Most of the usual suspects are going so is anyone else up for it?

We've got a slightly different plan for this year but overall it'll be
the usual sort of thing involving riding bikes, getting ****ed and
lighting big fires.

Tues 26th January leave UK (1), drink beer on ferry.
Wed 27th January ride to hotel (Randersacker) and drink more beer.
Thurs 28th January ride to rally and drink more beer.
Fri 29th January drink more beer.
Sat 30th January ride to Prague, check into hotel, drink more beer.
Sun 31st January ride to hotel (Randersacker), drink more beer.
Mon 1st February ferry home, drink more beer.

Total mileage isn't really very high, it's about 300 miles from the
ferry to Randersacker, 170 to the rally, 150 miles to Prague then 200
back to Randersacker. We tend to stop every 100 miles for fuel and a
warm up so it takes most of the day to do 300 miles but it's all
motorway to within 25 miles of the rally so there's not really any
chance of getting lost...

We've found that getting to the rally on the Thursday afternoon gives
a good chance of finding a decent spot to camp and we've decided that
rather than spending 3 nights there we'll have a night on the lash in
Prague thus getting the chance to pick up fines in yet another
country. We'll probably be stopping just out of the city centre
because of the bikes but apparently public transport is cheap and
plentiful so expect a good few hours of eating & drinking.

Cost is up to the individual and anyone wanting to save a few quid can
get a crossing from Dover and meet us at the hotel. We usually go for
hotels costing about £40 per night and fuel costs will be pretty low
because of the low cruising speed. Obviously the main cost will be
beer but we also spent a fair chunk of cash on firewood to keep warm.

**** knows what the weather will be like but last year it was -10c at
night (possibly lower but wgaf?) so anyone interested needs to know
they'll need decent kit.

Don't be afraid....

(1) Some of us are going from Harwich and some from Newcastle. It's
about 75 miles more if traveling via Calais so those that hate ferries
can use the train and still get to the hotel before dark if they want
to.

Champ <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:04:00 +0000, Andy Bonwick
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> we'll have a night on the lash in
>> Prague thus getting the chance to pick up fines in yet another
>> country.
>
> heh

Stop being such a selfish ****, get a 'Chair. I'm sure F will jump at the
opportunity to join us.

'Busa 'chairs are quite common.


--
'Hog

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:13:09 +0000, Champ wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:04:00 +0000, Andy Bonwick <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>we'll have a night on the lash in
>>Prague thus getting the chance to pick up fines in yet another country.
>
> heh

And, FWIW, last time I get a fine there (1) I had a choice to either pay
(2) at a police station or a post office. Given that the police station
had a queue, literally, several hours long of septics waiting to report
being pick pocketed (3), I went to the post office and paid it in 2 mins
flat (4).

1: circa 2003, so thing may have changed
2: From memory, it was about £5 - for driving down a no vehicles road
into a pedestrian only area in the town centre
3: No queue jumping allowed, you get dealt with in strict FIFO order
4: Many different queues for different things - I just walked up to an
empty one and waved money about and shouted in English