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

[Carbon_Bullet]

I'm in, make it via nurg too

[Guigsy]

Few points.

 

I'd like to see Germany... But...

Not interested in the ring other than to say iv been there and done it. It only takes one person to bin a car and it spoils the trip. And driving all day just to get there then spend the next day driving home doesn't sound fun.

It's been said before, if you want a ring trip do your own.

 

Not interested in high speed autobahn stuff. Sounds dangerous. At thunder road my bonnet almost came open and one of my calipers came loose when slowing down. Also my wife would be screeming at me.

 

Doing motorway miles is fine. It's easy to keep a convoy together, but we have learnt from the past 2 events the back roads and the villages rule. You will get lost. But its part of the fun. You stumble across some really beautiful places. In France we had little villages who waved at us. In holland we had canals and dykes and windmills.

On motorways you get Tarmac, police, service stations and traffic jams. I can do that on the m25

[Mike2JZ]

Just to throw an idea out there. What about Switzerland?

From my own experiences I can say that some of the routes in the valleys/mountains are absolutely mind blowing and the overall scenery on a good day is really a treat.

Also a lot of cool roads can be found in the Swiss Romande (french side). Takes around 8-9 hours to get there, 7 if you push from the Eurotunnel.

[johnny g]

Switzerland hates the car. Modified ones even more, the Swiss police can impound a car or prevent it being driven if declared too loud.

[ripped_fear]

I would rather do back rds cruising through villages showing off rather than high speed runs

 

+1 for that, a massive convoy of UK cars flooring up one of the fastest public highways doesn't sound the best idea in my eyes.

[Slicknick]

I am really up for this too, the previous trips looked like great fun!

[ellis]

3 days is an ideal length of time as long as the driving to and from the place where we are staying isn't too long. The success of DB11 was, in my opinion, that we arrived at our final destination pretty quickly on day 1. This allowed for a series of runs over the days that ran around and through the villages that are far more fun that motorway hooning! As others have said, tootling through villages being treated like celebrities is far more like it! DB12 was great (Saturday being the highlight day mainly because of the reason stated) but day 1 and day 3 involved serious mileage to get to and from final destinations which meant we spent a lot of time being split up (which is not the point of DB at all in my opinion) with most of us getting different trains back.

 

The further we trek into Europe means more long distance runs with more motorways to get to our final destination (and returning). That puts more strain on the 3 days itself as days 1 and 3 will mainly be merely travelling.

 

Less is more don't you know!

[johnny g]

A ferry into Denmark would be fun - and different. And you could explore part of this route. More info here and interactive map here. YouTube link

[wile e coyote]

Prob with ferrys is not everybody keen to go on them due to low cars on the ramps

[Guigsy]

Yeah. My every day car scraped the exhaust on the one to Ireland. It's one reason why he tunnel is so awesome. And quicker compared to the ferry

[Branners]

So, keep the distance shortish on the Friday, reasonable on the Saturday, shortish on the Sunday too. Avoid Germany, avoid the motorways, avoid Switzerland and find places to stop with 45+ Supras....easy.

[wile e coyote]

Just like dragoncol mate

[Gabriella]

So, keep the distance shortish on the Friday, reasonable on the Saturday, shortish on the Sunday too. Avoid Germany, avoid the motorways, avoid Switzerland and find places to stop with 45+ Supras....easy.

 

Sound like SantaPod ? no wait 45 Supras..yeah SupraPod

[Guest Budz86]

Well up for this next year, been saying I want to do it for the last couple of years but never have. The OH keeps asking me about it too so no probs there! Just need to speak to work and then I can sort the car

[RobUK]

So, keep the distance shortish on the Friday, reasonable on the Saturday, shortish on the Sunday too. Avoid Germany, avoid the motorways, avoid Switzerland and find places to stop with 45+ Supras....easy.

 

Wales it is then JB

[Abz]

I love how this thread has already got to 13 pages!!

 

I am sure it will be a bit more exotic than Wales Rob

[RobUK]

I love how this thread has already got to 13 pages!!

 

I am sure it will be a bit more exotic than Wales Rob

 

Scotland it is then

[Havard]

Scotland it is then

 

I wondered about Scotland to be honest.

[tony tt]

I wondered about Scotland to be honest.

 

Awesome scenery anyway To be honest when has there been a club event North of the border? West Coast run ftmfw! Glen Coe, Fort William, Oban, Apple Cross etc great places ooh and isle of skye.

[RobUK]

I wondered about Scotland to be honest.

 

I really like Scotland some great places, food, pubs etc

[Havard]

Awesome scenery anyway To be honest when has there been a club event North of the border? West Coast run ftmfw! Glen Coe, Fort William, Oban, Apple Cross etc great places ooh and isle of skye.

 

I don't know why but I have always fancied joining an event up there. We are only a couple of hours away so I can't see why we have never done it. Maybe do an event early in 2013 perhaps.

 

H.

[Branners]

We might well do DragonCol 2013 in Scotland if I have time to organise it.

[RobD]

I must admit, getting a ferry from Belfast to cairnryan then driving back home when I bought the UK spec was awesome! Some very nice roads up there!

[Abz]

I flew up to Scotland to buy my Type R and drove it all the way back to London, some of the roads driving down were breath taking! Few times I kacked myself as I came fly round a corner to notice a huge drop!! The Type R was very rewarding to drive on them roads too! The hilly was awesome!! Lucky it was a lovely day too which helped!

[tony tt]

I flew up to Scotland to buy my Type R and drove it all the way back to London, some of the roads driving down were breath taking! Few times I kacked myself as I came fly round a corner to notice a huge drop!! The Type R was very rewarding to drive on them roads too! The hilly was awesome!! Lucky it was a lovely day too which helped!

 

Thats the only downside really the weather. If it's a nice day its a beautiful place to be awesome scenery and fantastic roads but wind and rain with low cloud and it can be a miserable drive.