Champagne run 2006 19-20 August

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Champagne trip 2006 19th-20th August


Jo and myself are planning a weekend away in the champagne area of France , you are most welcome to join us on the following;
The idea is for a weekend to the Champagne region of France, with visits to various Champagne houses.
We plan to depart on the Saturday at 10.33am(10.03 check in) from Eurotunnel ( http://www.eurotunnel.co.uk ) Folkestone to France.
Travel time of 35minutes and the additional hour of the time zone, puts us in Calais at 12.03am.
We then plan to meander down the French roads to the champagne capital city of Reims via the “A” and minor roads. For those who have never driven on the French roads they are a pleasure…
Travelling time to Reims is approximately 5hrs, we plan to arrive at Reims for our first champagne tour at the Veuve-clicquot champagne house (http://www.veuve-clicquot.com )
The tour is approximately 1hr. This has to be pre-booked I will book this as a group as numbers are finalised, I have pre booked a number of places already
We depart and make our way towards Epernay where our overnight accommodation will be based.
To keep the costs down and to be in comparison with the lakes weekend, we are suggesting the Hotel IBIS in Epernay ( http://www.ibishotel.com ) ,whilst it is basic hotel, it does offer secure underground parking and is within easy walking distance of the town’s eateries and Champagne houses on the Sunday. People are most welcome to choose Hotels of their own preference

Sunday we plan to visit the Champagne houses in Epernay of either Moet or Mercier, they are very close to each other and it will be down to personal preference, but I can highly recommend the Mercier tour, these tours last about 1hr. and both have access to their shops ..
We will then take lunch in Epernay area prior to our departure.

We then plan to make our way to a smaller private champagne house for a tasting and visit…

We will then make our way to the Old Reims race circuit, where the Grandstands still remain and are currently being renovated back to its original condition.

We then plan to return back to Calais for our return trip via the Autoroute, this will take about 2.5hrs giving us time to visit Calais for some duty free shopping.
Return Chunnel crossing at 18.33, back in Folkestone at 19.43

Costs;
For a weekend crossing the Chunnel is £64 return!
Hotels vary from IBIS £43.80
(Best western 90euros)
Champagne tours are approx £8.00 with tasting
Tolls on return approx £14.00
Mileage is approx 400miles


You will be responsible for booking your own crossing and Hotel
Please Post your interest below....

Confirmed;

Garyw
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Sylv & Stu interested, though we'll be in a suitable car as to bring all the produce we see back to the UK :lol:

We stayed in Riems on the way to the Alps at Christmas and had a brilliant evening meal.

On the way back we stayed in Epernay!

Can't wait.

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Hello Gary
l think you will find you will be in france at 12:03 & not 10:03
will this make it a different start time. :wink:

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Sounds good Gary, but we are quite busy in August, will let you know if we can make it when I know.
We plan to depart on the Saturday at 10.28am from Eurotunnel ( www.eurotunnel.co.uk ) Folkestone to France.
Travel time of 35minutes and the additional hour of the time zone, puts us in Calais at 10.03am.
I didn't know that eurotunnel was that fast!! :D
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Typo error by me :oops: (few of those lately :puzzle:)

Will make no difference to the start time, the morning chunnel time was decided upon, to allow those who had to travel a distance, to be able to do the trip in one day.. rather than a 7am start with a overnight on the friday... it also means I haven't got to get up a too silly oclock :mrgreen:

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Please put me down as tentative, car permitting :mrgreen:
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Simmer wrote:Please put me down as tentative, car permitting :mrgreen:
don't worry, you can still come along in a AM if you have too :wink: :lol:

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***Hic****

Always up bor a blass of gubbly.....Hic.

Effinately dinterested.

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Put me down as a maybe Gary. Would like to come to this.

Would be good if we can arrange to see our fellow french zedders too.
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Hi Gary
Can you put myself and Di down for this one.
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JAY wrote: Would be good if we can arrange to see our fellow french zedders too.
Indeed it would, and maybe ChrisXL could pop along for a reunion :D

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Alfie wrote:***Hic****

Always up bor a blass of gubbly.....Hic.

Effinately dinterested.

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Your on holiday mate, you should be enjoying the sun wherever you are, not reading this site.... Bored already, want to get back to RED do you, missing her :twisted: :twisted:

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Please note;

The chunnel has changed its timetable in the last 24hrs, same trains just 5 minutes difference in general..also note costs have gone up £10 in the last few days.... :roll:

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Bloke wrote:
Alfie wrote:***Hic****

Always up bor a blass of gubbly.....Hic.

Effinately dinterested.

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Your on holiday mate, you should be enjoying the sun wherever you are, not reading this site.... Bored already, want to get back to RED do you, missing her :twisted: :twisted:

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Crossing & hotel all booked up, now to hope I have a car!! :?
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Simmer wrote:Crossing & hotel all booked up, now to hope I have a car!! :?
and have one you do....however never know what you'll have in August

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indeed, anyone else going yet?
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Simmer wrote:indeed, anyone else going yet?
Yep.

Wife earning her keep by sorting out the booking as we speak!

Drink or drive....?
Drink or drive....?
Bubbly or ///M...?
Hmmmm....it's a tough choice :D

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Alfie, let me know when you have booked your travel arrangements.. :D

Maybe a Mod can make this a sticky :idea: , although plenty of time yet...
:mrgreen:

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Gary....

Chunnel and Hotel booked same as you! :D

Please add us to the confirmed list.

C'mon Jay....!
It's gonna be a PAAAAAARTY...!

Might consider taking the 323i Cabriolet instead of RED for logistical reasons.... :wink:

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calbens wrote:You lucky beggers! :mrgreen:

Zed's and Champagne, can't think of a better combination other than adding a few donuts ...:wink:
Couldn't agree more :wink:
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You lucky beggers! :mrgreen:

Zed's and Champagne, can't think of a better combination other than adding a few strawberries ...:wink:
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stu wrote:
calbens wrote:You lucky beggers! :mrgreen:

Zed's and Champagne, can't think of a better combination other than adding a few donuts ...:wink:
Couldn't agree more :wink:

I don't know......Some people :wink:

Only if the donuts have toffee in them....Class! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
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calbens wrote:You lucky beggers! :mrgreen:
Becky....

:idea: It's an open invite.... :idea:

:wink:

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Cheers Stu :mrgreen:

Alfie, its going to be sunny and you know how much the French love seeing sports cars :D Don't worry about the the extra stock, we'll just drink more :lol: ...

Becky your more than welcome to join us.. if you've never taken the Zed to France, its a great experience, even better with like minded company :colourful:

Just need Stu to join us so unlike last time where he whooped my arse on the French roads :oops: :lol:

As Homer says...Dognuts .mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Just a glimmer of an idea to extend this for a few extra days down into the Burgundy region. Maybe make a week of it.
Just a very tentative idea at the moment but any interest anyone.
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Hmmmmm sounding tempting....

Champagne....

Burgundy...

Alcohol.... Food.....
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Hi Gary,
Please put myself and Chris down for this trip.

Cheers

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RussJ wrote:Hi Gary,
Please put myself and Chris down for this trip.
As long as you don't bring your curse of rain :lol:

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Hotel, Chunnel and inclement weather all booked.
Don't forget to bring your wellies! :D
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News back from Veuve champagne house is that the last English speaking tour that they can accommodate us is 15.30, so in order to work the times out, I'm going to swap the travel around, quick run down and slow meander back... depending on time and weather I will also arrange the Grandstand visit at the most appropriate time/day, only just found out from them (Veuve) so will spend some time re-plotting the routes and inform everyone....

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JAY wrote:Put me down as a maybe Gary. Would like to come to this.

Would be good if we can arrange to see our fellow french zedders too.
How about meeting some slovenian Zeders...I am planning on a tour through France so I might just be in the neighbourhodd at that time...are we welcome? Untill when must we confirm our presence for sure?
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Austin, It would be great to meet up with some fellow Zedders.. Our plan is at the start of the thread, so depending on your itinerary I'm sure a drink (or two) or at least the photo shoot at the old circuit would be brilliant.
Jay mentioned he had communicated with the French Zforum about meeting up for a social glass of the best.. :D

If you require any further details then please feel free to PM me...

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Gary, Julie and I are interested. Is there still places ? If so I will book chunnel and hotel, Terry
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garyw wrote:Austin, It would be great to meet up with some fellow Zedders.. Our plan is at the start of the thread, so depending on your itinerary I'm sure a drink (or two) or at least the photo shoot at the old circuit would be brilliant.
Jay mentioned he had communicated with the French Zforum about meeting up for a social glass of the best.. :D

If you require any further details then please feel free to PM me...

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El Tel wrote:Gary, Julie and I are interested. Is there still places ? If so I will book chunnel and hotel, Terry
Terry, according to the IBIS website there are still plenty of rooms and the Chunnel nearly always has spaces..
You as are others are more than welcome to come along and join us :D
Links are on the first post...

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Gary, chunnel and hotel booked looking forward to meeting you all, Terry
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Gary

Sarah and I are interested as well, have you checked at all in France if the weekend coincides with the "black saturday" which is effectively the day that France/paris return from their summer holidays and driving in that weekend in France should be avoided at all costs.

If it does not fall in that weekend, i hope we can make it as well
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Cheers for the Info Bart, hopefully not the "Doom weekend" :shock: :lol:
Be great to catch up with you both, I'm sure your quite busy with the build up to the football...

Great new El Tel

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how did you guess....

off to the UEFA U-21 in Portugal this weekend: Holland in the Final as well, double bonus... England did not quite make to the final....as a matter of fact they did not even make it to the tournament!

As far as German/world cup is concerned, unfortunatly, JVC is no longer an official sponsor anymore. :head: :head:

managed to beg 2 tickets though, Hol v Arg and the final match in Berlin so I know at least that I don't have to watch england play :wink: :wink: :wink:
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"Black Saturday"
I have been informed that the first and last saturdays in July and August are two of the busiest around cities and Paris... the one at the end of July and Start of August is "black Saturday" as the two groups swap over-- one goes on holiday and the others return...
To confirm this weekend does not include any of those dates.. (phew)
Nor is it the last weekend in August.....

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We're almost certainly in - we have a Speedferries ticket that I want to use - so that I never have to use the gits again - and if we do use them - we'll be in Boulogne for about 12.30 - can we arrange to meet up with you somewhere en-route?
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Hi everybody!
A little post from France, and Epernay in particular where Emilie and I (Christopher) live with our Z3M.
We would like to know if you are still coming here and if the programme is finalised and why not if you need some help?

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Hi Chris and Emilie!
Welcome to Zroadster.

Thanks for the offer, but I think it's all sorted.

It's all on and all booked, but I'm just a driver.
I point the car where I'm told and press the 'GO' pedal...!
It's the co-pilots that hold all the vital information like timings and locations!

I'm sure that Gary will be here soon to give you all the relevant details.

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Cheers Alfie! Hope to see many people here! :dunce:
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Tophemilie wrote:Hi everybody!
A little post from France, and Epernay in particular where Emilie and I (Christopher) live with our Z3M.
We would like to know if you are still coming here and if the programme is finalised and why not if you need some help?
Hello Tophemillie,

Yes, we are indeed still coming to your fair town quite soon in fact....
Most details are finalised, but if you ever feel you can add some information I'm keen to hear from you....
hopefully we will all at least share a glass of bubbly with each other over the weekend....

I've sent you a PM..

All the best garyw
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Could all interested and confirmed parties now forward to me the usual details via a PM

Name
Forum name
Passenger name
Car details/Reg/Colour
Mobile number
email address

I will shortly be sending out finer details...

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Le PM 'as been sent monsieur.

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There are still places at the hotel, however the Tunnel is fully booked up from 6am until midday departures, should anyone want to join us last minute...

Will shortly be sending out information packs with overview maps to follows..

I've not heard back from Simmer or RussJ, but I think they are currently away... (however I do have their details)

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garyw wrote:.....Simmer or RussJ, but I think they are currently away...
Well that'll get the rumours flying....
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