Irish Mini Owners Club

oh.. they were the tickets?

Since we all have our tickets, let's get some ferry tickets.

Keith,

FERRY NOT FAIRY tickets

Special offer from Stena at the moment.

Book by April 20th, travel Mon-Thursday from Dun Laoighre or Dublin Port,

Car + 2 Adults €109 each way.

Irish Ferries

Route Rosslare to Cherbourg
Vessel Oscar Wilde
Date Tue 18-May-10
Time Departing 15:30 Arriving 11:00
Passengers Adult x 2
Vehicles Car, MPV or 4x4 - up to 1.9m high
Cabins2 Star 2 Bed Window x 1
5178


Cherbourg to Rosslare
Oscar Wilde
Tue 22-Jun-10
Departing 18:00 Arriving 11:30
Adult x 2
Car, MPV or 4x4 - up to 1.9m high
2 Star 2 Bed Window x 1
8178

€318.00

Better hope there are no volcanic eruptions that week or the ferries will be well crowded.

Hi Guys, seems to be that I can join the IMM too. I'm not totally sure at the moment but I think it's going straight to Neumarkt
I'm looking forward to see you all and have a beer

Cheers, Kai

The powers that be have convinced me to go after all!!!

I'll be doing the fly/train/lift style way of getting there.
Just booked my flight with Aer Lingus - thanks for the tip off Billy & Adrian!!

Because I work in CIE, I can avail of 75% off European train travel so that will ease the bill
Now, I just need to translate the train timetables from German to Oirish...!!


Tony

great news Tony.

Nice one Tony

Tony,

What you save on the train should offset the courier charges on the tent and sleeping bag

Billy.

Time to book ferries lads.

Are we agreed on

Wednesday May 19th 08.20 Dublin-Holyhead & Hull-Rotterdam
Tuesday May 25th Rotterdam-Hull
Wednesday May 26th 16.20 Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire fast ferry.

Booking with Stena for Holyhead return.

Need to send off my Tesco vouchers.

Billy

We apologise for the inconvenience but our website is currently experiencing heavy traffic, therefore we advise calling our contact centre with enquiries or to book a crossing on any route.

Please note:

P&O site from 2 mins ago.....

Billy wrote:Time to book ferries lads.

Are we agreed on

Wednesday May 19th Dublin-Holyhead & Hull-Rotterdam
Tuesday May 25th Rotterdam-Hull
Wednesday May 26th Holyhead-Dublin

Are the Dublin ferries to be booked with Irish Ferries or Stena? Are we taking the fast ferry on the way back or taking the old reliable?

Need to send off my Tesco vouchers.

Billy

Outward
Wed 19th May

Depart Stena Line from Dublin Port at 08:20 (check-in 45 mins prior to sailing ) Arrive Holyhead at 11:35.

Holyhead to Hull is 348km, most of which is motorway, so 4 1/2 hours or so driving.

Depart P&O Hull at 21:00 (check-in 90 mins prior to sailing ) Arrive Rotterdam Thursday 20th May 08:00 (CET)

Rotterdam to Newmarkt is 708km

Return
Tue 25th May

Depart P&O from Europort Rotterdam at 21:00 (check-in 90 mins prior to sailing) arrive Hull Wednesday 26th 08:15

Depart Stena Line Holyhead 16:20 (check-in 60 mins prior to sailing ) arrive Dun Laoghaire 18:10.

Right, I have the Stena end of things booked, they wouldn't take the Tesco Vouchers for the Fast Ferry so I'll be going on the 21:30 slow Ferry instead.

Now to sort the P&O leg of the trip

booked HULL - ROTTERDAM (europort)
worked out cheaper by €35 to buy it in sterling.

working on a collaborative google-map of the trip.. *but* can only collaborate if you have google mail address....

http://maps.google.ie/maps/ms?f=q&sourc ... 28.125&z=6

Loads of camping stuff in Aldi tomorrow

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/offer ... z_src=main

Will the auto ban on that route

Dublin-Holyhead 0820 Stenaline on Wednesday May 19th booked with Tesco vouchers. Tip for booking Stena: You are supposed to send the vouchers by registered mail to Stena Holyhead which obviously costs, but the nice people in Stena in Cork will also accept the vouchers for the price of a normal stamp.

Every little helps.

Billy

Nice one Billy.

Good saving on the registered post too, I paid €5.45 to post my vouchers to Holyhead.

When I brought back the Rapido from Huddersfield, I took the A640 towards Oldham between Junctions 21 & 23 on the M62. It's a gorgeous well-surfaced windy road and it would be lovely with a Mini.

One to keep in mind.

Billy

Thought you might like this link , if your planning to go Nurburg ring http://www.nuerburgring.de/en/ringwerk/ringracer.html

Oooooh... . me likey! must make sure to have fresh batteries in the pacemaker!

Sailings booked with Stena both ways

Wed 19th 0820 Dublin-Holyhead (slow)
Wed 26th 1620 Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire (fast)

Won't be long now. The MTM will be a warm-up.

Billy