul Hedley’s Primus bowl fire of 1929 is an unrestored treasure, complete and just awaiting re-commissioning.






Neither was Robert Hellawell’s exquisite Citroen type H van over-restored, but eminently driveable, and took the drive to-and-from Newark in its stride. No trailered shelf-queen this lady.










Heck, she even coped with my turn at the wheel.




Gary, aka Wayland.




Gary and his Texan pal Steve put on a fabulous display of wick lamps




Neither was I ejected from their camp when I temporarily broke the peace of it with a spot of Svea rocket-stovery.




Back in my camp, I gave the Svea full throttle.





My Tillite Tilley lamp pre-heater wasn’t far behind on the decibel scale.



Though destroying the night’s calm, mine was a far more modest display than Gary’s and Steve’s, visually.




Dave, aka Willie the Steam, set the bar high with his display as usual, his OXO stove with mesmerising burner and pre-heater flame patterns taking centre-stage.




Pete Sav’s lovely Blanchard lamp.




Time to go home, part of my collection looking forlorn before stowing in the car.



John

 

Great stuff, John!

We made it in ‘07, and had it on the ’20 calendar when covid intervened. Hope for another chance….

 

Very nice report. So glad to hear that you mates had a grand time.

 

@presscall fantastic report and photos thanks a lot for posting!

 

Excellent!

Cheers

Tony

 

I hope everyone arrived home safely.