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2014 AGM. Vienna, Austria to Uttoxeter, England by ROAD.

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2013 AGM. Vienna, Austria to Uttoxeter, England by ROAD.

Dano said

Good luck on this Mike.

I take it that you'll be in a hotel/ B & B rather than camping for the weekend? I can't see you lugging a load of gear over as well !!  :wink:

Spot on there Dano! ;)Happy New Year to you all and so the journey begins, well almost!

Just booked a twin room for myself and my Son 'Oldroyd guest house, uttoxeter' oldroyd-guesthouse.com.
Priced fairly, the place looks reasonable and I read a couple of good write ups, so we are heading there.
It's not as if we will be spending much time there.

Now i've got that clearly sorted out I can now start the build the rest of the trip around it.

I'm guessing that was the easy bit!

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golfcabrio said

Now i've got that clearly sorted out I can now start the build the rest of the trip around it.

no you dont!
just point the golf in the general direction of england and youll get here eventually :)

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golfcabrio said

Now i've got that clearly sorted out I can now start the build the rest of the trip around it.

no you dont!
just point the golf in the general direction of england and youll get here eventually :)

scott

God darn it Scott, who sent you a copy of my big plan?
My only plan?
My plan A, B and C all rolled into one?  :ninja:

Knowing my luck I'll end up on the I.O.W which is where my sorry life started 49 years ago!  :$

Cheers mate, now you've got me thinking again.  :thumbs:

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Hello Mr golfcabrio,
     I'll look out for you at the Oldroyed as I have also booked
in for our AGM weekend.
     Have stayed there for the last three years & found it OK,
only ten minutes from the Racecourse.
     Hope you have a safe & enjoyable journey to Uttoxeter.
                         Kind Regards,
                                   Keith,         kaykay3

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kaykay3 said

Hello Mr golfcabrio,
     I'll look out for you at the Oldroyed as I have also booked
in for our AGM weekend.
     Have stayed there for the last three years & found it OK,
only ten minutes from the Racecourse.
     Hope you have a safe & enjoyable journey to Uttoxeter.
                         Kind Regards,
                                   Keith,         kaykay3

Thanks Keith,
L@@k forward to meeting you then.
My car sould be easy to find in the car park!  :hippie:

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kaykay3 said

Hello Mr golfcabrio,
     I'll look out for you at the Oldroyed as I have also booked
in for our AGM weekend.
     Have stayed there for the last three years & found it OK,
only ten minutes from the Racecourse.
     Hope you have a safe & enjoyable journey to Uttoxeter.
                         Kind Regards,
                                   Keith,         kaykay3
Thanks Keith,
L@@k forward to meeting you then.
My car sould be easy to find in the car park!  :hippie:Mike.
I should be in my Black Tiguan, look out for an old
bloke with a white beared. I may bring my Mk1 down
to show on the Sunday, but will see how things go.
        Kind Regards.     Keith.

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How does this look as an outbound road trip?

Vienna
Brno
Prague
Dresden
Colditz (over night stop staying in the POW camp 'Colditz Castle') :o.
Magdeburg
Wolfsburg
Hanover
Osnabruck
Rheine
Utrecht
Rotterdam

~~~~~Water ~~~~~

Hull
Scunthorpe
Worksop
Matlock
Uttoxeter :lol:.

Will not see all these points of interest as that in itself would take 2 or 3 weeks.

If that looks good then wait till you see the return! :ninja:.

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So here's a more visual interpretation of the outbound route. It's not fixed in stone yet but I'm beginning to get a feeling for it in my head, if you know what I mean.
If your wondering why I'm taking such a route, it's because although I've seen many of these places (not all) my 15 year old Son hasn't.
It's a Father/Son thing, well that's the plan.
I could be ringing his neck before we cross the city border out of Vienna!
:ocf_emoticons__BangHead::lol:

That's 1,350 Km's from Vienna to Rotterdam.

Looking at the moment to cross here over to Hull.
I know It's a long trip over by Ferry (10 Hours) but I'm trying to save on the mileage a little as the return trip through France to Paris and the across the Alps through Switzerland will be even longer.
May even try to take a peak at Liechtenstein as we will be so close before crossing the length of Austria to get back home!

I'm guessing that the whole trip will be around 3,000 Km.

Mike & Daniel :)

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Looks like a good route Mike taking in some good places. If you have not taken the ferry from Rotterdam to Hull you'll enjoy it. Have you booked a cabin?

Get an early night as they tend to dock fairly early and start letting people off about 7am.  :o

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smudger1980 said

Looks like a good route Mike taking in some good places. If you have not taken the ferry from Rotterdam to Hull you'll enjoy it. Have you booked a cabin?

Get an early night as they tend to dock fairly early and start letting people off about 7am.  :o

Not done this route Ferry route before 'smudger1980'.
I will book a cabin as I believe it's about ten hours leaving at 9:00pm which ties in with your arrival time nicely!

It's not the cheapest way over but it does cut out a very big chunk of Dover to Uttoxeter.

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Mike it's worth the cash mate in your circumstances IMO. It will save you navigating round London and the massive car-park also known as the M25, and will allow you more drinking time. Win win situation  ;)

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Mike it's worth the cash mate in your circumstances IMO. It will save you navigating round London and the massive car-park also known as the M25, and will allow you more drinking time. Win win situation  ;)
I agree on all counts but the return journey will be the long way down. Simply because of wanting to cross a chunk of France on our way to Paris, so leaving via Dover.

I used to work in the 'Smoke' for ten Years so I'm more familiar with the M25 or as you say, the 'Worlds largest Car Park' then I am with the motorways of Austria. ;).
Or better still as Chris Rea named it on his title track of his 1989 album, "Road to Hell"!

My Family are still amazed when we fly over to LHR (3 times just last year), we jump in car with the steering wheel in the wrong place and on the wrong side of the road. Drive out of the Rental car park onto the M4 and then the M25 and I'm away and no GPS either! :ninja:..

It cracks me up every time.


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It's like riding a bike mate. Once you've mastered it…………

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Shot in the dark (which is most likely what I deserve for asking) but here goes.

Can anyone recommend a half reasonable Hotel in Paris?
3 or 4 star that has secure underground parking?

Can't leave my Golf out on the street, not even for a minute (I used to work in Paris a few years ago). The first thing you do when you buy a car to drive in Paris is to rip off the door mirrors as the will get smashed in the first hour. And get rid of the rear view mirror.
Both are distractions you just don't need in that City!  :P

Around the 200 Euro for a twin room per night.
Not worried about Sauna's and all that as there will not be time with all the sight seeing and Dining!

Mike  :)

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I find myself relying upon tripadvisor more and more.  It's very reliable. Hotels & restaurants seems to be their specialty.

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Craigt said

I find myself relying upon tripadvisor more and more.  It's very reliable. Hotels & restaurants seems to be their specialty.

There was a program on Channel 4 last year about people who write reviews for Trip advisor and how anal they were. Did anyone see it?

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Craigt said

I find myself relying upon tripadvisor more and more.  It's very reliable. Hotels & restaurants seems to be their specialty.

There was a program on Channel 4 last year about people who write reviews for Trip advisor and how anal they were. Did anyone see it?

No sorry, didn't see it but I still have the picture in my head from "Top Gear" when they had the three Super Cars in Paris.
If I remember right Hammond drove in the under ground car park, no problem but when the went to leave he beached the 'Lambo' coming out.

Think they broke up wooden pallets to build a ramp to get him out onto the road.

Nearly filled my trousers watching that!

Mines not lowered but that's no guarantee.


Still l@ king for a half decent Hotel.

Mike  ;)
 

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Yeah I remember that episode. Jeremy was in the GT40 that only did about 80 miles to a tank :lol:

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smudger1980 said

Yeah I remember that episode. Jeremy was in the GT40 that only did about 80 miles to a tank :lol:

I'm wondering what little surprises and banana skins are waiting for us on this road trip!

I'd like to make real time posts back to the club as we go but although I have the hardware to do it, finding a 3G roaming SIM card for just two weeks may be a problem.

I'm using '3' and although I have no limit in Austria and the UK, not sure about all the other Countries.

I'll have to add that to my list of stuff to check, which is now getting much longer!

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Hello again Mike,
    What do you expect your ETA to be at Uttoxeter
for our AGM.
     I'll look out for you at our 'Digs'
                Kind Regards,
                       Keith.     kaykay3
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