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

kaykay3 said

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

Hi Keith,
Well if we land in Hull as it looks at the moment around 7:00am, we should be there well before lunchtime time.
Not checked yet but most likely to early to get the room.

So we will take it nice and slow, maybe look around a bit and show up mid afternoon.
The idea is to arrive on the Thursday by the way.  :)

Guess the car will need a wash and brush up by then after the distance we've covered!  :P

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kaykay3 said

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

Hi Keith,
Well if we land in Hull as it looks at the moment around 7:00am, we should be there well before lunchtime time.
Not checked yet but most likely to early to get the room.

So we will take it nice and slow, maybe look around a bit and show up mid afternoon.
The idea is to arrive on the Thursday by the way.  :)

Guess the car will need a wash and brush up by then after the distance we've covered!  :P

Mike  :thumbs:

Hello Mike,
    I also travel down from Cumbria on the Thursday,
& arrive at Uttoxeter mid Afternoon.
    I hope to bring one of my Mk1s down this year as
by the look of things in the Owners Club this will be
my last year at the AGM.
                Have a SAFE journey & Take Care.

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kaykay3 said

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
Hi Keith,
Well if we land in Hull as it looks at the moment around 7:00am, we should be there well before lunchtime time.
Not checked yet but most likely to early to get the room.

So we will take it nice and slow, maybe look around a bit and show up mid afternoon.
The idea is to arrive on the Thursday by the way.  :)Guess the car will need a wash and brush up by then after the distance we've covered!  :ocf_emoticons__BangHead:Mike  :thumbs:
Hello Mike,
    I also travel down from Cumbria on the Thursday,
& arrive at Uttoxeter mid Afternoon.
    I hope to bring one of my Mk1s down this year as
by the look of things in the Owners Club this will be
my last year at the AGM.
                Have a SAFE journey & Take Care.

Keith,

Don't want to read something into this which is not there and certainly not publicly but whatever happens we will have a laugh at this AGM and maybe at my expense.

Ask Jellybelly, Jinner and even Dano (amongst others). I'm likely to be the sacrificial lamb at this one!  :sick:

If you want to PM me feel free. :)


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OK, tomorrow is the 1st of March, my Baby will have to remain under the covers until April but the Sun has come out today.
First time in about five months and no joke.
Ask anyone who lives in Austria, this has been the darkest, longest Winter in living memory but what the heck!

My thoughts are turning to the 'Road Trip' and some serious planning. :thumbs:

B&B is booked so it's simple, I just have to work backwards from that!  :o

Looking to land in Hull from Rotterdam but does anyone have a better idea as far as time/distance is concerned?
(trying to save as much as I can on mileage, outbound).

Don't forget where I driving from, it's not just a one day 'Booze Cruise'.

I believe the Boat crossing is overnight and about 11 Hours and that just seems a hell of a long time!  :(

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Mike,

If you are looking to cut down driving time Rotterdam to Hull is the way to go and then I guess cross country via M62??

You will have driven through Austria to Rotterdam anyway so a well earned beer and sleep is the way forward IMO. You dock early so you can be on your way and be at the AGM within a few hours all being well.

Otherwise you have to drive to France and get the boat from Calais to Dover and then all the way up from the South. I know which I would rather do mate.  

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Mike,

If you are looking to cut down driving time Rotterdam to Hull is the way to go and then I guess cross country via M62??

You will have driven through Austria to Rotterdam anyway so a well earned beer and sleep is the way forward IMO. You dock early so you can be on your way and be at the AGM within a few hours all being well.

Otherwise you have to drive to France and get the boat from Calais to Dover and then all the way up from the South. I know which I would rather do mate.  

Yeah, I know your right Smudger!
It's just the thought of burning up all those hours sitting on a boat but it is the best way over in this case I think.
Dover would be great but then the long track up Country after a long track across to Calais.

I'm just going to have to bit the bullet on this one!  :ocf_emoticons__2guns:

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It's not really biting the bullet mate tbh as you will be sitting about drinking beer and shortening the distance you have to drive at the same time.

Win win situation in my book  :lol:  :thumbs:

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Hi everyone,

This is by far the hardest post I have had to make and I'm using my private message to our Chairman 'Dano' to announce this.
It was sent back on the 17th of April and I quote:

Hi Dano,

As it suggests above, I wanted you to be the first to know but there's a very good chance our road trip to the AGM will need to cancelled this year.

I'm a 'Systems Administrator' and we've just been informed that during the two week period I'd planned off we will be replacing a number of our 'Core Servers' and 'Switches'.
A little like what we went through in Jan but we are changing out about 30% of our Servers so 12 in total. Web, Data, MS Exchange, etc…
(no small task) keeping everything live during the swap over!

What does that mean in short?
All leave for the department during that time will be cancelled.
The period covers the last 10 days in July and the first ten in August.

It's not 100% confirmed yet but I'd say it's more that 75% for sure it will happen.

Clearly not happy.
Been planning this for the best part of a year now.

Just wanted to give you a heads up first and foremost.

I'll announce it when it's confirmed, should be within the next few days.

All the best.

Mike.


I've known now for about two weeks but its taken me that long to accept it and make it public.

To all my new friends I apologize.  :ocf_emoticons__eusa_pray:

My Son and I were looking forward to this so much that I can't express it eloquently enough in words.

On a brighter side, the Clubs road trip to Worthersee next year will give me chance to meet many of you.  :ocf_emoticons__clap:
Next years AGM is out of the question as my Daughter will be getting Married around the same time.
I tried very hard to have her delay it by a year but she's in love, what more can I say!

However I know you are all going to have a great time and I promise you the weather will be perfect this year (more on that the day before the event) when I've seen the local weather forecast!  :lol:

So the plan is only on hold until 2015 which is fixed (God willing) and sod the work.  :thumbs:

Lastly, I know I owe one or two beers to some members, I've not forgotten.  :)
So either wait till 2015 or get over to Austria next year for Wortersee where I'll be waiting for you Guys!!!  :cool:

 

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Gutted for you Mike. I know how much you and your son were looking forward to this.

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Oh Mike that's cr P news mate. I hope you can still make it and the server changes are postponed. Gutted for you mate.

Keep us posted.

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Bad luck Mike. There will be other AGM's though so plan for 2015. 

See you then!!  :thumbs:

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Ah mike so sorry to hear this. Really gutted for you and your lad.

Might see you @agm 2014!  :thumbs:

Could always pull the plug or remove the fuse on that dam server…  ;)

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:( :( :( baaaaad news

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Oh Mike that's cr P news mate. I hope you can still make it and the server changes are postponed. Gutted for you mate.

Keep us posted.

Thanks Andy!
I wish it were possible to postpone but I doubt it as the shipment left the states already.  :(

Wortersee next year Mate!  :lol:  :thumbs:

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Dano said

Bad luck Mike. There will be other AGM's though so plan for 2015. 

See you then!!  :thumbs:

Thanks Dano!
I hopefully I'll have the car really up together by then, so I can hold my own with you Guys!  :lol:  :thumbs:

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Ah mike so sorry to hear this. Really gutted for you and your lad.

Might see you @agm 2014!  :thumbs:

Could always pull the plug or remove the fuse on that dam server…  ;)

Thought appeals my Friend but I'll see you around Hugh and there's always this great club website where we can touch base and share stories!  :)  :thumbs:

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:( :( :( baaaaad news

I know Mate but just come over to Wortersee next year, we can have a chat and a beer or two then my Friend!  :)  :thumbs:

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arf333 said

:( :( :( baaaaad news

I know Mate but just come over to Wortersee next year, we can have a chat and a beer or two then my Friend!  :)  :thumbs:

I'm still not 100% convinced with worthersee yet after the Germany Trip :)

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smudger1980 said

Oh Mike that's cr P news mate. I hope you can still make it and the server changes are postponed. Gutted for you mate.

Keep us posted.

Thanks Andy!
I wish it were possible to postpone but I doubt it as the shipment left the states already.  :(

Wortersee next year Mate!  :lol:  :thumbs:

It'll be worth it just to meet me Andy?  :thumbs:
Come on, your'll have a great time!  :cool:

That;s one heck of a place :thumbs:

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Right then, this is my second attempt at reaching the summit!
Didn't get out of base camp last time because of work.

Even more obstacles to cross this time (my Daughters Wedding is on the Friday) but as I've said before, "I like a challenge"!  :lol:   

So time to start planning.
The first obstacle will be convincing the Wife that I drive and she flies.
Not to mention dumping her after the Wedding to s0d off up north for 36 Hours!  :ocf_emoticons__alright:

Stay tuned and let's see if I make this time, God willing I will be in England for the AGM.

Anyone by chance happen to have a private Aeroplane or Helicopter then can lend me just in case plan A goes for a burton?  :lol:  
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