Irish Tour 2012 Perhaps ?
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VanhireBoys
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How about a visit over here for a few days ...? Now its not going to be sommit really fancy .. I asked around during the 50th Celebration and got a really favourable response from anybody I asked...
If I get enough interest I will put sommit together.
Cost: I'll be trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. We wont be staying in dingy holes but it wont be a 5 star job either. Just good clean comfortable accomadation. I be trying to get a deal for the ferry !
Route: I was thinking of the sunny southeast on day 1 .. Day 2 Ring of Kerry Day 3 Galway/Connemara Day 4 Donegal/ Northern Ireland.. I havent really thought much about the route but I can promise you it will be nice quiet roads with nice scenes ! We will be doing perhaps 120 miles max a day with a 11am start and no more driving after 5pm !
I will be looking at least 3 days of a tour then a day of rest where you can do your own thing [
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Id just like to guage interest in this early ... and Id like suggestions as well !
How about a visit over here for a few days ...? Now its not going to be sommit really fancy .. I asked around during the 50th Celebration and got a really favourable response from anybody I asked...
If I get enough interest I will put sommit together.
Cost: I'll be trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. We wont be staying in dingy holes but it wont be a 5 star job either. Just good clean comfortable accomadation. I be trying to get a deal for the ferry !
Route: I was thinking of the sunny southeast on day 1 .. Day 2 Ring of Kerry Day 3 Galway/Connemara Day 4 Donegal/ Northern Ireland.. I havent really thought much about the route but I can promise you it will be nice quiet roads with nice scenes ! We will be doing perhaps 120 miles max a day with a 11am start and no more driving after 5pm !
I will be looking at least 3 days of a tour then a day of rest where you can do your own thing [
]Id just like to guage interest in this early ... and Id like suggestions as well !
Chrishazle
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Rumour has it that R25's summer trip will be to Ireland!
pauljmcnulty
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Depending on the dates then you can count me in. I'll be bringing my guitar and my Kenny Roger's songbook. []
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Suffolk944
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Fab idea !
VanhireBoys
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I'll Take that as a resounding Yes then so Lads...! [] I will see about setting a concrete date that hopefully dosent clash with anything else ! I will be hopefully looking at the 3rd weekend in August but I will get organised to have it included in the PCGB calendar for 2012....! Hopefully dosent clash with R25 .. Anyone know if and when R25 are hoping to visit...? I will get a date that we can all plan our time off and commitments around by early next week latest.. ! Once I get that sorted then I can work on the route and most importantly the lunch and overnight stops ! As said before the 944 crowd have been described as the renegade cousins that used to come around your house when you were young and cause mayhem ! Only thing is we have all grown up now and have resorted to drinking and singing... [] Only stipulation is everyone brings a song to the table... [] Do I hear George Hamilton IV ...? Seriously lads nothing too formal - good roads - good scenery - good craic but best of all a good bunch of likeminded folk, no matter about the weather !
] I will see about setting a concrete date that hopefully dosent clash with anything else ! I will be hopefully looking at the 3rd weekend in August but I will get organised to have it included in the PCGB calendar for 2012....! Hopefully dosent clash with R25 .. Anyone know if and when R25 are hoping to visit...? I will get a date that we can all plan our time off and commitments around by early next week latest.. ! Once I get that sorted then I can work on the route and most importantly the lunch and overnight stops ! As said before the 944 crowd have been described as the renegade cousins that used to come around your house when you were young and cause mayhem ! Only thing is we have all grown up now and have resorted to drinking and singing... [] Only stipulation is everyone brings a song to the table... [] Do I hear George Hamilton IV ...? Seriously lads nothing too formal - good roads - good scenery - good craic but best of all a good bunch of likeminded folk, no matter about the weather !
Chrishazle
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I believe the R25 trip is pencilled in for the first week in June - half term week, but no concrete plans/dates yet. Why not drop an email to Pearl and Phil (R25 RO's).
pauljmcnulty
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I might come as Napolean XIV....... [&:]
VanhireBoys
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Thanks for the heads up Chris - Really appreciate that [
] Well I dropped Phil and Pearl a quick mail and they indeed have sommit really good planned. It will be the Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire ferry ...! They will spend 3 days in Galway [] then 3 days in Killarney finishing with a day in Wexford.. thats a full week. They plan to stay 4 star on a half board basis. They have a definate time of first week in June.. ! This sounds fab in fairness As I was saying I was thinking of a 4 day tour Thursday to Monday in late August. Staying 1 night in each place and then moving on from there ...! If you would like longer or shorter then now is the time to put your oar in..! After all I am here already ! Its all up to yourselves lads. I am going to go and meet the R25 crew in June anyway and go for a jaunt around for part of their stay... ! Do yous want a short or long tour ?- maybe 4 days is a bit short and hectic, maybe some may not be able to commit to a full week... ! I'll leave it with you fellas to mull over (and get permission....![]) but in any case even I get a handful of names I wil still l go ahead and get sommit together. ... If you want to go with R25 for a fab week away in June no problem - If yous want to come with me for a long weekend in August - still no problem ! []
So you will be singing "Waterloo" then I take it Paul [
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Donal, I would personally be looking at a 2-3 night visit to Ireland to meet up, which I know probably may seem short, but more realistic. By the way, you sound like you are getting excited already. We have a 944 meet tomorrow in Scotland so will chat to the guys about a Scottish invasionto your tour. Cheers Alan.
VanhireBoys
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Do I really sound like that ......[
] .. I am getting excited alright...! Thanks a million Alan - Yes please say it around your Scottish meet and get a Scots invasion organised ! It would be best to get a crew from Holyhead to Dublin Port perhaps on the Thursday then travel up along the NE coast and pick up the Scots at Larne and have a day touring Northern Ireland !. In my experience The Scots are always good for a song as well... . Its at least 10 months away and I am set off already [] I am going to keep with the 4 day max Thursday to Monday plan as this will work better for time off and stuff for folk ... ! Also we wont be staying anywhere pricey.. I myself want somewhere clean, warm and secure to stay ! Right then ... Ive made a desicion .. ! We will have our own 944 Hibernia Tour Thursday 23rd August until Monday 27th August 2012. These dates I pulled from the hat so I will stick with these and I will put them to the Club as our dates and hopefully they dont clash with anything too major ! I must get the owl thinking cap on and study my maps and get organised early ! You wont be disappointed ! BTW Thanks a million lads for the big vote of confidence []
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