French Run 2010

Right, stand by your beds.

It's Champagne again, and the Hotel de la Place in Montmort-Lucy, near
Epernay, once more. Friday 30 April and Saturday 1 May. Hotel can
accommodate 50 people max, and allowing for single room sociopaths,
that probably means 40.

Deposit of 30% needs to be paid in about six weeks' time (early
January), so the usual booking form will be going out in the next day
or two, and dosh will be needed pronto. And yes, it'll be cheques.

Anticipated cost is somewhere in the region of £185 per head, based on
two people sharing a bike and a room. I'll know for sure as soon as
the hotel gets back to me with their rates. That will cover the ferry,
the usual four-course dinner each night, and breakfast. Drinks extra.

Lots of nice champagne cellars to visit in Epernay or Reims nearby.
Decent bar opposite the hotel, if I remember. Usual misbehaviour on
and off the road guaranteed. First timers welcome, but you'll need to
be nifty on your toes.

Usual rules. The hotel can handle special dietary needs like veggie,
Jewish, whatever, but I choose the menus and whines of "I don't like
fish" will be treated with contempt. The only valid objection is "I
don't like andouillette". It's money up front. Once the deposit has
been paid to the hotel, there are no refunds. There may be a free
place for the usual free give-away: can't remember who got one this
year. The Doctor did, plus someone else. And it was Ogden last year,
IIRC.

I can be emailed at chateau dot murray at idnet dot com

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, "TOG@Toil"

<happy bounce>

Emailed.

 

Emailed!

 

Not emailed!

 

The first time I met Adie was there and they managed to feed her.

 

@m20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>, says...>

and have been.

 

Up to a point.

Sit next to her at dinner and you can have almost double rations. As
long as you're quicker than Andy, of course!

 

My favourite food moment from there was SteveH's Katie looking at her
veggie asparagus - neatly wrapped in bacon.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, CT

"Never in the field of human Usenet posting have so many innuendoes been
contained in so few words".

 

Hehehe. A cunning ploy, eh?

 

Well I guess that's me, and any other furriners out then.

 

Good news on the horizon, though, although I've no idea how TOG will
cope.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...9790/Banks-to-vote-on-abolishing-cheques.html

 

You can send me the dosh and I'll pass it on.

 

Emailed. Now to decide which bike to take...

 

DDs can be a bit tricky it seems:
http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/ombudsman-news/27/27-directdebit-guarantee.htm

All much easier in these days of on-line banking of course. Can you
still buy postal orders?


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"Dis investment am 100% risk-free. My lawyer from the bank will
contact you soon to explain de modalities..."

 

I'm trying to think of truly memorable French Run moments, now you've
mentioned this.

SteveH's £80 wine, of course. Darsy trying desperately not to pass out
in the bar. Being told by an irritated hotelier that Tim Crowther had
wet the bed while pissed. Mike Carley's splendid Paraffin Moment.
Champ deciding to "fix" the switchgear on Platy's Z1300 just before
dinner, and being faced with a mounting pile of little screws and
widgets.

Any others?

 

You can! I had to get one a few months back. HIDEOUSLY expensive, though.
Seem to recall it was getting on for 10% of face value.

 

Ginge hitting a car?

 

Yippee! Emailed.