National 2025 – Balloch O Dee Campsite, Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway – 4-7th Sept 2025

[Stuart D]

Put me on the list please, £10 on it’s way to Debs, thanks Steve.

 

[Debs]

£10 for the Roundhouse sent to Debs.

Got a cheap spare/repair scoot from a job I was on.

We'll see....looks very comfortable for a trip to The Boonies.



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Thanks Cabbie £10 received

 

[Debs]

Put me on the list please, £10 on it’s way to Debs, thanks Steve.

Thanks Stuart also received £10

 

[Lowflyer]

Payment for roundhouse sent.
Cheers Debs

 

[Debs]

Payment for roundhouse sent.
Cheers Debs

Got it with thanks

 

[The Don]

my work schedule has changed and I may not be ale to make it, sorry will update asap

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Me please Steve.

Edit: a tenner paid to Deb for the roundhouse.

 

[Alba]

Fab part of the world, count me in

 

[Whealie]

Book me, Danno!
Will work out how to pay Debs

 

[Mikey]

All the solid tents are booked, bummer

 

[Steve T]

Just a 2025 nudge to bring this thread back into the massives consiousness

 

[Debs]

Just a 2025 nudge to bring this thread back into the massives consiousness

The way time is flying it will be here soon enough

 

[LargeWayRound]

Hi Steve
Please put my name on the list , finally got permission to take time off work

Debs; can you message me how to pay my £10 for the roundhouse.

 

[Debs]

Hi Steve
Please put my name on the list , finally got permission to take time off work

Debs; can you message me how to pay my £10 for the roundhouse.

PM’d you

 

[Steve T]

Your officially listed Craig

 

[Hudders]

Hi Steve
Please put my name on the list , finally got permission to take time off work

Debs; can you message me how to pay my £10 for the roundhouse.

Be good to see you Craig

 

[LargeWayRound]

Be good to see you Craig

Be good to see you too, this time under better circumstances
Looking forward to it

 

[Debs]

PM’d you

 

[Jim McCreath]

And so it comes to pass that the “baton” for sorting 2025s BT National lands in my hand.

With advice & guidance from that great leader of men – Austin – as well as help from LWR regards places to ride/things to see, next years National will be north of the wall at this campsite:-

Balloch O' Dee

Balloch O' Dee is a beautiful small farm set in stunning countryside on the edge of the Galloway national forest park.

www.ballochodee.com

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Link to Austins photos . . .

For Debs…. Photos of the Roundhouse

Please read through the sites web site, especially the “Camp Ethos” section.

The weekend in question is potentially going to be a music festival weekend on the campsite.
With that in mind, the site owners have blocked booked all accommodation as well as all electrified pitches for campervans & caravans in case the festival does go ahead, .

So this event is currently a camping only event​

Newton Stewart is the nearest town, approx. 10 miles away, and has plenty of choice regards food supplies. It also has the nearest fuel station.

Costs

The campsite offers a 25% reduction on the advertised camping price for motorcyclists in small tents, notionally 2 man sized tent, so that’s £15 a day.
The campsite has said that paying on the day will be fine. However, they have asked for an idea of numbers attending, to allow a section of the site to be allocated for us as a group, so the sooner I can feed back a number to them, the better.

Communal Area

I have managed to book the Round House for use as a communal area at a cost of £224 for the 3 days.
With that in mind, I will ask all those planning to attend for £10 towards the cost of booking the Round House as it will be the communal area.
Debs has very kindly agreed to collect said £10 per attendee for me, seeing as I’m a dinosaur when it comes to electronic banking, amongst other things.
Any moneys over the booking cost will go towards firewood for use in the Round House and the fire pits as required (bags of wood available on site . . . or we could just send out Hudders with an axe and some felling instructions )

Attendees

Debs & Glen *
Hudders
MiketheBike
Antonio?
Maurice
Jack
Cabby *
Jim Did It
Barftone *
Lowflyer *
Stuart D *
Philwhiskydrinker *
Alba *
Whealie *
Largewayround *
Stubbsie & Lou *

* = £10 Roundhouse paid

So let the planning commence

Sounds good, love mega-midge country! What are the dates?

 

[Mikey]

Sounds good, love mega-midge country! What are the dates?

They’re in the thread title mate