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Tickets: Please collect your Sword Spectacular tickets on
arrival from the Festival Office (at Eskdale School on Friday night).
Make sure you have them handy to show at event and camp
entrances. Please order any
additional tickets now from the Festival Secretary – the sooner the
better. Tickets will be
available on the weekend but PLEASE try not to leave it until the last
minute. Camping: The Eskdale School site opens from 5pm on Friday 28 May
until 11am on Monday 31 May. Please
DO NOT ARRIVE BEFORE THE SITE OPENS – the school will still be in use.
Caravans MUST use the hard standing.
NB – Basic, free overnight camping is also available in
Goathland on Monday 31 May (details from Festival Office) but
unfortunately indoor camping is not possible at Goathland. IMPORTANT:
Please keep noise to a minimum
at Eskdale School, particularly at night.
Please DO NOT use barbeques on this site.
Thank you. Directions:
The school/camp site are on Stainsacre Lane (the main
A171 south of Whitby). From
Pickering/Teesside (A169/A171), turn right at the major traffic lights
as you come into Whitby, go across the “New Bridge” and continue
south towards Scarborough until you are about to leave Whitby. Eskdale School is more or less the last building on the
right. A map
has been placed on this website. Security
will be provided when the camp site is unoccupied.
However the Festival cannot accept any liability for loss or
damage and you advised not to leave any valuables on the site. The security staff will be very nice to you if you are nice
to them! They are likely to ask to see your tickets throughout the
weekend. Parking
on site: You
can park by your tent IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD.
If rain damage is possible, you must park on the hard standing at
the edge of the field. Catering:
The excellent Moor & Coast food tent will be on site to provide
breakfasts and snacks each morning. It will also fulfil the munchies
late at night, when it is sure to be its usual social centre, so bring
an instrument! Toilets
and showers: will
be open in the school buildings except during the daytime when we are
away; reduced facilities will be available overnight.
An outside tap is available for filling water containers. We hope to open the school swimming pool at certain
times – if so, details will be posted on the website and at the
Festival Office. Rubbish:
please use the bags provided and put them in the school skips or,
even better, take your refuse home. Please do your best to leave the
site clean and tidy. The
Festival Office will be open at the main foyer of Eskdale
School (round the other side from the camp site) from 5.30pm –
midnight on the Friday and also on the Saturday until 10.30am.
It will then move to The Pavilion complex on the sea front and be
open 3pm – 4pm and 6pm – 11.00pm on Saturday and 4.30pm – 10.30pm
on Sunday. Members of the organising committee will be available at most
other times. Merchandise:
Sword
Spectacular merchandise will be available from the Festival Office,
including printed t-shirts, embroidered polo and sweatshirts, leather
badges and souvenir programmes. Please
support the Festival by buying Iots!
We will be pleased to sell any wares you may bring along in
return for a small commission. First
Aid: Registered
First Aiders will be on site but we would be pleased if others could
support our small team. PLEASE:
if you have a current First Aid certificate, let us know in advance.
We sincerely hope we won’t need to call on your services but
you never know! Accident
and Emergency facilities are available at Whitby Hospital. Stewards:
The Festival team is very small team and we always need
volunteers to help out. It
won’t ruin your weekend - most duties take only an hour or so; please
contact Vin Wynne (mailto: vinwynne@blueyonder.co.uk
) if you can help.
Will ALL TEAMS please provide a Parade Steward on
Sunday morning; these should report for briefing to Stuart Higson at the
Eskdale School main entrance lobby at 10.30am prompt on the Sunday. Collections:
The Festival relies on street collections to stage the event and
we need you to collect as much for the Festival as possible.
If you are going to dance out in the evenings, please collect for
the Festival – we will be pleased to provide a collecting box. |