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IPA CARAVAN
& CAMPING
GROUP
Mike Paxton
- Chairman.
The Caravan and Camping Group is part of The
Association but is run by its own committee and
is independent of any Branches or Regions. Those
involved with this type of group will be aware that The
Caravan Club has very recently changed its name to
the Caravan and Motorhome Club as many people are
now purchasing motor homes. This reflects our Group
really where we have caravans and motor homes and
occasionally tents.
T
he group is made up of about 100
serving and retired IPA members
from all over the UK who enjoy caravanning/camping/motorhoming
in a relaxed and friendly environment. Various rallies are held
throughout the year and our first one this year is from the 6th April to the
11th April when we hold our AGM rally at Stratford upon Avon Racecourse.
Further rallies throughout the year are being held at Seaford, Littlehampton,
Ludham, Baston Fen (to coincide with the 1940’s weekend), Batemans
Brewery at Wainfleet, Clacton on Sea, Knaresborough, Belford and finally
Burnham on Sea.
We encourage our members to bring children and/or grandchildren with
them and most rallies allow pets, but this has to be checked with the rally
organiser first.
If you are an IPA member you just need to attend one of the rallies and you
become a member of the group. You can bring along family and friends with
their own units who are not IPA members to most of the rallies but priority is
given to members at rallies where space is limited.
If you would like to attend a rally then contact either the rally organisers
shown on the web site or contact our Secretary, Dave Ashley, at
caravan-and-camping@ipa-uk.orgThat evening all delegates attended a gala dinner in the hotel. As is the
case at such events, speeches were made and gifts exchanged. On
behalf of the U.K. Section, Sean presented a Jedd print each to the newly
re-elected president of the Polish section, Frederyk Orepuk, and Aneta
Sobieraj.
The main attraction of such events for me is the chance to meet officers
from other countries. I spent a very interesting evening on the Friday
talking with a Greek sergeant who gave me a ground-level view of the
migrant crisis in his country while on the Saturday I had the opportunity
to talk to two Romanian prison officers about youth crime.
To sum up the whole weekend was great opportunity to meet colleagues
from other countries.
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