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This year we are covering 10 areas. Whether we can get through all of these sleigh runs without interruption from the weather remains unknown.
Dec 1st Gordon / Whitworth road area
Dec 2nd Gomer Lane area
Dec 3rd Cambridge Road area
Dec 4th Bridgemary 1 area
Dec 5th Alver Valley area
Dec 6th Elson area
Dec 7th Alverstoke area
Dec 8th Lee area
Dec 9th Stoke Road area
Dec 10th Bridgemary 2 area.
If bad weather should disrupt an area we have days in reserve to complete.
Area maps for 2023
To try to answer everyone at once - The outlines we give are really just starting points. It is impossible to include every road in a given area, so this is the plan: I will upload every evening the next day's route which will show the roads we should be following. They could be less or more depending on timings. Each night the plan is to start at 3.45pm starting on Friday December 1st. The past has proved that being out in the sleigh after 7.30 is unproductive as children are in bed, which means we have 3 3/4 hours to walk a route. Depending on the number of children who want to see Santa.This year there will be no n knocking doors and people answering, so you will hopefully be kept informed of where we are so you can wave to us from your window or garden. We will try to stop if people would like to take a picture which takes time, so there can be no finite rule as to how far around the route we can get. If it rains consistently, we cannot get out at all, so an entire area may be missed, so there is little point in me telling you, or you asking me whether we will be coming to your particular street. Hope this explains the problems that have to be overcome to bring joy to your children. Even with 21 days we cannot cover the whole of Gosport,but we will do our best. Bring the children out in the car to find us and add to the magic of the Gosportarians sleigh this Christmas.
We managed to see literally thousands of children, sung hundreds of songs and travelled around the Borough raising money for local worthy causes including the food bank and Gosport Blind Club.
