February Frolic - nutters only

[Mikie711]

Managed to find Portsmouth-Santander for £562 for rangie and trailer, cabin both ways. Out on the 1st back on the 10th.

[gdr]

That's the one Mike - but I put in the RRS at 6m and trailer at 8m to get the higher cost, 5m and 6m is indeed £562 which is a bargain.

[Modena Scotland]

Where can I find more info regarding this trip? Is the accommdation included?

[kenny]

anybody fancy it??

Would love too.

Cant afford it.

[Mikie711]

Mass, guess you have to email bookatrack as it is by no means a definite that this will go ahead. There is a piece on there home page but no more info, they are looking for approx numbers to see if it will go ahead.

[Modena Scotland]

Cheers Mike.

[Stewart]

Any idea how much the ferry would be for just a single car?

£1,100 for the 3 TDs does make FF look good value, but not comparing like with like.

Shame it's February as I have 9 days in Florida in January. April/May would have been better.

EDIT:
£403 for the ferry for a single car with twin en-suite cabin - Portsmouth to Santander. Santander to Jerez is 570 miles. Edinburgh to Portsmouth is 450 miles. Still more than 2,000 miles of driving (at least 1k less than FF).

TDs - £1,100
Ferry - £400
Fuel - £350 (+ TD fuel)
sub total £1,850

plus grub, beer, tyres, service etc etc. Looking at £2.5k-£3k. Think I'm oot

[campbell]

just had scotty on the phone trying to bankrupt me with chat of a weeks skiing in the sierra nevada mountains whilst we're down there.

That's the spirit

I'll go to the Cairngorms on my own this year then

[Sanjøy]

If there was ever a euro trip in need of a transporter.....

[robin]

Ferrys are very very slow.

On the way out (Plymouth->Bilbao; more or less the same as Plymouth->Santander) to Stelvio 2001 we were lucky that Ross won the jackpot on the fruity and put all the cash in the beer pot. After 18 hours or so they shut the bar Still had another half day or something to put up with. One bonus of crashing my car on that trip is that we got to fly home and avoid the ferry Some people decided to drive home rather than get back on the ferry!!!

It's only 1,800 miles. If we leave early we could be there for dinner ...... the next day

I would love to go, but I cannot see it happening I'm afraid.

Cheers,
Robin

[mckeann]

Ferrys are very very slow.

On the way out (Plymouth->Bilbao; more or less the same as Plymouth->Santander) to Stelvio 2001 we were lucky that Ross won the jackpot on the fruity and put all the cash in the beer pot. After 18 hours or so they shut the bar Still had another half day or something to put up with. One bonus of crashing my car on that trip is that we got to fly home and avoid the ferry Some people decided to drive home rather than get back on the ferry!!!

It's only 1,800 miles. If we leave early we could be there for dinner ...... the next day

I would love to go, but I cannot see it happening I'm afraid.

Cheers,
Robin

I'll drive us a shed out, you can fly

[Scotty C]

i've sent Jonny at BAT an e-mail.

[Mikie711]

I sent one to Sarah so at least one of us should find out the latest

[Mikie711]

Sat 5th Feb 2011: Ascari Race Resort
Sun 6th Feb 2011: Circuito de Jerez

Then option to return home or continue on to Portugal:-

Mon 7th Feb 2011: (Travel ~220miles)
Tue 8th Feb 2011: Autodromo do Algarve (Portimao)

Ferries to Santander fit in perfectly with this trip for anyone wishing to drive down, and bucketloads of cheap flights to Malaga, Gibraltar, Faro, Jerez for arrive & drivers. £500 deposits are now being requested from interested parties. Fully refundable if the event doesn't go ahead, but not refundable if you subsequently decide not to attend. Total cost is expected to be around £1100 for the 3 days.

You can place the deposit by visiting the website (SHOP > TRACK DAY PRODUCTS > 'Deposit for Iberian Trip 2011').

Transportation is available for £1050+VAT (from the south east, depending on dimensions and subject to availability).

[robin]

It is very very tempting ... if you go, you may as well do all three tracks, surely!