Holland Harry wrote:
Would be nice to have a real Alpina Z1 on board though.
Decided that we're driving to the Mille Miglia the week before your trip, will definitely have a party here at the 21st, got more information about Rolly Royce, send and e-mail if we/you can do the factory visit (problem ... new baby-rolls is coming ...), got an extension to my project ..., so I definitely cannot decide before April if I can come with you or not. Too busy ... sorry.
Okay Horke,
We will wait on your decission until April! Keep us informed about the RR visit.
Hi Jet,
Put me down for Saturday.
I'll have to meet you all at Silverstone. Where is the Bugatti Museum? I might have time to visit there as well before I head back home. You'll have to let me know what time your looking to get to Force India.
Ian M wrote:Hi Jet,
Put me down for Saturday.
I'll have to meet you all at Silverstone. Where is the Bugatti Museum? I might have time to visit there as well before I head back home. You'll have to let me know what time your looking to get to Force India.
Thank you for your support Ian, looking forward to seeing the immaculate Z1 again.
The Bugatti Museum is 2 miles from Cheltenham, close to the Cotswolds, there is also a Bugatti Restaurant in Gretton, all within easy reach of the area.
We have a non forum member Z1 Owner joining us for the Dutch invasion Tour, who happens to be the Father of one of our members, I have assured him that you will all be nice and make him feel welcome
Thank you for accepting our invitration Philip, look forward to meeting you and your RedZed.
We have a non forum member Z1 Owner joining us for the Dutch invasion Tour, who happens to be the Father of one of our members, I have assured him that you will all be nice and make him feel welcome
Thank you for accepting our invitration Philip, look forward to meeting you and your RedZed.
It's okay with me as long as it's a Z1. Although let's not have to much red Zed, they are so common!!!!!
Don't they, Spokey, Benslick, Ian M, TrickyZ1, Z1-jpt, a1z1, andyhallas?
Hello all.
I've been keeping an eye on this thread showing details of this event. I'd love to go along but unsure if it will be possible. Is there a cut off date for booking? From what I can see, the event is staying in or around the Cotswolds on Saturday night. Where are ye starting out from on Friday night/Saturday morning?
j_omcc wrote:Hello all.
I've been keeping an eye on this thread showing details of this event. I'd love to go along but unsure if it will be possible. Is there a cut off date for booking? From what I can see, the event is staying in or around the Cotswolds on Saturday night. Where are ye starting out from on Friday night/Saturday morning?
Joe.
The guys have expressed an interest in seeing london at night, so we will be in the central london area somehwere.
What does your saturday attendance depend on??
Saturday is not necessarily the problem. I'm trying to see what time ferries arrive in Holyhead or Fishguard and how long it takes to get to Fri night venue.
Haven't checked if passport is available from wife for weekend yet. Want to have most of my homework done first.
We have booked a hotel in Brighton for some of our guests from the continent for Thursday night including secure parking fr our Z1s below the hotel. The plan is Dinner and drinks after the long drive.
Friday 22nd May 2009
Short tour of Brighton followed by a jaunt up to Devils Dyke and a country Pub for lunch followed by a relaxed drive up to London passing some famous landmarks. Then we will check into our London Hotel and visit the west end (London by night)
Up early on Saturday to follow Jamahl (Jet) to meet other Zs and continue the tour northwards out of London...
We still need to choose our London Hotel but I will email everyone with my ideas...
18 Rooms at Ettington have been reserved for everyone who requested it, with a further 2 on hold. Contracts are being drawn up and will be issued shortly.
Once signed, the hotel reservation team will contact each of us individually to pay for your room and any additional requirement, the menu will also be sent out so they can make a note of your preferences. Any problems with that, please let me know.
Finally received the contract and Dining options from Ettington. They have reserved 15 rooms for our tour, I may need to increase that number, as 18 of you have confirmed your interest in staying at the Hotel. A further 5 rooms have been reserved for any late changes.
Please ensure you read the attached document and confirm to me that you are happy to proceed. Can you also include your menu preferences and any dietary requirements which will be forwarded to the Hotel.
To Summarise, please respond to me with the following:
1. Confirm contract agreement
2. Choose your dining preferences from the menu
3. Email your Name, address, telephone number and number of people attending
Rgds
Jet
PS: All private details will remain private, they will be forwarded to Katie Collins of Ettington in order to contact you directly, none of your details will be published online.
Do you know what your departure time will be on sunday 24th for the Eurostar, or will you book a flexible ticket and just take the next available option?
I need to put together a rough route guide with scheduled stops along the way for saturday and sunday, late comers can join us at particular stops and also plan their getaway once the event is finished.
FinerZ1 wrote:I'll be bringing SatNav...if I can get my immobiliser sorted by then!
There is no "if" and definitely no "then", you must get it sorted before April 18/19
I know a team of crack experts who dismantled and removed a Range Rover Sport Dashboard by the side of the road, when the chap who borrowed it left the sunroof open in a downpour , so im sure they can sort an immobilizer if you get desperate, but they are based in Park Royal.
We would need a bare minimum of two per group, but more is better. I will be drawing up driving notes as well, but these are never as easy to use as a TomTom.
Ciao,
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 ?
Do you know what your departure time will be on sunday 24th for the Eurostar, or will you book a flexible ticket and just take the next available option?
I need to put together a rough route guide with scheduled stops along the way for saturday and sunday, late comers can join us at particular stops and also plan their getaway once the event is finished.
Let me know
Jet
I will book the Eurotunnel ticket tonight. But from Calais it's still a +500km drive so we will be gone early on Sunday. At the latest 12.00u at the Eurotunnel. I will send you a mail tonight.
I need to know who will be bringing some form of Satellite navigation with them, please respond.
Ta
Harold
Jet
FinerZ
C.Harris
A.Hallas
Spokey
Green Genie
Anyone else?
I've gotta Garmin sat nav I can bring......not sure how well you can hear these various devices if we're top down driving
GG
Simply a visual aid to ensure everybody stays on the same route and not get lost, as it will be impossible to keep all the cars together. We will travel in groups and meet at each scheduled stop.
I will be a follower. I do not have a standalone sat nav but my geography and os map reading are pretty good. I doulbt if you will loose us for long- if at all!
benslick wrote:Your London Hotel on the banks of the river thames with great views is booked for Friday 22 of May 09 On my card! Emails on there way!
All the best,
Ben...
Did not receive a email yet. You creditcard did work or not?
In Holland Brighton gangsters or all gangsters for that matter are not allowed to use creditcards. They are revoked together with a driverslicense when they are on probation. So tell me what did you do this time?????
OK Credit card is working fine as I had one of my gangster friends borrow one of yours! lol.. Your hotel booking reference is on it's wway to you email now.
benslick wrote:OK Credit card is working fine as I had one of my gangster friends borrow one of yours! lol.. Your hotel booking reference is on it's wway to you email now.
Cool!
See you tomorrow evening in Brighton. I won't be able to buy you and Jet a beer though because your friends "borrowed" my creditcards!
I'm ashamed to say that I haven't read this for a while. I will be bringing my Navman (Doris) so that is one more for the road so to speak.
Better late than dead on time I always say......
Can't wait till the sun shines again.
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Please contact Ettington and book your rooms, for those that want to share and get a twin room to reduce costs, let me know so we can organise pairs, please confirm via email once booked.
Please contact Ettington and book your rooms, for those that want to share and get a twin room to reduce costs, let me know so we can organise pairs, please confirm via email once booked.
Hotel is booked for Pierre, Franz and myself. Also the hotel for the first night in Brighton, the second night in London and a return tickets for the Eurotunnel are booked.
Let the Dutch Invasion begin!
Leave us with 1,5 month to do the last things on the Zeds
I am expecting some Dutch & German friends from the continent to arrive on Thursday evening in Brighton. They will stay in cool hotel in central Brighton for the night. I expect we will have dinner & drinks.
Friday 22nd
We will meet up Friday morning and go on a little tour around Brighton & Hove and then up to divil's dyke. We will then drive on the fantastic A272 to Sheet in Hampshire to the Queens Head Pub for a spot of lunch. From there we will head to Windsor past the castle for the nice scenic run into London. We will drive through picadilly circus, around Trafalgar Square and up the mall on route to our London Hotel on the banks of the river Thames overlooking the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. In the evening we will head into the trendy Soho for a few drinks.
The following day we will head north out of London to meet up with the English Z1 drivers and the following days events!
I hope you guys all have a fantastic time. I can highly recommend Ettington Park. Mrs Roaders and I got married there in March.
Katie looked after us for the 18 months it took to organise the wedding and did an absolutely fantastic job looking after all my relatives' complicated requests.
I was actually thinking of organising a run staying there but you guys have beaten me to it.
If you want to see some pictures from our special day take a look here.
Roaders wrote:I hope you guys all have a fantastic time. I can highly recommend Ettington Park. Mrs Roaders and I got married there in March.
Katie looked after us for the 18 months it took to organise the wedding and did an absolutely fantastic job looking after all my relatives' complicated requests.
I was actually thinking of organising a run staying there but you guys have beaten me to it.
If you want to see some pictures from our special day take a look here.
You are the 4th person to give the Ettington a vote of confidence, so im looking forward to it.
Just recieved an email from the Editor of Total BMW, who has confirmed he will be sending a photographer to cover the event on saturday 23rd and publish them in the magazine.
Jet wrote:Just recieved an email from the Editor of Total BMW, who has confirmed he will be sending a photographer to cover the event on saturday 23rd and publish them in the magazine.
Let us all pray for good weather.
Ben I though you also would invite BMW Car magazine to do a photoshoot and a test of the different Z1's?
Confirmation from Spokey on the driving Route for those that cannot make the starting point or wish to meet along the way.
Initially I plan to meet all South East based owners somewhere along the North circular road, the A406, maybe IKEA or perhaps the Docklands. If anyone wishes to join that group, let me know please.
This group will most likely be made up of Paul, Myself, Ben, Harold, Pierre, Franz, Pat, and some others, we will then aim to meet at the first stop.
The following is from Spokey:
1. Birchanger services at junction 8 on the M11.
People who want to meet here MUST be here by 09:00 at the very latest, with their cars filled up for the cruise. There will be an extensive safety briefing starting at 09:00. Cars will depart starting at 09:30 in wings, with the last wing leaving no later than 10:00, and preferably earlier.
2. Baldock Extra services at junction 10 on the A1(M). ETA for this is around 11:30, if meeting there, please make sure your car is filled there.
We will meet up Friday morning and go on a little tour around Brighton & Hove and then up to divil's dyke. We will then drive on the fantastic A272 to Sheet in Hampshire to the Queens Head Pub for a spot of lunch. From there we will head to Windsor past the castle for the nice scenic run into London. We will drive through picadilly circus, around Trafalgar Square and up the mall on route to our London Hotel on the banks of the river Thames overlooking the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. In the evening we will head into the trendy Soho for a few drinks.
The following day we will head north out of London to meet up with the English Z1 drivers and the following days events!
All the best,
Ben..
Ben, please let me know where you are all meeting up on the Friday in Brighton, as I can't make the full weekend now due to having to make an emergency run to Kazakhstan