Club Arnage

Hi to all,

As discussed with a few of you at Le Mans and Donington, I'm trying to organize a booze-up in my office at Rotterdam. The weekend we have planned is the 25th and 26th of November.
Plan is quite simple; I'll get the beer pump out and I will convert my hall into a space were we can have a drink and a talk. When you've had enough you find yourself a space somewhere in the office to sleep. As we are on an industrial estate on a Saturday night, we won't have too much trouble from any neighbors complaining about noise etcetra. There's a shower and a coffee machine for the next morning, so all is taken care off.

We've done it before, last January we had a beer-testing night. Basically we tested two different beers, and the beer you drank at Le Mans at our place was the one we chose that night. Photos to be found underneath, more are on this site (click!) (http://www.soetiepoe.nl/showit/DfH14012006/). We did some go-karting as well then, if all interested and arrive at a decent time (Saturday noon) we could consider doing this again...

PM me if you're interested. There might be some cars driving over, getting a lift might be interesting in this matter. JPC and RCutler already showed interest.

I would, but the timing is bad. I'm in Egypt that weekend...  8)

Off to see your mummy Smokie?  ;D ;D ;D

Right Back on Topic!!

I can get a ferry with Norfolkline for £69 (Dover-Dunkerque).  I would expect to use about 100 litres of Diesel for the run at about £90.

Therefor if I you want a lift then:

2 of us:- £79.50
3 of us:- £53
4 of us:- £39.75

Flying KLM is currently £90. I would expect that it will take around 4 hours from Dunkerque to Rotterdam. If there are only a couple of us in the van then I can carry about 30-35 cases of beer aswell. The more poeple the less space/weight.

Let me know if you are intersted.

Alternatively we can take a car?

That's a great idea. Sign me up for this one. I'll provide some German brew for testing.

cool!

the more the merrier :D

the sunday afterwards there will also be a great soccer match in the vicinity:

DHC7 will play against a local team. Maybe it is worth watching  :D

What a brilliant idea, I've put it in my calendar

Cheers

Werner

Sounds like good idea, but have a small problem, It's my birthday on Sun, and I think I have to be around for some reason.

but for anybody who can get to London City airport, flyvlm will do a return flight for £90.80 inc tax.

No good for me as I'm a Northern now.

Found these prices as I'm trying to get to Paris end of Sept.

Oh, do shut up, Dirk! ;D (it's his beer team he's referring to)

Too bad Nopanic, maybe next time? Have a great birthday anyway!

Good to see the Germans show interest! :D

I think the mentioning of beer was the catch.  ;D

FYI: It will be Heineken this time, not the German brand we had at Le Mans. ;D

You mentioned bringing some beer over, helles Hefeweizen is always nice... ;) Enjoyed it again at the BMW unit at Zandvoort this wekend.

How far are you from the airport? And when are people planning to go?

Friday to Sunday?
Saturday to Sunday?
Saturday to Monday?

Robspot, I am free and easy, could go out Friday to Sunday and stay in Rotterdam or Amsterdam on Friday night.

Paddy's just 10 minutes away from the Rotterdam Airport and about an hour from Amsterdam. Transportation can be arranged to and from the airport.

We are about fifteen minutes away from Rotterdam Airport, and a fair 45 minute drive from Amsterdam Airport (I know, it's a small country).

Planning is Saturday to Sunday. If all can be here at a reasonable time, we'll try to get to the go-kart centre and do some drinking and driving on the circuit ;D
(just kidding!)

That sounds tempting Rick but if I stay in Amsterdam on friday night I won't be going anywhere on saturday  ;)

Flying seems like a sensible option as one goes at 7.50am on saturday (arrives Rotterdam at 10.10am) and returns at 3.45pm on sunday. I don't fancy a 16 hour round trip drive for one night. I wouldn't mind meeting up on the friday night for a few beers though.

Where is the flight from? If it is bournmouth I could make my way to you on Friday night. Have a few beers and set of in the AM, I must admit Flying is a lot easier. I have done a Amsterdam round trip in the van, not much fun, but amsterdam was! :-)

Bournemouth-flight is only once a day, and arrives at Amsterdam at 21.30 at night.
(my inlaws live in Boremouth ;))

The flight I was talking about was from 'eathrow. The Bournemouth flights, as Paddy says, aren't great times and only go to Amsterdam

Heathrow is easy for me so let me know if you are going to fly and I will try and book the same flight.

Hotel's in Rotterdam look cheap (E50-E110) , maybe fly out on Friday evening and stay in Rotterdam, get some of the Dutch guys to show us around  ;D. Then to paddy's on Saturday, stay there on Saturday night. Then fly back on Sunday afternoon.

I'm willing to offer a place to sleep and breakfast for two persons for the weekend, so don't worry about it. I live only 20 minutes away from Paddy's.

Helles Hefeweizen, no problem! I'll contact hgb so we'll organize this

Cheers

Werner

I mailed Werner. It looks like we will get to Rotterdam together, which means less room for the Hefeweizen, I'm afraid.  ;)

One crate will do boys, most of the guys will think it's not the apropriate time for Weizen in November. ;)

You can mark me as "possible", if work stays steady till November than I may be able to swing it. If I do attend, no worry about the Weizen or Weissbier as it`s called here in Bayern. I can bring crateloads in my Multivan.

LangTall, I didn`t know that there is a proper time in the Netherlands for drinking Weizen? Is it considered a summer beer, I ask because in Munich it`s drank the whole year round.

Yes, Weizen, or 'witbier' as we call it, is considered a summer beer. When I'm in Germany for my work, I always order Weizen insead of pils, as I find it more appealing.

I'm interested - there's a Transavia flight from Stansted to Rotterdam, currently about £80 including tax.

Need to check with my diary secretary.

If necessary two people or so can sleep at my place from friday on saturday. It's just a studio so not very big but that won't be a problem. It's only for one night. And most of Rotterdams cafés are within a few minutes walking from my door, Paddy lives five minutes away by car.

My home can also be of assistance i guess :)

I just PM'ed Rick that it might be nice for the people coming in on friday to go into Rotterdam that night. Besides two to maybe even four people at my place, I can probably arrange four to five beds at my brothers down the street. He won't bother to joining us since he's an alcoholic with interest in motorsports too. And we can walk there from almost every bar and club in Rotterdam. So if people like that, including people from DfH off course we can do that. As long as there aren't too much people. But even then we'll sort something out.

Hi guys, sorry i've been quiet the past couple of weeks... hectic with work etc

I hope to be able to make the trip on the Friday and then back on the Sunday however it's very much a maybe as I can't really confirm plans for another 4 weeks or so.

I'm away on holiday on Saturday for 2 weeks but will check the forum for the latest when I get back and confirm either way when I can...

Cheers, Vicky

Would be nice if you could make it, Vicky.
Have a nice holiday!

I have been checking the work and family calenders/diaries.
I could well be up for this. It would be good to meet a few of the characters here.
VERY brief meets with FS, JPC, Robspot etc in Lagache this year. Apart from that, you're all "virtual" friends!

We'll see.

Great Nobbs, see you in November! (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_thumbsup.gif)

I'm in pretty much the same boat as Vicky on this.  Would love to be there but cannot confirm for a few weeks yet. 

Starting night school and looking for a new job really screws with the social calendar.   >:(  Oh, if I do make it I may need some willing victims volunteers to practice massage on.  I don't think that will be a problem......will it?  ;)

Dx

Then I'll bring my girlfriend, she's always begging for a good backrub. ;)

I'll bring myself if you don't mind. ;D

New item for Le Mans? Masageing for charity ;D

At the moment it looks like I will be coming over on the ferry from Harwich to the Hoek Van Holland using the Rail-Sail service.

I have spoken with BOB U and this is our plan:-

Using the Rail and Sail from Stenaline, we would meet up at Liverpool Street Station in London at 8am on the friday and start drinking on the High Speed Sailing arriving in Rotterdam Central before 5pm. Crash in Rotterdam after a night out then on to Paddy's on Saturday.
The return journey sets off from Rotterdam at 1430 and arrives back in London at 2130.

Currently the price is only £50 and you can choose which train station you leave from in the UK.

It is half the price of the Air Fares and you do not have to check in all you luggage!

Great! We'll call it SMS: Short Massage Service.  ;)

So, is anyone from the UK going apart from Rick and Myself?

I was going because I didn't realise you were! It's bad enough socialising with HA'ers once a year without making a habit of it.  ;D

Myself and Mr Chenet may be going but won't be able to confirm until nearer the time. We're thinking of either flying on sat morning back sunday or maybe hire a minibus and do a booze cruise as well if there's enough of us.

WHICH ONE IS YOU BOB, THE OTHER ONE HAS TO BE RICK ;)

Well seing as I am half DUTCH I would have to be the dutch flag boy! Sorry Bob ;D

Nope - surely the Dutch one is the one wearing clogs!   ::)

...or yellow Dutch Army boots (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif)

It's looking promising.  I've lodged a request with the relevant domestic authority.  I've looked into either flying from Stansted to Rotterdam or taking the Stena ferry.  I'll firm up things in a couple of weeks, hopefully.

Is that how you got permission to go Steve?

And in a highly worrying developement, The Gimp and myself are giving serious consideration to the practicalities of attending. Whilst he doesn't mind going Dove-Calais and driving, The Gimp does suffer terribly from seasickness; it's no fun getting a blowback of diced carrot through the little mouthole. Has anyone looked at Ryanair for prices?

The ferry that me and bob are planning on taking is a HUGE catermaran so you should not have any problems with sea sickness.

Rick and Bob take note.

http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=74.0

That is more or less identical to the Vomit Comet we used in 2002 and which had the Gimp and his brother rolling around on the floor, green in the face, spraying sick up the back of the people in the seat in front due to the uncomfortable motion and stink of burn diesel. It was also on this boat I slipped over in a pool of spew in the toilets and ended up being covered in it, it even got into my watch strap. And all that on a slightly choppy english channel in June. Wild horses would not gets us on that thing on the North Sea in November.

LOL - I went to Guernsey on the "wave piercing supercat" a few times... never seen so many people heaving their guts up!!

My friend and I were getting waitress service of the stewardess for our drinks because everyone was confined to their seats it was so rough!  All the other stewardesses were going round distributing bags and kitchen roll, then going round collecting the full ones!!   

What a laugh, we were taking bets on who was gonna be sick next....  8)

Mind you that wasnt as bad as the Condor from Guernsey to St Malo.

I know the vomit comets don't like them either but this boat is HUGE:-

Technical information
Route: Hoek van Holland - Harwich
Class of vessel: Catamaran
(High-speed Sea Service 1500)
Breadth: 40 m
Length: 127 m
Sailing time: approx. 3:40
Speed: 40 knots
Capacity: 1500 passengers
375 cars

Rick, it's not that big, look at the car in proportion. Anyhow, that will not matter as it's the speed of the thing that makes it so choppy. Good help you, take a bucket. 3.40 is a bloody long time to be trapped on the damn thing and if it's quiet they close daown an engine and it goes slower thereby dragging out the torture longer.

And Easyjet is £49 from Gatwick; we know which we're going on.

Ahh yes but me and Bob will start drinking at 0800 and probably will not stop until we are home on Sunday night! You don't have to stop drinking while checking in, passport control, baggage control, take off, landing, passport control, collecting baggage, airport transfer.

Enjoy flying but it is way too much hassle now for a short flight!

Ah yes but when one member of Team Zarse is in charge of Gatwick airport, one finds that one is whisked through the formalities rather snappily. And one gets a bargain afternoon in Amsterdam thrown in for good measure, although I'm at a loss as to what to do there. I hear the Van Gogh exhibition is quite pleasant.

Anyway, I tell you, you will not be doing much drinking on that boat except for swallowing mouthfuls of your own bile and stomach acid. And what about the driving? Who will stay sober if you're taking the car?

We are going on foot as the price include rail transfers from anwhere in East Anglia (Including Liverpool Street St) to any station in Holland for £50.

Ok it's a good price, but will you too not be going through check-in, passport control, customs, bag checks, boarding etc? Surely you won't be allowed to drink at these points? How is it any different to flying?

What a bunch of landlubbers, and there's me thinking that us British were a sea faring nation.

Shame on you Andy, it's a bloody good job that the likes of Drake, Raleigh, Cooke and and all the other great British explorers didn't suffer from the same namby pamby attitude.

Where would we be then? The British empire wouldn't have excisted, we would have no potatoes or tobacco and the Spanish and Portugese would have bagged all the good colonies and we would have only been left with Wales.

Were's your sense of adventure, only poofs are seasick

... and gimps evidently.

On the gimp topic (which we werent exactly) I was showing someone some Le Mans pics and the following conversation ensued:

Friend:   Where is that?
Fran:      Le Mans
Friend:   But there is a gimp!
Fran:      Yes
Friend:   But why is there a gimp?
Fran:      He is always there
Friend:   Oh............ (silence)


 ;D

Bob, whilst I can't speak for the Gimp who goes green at the sight of a deep bath, I'm personally not a land lubber. I'll be out there battling on the highseas for three and a half days later this week; I'm out on the Atlantic/Biscay from wed through saturday. And I dispute that flying is an easy option especially on Sleazyjet and their stunt pilots flying round knackered on maximum allowed hours. Anything can happen!

PS I hear that old Crazy Walt Raleigh was a bit of a puff too, he started all this rum sodomy and the lash business.

Indeed he is, although the mask itself went missing for the Classic. Fortunately it's turned up again, panic over, it should be coming to Holland with us.

I think on the subject of great British seafarers, dear old Nelson himself was invariably seasick.   So there!!

I believe that his last words before shuffling off this mortal coil were "Kiss me Hardy"  Couple this fact with the statement that you have just made and I think my point is proven.

Kismet..........KISMET..... ("the magnetic attractive force that actualizes the playing out of karma; often used in the positive sense ")

Philistine!!!!!  ::)

Stena Line is the most stupid ferry company I ever stumbled on. They quoted me €680.00 for the Donington trip, and for next year they quoted me €80 for a motorbike and €90 for a 5 foot motorbike trailer, both single way! :o

They must have too many customers to choose from :-\

Cars on that line are WAY too expensive mainly because all the flower lorries use it to bring the flowers into the UK as fresh as possible.

ha! and that is what you want in the UK, guarantee on flowers :)
what you want is what you get :)

Stena Line is indeed one of our ways of transport to the UK

Too true, 10 days guarantee on my latest ones......... blooming marvellous!! :)

F

Just reminded me to change the water - thanks

Paddy, Sorry for being a no hoper late responder to this reunion on Paddy soil, I am well interested in this.
I have been so raped up in work because my work is raping up: I have never been so busy.
This will be the ultimate R&R for me and i recon i can worm this even if i do find a new job in the interim.
DFH please can you put me up or can you put up with me?
Rick / Bob please contact me on my mobile / email /  PM to arrange journey with yourselves as we are close by.
Paddy are you up for some local ale for the DFH cos i can try and bring some with me.
I will  try to get back to you ASAP but I am fairly stressed out for my future. sorry in advance for not beig all there!!

But for how long? Phoned one of the managers of Stena about the above mentioned, and she told me as from January the HSS Discovery is gone from the HvH - Harwich line. No more speedy truck deliveries :-\

PS Doris, Can you rub the stress out of my bones please, my body needs to be in full drinking order.

Come and join the party ;D

Sure, we'll put you down on the list, more than welcome!

Sure, nice! But don't overdo it, most of us like the yellow -mass consumption- stuff ;)

No rush, good luck on your job!

So we've got draft lager form Holland, Weizenbier from Germany, and Ale from great Britain. Boy what a wonderfull weekend that will be. ;D

Of course I can Andy.   :)

Easyjet don't fly to Rotterdam. I assume you're going to Amsterdam. When are you planning to go and come back?

Rick and Bob are you staying in Amsterdam or Rotterdam on the friday night?

As far as I know we are staying in Rotterdam, but Amsterdam sounds good too. I'm sure I could find something to amuse me there.
Nothing is definate yet except the fact that we are going and how we are getting there.

Yes Rotterdam is plan, I do not mind Amsterdam but I have not been to Rotterdam and some of DfH are organising a night out on the friday for us.

Looks like it will be Me, BOBU and Andy going out by boat.

AAAaarrrrrhhhh Shiver me Whatsits and splice the main thingy Shipmates

lilies or chrysanthemums? :)

Chrystanths - and they are still looking very perky  :)

That's a good thing then? ??? I thought they were supposed to look more like chrysanths?  :-\

Perky in a chrysanth kinda way I mean!  ;D

 ;D

Anyway, for those of you who are still not sure about coming over to Holland: I will be there as well and I will bring Albert CB with me ;D


As far as the sea-sickness people are concerned: when I was a kid I went to England once on a ferry with very rough sea. Inside I was pretty much enjoying myself with the boat rolling and banging on the waves, but got very sick anyways. So my dad told me to go outside (it was very windy but not much rain). It worked like a miracle! Walking outside in the fresh air (this was around Easter weekend), looking out over the sea, all my sickness went away and I felt better than ever :D Another good place to go was the swimming pool in the very depths of the ship: the boat was going from one side to another but the water was steady, although ofcourse it looked as if the water was splashing around ;)

I am not sure if there are still ferries like that around though, these ferries used to take about six hours to make the trip, they had a little supermarket and a cinema and a restaurant and a swimming pool and even a small gamblingmachine hall. It was really just part of the fun of the trip to England, being on that ferry. I made the trip to England by ferry twice, so four trips on the ferry in total, and I thouroughly enjoyed it  8)


@Doris: VOLUNTEER HERE!!!!! (oh, and could you please give Dirk3D_NL a quick course in massaging then?  ;D )

Rob, me Chris and the Gimp are looking at flying out to Amsterdam on either fri night or sat morning getting to Rotterdam by train (45 mins?) and probably spending sunday night back in Am'dam for a "schmoke", flying back on on monday. Anyway that's the basic plan. What had you in mind?

Rick, me old shipmate, have you booked the ferry yet?

I booked mine this morning, still only 50 quid

Booking it next week, when I get paid, can you post what crossing times you have booked.

I have booked.    £50 return.

Friday 24th.    Liverpool St   08:18
Arrive.             Rotterdam     16:24


Sunday 26th.   Rotterdam    14:37
Arrive.              Liverpool St  21:25

Not sure yet. I've only got one day's holiday spare so I can either take friday or monday off. Do you fancy doing Amdam on the friday or are you definitely planning for sunday?

I obviously don't know what a schmoke is but I would prefer to do it as far away from the return flight as possible  ;)

Hmmmmm.........self interest there Dirk????????

I wonder how many flowers Petra gets every week????  ;)

I'm sure they do look Perky, but what about the flowers???  ;D

Oh how I've missed Albert since June!!!  ;) ;D    (sorry Dirk!!)

Much as flying is quicker and very tempting, I'm still giving serious thought to combining it with a booze cruise ready for Christmas!

 ::)

Or did you leave them at home and have to go back for them??  :-*

This might be a good time to get back on topic....  >:(

OK, but I'll have a good look for you next time I see you!!  8)

And perhaps a yellowy orange delicacy from Heaven??  ;) ;D

Mark,

you're back!

Where have you been?

ND

Working my wotsits off unfortnately!! Still lurking from teh comms room at work occassionally, but hoping to catch up in the evenings now as things are getting a little more stable!

We could go either on the fri night or sat am but the flights are cheaper coming back on monday lunchtime as opposed to sunday night. We thought we'd get the sat am flight out; The Gimp likes the idea of a monday off work. Not sure if you're looking at going from Hurn, erm sorry Bournemouth International, or Eastleigh aerodrome, sorry, I mean Southampton Airport. If you wanted to go with us from Gatwick you'd be welcome to stay over at mine on fri evening. This applies to Mr JPC, or anyone else for that matter.

It looks as if I'm getting some serious interest from Wooly, Elvis and Trayboy and I've yet to speak to Pork Chop and Kimey. If they go then the Coombies will most likely pitch up (oh lordy)

You never know, we may be there. Watch this              space

Rusty

I was counting on that one Mark. ;)

Wow, starting to look busy! 8)

Paddy, maybe you should look for a bigger office.

Nope, just a few more guys to prepare the whole thing :)

;D ;D will be there :up:

Looks like there's gonna be quite a few people on saturday and a nice smaller group on friday when we are going into Rotterdam.

People who are coming in on friday and want to join us in going out in Rotterdam should send me an e-mail or pm. We'll probably go into a bar in the old harbour to start with and then to a pub with live music later on.

So far I've got Rick, Bob U and Andy confirmed.

Sounds like great night to me

Bob, while you are all in Rotters have a look out for this little beaut'

Thanks for that Peter, a bit early for that sort of thing though.

Booked the ferry!!! Will be in Rotterdam by 4pm on the Friday.

Along with BOBU, Andy and Steve!

Going to be more liquid on the boat then around it I imagine!

I'm now confirmed and have booked the same Friday / Sunday ferries / trains as Bob, Rick and Andy.

See you there  ;D

cant wait  ;D

Good to have you there. The more people the more joy.

Are there people who are seriously thinking about joining on friday. If so, I can already arrange some accomodations for the maybes. Now that's not so difficult yet since it's more then a month away. So if you are send me an e-mail please.

Okay, just a little summary for now :)

Definitely coming are: JPChenet, Rick Cutler, HGB, Werner, Robspot, Steve Brown, BobU, Andy, Gimp Zarse & Andy Zarse.
Not completely sure yet are: Gab, Vicky, Doris, Nobby Diesel and six gentlemen from the Brethren.
The DfH-group itself will total a near 25 people.

Those who are coming should aim for arrival at my place (http://www.comef.nl/contact.html) on November 25th at 13.30 hrs.
We'll get go-karting for a few hours at this place (http://www.vanderenderacinginn.nl/) before setting off to this restaurant (http://www.beren.nl/content.php?resolution=2&cat=l3) for some nice ribs or steaks.
After dinner we'll go back to my office to empty out the beer barrels in DfH-style ;)

Any questions? Mail me at patrick@comef.nl
Looking forward to it, it'll be grand! ;D

Excellent Paddy, looks to be shaping up for a great weekend.

Can't wait

Paddy you've forgotten to include Chris Zarse from the "absolutely definites" list and also Paul Zarse from the "quite possibles".

Incidentally Paddy, we Zarses are ariving at Schiphol at about 15.00 local. I know we can get a train from Schiphol to Central, but then where is it best to head to? You'll probably all be at the restaurant by the time we reach you, and I would hope we'll be in a similar state of (early) intoxication, so we'll get a taxi from wherever you tell us to alight the train.

Thanks,

Andy Z

Andy, we'll let you know when we've got our definite plans ready. I'll also PM you my cellphonenumber, so you can contact us when you arrive at Central (Rotterdam Central that is, don't go Amsterdam Central ;) ) and can keep you up to date regarding our position.

might even be an idea to get off at the Hague to be picked up by the Turn 10 Vip Shuttle, but I'm gonna have to check that with the rightful owner of that vehicle first ;)

Will do so. It will be fun ;D

Are we talking Friday or Saturday here? On Friday it'll be difficult, because I have to work, help Paddy out afterwards and then go into town for a couple of drinks. I don't see the shuttle service working in that schedule.

On Saturday I'm all yours.

Everyone that is confirmed as definitely coming now is arriving saturday with the exception of Bob U, Andy, Steve Brown and Rick. They'll arrive in Rotterdam friday afternoon by train. I'll probably pick them up there and we'll go with the subway to my house or I might be able to borrow a car from work for an hour.

It was more the idea that the go-kart centre is about 10 minutes beyond the Hague :-X

Then we understood eachother correctly. :)

Landing at 1500 can get them to the Hague HS or Delft  around 1730-1800 (depends on what's easiest place of access for a or some cars to pick up tam Zarse)

Thanks guys, we'll no doubt talk soon. I quite like the sound of Delft, I've got some of their pottery you know. ;)

And you want to return it to the rightful owner?

ofcourse :D

I know where it belongs!

picking up people in Delft is also something that I am willing to do ofcourse

Ooohhhh... pick me! pick me! (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_wave.gif)

You naughty woman! >:(






 ;)

I think my trip got "un-arranged" this afternoon.

It looks like work has got in the way; damn inconvenience!

Have fun one and all.

Maybe we should look toward a Christmas gathering in the "dirty smoke."

I know that Rusty usually organises one for the Brethren; maybe it could be expanded?

Too bad Nobby, better luck next time...

Paddy

Can i get this right....

Saturday 25th - Go Karting in Rotterdam, then beer up at your office ??

Sunday - Go Home when sober to move ??


And for a few, Friday night earlier on the piss ??



I've had a look at Dunkirk ferries, i can get the bike on for £36, then have a quick run over to  yours, but i diont finish work until later on the friday, so it would be an early saturday morning start ?? Ferry by 0900hrs, and maybe rotterdam by 1500hers ??

Hello mate ;D

You got it just about right there, the only thing you're missing out is we have booked a complete floor in the local ribs restaurant :)

On Sunday we'll arrange a proper breakfast, with asperines et all...

We're looking at a gathering for 14.00 the latest on Saturday to make it to the go-karts on time, so that might be pushing it a bit for you. If you're going to Dunkirk you can easily count the time left once on the continent. Calais - Rotterdam is only a four hour drive (I've done it in 2¾ on a bike once, but that isn't recommendable ;)).

Alternatively you could leave on the Friday and drive up to Rotterdam the same night. We already have quite a few people coming over to help setting things up, and will most probably all stay in the office on that Friday night as well.
The only thing which might set you back is the journey itself after a full days work :-\

It would be very nice if you could make it (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_thumbsup.gif)

And not to forget, the English people arriving on friday woll be going into Rotterdam. If the plan doesn't change but I believe they are in for that so probably not.

Robbo, would it be an idea to hitch a ride with JPC and Robspot? :-X

all change.....

"  phil, i have adjusted your rota on 25th november to a 1600 - 0300 shift to assist with the safer neighbourhoods event, you rest day will be re-allocated "


basically - i'm working now, so wont be able to attend.

Anyone for a ferry ticket......

Refunds not permissable... Was only £36 though.

Finally I've got my arse into gear and booked my flights. I'm joining Team Zarse so I've left myself at their mercy  :-X . We arrive after the karting but still in plenty of time for a shandy.

Hoo-bloody-ray  ;D

Top man.
Does this mean you won't be going to Dover Street then?  ::)

Yes Mr Brown I'm afraid it does. However, Dover Street will always be there. The chances of my wife sanctioning a surreptitious trip to Amsterdam via Rotterdam are very remote so I shall make the most of it.

Also I can't turn down the chance to see the DfH crew as you'd be hard pressed to find a nicer bunch of people to spend the weekend with  :D

I'll take that as a compliment then robspot. ;)

But good to hear you'll join us too!!

A shame you can't make it, Phil :-\

Small update:

• The go-kart centre we originally planned looks too crowded, so Dirk3D is looking for an alternative.

• I have ordered the DVD from LeMansGod, and together with the LMS '06 review (recorded from Motors tonight) it will be shown on a few televisions when we come back from the restaurant.

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It's about time for the people who are on the "doubt-list" to tell me if they are still coming.
I also need to know who will require sleeping gear. We can arrange beds and sleeping bags.
Please let me know via PM or in this topic.

Cheers, Patrick

I'll bring my own sleeping bag, you just point me to the correct floor.

Bob, your bed will be where you fall over  ::)

Paddy, I'll bring my sleeping bag, thanks for the offer.

You've got that quite right Steve. ;D

Take me off the "doubt list" and put me down as a definite.  Flights are booked! ;D ;D ;D

Good on ya Doris 8)

Good move.  You not slumming it with us salty sea dogs on the ferry then  ::)

Ah yeah. The Friday night... ::)

That particular vomit comet left me with mental scars when I was eight, and I don't think my Mum's stomach has ever been the same since either.   :-X

Would love to be joining you guys but the boat is £177.50 and it is an 8/9 hour drive each way, I think I would need a week off... best save the pennies for SEBRING...

>Martini... raise a glass or two for me please...

Just thought... might check airmiles... Guernsey UK - UK to that foreign place.... where the fffff.... am I going?

Martini, Hop over to the UK on the boat as a foot passenger and use the rail and a sail that BOBU, Andy, Steve and myself are using. £50 return. OK you have to get the ferry to pompy and then a train up from there.

We will raise a BARREL for you though

Have we got the final definate of course I am coming list yet?

Here's the list, Bob:

No mention of Il Cavallino?  ??? I thought he was our host for the weekend.

Il Cavalino's real name is Sebastion, so I'm guessing he's on the list as Sebas (and that broer Sebas is his brother??)

you see, FreekyDeekyDutch ain't all that complica'ed ;D

JP has either insider knowledge or he got the dictionary out!!

Or Babblefish of course!

Or he just knows the DfH guys pretty well and know's Sebastion's real name. From there on in it's not rocket science!!  ;)

May I point out the guy'S name is SebastiAAn?

before you get all to cocky about it Mark.  :P :angel:

Sorry Marios!!  8) ;D

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Well I'm off to Egypt for 10 days tonight, so you lot enjoy your pi$$ up - although I'm jealous, for once I'm happier with where I'm going than what I'm missing...  ;)

So you enjoy the company of Mummys and Zombies better then our dutch friends. :o

(Albeit I think some of us may be in a similar state to Zombies!

I'm planning to get 2 crates (2 x 20 bottles) of German beer. Any preferance ?

Smokester, whats the chance of ending up with a dose of Kathmando Quick step ;D

Assuming you're going to Sharm again, make sure you put your head (and preferably whole body) under the water this time.

There's so much more to see in the undersea world.

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Kolsch! :D

NO!!
The Kölsch is already taken care of by Martijn, HGB should bring the Weizen. That's also initially made out I believe.

Yep, checked back to the first pages of this thread!

Alright, let's load the car with Weizen then.  ;D

Hey hgb, what time is your ETA? 13.00 at the latest if possible please... :)

Do any of you Dutch guys need anything bringing over when we come?

You know, the usual stuff, Branston Pickle, Daddies Sauce, Aunt Bessies ready made Yorkshire Puddings.

Well, maybe not the Aunt Bessie crap, but  let me know if there is anything

Ravels. Seems to be something with chocolate invalved.

This to gain some extra brownie points at home, didn't even know the stuff existed.  ::)

I think you probably mean Revels.... yummmmy  :P

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As alsready stated Fran, didn't even know there was something on the market that goes by that name or something similar to it. ;)

The chocolate is definately Revels LT, but it could just be a trap as Ravel's are a shoes!!!! :o

No problems, Revels it is.

A few Scotch Eggs would be nice. Would be too much to ask for 34 xtra large kebabs ;)

Bob are you going to do the scotch eggs, if i get them i'll eat before i get them to Paddy.

DFH - I will be bringing some samples from the Rebellion brewery as promised at Le Mans, I dont know how much i can carry yet but surely enough to wet the taste buds.

Yeh I'll get the eggs

Much activity in this thread the last few days. I see everyone is getting ready and doing shopping for next week. I think we are going to have a really nice weekend.

The people arriving with the ferry on friday have got a pm.

Hi Sebatiaan, I will probably be there Friday as well. Not sure yet whether I'll be with the train/ferry crowd or driving, but wanted to check where you were with accomodation??

In worst case scenario Mark, you end up at Paddy's with some of us.  ;)

Do yourself a favour, join in on the train/ferry crowd, can't imagine it's gonna be fun driving home on sunday with the lovely hangover you're gonna have probably....

No problem at all. Me and my brothers places aren't huge but big enough to accomodate five people. It would definitely be more spacious then a tent on MB.

I would take the ferry with the others. You get a trainticket to Rotterdam and everything included with that if I understood correctly from Rick.

Come on Mark.Where is your spirit of adventure?
 ;D

You were arriving thursday right?

Your secret is out, but I think this brings a whole new meaning to "crazed" and "ecstatic"

"A new record has been set for toppling dominoes.

Ninety builders from 13 countries went to the Netherlands and spent hours building an amazing domino set that would be demolished in seconds.

Eighties popstar Kim Wilde had the pleasure of being the official pusher enabling 4,079,381 dominoes to fall.

Hundreds of colourful figures, pictures and even an entire domino city fell in this year's record attempt.

The crowd were ecstatic and the crazed contestants were thrilled with their triumph."

So the target has to be 4,079,382 bottles

Well... at least someone watched that.  ???

But don't worry about the bottles. We'll probably get there somewhere saturday morning.

Indeed!!! But the thoughts of buying £500 of booze from the Hypermarkets that in the UK would cost the equivalent of £1500 is very tempting as well!!!

Mark, get on the train / ferry with us.

Then buy yourself a cheap Speedferries Dover / Boulogne ticket and get your booze another day.

Yeh get on it Mark, you know it makes sense.  Friday morning 8:18 Liverpool Street. Be there or be square.

Cant imagine JPC being described as "square"!!!  ;D

Mark, you've got mail.

Frans right Marks not square, He is shape just like me ( round is a shape after all)!
C

The problem is finding another day between now and Xmas!

Maybe Dirk can buy it for you an put it in a truck with flowers going your way?

But how much is £ 500 in booze? Too much to take (partially) in a crate on the ferry? I think you can bring quite some with you in a foldable shopping crate. You just have to carry it to and from the train/boat.

Marl; you could just borrow the boldercar, for me to pick it up again in February ;)

Just seen the weather forcast for Friday, it looks like we are in for a rough crossing.

The Edmund Fitzgerald went down in a November storm with the loss of all hands and that was hell of a lot bigger than a North Sea Ferry.

http://www.ssefo.com/

You cheerful old sod, Bob.

You make me feel lucky that I am working this weekend and can't make it!

Have a great time everyone concerned.

Did I or did I not tell you this would happen. I was roundly poo-pooed. We are about to discover just what you gentlemen are made of (Capt Brown excepted). I look forward to seeing some very green people in Holland, you will be begging to fly back with the Zarses! Needless to say I will delight in poo-pooing the poo-pooers.

For all of you that can't make it to Rotterdam  here is an alternative way to spend an exciting Saturday evening. ;D

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Enjoy the ferry guys, the Discovery will depart Stena Line at the end of the year...

No worries Bob.  Take a good strong bit of rope to lash yourself into your bar stool, put your beer glass on a wet piece of cloth so that it won't slide about and mount your head in gymbals.

What's the best cure for seasickness? .......






.... sit under a tree.

Ooh errr, I reckon you shouldn't mount your head in the gimp's balls, not until later in the weekend anyway.

Don't worry about the trip with ferry. Taking a train to Rotterdam is much more dangerous. And flying might not be the best alternative either.

Train collission a few days ago at Rotterdam Central.
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Helikopter crashed into the North sea last night and was found on the beach of Texel this morning.
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Ähmmm, shall we walk then ? ;D

I know we are looked upon as Gods but that dosn't mean that we can walk accross the North Sea ;D

Worst thing is. The train was filled with booze. There were boxes of Whiskey and stuff all over the place.  :'(

Request for Paddy, a bit late admittedly. Do you have Eurosport available on the TV in your offices? If so, do you have the Ashes cricket from Australia available in Holland?

That's not on Eurosport here saturday night.

But it's on BBC2 so you can watch it anyway. I'm almost sure Paddy's got cable there. Since there's a small living area in there too.

As far as I know not cable television, but a sat dish. ;D

Rugby is on at the weekend too:-

Saturday, 25 November 2006
International Match
England v S Africa, 14:30

Guess we will be Karting though

In that case chances are bigger you get the whole match live on some channel. BBC2 is a summary I think.

I thought that the Karting was not happening as they were already fully booked

We will be karting indeed.

The early birds can watch the A1GP on sundaymorning. ;D

@Bob: We found ourselves another kartingtrack, which had lots of space for us.

Yippeeee ;D 8)

We booked 2 heats per person, so you can really eat your heart out. ;)

Well I've finally pulled my finger out and booked my travel.

I'm going by car and ferry. Out Friday morning in time to do some booze shopping and get to Rotterdam mid/late afternoon to join up for something to eat and a Lemonade or two!

Heading back on Sunday, leaving Rotterdam late morning/lunch time.

The savings on the wine will more than cover the cost of the trip and the wine itself will also keep Mrs Chenet happy!!!  ;)

Hi Bob,
          A long way from the North sea though!

In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral.
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call 'Gitche Gumee'.
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early!

Fresh water can be vicious too.
Phil

Yup. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.

A great song as a tribute to a tragic event

Andy, I'm sure you will be pleased to hear we finally got to learn back massage last night so all is on course for a good rub to rid you of your stresses.   ;D

Okay, we're all set for a grand DfH-weekend! 8)

Here some financial info on the stuff we're gonna do:
• Go-karts are €13* a go, we have reserved all of us for two goes.
• Restaurant will be around €35 each, this from earlier experiences.
• Beer, Tropicoma and breakfast in the office works out €12,50 each.
All this together totals £50.00, not too bad for a day of fun :P

* Excluding any drinks consumed at the Go-kart centre ;)

Really looking forward to it Paddy, it's going to be a great weekend. ;D

Tropicoma for breakfast ::)

But do poor me (I presume I will be the 'tax-collector' again  :-[) a favour, bring some euro's please...

Bob, I also have the RfH-shirt for you, costs of that one are 18 euro's

Bon f**k*ng voyage, boys! I dare say we'll have a little turbulence on our 45 min flight.

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/charts/index.html

Come on in Dad, the water's lovely!

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Safe landings, Andy! ;)

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It seems like I have chosen the safest option by staying at home!  Just as long as I dont try taking my car through the city centre via the infamous bollards...  ::)

F

Well at least they can catch the train direct from the plane!

Party pooper! >:(

;)

Glad you're no the Drinking for portugal boys. Don't fancy landing at Lisboa in weather like there's gonna be tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYiP8WTvFM

Schiphol has runways in nearly all wind directions, so you should be fine :)

What happens when Amsterdam has it's first tornado though???

Then they will probably land on the ringroad ;D

Safe trip to those who are travelling, and hope you all have a good time (goes without saying really   :D)

Only wish I had been able to attend myself, but I've got to change the oil in the zimmer frame   ;)

Del

I'm really looking forward to this one.
hgb and I won't make it to the Karting, but expect us to arrive at the restaurant around 7:00 pm, depending on traffic situation of course...

Cheers

Werner

Will be nice to see you again, Werner! 8)

Have a good journey guys see you tomorrow.  Rick, Andy, see you for brekkie at Liverpool Street.

We may see our breakfast again later

Rick and I are going to line the stomach tonight to get some practice for DFE with DFH, to get the OBE.

I intend to hold onto my breakfast.
See your breakfast tomorrow.
Safe journey Lads wether it be Planes Trains or Automobile.

Have a great weekend guys.  Sorry I can't get there but it's Mr Termite's turn for a break.  Besides, I couldn't face the idea of you lot seeing how crap I am at Karting.

Like everyone else attending is a Kartmaster... ;)

The VomCom boys should be setting sail soon. Good luck to arriving with your stomachs intact.

Dunno how it is in England at the moment, but here in Holland we have bright skies and barely any wind (chilly though). The weather forcasters might have had it completely wrong again :)

Just to make sure, the Zarse family and Robspot will take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Central?
I will PM AndyZ and Robspot mine and Pieter's mobile numbers (Pieter will pick you up) for an ETA.

After discussing this wit Paddy on the phone, I've PM'ed AndyZ and Rabspot also. ;)

Sorry, forgot to give feedback on this: I'll bring my own gear, sleeping bag and matress, just need some floor space. See you tomorrow

Just a quick one to say all for Friday have arrived safely. All English have taken their brush and are painting the town as we speak. Most Dutch are in my office at the moment, the hall looks good enough to us.

Testing the beer now 8)

Good to hear that the "Advanced Party" have made it, safe and sound.
Have a great time everyone - very envious.

Blow the froth off a couple for me.

I will be at Twickenham tomorrow; I'll raise a glass to you all.

Hi there
Hope you're all having a great weekend.  Now, please wake the moderators up from their drunken stupour and tell 'em to get back to work pronto! ;D

Back from the party, hell of a night! Still too tired to give decent comments, so just some pics for those who couldn't join.

2 more

and another 2

and 2 more

and the last 2 for today, the other pics need to be censored and edited first ;D ;D

Looks like it was fun, Werner, -  with the first three pics showing Mr Z staring at the camera with pink eyes, and then Doris apparently asleep on her feet   :D :D

Del

It looks like Doris and Friend were in synronised meditation, although there seems to be a genuine look of fear and "why the F==k have I got this gimp mask on" look in her eyes in the other picture.
Sorry I could not be there, looks a good meeting, well done Paddy and DFH (once again).
 

I noticed on one shot the Gimp mask was associated with a wet patch, was this before or after the association with Doris??

Glad you had a good time...

>Martini...

... also Doris and the guy with their eyes closed were on a blind date... no PC offense meant...

>Martini...

it was a pleasure and an honor to have you all here, it was a great weekend 8)
thanks to all for coming to Holland, we had a fabulous time!

no doubt LangTall's pictures will appear here soon http://gallery.drinkingforholland.com/main.php

Indeed Paddy, that was a great weekend. Thanks very much for organising this and inviting us all. We should make this a regular event at the end of the season. I hope all others returned back home well.

What a wonderful weekend with fantastic hosts.

Sebastiaan, Thanks for putting us up on Friday night with all the farting and snoring. That was a great bar you took us to but, oh boy did you look rough on Saturday morning.

Leontien, (amended spelling) It was good of you to drive on Saturday night I especially enjoyed the unexpected trip on the cycle lane. I hope you enjoyed your drink when you got home. I like your taste in music.

Marius. Thanks for the lift back to Rotterdam Central and for handling the finances it must have been a nighmare working out the retaurant and carting tabs. Highlight of the weekend was seeing you  squeezed into the cart.

Paddy, where do I start? All I can say is a bloody big thank you it was the best weekend since Le Mans.

To everyone at DfH,was good to meet those of you that I hadn't met before. Thanks for a most fantastic weekend your hospitality is legendary.

I'll help you on the spelling Bob, it's Leontien. ;)

And it was already an extra large cart they gave me, don't wanna know how it would have been in a regular one....

Making this a regular closure for the season is a very good idea.

Thanks to everyone attending, without all of you it would have been a dull night. ;)

Hi Everyone,

What a grand weekend, hope everybody made it back safely! Some nice pictures there Werner!

Could someone post the flame broilled chicken wings picture with me on it please, would make a nice avatar. The movie is also good to have. Thanks in advance!

I will post a picture of the BBQ when I get home tonight. Last time I saw a flame like that it was on a North Sea oil rig. Very impressive ;D

Hey everyone.  That was another legendary weekend with all the CA, DfH and JPC people. The fridaynight eventually turned out great too because of the very nice restaurant we ended up and the live band in the pub.

Saturday was a rough start for me but after we got to the karting I had a great day until the early hours of sunday morning.

Hope to see you all again soon. And I'm looking forward to the movie and pictures of the BBQ too.

You're welcome.
Of course I enjoyed my drink. ;D
I like your taste in music.
My arms still hurt from the carting.
So i'm taking it easy tonight at the Iron Maiden gig. :)
Just hanging at the bar. ;D

Hello guys,

Thanks for comming over to Rotterdam,

Was a Great weekend and yes it should be put on the agenda for every year.


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Ahoy hoy,

The salty sea dogs made it back across to Blighty without any chundering, although we were a bit more subdued!

Huge thanks to everyone for a great weekend.

Sebastiaan, thanks for your entertainment and hospitality Friday night - excellent live band and great to hear 'Radar Love' again in the song's home territory.

Paddy, Roy, Marius and all at DfH - an excessively good time, great karting, food and evening 'entertainment'.
Yes, it was me that got black flagged!.

Many thanks to all.  I have not taken any photos - Vegas rules and all that  ::)

A big THANK YOU to you ALL.

That was a MEGA reunion to benchmark any others to follow.

Thanks Sebastiaan for putting us up.... or that should be putting up with us.
He has been scared for the rest of his life due to a short visit to a fantastic bar Drinking For England.
He will be moving into his Brothers flat while his is fumigated.

There was loads of Laughs and friendships bonded stronger
I am sure there will be loads to say about the DFH Party and I have spent the morning trying to down size these photos. Numpty. need help.

But I have this to say, pictures speak a thousand words and i will try and do more when i get back from Prague.

Once again thanks to all.
DFE with DFH for an OBE

And then there was more

That was Sabastiaan  after the Quote of the day

JP. " ARE YOU OK MATE"
Seb " NO "

And then there was this Party

excellent pics Andy! 8)

Did we mention that Sabastiaan took us to an Irish Bar with a great band.
He kept us up until gone 3am in the morning.........

Di we mention that Sabastiaan took us to this great Irish Bar that had an excellent live band. And he kept us up until gone 3am in the morning........

Now, who want's some chicken????? ;D

Fantastic Weekend Guys here are some more pictures and a video if it works!

Moderator Being Childish!

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He CAN Read!

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Steve, Bob and JPC.

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Bob Meeting the locals:

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Drunk!

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Karting:

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Bear Gimp:

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Caption Comp: What is going on?

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Ford Pornstar:

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FIRE!!!

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To Download Knetter's BBQ as an AVI file

http://totalsportscar.com/images/Pictures/DFH/Knetter.AVI

Wicked!!!

What can I say that hasn't already been said???

Fantastic weekend, great beer, great company, great beer, great music, great beer, great food, great beer, great karting and great beer.  :D

Did I mention that some beer was involved somewhere.  ;)

Oh, and Saturday morning, a bottle of Grolsch Canon for breakfast. 11.6% but without the kick or syrup style tendencies of Special Brew or Tennants Super. Very Drinkable!! Just need to see how we can integrate it into Tropicoma now!!  ;D

Looking forward to the next get together already!!

With beer, I presume? ;D
I would like to do this annually, it's definitely worth it! 8)



Haven't seen Marius' pics yet, he must have had a busy day at work :-\

Hi Paddy,

thanks again for this great party. And good to hear that you would like to do this annually, I'll be there ;D ;D ;D
Just a suggestion for next year. Me and hgb didn't feel so comfortable leaving you with all the mess in the office on sunday, but we had to take off and couldn't help any further with the clean-up. May be it's an idea for next year just to collect say 4-5 euros from everyone together with the beer-money, with 40+people that would be around 150-200 euros and hire some cleaning company in advance to clear up the mess afterwards, less stress for you

Cheers

Werner

it was an excellent party :D

must say that I didn't perform that well on the soccer pitch at noon on sunday :D

To my pics: I hope to get them from the camera this evening, I was a dead rock on sundayevening, went to bed very early. didn't feel like bringing the camera to work yesterday, and was at the Iron Maiden gig with died_laughing yesterday evening. They totally kicked ass I must say, and they promised us a oldskool tour summer 2008. ;D

Werner: I believe you and hgb pinched in enough by the beer that you brought. The floorcleaning takes the least time, it's the putting stuff back into place which consumes the most time, and you can't leave that to another company.
At 1600 everyone was already gone, so it wasn't that bad.

Like Mark I am at a loss to say something that hasn't been said already.

What a truly great weekend and a huge thanks to all for making it what it was.   8)

Mental note - take cushions for the karts next year.  Damn those bruises hurt!   ;D

Dx

Guys what can we say. Please accept a huge vote of thanks to absolutely everyone from Chris, Steve and also from me. It was an absolute epic weekend one way or another. I can honestly say I've never seen Chris Z so drunk he couldn't even move his eyes by the end. The Gimp was up to his normal standard of misbehaviour and proved amusing throughout the weekend. Also enjoyed the company of Robspot Zarse who became a temporary member for the weekend

The night out in Amsterdam was very low key as we had absolutely no energy left in the tank. Think we were in bed by about midnight, which is pathetic in such a party town but it was cos we had such a lively evening before.

Next year I think the return match should be in the Uk if we can find a suitable venue.

Andy,

Trying to find an restaurant that wil serve a group of hungry and thursty DFH and CA memebers will be the biggest problem.

I ám still suprised they were glad to have us at Bella Bear.

A shed to get pissed an crash shouldnt be that hard to find.

They even asked us back for next time. ;D

We will need an extra seat next time for the bear when he goes back to visit his friends ;D

I think we behaved ourselves pretty reasonable at the restaurant - no foodfights, no arguements, no shouting, no rudeness towards other customers or personnell. You could tell by the way they joined in on some of the jokes as well. They were actually pretty enthousiastic as we left, and said they would get us a better place next time (not so close to the outside door).
We've consumed for a near €800 in 90 minutes time, something they take into account too.

They've probably seen a lot worse :-\

In addition to everyone else, thanks!

We had a good weekend, shame we couldn't arrive on the friday but we still enjoyed it nevertheless.

Did anyone manage to get a picture of that weird 8 legged monster we found on saturday night?

I sure hope so, have no idea what 8 legged monster you mean? ???

If we are talking about the same "monster " ( wich was upstairs ? ! )  

Those foto's were deleted.

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The one crawling on paddy's sofabed ;D

Vegas rules apply  ;)

Vivaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Las Vegas.

Next year in Vegas :D

Pretty poor show of photos guys except for the ones that show (well almost) one of the moderators in a good light. Makes me wonder why...

Karting photos?  Evening photos?

Vegas isn't that restrictive...

>Martini...

Sorry,

Too busy having a drink in one hand and an sigaret in the other.

Wil check with Marius to put the foto's on the DFH site foto album.

And I was to busy last few day to sort out and put them online.

Max, put them in the diversen section of the gallery.

Oh, and I forgot to say, a MASSIVE thank you to all the Dutch guys who very kindly drove us everywhere, especially Pieter, Marius, Mark and the guy who took us to the restaurant and back (sorry I don't know your name  :-[) it was much appreciated.

Who got black flagged during karting? ;D
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Yes I do fit in a kart!
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And who the hell is this??
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For the rest: http://gallery.drinkingforholland.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4772

Most pictures during karting are quite dark. But didn't want to throw them all out.

Lightened it with XnView:-

I'll cut the sticky tape on this thread and cast it adrift now.

But of course (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_thumbsup.gif) This thread has entered the top-ten at the stats as most posts bytheway 8)

Lets see if we can get it to the top before it drops off page one! Oh yeah the commer thread!

just a few more posts to go then :P

That must ave been LT, with his snug fit kart ;D

yep, the only one who rises above the rollbar ;D

To all who made the DfH and TeamJPC/CA meeting so wonderfull: THANKS! I had a great time and a lot of fun but unfortunately I had to go home early on saturday evening 'cause I was getting ill. It didn't help much either: spent the next three days mostly in bed. Without Dirk3D :(