17-19 Sep 10 - Reiving the Borders - Uncancelled!
17-19 Sep 10 - Reiving the Borders - Uncancelled!
Roll up! Roll up!
I have decided to run another "big" cruise for 2010 and after a bit of mulling over it, I thought that the Scottish Borders would be the place to go!
The plan is to arrive in Melrose in the afternoon / evening of Friday 17 September. Saturday 18 September will have a full day of driving with lunch at a suitable point, followed by a return to the hotel for a group dinner. Sunday 19 September will be a drive towards the south for lunch, and then a bimble to a motorway where we can all peel off and head for home.
I have found a hotel in Melrose which will offer us parking for 35 cars and place for about 50 people as follows:
14 Double rooms
10 Twin rooms
7 Single rooms
The B&B costs will be approximately £60 per person, per night, with a £5 per night supplement for single occupancy. Dinner on Saturday will cost approximately £35 per person. So, for a couple, the hotel costs will be £155 per person sharing or £165 per person not sharing. Please note that this excludes Friday dinner!
If you fancy doing something different on the Friday night, there are lots of options available in Melrose.
The hotel does want payment in advance for the booking, with a 50% deposit required by 1 June 2010 and the balance by 1 August 2010.
Please can you advise whether you are interested as soon as possible (and tell me what kind of room you'll be wanting) as I have agreed to get back to the hotel on the 8th of January to tell them whether it's likely to happen or not. It doesn't matter if you aren't sure if you can make it, but I would like to know whether or not at least 20 cars are interested in coming.
So: check your diary, get rid of whatever was in it for that weekend and register your interest on this thread!
Confirmed:
Interested:
Spokey + Lynne - Double
TrickyZ1 - Double
calbens - Double
tetchy - Double
muppet - Double
CollyB - Double
Please read this.
I have decided to run another "big" cruise for 2010 and after a bit of mulling over it, I thought that the Scottish Borders would be the place to go!
The plan is to arrive in Melrose in the afternoon / evening of Friday 17 September. Saturday 18 September will have a full day of driving with lunch at a suitable point, followed by a return to the hotel for a group dinner. Sunday 19 September will be a drive towards the south for lunch, and then a bimble to a motorway where we can all peel off and head for home.
I have found a hotel in Melrose which will offer us parking for 35 cars and place for about 50 people as follows:
14 Double rooms
10 Twin rooms
7 Single rooms
The B&B costs will be approximately £60 per person, per night, with a £5 per night supplement for single occupancy. Dinner on Saturday will cost approximately £35 per person. So, for a couple, the hotel costs will be £155 per person sharing or £165 per person not sharing. Please note that this excludes Friday dinner!
If you fancy doing something different on the Friday night, there are lots of options available in Melrose.
The hotel does want payment in advance for the booking, with a 50% deposit required by 1 June 2010 and the balance by 1 August 2010.
Please can you advise whether you are interested as soon as possible (and tell me what kind of room you'll be wanting) as I have agreed to get back to the hotel on the 8th of January to tell them whether it's likely to happen or not. It doesn't matter if you aren't sure if you can make it, but I would like to know whether or not at least 20 cars are interested in coming.
So: check your diary, get rid of whatever was in it for that weekend and register your interest on this thread!
Confirmed:
Interested:
Spokey + Lynne - Double
TrickyZ1 - Double
calbens - Double
tetchy - Double
muppet - Double
CollyB - Double
Please read this.
Last edited by spokey on Mon 11 Jan, 2010 18:44, edited 7 times in total.
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
So take a couple of days to get up there!garyw wrote:Sounds like a lovely trip Spokey..
I hope this gets the support, however its a long way just for a weekend!
garyw
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Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
cnharris wrote:Loved the Cotswold Invasion but can't make this one, sorry . I'm off to Montenegro on the Saturday, sort of working.
Even nine months in advance, I can't pick the date right!
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
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Excellent! What's next, an Evora?tetchmeister wrote:Potentially interested, this would be the last run for the Europa before it goes. (Double room)
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Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
So folks, is there really that little interest in driving some of the very finest roads in Scotland and England?
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
OK, sounds like several of the "regulars" would find it a bad time -- what's a good time?
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
Thanks, Gary. Unfortunately, the first half of the year is pretty tied up with trips planned with "'er indoors".
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
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Excellent!muppet wrote:I will discuss it with Pam, if we can't make the whole weekend I could probably make the run on the Saturday
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Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
Holland Harry wrote:Hey Spokey,
Looks good this Tour but I can' make it in september. It's a shame but I will have to wait for the next one!
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
Well, I may still run the cruise, but it's obviously not going to be a big one, then!
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
Assume you're up for a double room?muppet wrote:I was about to express interest for the whole weekend
will get to meet you Englishers one day
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
You too?CollyB wrote:Add one more. I'll say yes at this moment in time
... pending the outcome of my "Married" to "Single" to "Its Complicated" status on Facebook lol
I'll assume a double, anyway!
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
I can't think of a single reply to that, that won't get me into trouble.CollyB wrote:Would that be a...I know I'll get lucky, double.I'll assume a double, anyway! :lol
Or a, I hope I get lucky, double.
A double will do- I like to spread out.
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?
OK, I'll firm this up a bit closer to the time, probably towards the end of May, if that's OK?
Ciao,
Spokey
Spokey
jackal on PH wrote:i love your profile... an endless pornographic paroxysm of the letters BMW
do you actually like driving at all or are cars to you just a manifestation of some sort of pathological mother complex ?