Confirmed your places? Now for the crossing to France...

[Ben-san]

Hello people! :D

Following Andy's latest update, we should be confirming all our bookings with Team Langoustine via email by writing to theguys@teamlangoustine.com

What we'd like to do for you now is get a good price on a crossing into France. This will mean getting enough interest to travel together, leaving on Thursday morning and returning on Monday night. This should allow for a day's worth of good driving both ways.

Initially, we have been asking for group quotes to cross from Portsmouth to either St Malo, Cherbourg or Caen. The trouble with those is that the crossings are long, at the wrong time of day or rather expensive (£300+).

This meant we had to look for an alternative port to keep the prices down, and that meant going as far as Boulogne or Calais. Now, as that's Eurotunnel territory, we thought, why not get a price for that instead.

FYI, on ferries, group bookings of more than 10 cars require application in writing for a 'rally' group (silly in our opinion). So, if we can all agree on the dates above, it would be really easy for us to book up something with the Chunnel.

So, are we all up for a Thursday to Monday affair?



UPDATE: We've successfully secured a return to Boulogne for £38 return via LD Lines Ferries. Get your name down! :D

[jumplead]

Booooo, Why chunnel over ferry?

LD Lines to Boulogne appears good value.

What sort of price is the chunnel going to be?

Yes i'm up for thursday to monday but i'm not commited yet due to an indecisive graebob :P

[Ben-san]

Hey Oli - thanks for my first boooo! :D

We're expecting an answer from Eurotunnel soon, as the group request was put in today.

I'll get in touch with LDLines too and see how that pans out.

We've got a group of 15 penciled in for the trip, so hopefully we'll find something everyone can be happy with.

[jumplead]

please don't take the boo as anything more than a panto boo :D

IT'S BEHIND YOU!!!

I'm happy with whatever really, providing the money is right of course.

[chevy-stu]

please don't take the boo as anything more than a panto boo :D

IT'S BEHIND YOU!!!

I'm happy with whatever really, providing the money is right of course.

Oh no he's not... Oh yes he is.. !...

[Harsh]

hiiissssss!

Ben, so much for trying to be sensible on the PN forum then? :D

[Ben-san]

Me? Sensible? In on a Friday night with a hot cup of lemon tea?

Naaaaaay!

[Harsh]

Me? Sensible? In on a Friday night with a hot cup of lemon tea?

Naaaaaay!

have you got a horse in there with you?

[Ben-san]

Woohoo!

LD Lines have quoted well for 15 cars (and up to two passengers in each vehicle) for a return to Boulogne.

£38 return! :D

We've paid a deposit to hold the price - so it would be great to have a list of those who want to join us on the same journey / drive. Get your name down quickly, as there are limited places available. If there is enough interest, we may be able to add more places but prices will go up if availability starts to go down.

As mentioned before, the early start on Thursday morning will give us the time to take in some great roads (thanks Blues for your expert suggestions). On the back end, we'll be coming back with David's group on Monday to miss the mass exodus that usually occurs on Sunday (1615 is the only p.m. boat back).

Time for a list! :)

Outbound: Thursday 11th June, 0700 from Dover
Inbound: Monday 15th June, 1615 from Boulogne

Petrolhead Nirvana LM09 Boat of Fun

1. Harsh
2. Brahman
3. Ben-san
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[Graebob]

I'm not indecisive, I just find it hard to make decisions!

Best put my name on that list sharpish :)

1. Harsh
2. Brahman
3. Ben-san
4. Graebob
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[jumplead]

Quick adding name down in #5 before Graebob changes his mind

1. Harsh
2. Brahman
3. Ben-san
4. Graebob
5. jumplead
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[Cactussed]

1. Harsh
2. Brahman
3. Ben-san
4. Graebob
5. jumplead
6. cactussed
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Now I better get a move on and book my place!

[Harsh]

indeed you had :)

i just spoke to Andy,
if you email him at theguys@teamlangoustine.com
letting him know you're with PN, he'll sort out the payment options for you.

welcome on tour chap!

[Harsh]

1. Harsh..............Atom, M3 or 360 or F150
2. Brahman.........Cerb or F150
3. Ben-san..........Supe or F150
4. Graebob.........chunky 4wd , or something even scarier!
5. jumplead........could be anything!
6. cactussed........355 or M3
7. Julian..............Atom
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[Blues]

Well done guys.
I'm travelling over the day before, so will have some cool ones ready for you to slip into on your arrival

[chevy-stu]

1. Harsh..............Atom, M3 or 360 or F150
2. Brahman.........Cerb or F150
3. Ben-san..........Supe or F150
4. Graebob.........chunky 4wd , or something even scarier!
5. jumplead........could be anything!
6. cactussed........355 or M3
7. Julian..............Atom
8. Chevy-Stu........Camaro
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10.
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[jumplead]

Ben is there any height restrictions on the places? guessing its just 'normal' car so the jeeps will have to stay at home unless we can let some of the air out of the tyres :smash:

Although in saying that if the F150 can get in, then i'm sure the Jeeps won't have too much of a problem

[Ben-san]

Ben is there any height restrictions on the places? guessing its just 'normal' car so the jeeps will have to stay at home unless we can let some of the air out of the tyres :smash:

Although in saying that if the F150 can get in, then i'm sure the Jeeps won't have too much of a problem

Ah. I'm guessing it's over 6'3"? I'll find out if it changes the price for you once we've got a complete list.

[jumplead]

Thanks Ben, I'll let you know if it'll be needed, at the moment we are thinking about taking some smaller cars, but we'll firm up our plans within a week or so.

Don't fancy driving 800 or so miles on some extreme mud tyres. Road noise is deafening over 40mph.

[Ben-san]

Any more for any more? £38 return!

Outbound: Thursday 11th June, 0700 from Dover
Inbound: Monday 15th June, 1615 from Boulogne

Petrolhead Nirvana LM09 Boat of Fun

1. Harsh..............Atom, M3 or 360 or F150
2. Brahman.........Cerb or F150
3. Ben-san..........Supe or F150
4. Graebob.........chunky 4wd , or something even scarier!
5. jumplead........could be anything!
6. cactussed........355 or M3
7. Julian..............Atom
8. Chevy-Stu........Camaro
9. Butters............Gawd knows!
10. Butters Buddy 1
11. Butters Buddy 2
12. Butters Buddy 3
13. Butters Buddy 4
14.
15.

[Butters]

Hi there Ben, just to confirm one of Guy Cain's chaps had to pull out unfortunately due to redundancy. There will now be myself (most likely in the my E30 track project), Guy in his Elise and two other cars. I'll get them to sign up on here and get involved...

Whoop whoop can't wait for Le Mans this year. :party:

James.

[Ben-san]

No worries James!

Any more for any more? £38 return!

Outbound: Thursday 11th June, 0700 from Dover
Inbound: Monday 15th June, 1615 from Boulogne

Petrolhead Nirvana LM09 Boat of Fun

1. Harsh..............Atom, M3 or 360 or F150
2. Brahman.........Cerb or F150
3. Ben-san..........Supe or F150
4. Graebob.........chunky 4wd , or something even scarier!
5. jumplead........could be anything!
6. cactussed........355 or M3
7. Julian..............Atom
8. Chevy-Stu........Camaro
9. Butters............Gawd knows!
10. Guy Cain.........Elise
11. Butters Buddy 3
12. Butters Buddy 4
13.
14.
15.

[Bigburd]

Any more spaces left - £38 ferry/langosutine tickets still avail?

[Harsh]

Ian, we have 2 spaces left on the ferry and TL have a few pitches left in our enclosure.

let me know about the ferry and i'll put you on our list,

email or call team Langoustine and let them know you're part of our group when booking.

but do it quick there's not much space left!

number for TL is 0118 9797128 and speak to Andy (mention my name when booking)

[Ben-san]

Just two left now :)



Outbound: Thursday 11th June, 0700 from Dover
Inbound: Monday 15th June, 1615 from Boulogne

Petrolhead Nirvana LM09 Boat of Fun

1. Harsh..................Atom, M3 or 360 or F150
2. Brahman.............Cerb or F150
3. Ben-san..............Supe or F150
4. Graebob..............chunky 4wd , or something even scarier!
5. jumplead.............could be anything!
6. cactussed............355 or M3
7. Julian..................Atom
8. Chevy-Stu...........Camaro
9. Butters................Gawd knows!
10. Guy Cain............Elise
11. Butters Buddy 3
12. Butters Buddy 4
13. Hethelred...........VX220
14.
15.

[Harsh]

Outbound: Thursday 11th June, 0700 from Dover
Inbound: Monday 15th June, 1615 from Boulogne

Petrolhead Nirvana LM09 Boat of Fun

1. Harsh..................Atom, M3 or 360 or F150
2. Brahman.............Cerb or F150
3. Ben-san..............Supe or F150
4. Graebob..............chunky 4wd , or something even scarier!
5. jumplead.............could be anything!
6. cactussed............355 or M3
7. Julian..................Atom
8. Chevy-Stu...........Camaro
9. Butters................Gawd knows!
10. Guy Cain............Elise
11. Butters Buddy 3
12. Butters Buddy 4
13. Hethelred...........VX220
14. BigBurd .............R32
15. Big Burd buddy...?

[Bigburd]

Outbound: Thursday 11th June, 0700 from Dover
Inbound: Monday 15th June, 1615 from Boulogne

Petrolhead Nirvana LM09 Boat of Fun

1. Harsh..................Atom, M3 or 360 or F150
2. Brahman.............Cerb or F150
3. Ben-san..............Supe or F150
4. Graebob..............chunky 4wd , or something even scarier!
5. jumplead.............could be anything!
6. cactussed............355 or M3
7. Julian..................Atom
8. Chevy-Stu...........Camaro
9. Butters................Gawd knows!
10. Guy Cain............Elise
11. Butters Buddy 3
12. Butters Buddy 4
13. Hethelred...........VX220
14. BigBurd + 1.............R32 or 80's Porsche
15. Big Burd buddy...TBC

1 car + 2 passengers at present, pending confirmation over the weekend from other friend. Bachi/Ben IF not confirmed by Midday Monday, then please release to any reserve list requests?

[Cactussed]

Bigburd

Great to meet you last night, if briefly...

[Ben-san]

1 car + 2 passengers at present, pending confirmation over the weekend from other friend. Bachi/Ben IF not confirmed by Midday Monday, then please release to any reserve list requests?

Sure thing Ian.

[Ben-san]

UPDATE:

Just a quickie for your information guys.

We've paid a deposit to hold our group booking to LD Lines, and the balance is due 30th April 2009.

Ideally, this means collecting your mone-neyz within the next two weeks so that we can clear any cheques etc before paying the whole lot out.

If you'd like to pay by cheque, just post one made out to Petrolhead Nirvana Ltd. to HQ at:

56 Broadwick Street,
London W1F 7AJ.

If you'd rather do a bank transfer, then drop us an email at sales@petrolheadnirvana.com (sales@petrolheadnirvana.com)and we'll reply with the details.

Lovely-jubbly.

Ben

[Bigburd]

You should now have my cheque for the ferry...

[jumplead]

Ben, sorry i completely missed this. Can you drop me an email or give me a call with the best way to pay for mine and Graebob's crossing. (providing you haven't given away the spaces due to my incompetence...

[Ben-san]

Thanks to all who have paid up for the ferry. :) Getting close now, can't wait!

CROSSING UPDATE:

We received this message from the ferry company:

We would like to advise you that due to operational changes your departure from Dover to Boulogne on 11/06/2009 at 07h00 has been modified to a 07h45 departure leaving on the new Incat fast ferry, the Norman Arrow arriving at Boulogne at 9h45 local time.

Please contact us to confirm your departure, either by email or telephone.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused and thank you very much for choosing to travel with LD Transmanche Ferries. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

:party: