Dragonball 2013 (UPDATED 5-1-2013) - 17th, 18th and 19th May - The Road to Rouen

[Westy]

Ticket should be for the hotel and eurotunnel, based on what last year was, so looking at the prices on the first post it will be £210

 

Cheers Adam. I take it you guys will be staying in two different hotels then (or looping back to the same one!?)!?

[Guest Budz86]

Going back to the same one I think. Using it more of a base for a couple of days

[tony tt]

Is the £80 return for the euro tunnel per person or is it per vehicle? I'm planning a +1 so just want to clarify.

[KamaSupra]

Is the £80 return for the euro tunnel per person or is it per vehicle? I'm planning a +1 so just want to clarify.

 

£80 per car mate.

[tony tt]

£80 per car mate.

 

Cheers for that pal.

[DodgyRog]

We stay at the Ashford Travel Lodge the night before Tony and Westy, a fair few already booked to here

 

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/4/Ashford-hotel/rooms-rates?from=list

Edited December 24, 2012 by DodgyRog
To include Westy....oops lol (see edit history)

[Littler]

Cheers Adam. I take it you guys will be staying in two different hotels then (or looping back to the same one!?)!?

 

Normally go back to the same one

[Westy]

Is the £80 return for the euro tunnel per person or is it per vehicle? I'm planning a +1 so just want to clarify.

 

You definitely going mate!? Know of anyone one else from up here that's heading!?

[Branners]

To avoid people having to load everything back in to the Supra on the Saturday morning we stay at the same hotel for 2 nights.

 

So it would be £80 return for the Eurotunnel (per car plus up to 5 passengers), then £65 per night for the hotel (£130 in total). So thats what you would be buying in the shop. Plus any additional stickers you wanted over the usual 2 x free oval stickers.

 

If there are 2 people bringing their cars who want to share a hotel room that is also okay, you just buy 2 x eurotunnel and 1 x hotel.

[tony tt]

You definitely going mate!? Know of anyone one else from up here that's heading!?

 

Yes mate thinking rather seriously about it but I don't think there's anyone from up here going.

[tony tt]

We stay at the Ashford Travel Lodge the night before Tony a far few already booked to here

 

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/4/Ashford-hotel/rooms-rates?from=list

 

[DodgyRog]

To avoid people having to load everything back in to the Supra on the Saturday morning we stay at the same hotel for 2 nights.

 

So it would be £80 return for the Eurotunnel (per car plus up to 5 passengers), then £65 per night for the hotel (£130 in total). So thats what you would be buying in the shop. Plus any additional stickers you wanted over the usual 2 x free oval stickers.

 

If there are 2 people bringing their cars who want to share a hotel room that is also okay, you just buy 2 x eurotunnel and 1 x hotel.

 

From memory that is cheaper than last year:cool:

 

 

 

 

scuttles of to check the old thread:run:

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry only by £2:imsorry:

 

O well thats one blast in the tunnel for free:yahoo:

Edited December 24, 2012 by DodgyRog (see edit history)

[Havard]

From memory that is cheaper than last year:cool:

 

 

 

 

scuttles of to check the old thread:run:

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry only by £2:imsorry:

 

O well thats one blast in the tunnel for free:yahoo:

 

I wonder if in the rush for tickets, someone (like me) who has booked the travelodge misses out on a ticket? I am going to have to employ someone to buy me a ticket on the 6th as I imagine I will forget.

 

H.

[Branners]

I wonder if in the rush for tickets, someone (like me) who has booked the travelodge misses out on a ticket? I am going to have to employ someone to buy me a ticket on the 6th as I imagine I will forget.

 

H.

 

There will be enough tickets, I wouldn't panic about it.

[Littler]

I wonder if in the rush for tickets, someone (like me) who has booked the travelodge misses out on a ticket? I am going to have to employ someone to buy me a ticket on the 6th as I imagine I will forget.

 

H.

 

Employ Martin with a payment of a roast dinner for him to be hovering over the order button for you

[Havard]

There will be enough tickets, I wouldn't panic about it.

 

Oh but I do, I do John..!!

[KamaSupra]

I wonder if in the rush for tickets, someone (like me) who has booked the travelodge misses out on a ticket? I am going to have to employ someone to buy me a ticket on the 6th as I imagine I will forget.

 

H.

 

Is the Dragonball going to be used as one of the places in "An Idiot Abroad" Season 4 Karl?

[Littler]

Is the Dragonball going to be used as one of the places in "An Idiot Abroad" Season 4 Karl?

 

[Havard]

Is the Dragonball going to be used as one of the places in "An Idiot Abroad" Season 4 Karl?

 

 

Don't encourage him. I am still not sure about the whole Karl Pilkington thing. He is a misrable, dithering idiot with a bald head......oh..!!

[Abz]

Don't encourage him. I am still not sure about the whole Karl Pilkington thing. He is a misrable, dithering idiot with a bald head......oh..!!

 

 

I just can not wait for Dragonball.

[KamaSupra]

Don't encourage him. I am still not sure about the whole Karl Pilkington thing. He is a misrable, dithering idiot with a bald head......oh..!!

 

Could you take Shane with you? He could stand in as Warwick Davis as they're roughly the same height.

[tony tt]

Is there a post with the route yet? Had a quick scan through the thread but never seen if it was posted up.

[DodgyRog]

Is there a post with the route yet? Had a quick scan through the thread but never seen if it was posted up.

 

From memory Tony the exact route isn't put up on the forum as such, we get a download file for the TomTom's which gives us the exact full route nearer the time

 

Branner's did put something up recently that he was still fine tuning the route anyway, if last years run was anything to go by the route will be awesome again this year

 

Branner's actually goes through the route on Google Street View to check it for scenic standard and driveability

Edited December 29, 2012 by DodgyRog (see edit history)

[tony tt]

From memory Tony the exact route isn't put up on the forum as such, we get a download file for the TomTom's which gives us the exact full route nearer the time

 

Branner's did put something up recently that he was still fine tuning the route anyway, if last years run was anything to go by the route will be awesome again this year

 

Branner's actually goes through the route on Google Street View to check it for scenic standard and driveability

 

Sound cheers for that. I've no sat nav yet but if it comes to it ill follow the pack.

[Branners]

I tend not to release the route until the last minute as I keep tweaking it if I find problems. As DodgyRog says, I go through it on streetview to make sure there are no nasty surprises waiting for us, and to try and avoid the toll booths and major junctions where we can get split up.

 

The 2012 route was amazing, until we found a road completely closed off for some local event involving a circus. I just didnt see that one coming!!

 

Currently working on the route down from Calais to Rouen, trying to avoid the toll roads and major towns, while building in a lunch stop around 1pm somewhere interesting and then finding the best route in to south Rouen.

 

Saturday route is completely done, outline Sunday route is done but needs to be checked to make sure it goes where I want it to.

 

So thats why the route isnt published early as it means people end up with a route that was changed at some point and they didnt realise.