Provisional programme
- Friday 7 May
Travel in convoy or alone to Keswick in the Lake District arriving in time for evening meal (which is bundled in the hotel price). Evening entertainment.
Saturday 8 May
Dawn raid at 7am. Breakfast, then all-day cruise leaving at 10am. Back to Keswick for evening meal and evening entertainment.
Sunday 9 May
Dawn raid at 7am. Breakfast, then cruise leaving at 10am covering Lakes, then Yorkshire Dales and the Trough of Bowland. Those continuing on Monday stop overnight at The Hobbit at Sowerby Bridge of Bowland.
Monday 10 May
Cruise in the Peak District, finishing early afternoon.
The Lakes weekend is only six weeks away from the summer solstice, so daylight hours will be the same as the end of July. May is one of the best months in the Lakes and if you have the time it's worth coming up a couple of days beforehand to sample some of the attractions. Some web sites of interest: Lake District Tourist Board, Lake District National Park, Lake District Walks, Lake District Outdoors
What to do next
Please post a reply below if you are either definitely or possibly interested in attending. You don't need to include your email address or car details (provided you have completed your owners profile), but please state whether it's likely to be one or two people, and which days you plan to attend.
Volunteers
The Lakes weekend is the UK's major Z event and can only take place through the work of many volunteers. For 2004 these include Pete Fox (local roads guru), Phil and Marise Rosenbloom, DavidM and Pn Miles, Stu and Sylvie Bayliss, Giles and Larri Bowes, and John and Rachel Matthews.
ACTION AND CONTACTS
If you are attending Saturday and Sunday, you need to arrange accommodation for Friday and Saturday nights. The recommended hotel is the Keswick Country House Hotel, telephone 0845 458 4333. It's an excellent hotel with fine cuisine, as you can see from the website. Room rates are £62 per person per night (pp-pn) for DINNER, bed and breakfast. If you are feeling particularly flush you can opt for a garden room at £10 pp-pn extra, or for £15 pp-pn extra you can choose between a four-poster room or an executive room in the station block. There's a post further down with details of alternative accommodation. If you are staying elsewhere, or are local and don't require accommodation, please let us know.
If you are staying on for the Monday cruise in the Peak District, you need to book Sunday night accommodation at The Hobbit, Sowerby Bridge, telephone 01422 832202. Bed and breakfast rates are £42.50 single, £51.00 double.
Tim
PS: more than 30 confirmed bookings as at mid March