Skegness Social Weekend - 3 - 6 October 2025
The Skegness Light Parade had been cancelled due to many reasons, The most difficult obstacle was the rising cost of services (such as road closures and medical cover) as well as a mounting administrative task just to run the show. Regretfully, it was time to accept the reality that the Parade was becoming unaffordable, especially as sources of local grants had dried up over the past few years.
So 2025 was the first Social Weekend to be held at the Golden Palms Holiday Camp, using the caravans we had pre-booked for the parade. This year we had been ousted from our regular weekend at the end of September by a National Darts Competition. However, there was a silver lining to our cloud and instead we shared the weekend with the National Triumph Motor Cycle Owners Club.
The earlier cancellation of our parade actually worked out quite well in the end because the weather on the East Coast on Friday was dreadful with rain showers and gusting wind. Saturday dawned clear but the wind continued to be quite severe with scattered showers and would not have been a welcome addition to a bike ride or the Light Parade. Any ideas we had to organise a ride-out soon went out the window at this point.
Our main activity for the weekend was to organise a Coffee Morning to raise donations for the Macmillan Nursing charity. All our members had spent time either baking or buying cakes for the event. Saturday morning saw a crew of happy campers setting up the cake stall. We also had a Tombola stall and a massive Raffle as well as Scratch boards on sale. The morning was expected to run from 10.00am to 15.00pm but we managed to sell out all of the cakes and coffee by just after 12.30.
Sunday was quite restful for everyone and included the famous Carvery Lunch at JW’s Bar and Grill. Then it was time to relax and restore as we enjoyed the wide range of ales and spirits (in various quantities !!). We were pleased to hear that our Coffee morning had raised more than £2300 for the MacMillan Nurses and donations were still arriving and being counted.
Despite our disappointment over the cancellation of the Light Parade, we managed to enjoy a great social weekend and were pleased to welcome wingers from all parts of the country, despite the poor weather. We also managed to raise a substantial donation for the MacMillan Nurses. We plan to return next year for the first weekend of October at the Golden Palm Camp Site. We also plan to liaise with the Triumph Owners club to organise some joint displays and ride-outs where possible.
Pictures by Stephen
If you want to join us next year for the first weekend in October, you can phone the Golden Palm Holiday Camp Reception and book your caravan. Just let them know that you are joining the Goldwings Social Weekend .
Call the resort direct on 01754 874444