Club Arnage

Hey guys, when are you geeza's going to book your ferry crossing for next years L/M .............also do we have a definate date for the 24hr?we only have limited space on the fast cat out of Poole so I was wondering if I should book now .

always book asap, cheaper and prevents dissapointment

my ferries are booked to and from the IoMTT for '07 ;)

Paddy

Do Bushys still give away the free TT stickers? The ones I've got from when I was there in 97 are a bit past it.

Dunno, but will have a look for you - if I remember :-\

;)

We have a provisional date currently, it is usually confirmed around the end of November/December.

Some people book on the back of a provisional date, some people don't!  You pays your money you takes your chance! 

I checked with LD Lines last week and for 2 travelling on the Tuesday with a cabin, returning on the Monday it was £125, booked it 2 days later it had gone up to £145.....

Just checked again for a collegue , and it is now £235

Blimey cor luvaduck, is that right how can the prices go up so fast? I had better get on the phone then assap  :o

I have just spent 2 hours reviewing the web for prices for my group.

Single cars , same routes times etc are the cheaper than last year by £9.

My car is £20 more with the cabins, and group rates have come down again ?

Looked at Transmanche but their afternoon ferry leaves too late so going to look at the Poole route again. Its cheaper than Portsmouth by £100 a car.

I've jumped in with LDL.  £259 Sunday - Monday with the caravan up from £210 a fortnight ago.  This is what I'd expect to pay Dover Calais and Brittany ferries want £450.  I've never found Poole any cheaper, but these things change from year to year

Pretty sure we will use the tunnel again this year.

You can use Tesco club card points to part pay for it, every £10 of vouchers is worth £40 of travel vouchers, brings the cost right down

Will  also look at Transmanche as well before we book, I prefer the drive from Dieppe.

Hey Robbo, used poole fast cat service this year cost me £208 car+2 no complaints,its a bit tricky to get on and off if you have something a bit low slung if you know what I mean.

I'll be going on foot from Plymouth, seeing as I live there and the ferryport is only ten minutes away in a cab.

Just sling the bare esential (clothes, tent, chair, sleeping bag) in a rucksack and  hop on the train from Morlaix to Le Mans. I'll be there only 4-5 hours after arriving in France.

I can buy whatever else I need when I get there.

And I won't have a long drive or train journey when  I get back either.  Only costs £105 for a return ticket.

you should see the prices we have to pay to travel 60 miles from jersey to st malo :o dont even want to look yet cos it will upset me :'(

I realise I've mentioned this before here somewhere but think it might be worth repeating for some of you.  Tunnel does a frequent traveller deal whereby you buy 10 single tickets in advance for around £350 and can travel on any date, although there are some extra charges for certain timings.  Could be useful for anybody who crosses the channel more than once in a year (except from Jersey, that is!)

some one should start bleedin digging ;) mind you there have been mutterings about building a bridge for years :o

You thinks thats bad, look at the price of the Isle of Wight ferry, and you've then got Portsmouth Caen on top >:( >:(

As for trains, one of our team went Eurostar, change at Lille for about £160 first class (under 25).  It includes food and booze too

Most expensive fare per mile in the world the pile of poo ferry.

Most can swim  over with their webbed feet ?

Just booked Speedferries £54 return had to book the 9am crossing on the Friday as the 11 am was already fully booked.
Anyone else going on the 15th at that time?

Well the ferry is booked for next year again! Brittany Ferries Pompy-Caen. Out on Sunday afternoon, returning Monday afternoon. And guess what  :oCHEAPER THAN LAST YEAR!!! :o

Last year we had the van only 10m £536
This year we have the van and 4m trailer £404!!!  Howzabout that then!!!

Edited because I got the even cheaper price £60 out!

I got two people 1 car LD Lines £140 total, club class seating.

Is club on LD as good as it was on the old P&O I wonder?

Seems a longer trip than the old "Pride of Portsmouth" ship at 7½ hours though.

Going on the Tuesday night crossing and returning on the  following Tuesday afternoon/evening 1730 hrs.

Roll on!

 :) :) :)

bill

I will have another look, everytime i go to SF they will not let me book that far ahead. I will be on Friday too, but again doing an all nighter due to VQDave Jr needing company during the day till the wife gets home.

Probably go for the 21.30 or there abouts again, and cruise through the dark in the Humber. Beauty  8)

Probably coming back on the Tuesday, Rouen Sunday night, Bolognee Monday night due to my late arrival.

In which case Dave, the Humber will have the opportunity to hook up with the Commer in Rouen on the sunday night. Rusty/Bretheren know all the local dives and lowlife bars in Rouen. I think also Mr N Diesel and gang are Roueners of a sunday too. We'll be staying in the free 3 star hotel again!

Indeed. Rouen on a Sunday night is a traditional stopover.
No football next year, so no late hours at the bars.

It's not all bad news though - one of our lads was beckoned into a party by a stocking and suspender belt wearing tranny!

Also, if you don't have to dash off too early on Monday, there's an interesting selection of sex shops. The one that catches my eye is called "Le Box".
Look upon it as a last opportunity to pick up a little gift for the missus, if you couldn't get that ACO endorsed G string in the correct size!

We stopped in Rouen last year, for vairous reasons didnt get out to eat untill 11.30pm, still got a really good meal in a resturant facing the Cathederal!

A restaurant open on Sunday, I'm impressed.

Stopovers are a good deal, even for Monday or the way down (cheaper ferries etc), and Ouistreham is favourite - le Broche d'Argent, good food (and the driver can drink), with the hotel room about E30, and have tried the Premier Classe hotel at Rouen Cow Roundabout, cheaper but its a bit isolated.

Just my luck - no sex shops at either

Excellent a Rootes gathering in Rouen. 8)

This too is our now regular stop, this year involved a chinese, pissed in a bar with whores upstairs and regularly popping into the bar wearing their skimpies to get the next punter, then a gay bar till the small hours.

All very entertaining.

Dave you might wish to extend a personal invite to our beloved Smokie, as you know, he will be sampling the gay scene in Key West after S*bring.  His experience would be invaluable ;)

I guess the gay scene must be a tad lacking here in Wokingham what with Smokie( :police:) having to go to the States, and me going to Rouen.

Would that mean you two are the only gays in the village

So presumably at some point someone's said "I'm a bit bored with this bar and these prostitutes, I fancy a change of scene." And someone else has replied "I know a great place with no women to bother you!"

I'm just a bit worried that no one else has managed to book Speedferries for LM next year.
I really don't want to be the only one on the boat (seacat).
Can anyone else confirm that they have had their Seaferries booking accepted?

I have booked to return on Speedferries, accepted booking for the 2pm Monday departure.
Is there a smiley for vomit comet? ;D

Speedferries have taken our booking, out Tue 10.00, back Mon 16.00. The price has gone up in the last week though.

They were offering a special deal which finished last Wednesday.

Fear not Gary.
We've booked Speedferries, out on Wednesday, back on Monday - £54 return.

Hey guys, bit disapointed finally booked my crossing, Brittany ferries fast-cat service from Poole/Cherbourg, out on thursday 0730 back on monday 1130 cost £230 for car plus 1 person thats £28 more than this year £208 car plus 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :'(
anybody else on those sailings?

we're using speedferries out for PQ's and then return Monday after the race.  38 GBP's can't be bad.

£38.............? have you got to go below decks and row :o

I've booked my minibus through the tunnel! Out on Thursday morning and back Monday afternoon - £134.

The ferry companies will only take 9 people on a standard booking otherwise its a group booking. Eurotunnel say you can carry as many passangers as it is safe to do so!!

Just wait until the eastern europeans here that! How many people can you fit in a Yugo!!

17. if you discount the axles, add them in and you can carry 32.

No Chris, just buy 10 tickets for 19 squid each,  ;D

looks like I should have got you to book mine too lol !!!! :'(

I may have some spare too!!  Will know some time soon.

Tried booking Speedferries two weeks ago, they refused - new boat coming, not published sailings yet.

Will try again NOW

Hoorah!! Booked for Speedferries - OUT on Sunday 10 June @ 11:00 BACK on Sunday 17 June @ 22:00

They now have crosings every 2 hours. That is quite clearly implying they will have a second vessel but the guy would not confirm...

Not taking the trailer next year then, Smokie, or have you shortened the draw bar??

Del

Del, that's not a nice way to talk about George ;D  Mark.

Sorry ;)

Well, we're all booked as well, although on the 'slightly' more expensive than Speedferries Brittany Ferries crossing from Pompey to St. Malo trip on Wednesday 13th, coming back from Caen on Monday 18th. This year we went Plymouth to Roscoff to see what it was like but to be honest there was very little atmosphere and we consider that to be part of the whole experience.

So we're looking forward to the usual at the Rudmore Cellars and on the overnight crossing next June. Can't wait.

Del, thats not a nice way to talk about Goerge ;D

??? Peter, I don`t travel to LM with Smokie, that`s Mark.

sorry ole chum, corrected the crap seplilng  ::)

Different car, Del, no towbar planned.

So will be roughing it even more next year than this...

Right...... done.

Broken with tradition and booked before the confirmation of the dates.

Speedferries Thursday 08.00 out and Monday 16.00 back.

Sorted.

The dates are confirmed
http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=6106.0

I don't normally book my tickets until December/January.

Last year we travelled by tunnel and as long as you book by beginning of January before the price increases, it is fine.

Travel down on Wednesday and come back on Monday

.... but with new 'goat-like creature' hood ornament  ;D

The SPS crew are booked.

5 tickets, Brittany Ferries, Mini Bus booked, Brittany were cheaper than last year when i booked, but overall only byu £10 !!

And we are a vehicle less - so thats why....

Liverpool boys now booked Brittany ferries Portsmouth Caen Sunday night out week Monday night boat back

RAM?

Myself and 4 other cars from our group are booked on LD Lines.

Going out on the Tuesday night crossing and coming back on the Monday afternoon crossing.

We are booked on Brittany Ferries, Wed 13th at 15.15 From Portsmouth to Ouistreham, Back Monday Night.

Look for the lonely looking billy-no-mates in the green Midget, wont you?

Bill, come over to MB and you'll be Billy loadsamates ;D

I'm back on the monday pm LD Lines boat too.  Sound like an excuse for a beer.

Somebody else not in MB  tut tut

Mr Perdu is a seasoned HA Ruffin through and through and camps in the esteemed 'Hairy Triangle' section of HA.

I will confess, but unashamedly, to being a happy denizen of the green windscreen ticket perDuasion.

My first time at Le Mans Nick and I actually had Green Parking and we managed to blag our way into HA at the  gate but inside there wasnt a drop of space to throw our tent up alongside a Midget so we pootled back out and dropped base camp on the grassy edge of Antares', Green car park instead.

But having been so welcome at HA we have always enjoyed our sojourn in that happy place.

Hairy triangle? Sounds like home to me.

 ;D

Poaching again? ::)
 
Do you have to keep trying to break up a happy family? ???

Are you MBers so insecure that you feel the need to pressgang others into joining you in your overcrowded little campsite?

If you crave our company so much why not join us in "God's own country"? I guarentee you will ask yourself why you bothered with MB for all those years. 8)

I like it the way it is Bob, just like you :)

MB is just to clean and tidy for us HA-ers
Next year we will mainly be doing MESSY.
I live for the day I see Bob U's B*llocks again

'ere, I've just had breakfast.

Maybe you are better suited to the post-Sebring trip to Key West than I...  ;D

And now you can eat it again?

14 people, 8 Westfields on the Hull - Zeebrugge 11th -19th June
Paid £118.50 pp and 1 car each.

Cannot wait.......... ::)

Ahh Gary, I didn't know you cared :-*

Hi Bob,
Wouldn't it be funny if instead of  Bob U, everybody started calling you "Dusty B*llocks"
I'm sure it would never happen ;)

My son is coming to Le Mans with me next year so if I am called Dusty Bollocks I will leave it to you to explain why to him

Bob.
Is that squint because of the sun, or the tow ball of the Landrover.

Not enough grease on the tow ball :o

Bargin..........
Pompey - Le Harve tuesday night out - return monday pm with LD Lines £58 on me Bike.......... Bit their arm off I did.   ;D

The usual WANC crossing has been booked.Out Tuesday 22.00 Ports-Caen back on Sunday night

PM

So that's Andy in the bar on the Tuesday night too, then. :)

Look out for the CA shirt then perdu.
I recon the word has got out how cheap and empty the ferry was this year.
I wont mention the food that comes second to the beer.

Usual crowd with me on the usual boat from the usual place at the usual time. Creatures of habit.

Somebody on another forum reckons they have just got a p&o crossing (he says at a reasonable time) for £15 each way from their website.  Don't think this is  a wind up.  May be useful if somebody's booking, that they try it?

Well spotted Termie!
Yup it is easily possible to get £15 each way from their site http://www.poferries.com/tourist/ at the moment.
That's cheaper than Speedferries.

A pox on them... a pox on them I say. Bloody Condor have released their timetable and I cannot get to France (St Malo) until 19.30.

Rubbish Twats... they screwed up Emeraude, pushed back the times last year and now got even effin bloody worse with a 16.30 sailing... twats...

Sorry but I am seriously peeeeeeed off.

>Martini...

Beware the fuel surcharge though. >:(

Really, Martin, I'm still trying to find out the time of my ferry in January and can't get a sensible response from their web site.  Do you have a link?
This lot (Condor) are seriously cr*p aren't they?  Must be a real pain being held to ransom by such a bunch of t*ss*rs.

As far as the fuel surcharge is concerned (£6?) it's still quite good, no?

As usual I have left it too late again to book a crossing (well not late, i booked in march last year), sodding Brittany want £535 per car this year from pompy to caen, up from just under £400 last year. Any sugestions (apart from the obvious sarky ones!!)
One of the longer crossings would be ideal as its a 1100 mile round trip anyway from oop ere and the shorter crossings would put another 5-600 miles on top (plus a night crossing is the only time I get any kipp, never find the time for it once there!)

Try LDlines.com.  They only have one sailing each way per day Pompey-Le Havre, outbound overnight and inbound leaves about 5.00pm.  No frills boat (in fact a bit tatty), but everything is there.  I used them earlier this year (not en route to LM), and found them inexpensive compared to BF.

It's only about 30miles longer from Le Havre to LM compared to Caen, and it is a good fast road (motorway nearly all the way)

Best of luck

Del

Bloody hell!!! We booked a Brittany Ferries crossing for a 12 meter van and 5 meter trailer for £460! Going out on Sunday 10th and coming back on Monday after the race. Try a different day for going out.

Cheers Del, will give it a go.
 Hi Rick, I have tried chopping crossing times around, doesn't make a great deal of difference, I have to be back on Monday morning so need a Sunday night crossing to be back in Newcastle at a reasonable time. Its getting harder to get down every year with work commitments and the wife still likes to nag me to death too.
 It would be cheaper to go down on Monday or Tuesday and make it a longer trip but the older I get the less I want to spent time in a tent ;D

Nice to see that all has been well on the good ship Arnage during my absence, well, apart from the odd member throwing the teddy out!! A little OTT methinks.

Roll on June ;)

Wouldn't Dover Calais be as easy for the North, plus the boats seem to go every half an hour (But no sleep).  Presumably you miss the end of the race to get back on Monday morning, as it must be about 16 hours door to door.

And can I rub it in.  LD Lines, car and caravan £260  Bargain

Good news for me. My sister is not going to the TT's. I have changed my ferry bookings, now going out on Sunday 10th from Portsmouth. Back the 18th. Yesssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D

just booked LD lines out on wed 13th, coming back via the tunnel on Sunday night as we don't want to miss the end of the race to catch the 5pm return. Much cheaper that Brittany Turpin but will be mega tired after 3 days at LM with no sleep and a 14 hour non stop drive home :-\

Mike what crossing? We are on Pompy-Caen in the afternoon.

Rick, Mike's with us on the 2330 sailing.
Brian

OK, We are on the afternoon sailing and will stop over on the way down. It is cheaper for us to travel in the day then kip over in a lay by or the free motor home stopover point next to the ferry.

Hopefully we will not have the same problems pulling away as last year!

I do not think you have left it too late with Brittany Ferries, prices keep changing.  My advice is leave it a few days and try again you may find it drops again.  They wanted £570 a few weeks back but managed to get it at £393 for a car and 4 berth cabin Pompey St Malo out Caen Pompey back.  Booked on Saturday morning so keep checking as prices definately vary day to day

Britanny ferries seem to be a night mare whats going on?

Don't know Chris, never had a problem with them. All done and dusted on line.

Well the Flying Baguettes advance party are on Pompey Cherbourg on the Monday morning.

Main group is on same ferry on Wednesday

all are back Caen - Pompey, Monday evening

mike it seems much more expensive on B/F (for me anyway) I'm all booked up now I did try on-line but it would not accept it ! ended up paying thro the nose...... :'(

Not exactly ferry booking but linked,

I just received this email from them;

Shares in SpeedFerries






Dear Customer,

Many of our loyal customers have asked for shares in our Dover-Boulogne ferry company, but Speedferries is legally prevented from issuing shares save to certain categories of investor.   We are accordingly up-dating our records to establish whether any of our customers fall within any of the following permitted categories of investor:

(a)        a high net worth individual;

(b)        a sophisticated investor;

(c)        a self certified sophisticated investor.

If you fall within any of the above categories and would be interested in investing in ordinary shares of Speedferries, please reply to this e-mail by sending an email to shares@speedferries.com indicating which category you fall in.  We will then be able to check with you your paperwork supporting your category.  Please note that the minimum investment will be £50,000.

A high net worth individual must have an annual income to the value of £100,000 or more or hold net assets to the value of £250,000 or more [excluding for these purposes the primary residence, any loans secured on the primary residence, and all pensions benefits] and sign a confirmatory certificate in the required format.

A certified sophisticated investor is a person who has a current certificate in writing in the required format signed by a person authorised by the Financial Services Authority to the effect that he or she is sufficiently knowledgeable to understand the risks associated with investments in an unlisted company.

A self-certified sophisticated investor is a person who is a member of a network or syndicate of business angels and has been for at least the last six months before the date of the certificate; or made more than one investment in an unlisted company in the two years before that date; or is working, or has worked in the two years before that date, in a professional capacity in the private equity sector, or in the provision of finance for small or medium enterprises; or is currently, or has been in the two years before that date, a director of a company with an annual turnover of at least £1 million.


Kind regards

Curt Stavis
Chief Executive


If I was one of the above, I wouldn't be paying £56 return to sail on Speedferries!

Gary, you surprise me.

When Curt asked me who I thought would fit in the target zone I thought of you immediately.

Young Sophisticated Thrusting Investor type. Self motivated multimillionaire, just describes you to a tee!

Of course I declined Curt's offer myself, as you possibly may, since I am travelling with a rival company next year and did not want them to make me walk the plank half way across in the dark...

Pompey is a far better drive for me than blarry Douvres tha' knows.

I'll sitthee on t'seventh a nex' month, tara!

 ;)