Berg cup 2012 Dates

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Back on topic, crazy hour starts. I am pretty confident I'll miss the 6.20 as that would mean leaving home at 3.45am

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Ok guys, what's the score with that initial train time? I'll be honest, I would prefer to leave a bit later as 6.20 in Folkestone means leaving mine at 3.35am (bearing in mind we need to be there twenty minutes before the train leaves) I don't fancy starting a long weekend with a probable 2.50am out of bed jobbie! ( Selfish; moi? :D ) Personally I'd be happier leaving a bit later on and travelling through the morning.

Thoughts?

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thought where leaving early to make brussels a little nicer
im easy to go with the flow of everyone

plus tickets are cheaper that time of the morning :D
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Yeah, maybe I glossed over Brussells as I was in the passenger seat :D I don't mind leaving early-ish but leaving mine at 3.15am is just a bit too strong. I've emailed Rob to see his thoughts mate; should be able to make a decision within 24 hours max :thumbs:

I don't mean to be a killjoy though............certainly not trying to piss on anyone's chips.

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Heard back from the big bear; we'll meet you guys there (Eschdorf) and travel down in our own time so we don't hold anyone up :thumbs: Hope that's OK

The campsite is reserved for us but please bear in mind at the time that I booked it, it was just the following people who were confirmed as coming

Mike
Trev
Rob
Stu
Jamie

For others that are 100% coming along, please let me know and also confirm whether you are driving and tenting on your own or sharing. I'll let Marc @ the campsite know so we keep our rather large private pitch, paddling pool and beer cooler ;)

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To be honest would rather all travel together so if we can come up with a time everyone 's happy with.

Or if some of us go over on the early train we can wait in the garage just off the train

There's food and drink there so we could have a bit of breakfast.

What time was you thinking of ?
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It takes 45 minutes to get to Rob's, and then another 2 hours 45 minutes to get to Folkestone (normally) If you allow 30 minutes early for check in and that gives you 4 hours before the train leaves.

I'm in two minds about times, but as we are already leaving a day ahead of last year, getting there too early may just lead to sitting around drinking beer, eating horse and talking shit.....................excellent!!! :D

I had suggested to Rob about leaving mine at around 9-9.30am. This would get me to Rob's for 10ish and that way miss the traffic on the A11, M11 and M25 as we would be that much later. We should get the lunchtime train @ Folkestone and land in Calais at around 13.00pm. Calais to Brussels is around 2 hours which would get us there 15.00pm, and we should miss the majority of the traffic. Brussels to Eschdorf is another 2 and a bit hours, so this should land us in Luxembourg with adequate time to catch the fantastic shops, load up with beer, pitch the tents and fill up on steak, chips and mayonnaise.

I fully appreciate that people live in different parts of the UK, and also get up at different times. Travelling in convoy has it's pros and cons so I'm easy about how we get there, but I personally don't want a 3am start.

Travelling at lunchtime both ways increases the cost to

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Have just booked this tonight as trevs suggested times

folkstone to calais 3rd may 6.20

calais to folkstone 8th may 14.20
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im also all booked up
and im like an excited kid
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