Ring trip October 18th-21st 2008

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Ok boys and girls, seeing as were using this forum alot more now i thought i would start a thread to clean up the old one.

Who's going??
Staying in Gunters
Dawn + Tom (6' 6") - Double Room
Adey + Friend - Double Room
Ricardo + 1 - Double Room
J + JESUS - Double Room
Kris + 1 friend - Double Room
Dale + friend - Double Room
Minty83 - Sinlge Room
Payment of €195(£155) per double room for the 3 nights... B&B will be paid in full with Cash (Gunters do not take Card so please make sure you have cash with you for dinner & drink etc aswell)

Staying in a local Guest House
ShopBoy & Charlotte - Double Room
Special Guest - Double room -
Staying at the TierGarten (next to the room and fully booked)
Alex Supersonic & Mart

Ring Opening Times
Now the Ring is open
Satruday 13:30 - 18:30
Sunday 08:00 - 18:30
Monday 12:00 - 17:00
Tuesday closed

Cost Of Channel Crossing's
Methods of getting of over there are..

ET = £124 - We have a cheat to get this down to £95-£104 (depending on your return trip time)
P&O = £89
NFL = £66(Charges for Fuel & Credit Card may apply)

Travel Info
Distance's to the Ring from Calais or Dunkerque
All figures from my TomTom - Using Fastest route)
Calais to Nurburgring = 302 miles 4hr 27mins
Dunkerque to Nurburgring = 286.2 miles 4hr 15mins

Figures from my TomTom - (this route would go via Gunters First)
Calais to Nurburgring = 297 miles 4hr 47mins
Dunkerque to Nurburgring = 270 miles 4hr 27mins

Eurotunnel Price
Eurotunnel is £120 normally...

I also believe that Ricardo is planning on the Norfolkline option so if anybody wants to join him please do so.

Right think i have covered everything

[Mart]

Wow, that P&O price has ramped up!

If anyone wants to meet up before getting to the EuroTunnel terminal, how about 5:30am at the Tesco just off the M20 Ashford junction? (where we all met last time)

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Wow, that P&O price has ramped up!

If anyone wants to meet up before getting to the EuroTunnel terminal, how about 5:30am at the Tesco just off the M20 Ashford junction? (where we all met last time)

Sorry Mart i made a mistake with that p&o price... correct price is now shown.

Yeh Tesco's just of Junction 10 is a good call... good place to fill up with fuel to!

[minty83]

every1 is from the south more or less... who's traveling the most bar me?
and what times are people going for in the end?

[Mart]

I think my round trip leaving from Sunderland & back trumps you

[Lomo]

I think my round trip leaving from Sunderland & back trumps you

Pah

Oct 10th - Uk to Holland to Germany!
Oct 13th - Germany to Holland....
Oct 15th - Holland to Luxembourg....(and back, seeing Dunc)
Oct 18th - Holland to wherever I meet you guys...
Oct 19th - Germany to UK

I beat you Mart!

[Mart]

All of them are kinda en-route to the 'Ring anyway, you sharky geeza

[minty83]

I think my round trip leaving from Sunderland & back trumps you

so you'l be coming down the m6? which crossing are you doing?

[Mart]

Only if I get lost!

A19, A1M, A14, M11, M25, M20 to EuroTunnel terminal at Ashford.

[Lomo]

All of them are kinda en-route to the 'Ring anyway, you sharky geeza

You southerners have an answer for everything!!!!

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Lomo,

Are you planning on staying at the ring whilst were there? As said i can geta double room in the village...

Shoppers

[D4WNO]

Oh and where did you say you were gonna meet us Iain? Haha the peer pressure worked in the end

[Lomo]

Lomo,

Are you planning on staying at the ring whilst were there? As said i can geta double room in the village...

Shoppers

Alright Chris!

Yeh mate but it would only be on the Saturday night.....Im finalising things with my buddy whos coming with me so I'll let you know in the next 24 hours mate..

[Lomo]

Oh and where did you say you were gonna meet us Iain? Haha the peer pressure worked in the end

LOL @ Dawn...i have no idea where Im meeting you all...We need to arrange it! Might be worth meeting you off the Ferry and enjoying the whole trip....

[D4WNO]

Yeeaaaaah, you know you wanna

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Come Lomo, join us for the full trip... its a great laugh as you well know.

Shopers

[Ricardo]

I'll more than likely book Norfolkline as i'm a janky poor caaaant and hopefully hook up en route, failing that i'll see everyone at Nurburgring on the Saturday. I'll probably book the ferry this weekend.

[Mart]

I'm beginning to think the ferry might've been a safer option...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7610919.stm

Look out

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

I'm beginning to think the ferry might've been a safer option...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7610919.stm

Look out

Your just lucky you dont live down this way... Ashford is like a fCking lorry sleep over atm..

[minty83]

Your just lucky you dont live down this way... Ashford is like a fCking lorry sleep over atm..

Speaking of sleep overs..... any1 fancy letting me have there sofa the night before we go????shoppers just thinkinh in going to be fu@ked with all that driving in 1 day..

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Speaking of sleep overs..... any1 fancy letting me have there sofa the night before we go????shoppers just thinkinh in going to be fu@ked with all that driving in 1 day..

I will have a word with the old's & see what can be done.... :-)

[minty83]

I will have a word with the old's & see what can be done.... :-)

Good lad

[Ricardo]

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I've booked a ferry for Saturday (thanks ShopBoy) and am returning on the Monday as i can't afford to take the Tuesday off (The Ring is closed anyway) £65

[Adey aka Ewok]

so whats the final on the majority of travelers? ferry/et what time?

[Ricardo]

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I've booked the 6am ferry with Norfolkline on the Saturday, it takes 1h 45m so i should be on french soil approx 9am

As far as i'm aware it's only Mart, Alex and Giles who have booked their crossing. Correct me if i'm wrong. I should be at Nurburgring for around 3pm Saturday

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

I must admit i am tempted to go ferry option myself... although i will have to wait til Tuesday this week to book...

[D4WNO]

Admit was thinking about the ferry too, it's more sociable and we'll have plenty of time in Germany anyways. There's also all the problems with half the tunnel being closed at the moment, I know it'll be sorted by then but we need to book ASAP really.

[Ricardo]

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Definitely best to book asap so we're on the same ferry and you get the same price as what i paid too

[Adey aka Ewok]

u got a booking link riccy?

[D4WNO]

I'll ring Tommy tonight and get us booked up. Won't be coming back late on the Tuesday and we've gotta drive back to West London and then I have to train it back to Swindon from there

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

www.norfolkline.co.uk
www.eurotunnel.co.uk
www.poferries.com/tourist/

I know Dale Jarvis has also booked via ET, Think i will just go for that myself... gonna book this afternoon when my new bank cards come :-)

[Mart]

Eurotunnel is now open both ways.

The prices will ramp up if yous keep leaving it.

And not forgetting the fact that October is historically a windy month, so if you haven't got good sea legs...

[D4WNO]

Bah, I'll just go with the majority lol

[Ricardo]

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Eurotunnel is now open both ways.

so if you haven't got good sea legs...

Blimey, you've left the ghetto well and truely back in Dartford

Get it booked chaps, stop dithering

[Adey aka Ewok]

booked on eurotunel, depart 6.20 on the 18th return 14.20 on the 21st

[D4WNO]

The extremely tall one and I are also booked on the Tunnel de Euro

[Adey aka Ewok]

same ish times? ill wait on the otherside for a bit if peoples are coming over slightly later

[D4WNO]

Same times I think, I gotta travel back from London to Swindonia on the train afterwards ya see

[Adey aka Ewok]

id offer a lift if i didnt have a passenger

[D4WNO]

Cheers m'dears but I'll be waving at you as the train goes up the side of the motorway hehe

[Lomo]

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Lomo,

Are you planning on staying at the ring whilst were there? As said i can geta double room in the village...

Shoppers

Shoppers....Forgive my ignorance mate but how far from everyone else is the place you are staying? Just so I know mate...could you get me a double room please fella...For the Saturday night.......

Whilst Im on the subject...whats everyones plans with regards to racing on the Sunday?

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

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Shoppers....Forgive my ignorance mate but how far from everyone else is the place you are staying? Just so I know mate...could you get me a double room please fella...For the Saturday night.......

Whilst Im on the subject...whats everyones plans with regards to racing on the Sunday?

I have been told its "walking distance in the same village" now bearing in mind the village is tiny i dont see it being a problem... but even so i dont plan on drinking whilst i am over there so i will happily drive whilst over there if needed...

As for sunday i think most people plan on getting up, breakfast, go to the ring.. have a day over there... if i take the diesel i may get hold of a decent camera and go for a nice walk and get some pics of you guys on track...

[Mart]

Still can't understand why you guys don't look for digs in Nurburg itself? There are more places other than the Tiergarten...

[Adey aka Ewok]

what sorta price u putting out on digs mart if you dnt mind me asking?

[Bruce - BHPerformance]

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Is it possible to jump in as a passenger with someone?

Can drive to meet them then help them out with costs etc. I will sleep on someones floor if i have to.

If anyone has a spare seat then give me a shout on 07875470252 as i don't get on here much any more.

[Mart]

what sorta price u putting out on digs mart if you dnt mind me asking?

To stay at the Tiergarten? I think it works out around £40 per person per night (based on 2 sharing a room). I know it's not as cheap as staying at Gunther's (*), but it saves a bit of fuel by not having to drive to his place & back every day, plus it's like a minute's drive to the 'Ring entrance, steak on a stone dinners at the Pistenklause, a good chance of bumping into Sabine, badical rooms, plenty of parking spaces, blah blah blah.

* If I remember rightly from last time I stayed at Gunther's, based on 2 people sharing a room & staying 3 nights, I think it works out around £30 more to stay at the Tiergarten for the same duration. By the time you've taken off fuel used getting to/from Gunther's, the difference is hardly worth worrying about.

As I mentioned before, there's plenty of other hotels in Nurburg, which then means we could all hook up of the night-time for some German beerage without anyone having to worry about driving.

[D4WNO]

Any idea if they have rooms still @ the Tiergarten? I may give them a ring in a minute

[Adey aka Ewok]

Any idea if they have rooms still @ the Tiergarten? I may give them a ring in a minute

thats a bit harsh if shopboys sorted you a room at gunters?

[D4WNO]

I didn't mean to book, I mean for the other guys who aren't set yet

[Mart]

If you're v lucky, there might be a room or 2 left, but from what I can make out, the GTR/Skyline owners club have pretty much taken all the rooms for that weekend.

Defo worth a phone call though. If they haven't any rooms, I'm pretty sure they'd pass on contact details of a nearby hotel which might have rooms.