Hello guys and gals, this has been discussed over and over again. Why don’t we go to the Volkswagen museum in Germany and maybe drive? Well I’ve been thinking about it for a good while, and decided I’ll act and start organising a trip to Germany. If the feedback is good and people want to go, we’ll go. If not, we won’t bother simple as.
Here is the plan:
Of course it will be air-cooled, I’ve looked into different routes and found out getting the ferry from Rosslare to Cherbourg in France is the easiest on the pocket and our machines. It would also be only one ferry for those who don’t like travelling via the sea. I looked into driving through the UK, and their wasn’t any gains in going that route. France is such a nice country were we can enjoy small towns on our trip. We will set off over 10 to 12 days (dates to be confirmed later this year). Doing approximately three to four hours driving a day, tracking over 250 miles per day. We will be taking a steady pace in convoy of 55/60 max, unless people want to be stuck on the hard shoulder at some point.
What roads will we travel? Mainly secondary and primary roads seeing small towns and villages, allowing us to get a bite to eat and loads of wine. We’ll have to go on Motorways at some point and also to make time up if we get lost. We’ll be staying in campsites all the way, which will be pre-booked before we leave so everyone gets somewhere to park their homes.
When we get to Germany we’ll be staying in a hotel for one or two nights, with a very safe indoor carpark and height issues won’t matter. Yes you heard that right, you’ll be fine getting in under her.
Not everyone will be able to drive their classics to Germany, fair enough. Although we would hope that you would jump on a plane to Germany and join us in the hotel for some drink and banter. Followed by two days viewing in the two museums in Germany. That way no one is left out of the experience.
What will this cost? Bottom line. I’ve priced it up, we’re hoping to get a camper on the ferry (overnight ferry BTW you can sleep on board) for around €300. Steep I know, but remember that’s your accommodation in a sense. Add another €300 for petrol on top of that, along with another €250 for campsites and the hotel in Germany. So all in all about €800 for your accommodation and travel, not bad for ten days away from home.
The biggie, this is attainable. Its over a year away, plenty of time to save. Plenty of time to get our machines into order to do this travel. It will bring great publicity to the club, but more important it’ll be the club at its best again, we will try combine it with a show or two if possible.
NB: This is only an idea, prices are not exact due to booking restrictions, dates are not decided, its only a teaser to see if this is a runner or not.
Who’s in?
1) vwbeetle1500
Here is the plan:
Of course it will be air-cooled, I’ve looked into different routes and found out getting the ferry from Rosslare to Cherbourg in France is the easiest on the pocket and our machines. It would also be only one ferry for those who don’t like travelling via the sea. I looked into driving through the UK, and their wasn’t any gains in going that route. France is such a nice country were we can enjoy small towns on our trip. We will set off over 10 to 12 days (dates to be confirmed later this year). Doing approximately three to four hours driving a day, tracking over 250 miles per day. We will be taking a steady pace in convoy of 55/60 max, unless people want to be stuck on the hard shoulder at some point.
What roads will we travel? Mainly secondary and primary roads seeing small towns and villages, allowing us to get a bite to eat and loads of wine. We’ll have to go on Motorways at some point and also to make time up if we get lost. We’ll be staying in campsites all the way, which will be pre-booked before we leave so everyone gets somewhere to park their homes.
When we get to Germany we’ll be staying in a hotel for one or two nights, with a very safe indoor carpark and height issues won’t matter. Yes you heard that right, you’ll be fine getting in under her.
Not everyone will be able to drive their classics to Germany, fair enough. Although we would hope that you would jump on a plane to Germany and join us in the hotel for some drink and banter. Followed by two days viewing in the two museums in Germany. That way no one is left out of the experience.
What will this cost? Bottom line. I’ve priced it up, we’re hoping to get a camper on the ferry (overnight ferry BTW you can sleep on board) for around €300. Steep I know, but remember that’s your accommodation in a sense. Add another €300 for petrol on top of that, along with another €250 for campsites and the hotel in Germany. So all in all about €800 for your accommodation and travel, not bad for ten days away from home.
The biggie, this is attainable. Its over a year away, plenty of time to save. Plenty of time to get our machines into order to do this travel. It will bring great publicity to the club, but more important it’ll be the club at its best again, we will try combine it with a show or two if possible.
NB: This is only an idea, prices are not exact due to booking restrictions, dates are not decided, its only a teaser to see if this is a runner or not.
Who’s in?
1) vwbeetle1500
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