Mri International Weekend Away
A Memory of Holywell Bay.
Since the early 1960s my parents began taking the family to stay at the home of John and Sheila Penna, and they eventually created the Pennasville holiday homes. When at Taunton School in circa 1965 I stayed at the camp with the school's CCF brigade! I got bitten by some bug one night in the ear, and was confined back to Penhale and missed all the agony of marches and camping. But it was in 2002 that I had the chance to return in more style, staying up at Ligger House at the top of the hill.
I was organising an away weekend for the employees of a company I worked for. It was one of the most memorable weeks in my life, organising the mass catering with my girlfriend and girls from the company. With the help of Penhale's now retired camp Commander, Barry, we organised surfing, clay pigeon shooting, rifle shooting, abseilling and a disco on the headland with Diddy David Hamilton.
If anyone would like any photos of the event, please email me at: david.longman@killingcancer.co.uk
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