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Well if you have come from the post in the general board, this thread is to organise and plan the convoy from Ireland to the event. For e.g. ferries, meeting point for the ferry, as well as accommodation if needs be.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
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I suppose it's too early to start making a list, but I'll be going anyway. Leaving from either Magherafelt or Belfast.
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carmad
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i would be intrested in the costs ?
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carmad
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and more posts ??
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Any one any ideas of costs return ie, dub/liv ect ,distance,s to meet, port/event where to stay camp,b+b ect any info from anyone who went last year?Would be nice to get a run down
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Fulla the pipe Hi!
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Last year if you ignore the fact we missed the ferry, I'd guess it cost me ~ £250 or more, but I was paying for my passenger too. So long as you're not ragging it the whole way, it shouldn't be more than a couple of tanks of fuel I'd think.
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carmad
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i am getting very intrested in this and have asked a few other retro but none interweb guys would they be up for it
looks good at the min
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nugget
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Trying to get a few non RRers to go this year too, hopefully will have a proper convoy this year, safety in numbers?  |
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Same as myself nugget i have mentioned this to a couple of people and they are keen to go. I was just checking ferries out. there is one going from Rosslare to Pembroke and its only three hours or so from there to the Haynes Motor Museum. Although it might be a very long trip for the guys from belfast and derry. Just an idea at the mo.
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nugget
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Feb 10, 2010 16:20:52 GMT
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That's the route we took last year, didn't factor in traffic on friday outside Dublin well enough or in Wales/England on saturday, that ferry was incredibly boring and took a fair bit longer than 3 hours to get from Pembroke to Haynes. I'm tagging along with an fear o dhoire so I'm in no position to make decisions but I think we were agreed not to get that ferry again.
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Feb 10, 2010 19:49:17 GMT
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^ Yeah we did, because they are cheating slimy nasty people that work for IrishFerries!
Costs, roughly, as I remember:
£160 for the ferry return
£80? for the re-booked sailing (can disregard that as we'll be sailing on a PROPER ferry company this year...)
£120 fuel (4 tanks at £30)
£50 food and camping costs (mostly BBQ food on disposables)
£28.99 for 5L of 20W50 after you overheat (can disregard as we wont meet Pembroke traffic again!)
I've sailed the Liverpool ferry before, and it's 8 hours of boredom. It takes two hours to get to Stranraer and three to four to get level with liverpool down the M1 so I don't reckon its that favourable, apart from saving about 250 miles worth of juice.
Sailing out of Dublin to wales would be a good option, but I would strongly recommend a late night sailing so to avoid any traffic issues, both in Dublin and in Wales, and going that way necessitates going via Birmingham which is why I tried to avoid that journey last year.
However I think it would be much fairer if we were to travel in a large convoy, to make it Dublin, as Rosslare is very far for us and Larne is very far for many of the southerners.
The way we went would have been fine if we'd been let on our ferry, but going the next morning meant we were caught in Cardiff traffic and that 3/4 hour journey took us well over twice the estimated time.
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carmad
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Feb 11, 2010 20:43:06 GMT
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so what do you recomend?
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Feb 11, 2010 23:06:37 GMT
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I am following this with glee ,have a few heads interested in going, so spilting the costs ,so how far would the drive from the boat to the show be??
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Fulla the pipe Hi!
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fleetwood larne maybe?
overnighter so ya can have a week drinkie and kippage cos the drive from derry to larne is huuuge ;D
but its 250 miles from wood to sparkford...............
id rather do that than blap to dublin or (shudder) wexford...............
norfolk line go from belfast to birkinhead too and it 91 quid one way for 3 peeps and a car and 20 for cabin and 20 quid each for passengers..............
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nugget
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Feb 12, 2010 11:48:34 GMT
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^ I'm the one from Magherafelt, so's Dman.
Other than that, it sounds dead on.
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Feb 12, 2010 21:49:27 GMT
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Has anyone booked yet? And if so ,who with and when?
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Fulla the pipe Hi!
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I think, putting my own personal preference aside, that a Dublin to Holyhead sailing (or Pembroke if they do it, preferably) would be the best compromise on distance travelled as a group. Perhaps a Belfast-Holyhead coupled with a Dublin-Holyhead would be an option and meet up in North Wales?
However I deferring all choices to An Fear O Dhoire and Redbaronmulisha as I feel wholly responsible for last years cock-up and excess charges, and I have lost any right to do the choosing of the ferry.
Of course I'll do the navigating though, as I was the only one without a sat-nav last year, and the only one that didn't get lost, lol.
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Feb 13, 2010 19:59:32 GMT
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We didn't have a sat-nav!
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carmad
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Feb 14, 2010 18:54:21 GMT
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Feb 16, 2010 11:58:36 GMT
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Nearly think Rosslare > Pembroke/Fishguard might be the best way to go again. A ferry to Liverpool or Cairnryan would be a real pain in the hole of a drive.
As for dates, what about leaving early friday morning and heading back on monday morning?
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