The Eifel - Test the water 2

First topic message reminder :

The Eifel is a beautiful semi mountainous region of Germany close to the Mosel and also has the Nürburgring in there. It's a national park much akin to Snowdonia or the Cairngorms. (please have a look at the link).
It's about a 3 or 4 hour journey from Calais to get to.

So here's the water tester !

The German Site is holding their yearly meeting (much like our "Something for the Weekend" meets), there next year (2010) from May 13th to 16th (thurs through Sun).

Sadly it is the weekend before our BCII so there's a slight clash . . . . sorry to ask for the choose, perhaps you could do both

Question ?
Who - How many (if anyone) would be interested in making the trip to The Eifel and seeing what the other side has to offer ?

Remember we had 10 of the Dutch riders come over to one of our Welshpool meets and what an international flavour that gave the whole weekend too.
Is it time for us to spread our wings as a group and return the trip ? . . . . albeit to Germany and not Holland .

Any possible maybe's ????

SteveCat wrote:ich habe immer noch kein Deutsch gelernt

Your german is definitely better than my English

And riding a motorbike and drinking a beer is an international language

Count me in as a definite maybe.

As long as I can get something else moved in May and keep the use of my holidays down to a minimum then i'm in.

Wouldn't get away with Bishops Castle on the way back too though. Out of interest....How do the Germans get to Scotland on their bikes? Chunnel, or Ferry and what are the ferry options?

Cheers
Rosco

Rosco wrote:Count me in as a definite maybe.

As long as I can get something else moved in May and keep the use of my holidays down to a minimum then i'm in.

Wouldn't get away with Bishops Castle on the way back too though. Out of interest....How do the Germans get to Scotland on their bikes? Chunnel, or Ferry and what are the ferry options?

Cheers
Rosco

Ross,

1. If the Germans go to Scotland I should think they'd ride their bikes like the rest of us . By what means or route they'd travel would depend on where they start from.

2. If you refer to our chunnel/ferry options getting to the Eifel , a cursorary search showed the chunnel to be the cheaper option of crossing the water @ approx £47 return. That however is dependant on time of day you cross. I chose as a test 7am out on the 13th and 7pm back on the 16th. Those times may not suit all wishing to do this.

BlueZed wrote:I have some time around that date as the 13th is a bank holiday here I can easily stretch it to a long weekend

Let me know if this one's gonna happen!

Cheers
Thomas

Thomas,

This is the Germans one time annual meeting like our Welshpool used to be so they have set the dates and it will as far as I'm aware go ahead. With or without us
This thread is just a toe in the water to see if UK ers would be interested in attending.

Keep the comments coming in folks . . . . . . I know and appreciate it is way early to commit (for me too). All I'm interested in is a show of hands so to speak as to whether you'd be at all enthused to make a long weekend trip to this meeting on mainland Europe. . . . . Make a change eh? and as Toni said

Toni wrote: And riding a motorbike and drinking a beer is an international language

Cheers
Tel

I've got a Rosyth <-> Zeebrugge Ferry option as well which might be an option.....saves a lot of motorway miles/fuel.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday departure from Rosyth at 5pm
Monday, Wed & Friday return from Zee to Rosyth at 6pm

20hr crossing

Might be a better option for those way oop North.

TEL - Can you confirm the days of the ride-outs. Can I assume it is a ride-out on the Friday and Saturday?????? If so I could come over on Tuesday>Wednesday Ferry (or possibly ride down for a CHANNEL chunnel or ferry with others) and back on the Monday>Tuesday Ferry

Cheers
Rosco

Rosco wrote:Can you confirm the days of the ride-outs. Can I assume it is a ride-out on the Friday and Saturday??????

May i answer? Yes! We have ride-outs on Friday and Saturday

On Thursday is the arrival over the day and on Sunday the departure after the breakfast.

And by the way:
I take my hat off for everyone who is willing to do that trip to our meeting in spite of the free time and the budget that is needed

Thank you Toni ....

There you have it ... travel over on Thursday and back on the Sunday. Two good days in the Eifel, and the odd bratwurst and a bier in the evenings.

I did hear tell from one of the organisers (while chatting in their chatroom) that they might try fitting in a lap or three of the Nürburgring.
Like our next years events though nothing is properly planned yet or set in stone apart from the dates and a general format.

cheers
Tel

Watching this one

Davie

Nürburgring.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds good to me

Bu**er. It's that Nurburgring tempter thing again.

Done it once, on the Cat, and now desperately want to do it on the Blade.

Got to work out a way of being able to afford BC, Germany and doing a trip to Tuscany now. Hmm, can I sell my body and make a bit of money? I wonder...............................

Tony

topcatbones wrote:Hmm, can I sell my body and make a bit of money? I wonder...............................

I've seen your body Tony so I'll start the bidding at 99p

Rosco wrote:

topcatbones wrote:Hmm, can I sell my body and make a bit of money? I wonder...............................

I've seen your body Tony so I'll start the bidding at 99p

Oh well, it's a start. lol.

Nothing wrong with my body anyway!!!

Any more offers??

furball wrote:
Nürburgring.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds good to me

topcatbones wrote:It's that Nurburgring tempter thing again.

Yep......it is a bit of a sweetener isn't it. Even if there isn't a organised visit to the ring as part of the rideout I'm sure those who are interested could visit there on the Sunday (you'd think it might be busy then though )

topcatbones wrote:
Any more offers??

ok you sweet talking smoothie......£1

Rosco

Nothing wrong with my body anyway!!!

Maybe shave your legs and put on a bit of lippy?...






.......And I wud have loved to have done this ride-out, but seen as BCII was posted first, I will be doing that. ???Why wasnt the Eifel Run discussed with the BCII organiser first, so maybe both rideouts could have been sorted?? At the risk of getting into trouble........

ellie wrote:.......And I wud have loved to have done this ride-out, but seen as BCII was posted first, I will be doing that.

BCII could always be slipped a month ..... there's still time . So perhaps with a bit of slick management you still could do both

ellie wrote:???Why wasnt the Eifel Run discussed with the BCII organiser first, so maybe both rideouts could have been sorted?? At the risk of getting into trouble........

I tried to persuade the organiser to slide BCII but only having sketchy ie a month not a specific date at the time of the Eifel meeting, I couldn't go into details.

See not in trouble, just an explanation

Sorted!!!

SIGN ME UP AS A DEFINITE FOR THE GERMAN TRIP

whether anyone else is going or not

Rosco thats great news that you have made the leap to come to the Eifel trip.

NOW the sad news . . ..

As part of their planning for the weekend the German thundercat admin did a search to see if the nurburgring could be a part of the weekends activities.
They came across an article which sadly announces a 24 hour endurance race weekend on the same dates as the thundercat meeting.

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(When you open the link there is a wee GB flag top right of the window that translates the article to English if you click on it)

So the Nordschleife (Nurburgring) will be closed to the pubilc all weekend.

I thought I had best let you all know as this may well have an inpact on your decission whether to make the trip to Germany or not. I know for many of you the lure would have been to have a go at running the Ring.

The only alternative , which some of the German members are thinking of doing too, would be to stay an extra day or two for when the ring re-opens on the Monday to the general public again.

With all that said, the trip to the Eifel is still well worth the effort even without the chance to do the ring. But of course you will know best what you wish to do.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

All the best
Tel

0ldcat wrote:would be to stay an extra day or two for when the ring re-opens on the Monday to the general public again

That were our thoughts
But one member of the german thundercat forum who knows the Nordschleife well has posted that the Nordschleife is definitely closed on Monday too. That is because they had to repair the track after a 24h race
It is even possible that the Tuesday will be closed too depending on how big the damage is

Sorry for that bad news...