BCF jolly into Europe? June 2 -6th 2014

[Marmalade]

I'm planning on another trip and I won't let having a stroke ruin this one, even if one of you has to tie my corpse to your pillion seat.

Looking at 2nd June 2014 (was 5th may)
Changed to suit more people who couldn't do the May date.
If anyone has already booked time off or any of the rooms or tunnel, let me know and i can revert to original plan

As long as nobody has, this date will not be changing again.

Longer than the trip last year which was a quick jolly to lille and 2 nights out.

I've compiled some prices below after online enquiries

The route and places i've chosen are for ease and low cost of rooms plus the variation of activities that can be found in the areas, plus it means the trip will take in France, Belgium, Netherlands? and Germany.

so, £300 est plus food, drink and spending money for a 5 day trip into euroland

880 miles total mileage for the 5 day round trip based on leaving from Salisbury

As usual, this won't be a race but a steady ride to where we want to be with various stops for photos, food and peeing in hedges
500cc+ bike as there will be a decent motorway mileage involved but if time allows we will leave motorways to take in some of the local roads on route to and from the tunnel, during the week it should be all local roads.

What I propose I will be doing

Monday 2th June.

Eurotunnel
Departing from: Folkestone to Calais | Monday 02 June 2014 14:20

Returning from: Calais to Folkestone | Friday 06 June 2014 17:50 * CHANGED FROM 14:20
£48 total. if you stay one night extra, returning saturday it'll be about £72

(Tunnel has gone up and is currently £52)

(as of 8th April Tunnel has gone up again and is currently £58)

https://tickets.eurotunnel.com/booking/

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Monday 2nd June
1st night hotel.

hotelF1 Lille Villeneuve d'Ascq
3 boulevard de Mons
ZAC du Tir à Loques
59650 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ
FRANCE

£20 PER ROOM - up to 3 people, 1 double & bunk

https://www.hotelf1.com/gb/hotel-2299-formule-1-hotelf1-lille-villeneuve-d-ascq/index.shtml

If the above link doesn't work, go to this link https://www.hotelf1.com/ and put 2299 in the booking destination box.
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Tues 3rd.
2nd night, for 3 nights. departing Thurs 9th

hotelF1 Metz Ennery
1, rue Gay Lussac
Pôle Industriel
57365 ENNERY
FRANCE

Dates of stay : from 03/06/2014 to 06/06/2014 , i.e. 3 night(s)

£67.75 for the 3 nights. PER ROOM
You can pay a fiver extra which allows you to cancel without penalty up to 6pm on the day.
*scrub that, the price above gives you the opportunity to cancel.

https://www.hotelf1.com/gb/hotel-2307-formule-1-hotelf1-metz-ennery/index.shtml

If the above link doesn't work, go to this link https://www.hotelf1.com/ and put 2307 in the booking destination box.

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weds 4th June

Hackenberg fort tour
9 euros per person.

Plenty of free parking

https://www.maginot-hackenberg.com/accueilanglais.htm

Even if it is 25c outside it'll be damn cold inside so pack to allow for this.
Small snack bar outside for limited drinks etc.

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Any other outings to be arranged or just turn up and see what happens.

You are of course under no obligation to do all or any of the night stays or excursions.

If you want to go to lille for the night and do your own thing from then on, you are more than welcome.

Any suggestions as to places to visit/stop etc are most welcome.



For legal, insurance and other bullshit red tape reasons, this will NOT be an organised ride out.
I intend doing this trip and am inviting you all to join me at your own risk, I will of course help with any bookings and other stuff if you need it but everything is down to you, you can stay with the group if you want, you can go off on your own and do your own thing, I'm having my holiday, you are having yours. They are just at the same place at the same time.

While on the road, do not push yourself or take any chances to keep up, there will be a tail rider behind you at all times and if you do get yourself lost, call me and i'll come looking for you, you make your own riding decisions, make sure they are good ones.


Who is going?

Confirmed
Marmalade / 89 ST1100 Pan european / Salisbury
wotsthestory / '99 Fireblade
+ Cornermonster / '06 ER6
gmc38609 / 04 Hornet / Crawley, West Sussex
-Matt- / 05 ZX6R / Bournemouth
Johnnyarctic / 95 VFR750 / Reading
Rogue_Shadow / SV650 / Truro (Cornwall)
monteme0 / 99 CB500 / Weymouth, Dorset
jimspeed / ZZR600 / Ludlow, shropshire
_Troy_ / 00 ZX6R / Bournemouth
goughy5 / Triumph Sprint ST 955i
Dilyan / VFR800 / Sandbach, Cheshire
+Simon
owl10/ ????? / Bristol

Possible
CG Sam
instigator (part trip)
ViniH
noobRider
Alabama Blacksnake



bottledAff / fireblade /



If you want to go on the list, let me know.

Original plan was

[CaNsA]

I'll go if BigDan goes.

[Marmalade]

[CG Sam]

Hopefully I'll have my A2 licence by then and will see if I can tag along, if only to Lille then back.
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[Marmalade]

Lille is only 65 ish miles from calais, could get to there, stop overnight and head back in the morning, easy trip, well signposted back to calais as well.
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[Poseidon]

Slap bang in the middle of final exams for me. Would've otherwise.
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[waffles]

I would love to, but I am working Sounds like fun though so I may have to nick your route plan and do it myself at a later date
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[instigator]

I will join you for part of it since I already live in Belgium. But I'd leave it to the day to confirm as I work shifts etc.

[Dilyan]

Just checked and my school run is off that particular week. So I've pinned this to keep an eye on it. I'm tempted
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[Marmalade]

[lukamon]

aren't f1 hotels the "stacked shipping container rooms" style ones?

not that I'm complaining, a bed is a bed at the end of the day and ive stayed in them before no worries
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[Marmalade]

[Marmalade]

I've changed the date to June.

This should mean better weather and also the dates should suit more people.

I've edited the plan on my op.
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[Sload]

Nice idea although I couldn't do it on my present bike, 100 miles plus and I lose all sensation from my ass down. Wouldn't be safe being numb in the behind around some of these folks.
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[Aff]

You gonna do a definitely/maybe list Marm? I'm still a definite from the other thread.
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[Alabama Blacksnake]

This trip is quiet tempting to book up as i've always wanted to go abroad and this would be ideal.
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[Marmalade]

[gmc38609]

Hi, I am hoping to do my first euro trip this year, as I finally got around to getting my bike licence and its has alway been on my to do list.
I posted on here about it and someone gave me this link, as my intention was to pay for a guided trip that included hotel etc.
My main concerns in going on a group trip is how much daily mileage and to have my own hotel room.
Your trip looks great would it be Ok if I can get the time off at work to join you?, I live in West Sussex

[Marmalade]

[gmc38609]

I dont mind staying in the same place as everyone else, just dont fancy sharing.
I would of thought I could ride all day and enjoy it with regular breaks, it was the guided tour that ssuggested low mileage for first time tours.
So where do I go from here then, Do I need to book the rooms tunnel etc?

[smob67]

Hi, all sounds very appealing and possibly do'able, when would the cut off date for committing be ? Due to the bollox that life can chuck at you I'd probably not be able to commit until early Feb at the earliest..

Cheers
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[Marmalade]

[wots]

I fancy this.

Went 2 up to Bruges for the day via EuroTunnel, wasn't too bad. Possibly the Mrs too, but unsure. Will commit at the end of the month, when if it's on, I'll book everything. TBH, I'd probably be ok on my own anyway, if the itinerary is there and hotels booked you don't have to figure it out yourself.

I'm near Croydon BTW. Tunnel is just over an hour for me perhaps longer on a sensible day.
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[_Iain_]

Do want to go.

Must buy bike ASAP.
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