Club Arnage

Hi all,

At Le Mans this year I had quite a few requests to repeat the "November Meeting" of 2006. To be honest, I didn't think of it at all before Le Mans, so I was kinda surprised to get a few reactions about this. Pursuasion wasn't really nescesarry - after all, we all had a brilliant time last year (see this topic (click) (http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=5943.0), reactions on that weekend start at the bottom of page 17) ;)

JPChenet came up with the simplicity of 2007:
• Week 12: Sebring 12 hr
• Week 24: Le Mans 24 hr
• Week 36: Silverstone LMS
• Week 48: Rotterdam Meeting
It sounds ever so logic, we might even make a shirt for the event ;D

So here we go again. Here's the invite for a weekend of fun 'n booze, November 24 to 25 as stated. We're pretty early this year, and that's got a purpose: last year quite a few of you came by airplane, and the early announcement leaves plenty of time for the Brits (and Kiwi?) to book cheap tickets. Also ferry- and chunnel crossings should be pretty cheap if booked way up ahead.

Concept stays -after consulting with fellow DfH'ers- completely the same. The majority of DfH opts for an afternoon of go-karts, an evening of ribs & steaks at a funny restaurant (yes, they DID ask us to come back!) and a night of boozing at my office, only to crash out when tired 'n drunk on the office floor with brought sleeping gear. We can probaly help a little with the latter for those who fly in, let us know what you need...



Costs

• The journey is all up to you. As said before, most flew in last year. But you can also easily use the travel as a booze cruise for Christmas, like JPC did last year. At least the time is right for it!
If you do book a flight, please try to aim for Rotterdam Airport. If you go to Schiphol Airport, catching a train is inevitable and will cost extra money (unless you'd like to do a day of Amsterdam on the Sunday, like the Zarses did last year). It could be that flying to Schiphol would be a lot cheaper, it that case you might as well aim for that. There is a train from the airport to Rotterdam roughly every half hour, and costs about €10,- for a single journey. Try and book your flight aiming for arrival in Rotterdam by Saturday noon at the latest, that way you can join in for the whole day.

As the program will be the same as last year, the prediction is really easy.
• Go karts is best driven in two heats. The first heat is more to discover the track and get used to it all again, the second one is for faster times and more intense driving. Go-karts are about €13,50 per heat, so for two heats with a few drinks you're looking at about €35,- each. We're thinking of going here (click) (http://www.attractiecentrum.nl/karten_1.html) this time.
• After this we briefly go to my office. Ideal for those who were late to set up sleeping gear and have a little drink before going out for a meal.
• Dinner at the stake house (click) (http://www.beren.nl/content.php?resolution=2&cat=l9). Despite what everybody thought, we were told our return this year was most welcome, and we would have a much better place in the restaurant. My guess is these people are used to a lot worse, and -even though we weren't exactly silent- we did behave enough in the end.
Last year the average bill per person was somewhere €25,- each.
• Booze-up at the office. Like last year, we get back and open the draught machines and bottles. Hopefully we will have some new DVDs by then for those interested, alternatively you can stick to music 'n booze and chat to friends ;D
It is quite common for a few people to get hungry again after a few hours, so this year we'll make sure again we'll have some food to fry for the night.
• In the morning we'll have some type of breakfast, probably some buns with something on it. And strong coffee or a coke for the thirsty people ;)

For the booze and brekkie in the office we would like to ask €12,50, which should bring the total expenses for 24 hrs of CA/DfH on €75,- each, which works out £50.00.
Please note we would like to request people not to take too many 'Special Beers', as a lot was left behind last year - unopened. Seems a shame, really. If you do plan to take beer, please contact either Knetter, Dirk3D, LangTall or myself. This way we can keep track of it, and not get too much for only one night.

Please let us know if you would like to come (again), with how many people, when you'd plan to arrive, means of transport and required sleeping gear.

Even though my office is pretty large, I do believe we should stick with a maximum of about 40 people sleeping there, maybe 45 at the very most. Last year about 20 DfH'ers stayed overnight, so I guess there should be space for a maximum of 25 CA'ers.

That's it. See you at Spa, Silverstone or Rotterdam ;D

(http://www.drinkingforholland.com/Paddy/DfHboozenight.jpg)


List of contenders are:
Rick Cutler
Werner
Nopanic
PigPen + better half
JDS_UK + better half
the Brethren x4
Nobby Diesel
Bob U
Termietermite
Steve Brown
hgb
Vicky & Rowena & Vicky's sister
Fran
Team Zarse x3
JPChenet
Doris
Robspot
Wishy
So far 27 persons definite from abroad.

"Maybe"-list:
Smokie
KeithK and Piglet
1 x Team Zarse
That's another potential 4 persons.

Cancelled:
Andy

This will bring the total number to 27 or 31 (including the maybies). The DfH list is currently 25 strong, which brings the total up to 56 if all do come over.


I'm afraid we're gonna have to put a halt to people wanting to come over, sorry! :-\
Tell me if you'd be interested anyway - there's always a chance people drop out, or we might find other ways to accomodate. Will keep you posted on this. .



<edit by Paddy: Both the Go-Kart centre as well as the restaurant have said they can accomodate up to 50 people easily, we will have to work on local transport though>

<modified to link to CA Calendar - Steve Brown>

I WILL be coming over again, save me a space. Might drive over so I can too do a booze cruise! Booked a flight instead!

Count me in - and yes, 1 T-shirt xxl ;D

Was a great party last year ;D

And as an extra, at the kartingvenue we plan on going to, you can also play a round of lasergaming. ;D Might be fun to do also.

And you can also do a 24 hours endurance race at the kartvenue for only 16.000 euro ;)

You really don't want to do that, i drove a 4-hours endurance race on that track once an needed a week to recover  ;D


But ontopic:
I'm so looking forward to it, i know it makes sense

Could not make it last year, as it was my birthday over that weekend. But the pics looked good. So this year I have been given a pass out.

So can you book me down for a place and one T shirt – XL.

Will be aiming to drive over, via ferry – Hull/Newcastle area. Any advice would be helpful

Cheers.

I'd go for P&O Ferries, overnight from Hull to Rotterdam Europoort. Decent ferry (althought old), nice bar, proper sleep before you arrive.


Just had a look at P&O, and funnily enough the price of a foot passanger is equal to one person with one vehicle ???
Expensive though, somewhere £200.00 :-\

Sounds fab. Count myself and lady pp in on all the action! Think we can fly from Bournemouth or Southampton to rotter, if not then.. from where ever!
Cant wait.....  Lady PP in a kart, weighing half most our weight, tought to drive by me... and a Tasmanian driving instructor! Keep us posted dude... sounds like fun!!

PS my old fave army sleeping bag (feather filled) got so soggy this year she is to be burned whenit next stops raining as she stinks.

PPS
Lady PP has just landed back in Blighty.... with her mum!

Sounds like excellent fun - can I put myself & Mrs JDS down please? (oh and the T-shirts sound a brill idea)

Myself, Trayboy, Elvis and Wooly are definately up for the trip this year.

Rusty

Paddy
 Will the DfH T shirts be exclusive to those attending (won't be allowed out I'm afraid- Mrs Sconefinger still giving me grief about Le Mans and Silverstone!) Would love to add a DfH T-shirt to the collection, especialy in time for Silverstone.
Cheers
 Si

The white shirts are still available. I think the venue shirts (if they do go ahead), wil only be available from halfway November. More to do with cashflow and invoice dates :-\

Thanks Paddy and DfH guys for the invite.

After having to pull out of the last visit to Rotterdam and Sebring, I have checked the calender and booked the weekend away!

Looking forward to it!

Aaarrggghh not again? :o Oh well I suppose I will be there, yeh make that a definate 8).What a great weekend last year. One sleeping corner and one shirt that's all I need. Travel arrangements later.

Here's the first idea for the rear of the shirt, might change a little still though...

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Cheers Paddy, could you put me down for a white shirt in L. Collect at silverstone?? Cheers Si

SWEET!

Count me in, Paddy - assuming you still have space!

Yes please Patrick.  Put me in the snoring corner of your office as last year  ;D

I hope you are gonna leave your arse at home this time ;D

Stena are still doing the Rail / Sail fare for £58 return from London to any Dutch station.
However, unlike last year, the fast Catamaran has been replaced by a couple of normal ferries - 6 hours crossing time http://www.dutchflyer.co.uk/home.asp (http://www.dutchflyer.co.uk/home.asp)

Alternatively Transavia fly Stansted / Rotterdam from about £60 (currently) return inclusive http://www.transavia.com/en (http://www.transavia.com/en)

I'll sticky this topic also.

Sure! It will be a while before we're up to 25 :)
I presume mr. Termite will be joining you?




By the way, what was the CA-list from last year? As far as I can remember it was Robspot, BobU, Andy, Steve Brown, Doris, Steve Zarse, Chris Zarse, Andy Zarse, JPChenet, HGB and Werner. Do I forget anybody? :-\

That Cutler bloke  ;)

Was Rick that forgetable ;D

Been with Stena Line recently (clay shooting in Yorkshire), and I wouldn't recomend them. Even though this price is good, the day crossing is f*cking boring and at night you are obligated to take a berth (which will make it more expensive) >:(


Cheers (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_thumbsup.gif)

You know that feeling you forget something, but you don't know what? This was it in this occasion. Sorry Rick (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif)

Here's a link to airlines flying from the UK to Rotterdam - http://www.flightmapping.com/Europe/Netherlands/Rotterdam/ (http://www.flightmapping.com/Europe/Netherlands/Rotterdam/)

No, he won't.  Somebody has to look after the ranch - well, that's my excuse. ;)

I have updated the opening post, new text under photo.

Paddy,

hgb hasn't reacted yet, but count him in - we talked about it 4 days ago at the Nring

Will do Werner. As said, the people from last year are -more or less- expected to join in again ;D

Paddy, thanks for the invite again!! Can you count Ro & I in? I'm going to contact my sister and Hayley to see if they're available too.  Just have to see how we are for holiday as to if we arrive on Friday or Saturday...  Cheers,

Will do Vicky! When do you think you'll know if your sis & friend want to come too?

I missed last year's as I was in Egypt. This year I have to decide whether I want to spend my birthday night sleeping on a concrete garage floor...

Well in fact, it's not me that decides. ::)

I'll let you know...would lurv to be there though...

Sounds fab...

Paddy can you put me and KK on the "maybe/probably" list please. 

 Haven't consulted fully and we a small clubby race meeting to run this weekend in Northamptonshire before I can focus on anything else  ;D

Count me in. 

Flying from Manc to Rotterdam.  Friday pm to Sunday pm (no Saturday flights).

A quiet little corner away from the snorers and farters will be fine for me thanks. 8)

F

It looks like this is going to be one large party! ;D

Wht I'm trying to do now, is to see what the possibilities are as for such a large group.
I've contacted the go-kart centre, they can easily have a group like us. There's a maximum of 12 carts in a heat. In theory we can have two heats per group, so 8 heats all together (with 48 people).
Restaurant is closed now, I will try later in the afternoon. Update to follow.

The only problem we might have is how to drive everybody around :-\

Number of cars or sober people?

Sounds like a done deal Paddy, need to run it by the boys but can you pencil in for three Zarses provisionally. I'll speak to Paul, he's never been to Amsterdam either....  :o

Transportation shouldn't be a problem. We could either rent a couple of vans, driven by the sober ones or just get some taxis. We're not talking major distances here and with everybody chipping in, it's very affordable.

I agree! (Well - I dont really know about the distances, but I agree with the rest)

F

If you can pencil the other two in?  It just depends on their cash situation which they won't know about for a couple of months.  Is that ok?

Have done so. List is updated on page one :)

No chance Fran ::) Try looking for Eldorado or Atlantis You'll have more success

Forgot to say if we come we'll drive so that's one car. 

I don't "do" Karting so count me out of that  ;D

A girl can dream....  ::)

Maybe it's an idea to "reserve" the room upstairs for couples and women?


Not to worry, we had the same last year with some people dropping out at the kart-track. Watching other people struggle with overtaking, barriers and black flags (Steve ;D) can be fun too!

I could take the women with me to my home, where it's warm and comfy.  :angel:

Fran,

Just checked prices, VLM £105 return, and P & O'bloody hell £ 196.00 return.

Wow big diffrence, was hoping to drive over and fill up with booze and hagel bits. Might have to change my plans.

Spend money on travel or spend it on booze? - umm big decision.

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2 possible problems with this Pieter:-

1.  You might get lost; and
2.  You might also snore and fart.

 :police:

I have seperate rooms, love. And a taxi driver.

I say, this is starting to sound more like a saucy weekend in Amsterdam!!!

 :o

 

Fran
Well all you need to find is Atlantis,   ;D
(http://www.losbarcos.org.uk/images/merchandise/BBCV5075.jpg)  

Have been up and down to the UK by all means of transport possible. I think the most comfortable way to travel by car is via the Chunnel. Just looked at their site, and they are doing a £59.00 for a return in November. Speedferries will probably have an even better deal. Defenitely the cheaper and most comfy way to travel if you can share seats.

Easyjet Gatwick to Amsterdam out Saturday 10.10am - returning either sun evening or mon morning (if a night stop R&R in the Dam is required  :o) is curently £49.98.

BA is £66.40 but don't forget you get a leather seat, a hot coffeee and a cold breakfast, and a little bag of pretzels and as much free booze as you can drink. Oh and the outside chance of being treated like a passenger rather than another easyjet "veal". Which might, just, be worth the extra £8 each way.

Now there's a challenge for JPC!! ;D

(flight only lasts for 55 minutes though :-\)

If everyone flew, I think BA would need one of these, with the big tanker filled with beer.
 
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You'd pay that for a sarni & a cup of coffee on easyjet anyway ....

I'll have a car but I didn't plan to be sober...

I did Jerry, that's why I swore I'd use BA next time. The Easyjet bacon and tomato roll had been microwaved until it was the temperature of the sun. Apart from spoiling the food, I was pissed off when a smoking hot tomato skin fell out and scalded my chin.  :( >:(

Argghh ... ! Just seen the costs of two flights from Bordeaux to Schipol! We'll be driving I think (but may fly to the UK and drive from there)

Thanks for the SMS, Paddy. I'm booked and will must surely drive together with Werner.

Great, Hansgert. Try and make it for Saturday noon this time! ;D

I am really looking forward to this :D

Count me in.   ;D

Dx

As per the quick phone call I've just received from Paddy..........I'm in!!  ;D

Just spoken to Robspot and he's pretty sure he'll be there too!

BTW, where did the Bear go from last year?

He's supervising at Paddy's office. Otherwise there won't be any work done. Thats why he couldn't make it to LM. He was doing overtime for Paddy.

yeah, he was a sorry bear

haven't seen the bear for a while actually, maybe he's gone back to the restaurant ;)

Hi all

Probably too late to get on the list but the cost would be pretty prohibitive, Boat to St Malo £175, petrol and overnighter with food £175, makes it a bit out of the way especially when I am not too fond of lager!....

Hope you all have a good time, might have been an idea to link it to Spa, hopefully see a few of you guys there...

I, will unusually be on the popular peoples campsite (not as LM where I am happy to be on HA)

>Martini...

Martin, you lightweight. Fly VLM to Rotterdam (from Jersey)

He was last seen upstairs watching the DFH storage.

Plus the £70-£80 to get to Jsy!!!

Thank you for the lightweight compliment, I am under 18st...

>Martini...

That's not too cheap either :-\


Anyway Martini, I'm sure something could be arranged. Got plenty of friendly fridges here which would die for some TLC ;D

Go on then, put me down. Still plenty of time to get permission from the wife  :angel:

Probably going to overnight in Amsterdam on the friday with Team Zarse and arrive in time for the karting and fun on saturday.

For those interested flights from Bournemouth and Soton are quite cheap at the moment.

Bournemouth - Amsterdam with Thomson Fly
Out Fri 07.30 back Sun 16.30 is £86

Southampton - Amsterdam with Flybe
Out Fri 07.25 or 14.10 back Sun 17.25 is £70

And Martini.......

There's loads of options from Guernsey if you try. Fly to Southampton, Bournemouth or Gatwick and then on to Amsterdam. Total cost about £150 with Flybe or Easyjet.

Bob, Rick etc - are you planning on arrivng on Friday again so that we can check out the Irish bar again?

If so, can anyone (Sebass?) spare a floor to sleep on as last year?
 

That will hopefully be my plan, but TBC

I am planning on going over on the Friday again same as last year. I did like that Irish bar.

If Sebastiaan can't host on the Friday, I can. Downside: I live in Rijswijk, which is a 20 minutes taxi drive from Rotterdam. Upside: only 10 minutes from the karting centre next morning and a car to take you there.

hmmm .. afternoon I hope

You're right, sorry I scared you.

Unless of course Pieter's group are going in for some extra training (or they need some extra time to find it without getting lost)!  8)

F

 >:(

The getting lost option apparently  :angel:

i'm booking 3 flights from southampton today (me, ro and my sis)...  we'll arrive late friday (so we may have a night in amsterdam?!)

can anyone recommend hotels to stay in?

Seems more logical to ask that question on the DfH forum.

yes but that would be logical and too easy... lol  ;D

It is a nice bar. For some strange reason I never go there though. Never seem to get to it, or too busy in the weekends :-\
If we skip dinner in a restaurant this time, I might make it with a few after finishing off at the office. Taking a taxi back there will be easy too.




Vicky, try a youth hostel (click) (http://www.stayokay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Herbergen.showHomeHB&id=36&lng=2)

Small adjustment on the opening post made.

Flying Pig Downtown is always getting good feedback from my friends, it's just minutes form the Central Station

http://www.flyingpig.nl/hostels/flyingpigdowntown.shtml

Stayokay is good as well, but they only have 8, 12, 16 and 20 persons dormitory rooms

We stayed in the Prinz Heidrich last year, perfectly adequate rooms and just over the road from the Central station which is handy for catching the train next morning. Not sure what we're doing this time, the Gimp was looking into some more "specialist" boutique hotels  :o

Any news on Paul, Andy?

Erm, he's still a c**t if that's what you mean?  :D



Actually Paddy I spoke to him yesterday, he's very much hoping to make it but needs to check with the Missus first. And you know what that can be like, timing is everything. So he's about 90% certain, he said he'd fly from Soton, I guess he could probably liase with Robspot.

Good to hear 8)

Spoke to Russ yesterday about Amsterdam friday and it looks like Myself and lady PP will be coming out on the Friday too..... and flying from soton. Hopefully we can all get on the same plane. Please could anyone booked or going to book let me know their times and we will try and get tied in with you all.... if you dont mind!!

Its also 5 days after my birthday so a good excuse to release Pig Pen for a weekend!

Rex

Spoke to Wishy tonight, his pc connection is down,  but say's he will be going over for the weekend.

So can you put his name down. - if there is still space.

Deal, one of Vicky's party dropped so Wishy is welcome as one of many who will do the 12/24/36/48 for '07 ;)

Can somebody contact Andy? I presume either Steve Brown or Bob U have got his number :-\

Wouldn't it be easier to take a taxi to my office then? We will have plenty of space there!

I'm afraid I don't.  Barry probably has it.

Paddy, I'll PM you Andy's email address.

thanks Steve!

Hmmm :-\

Think Barry has it, but I know Andy is now working for Maidenhead council as a safety officer, anybody know Andy surname, and could check with them.

If you get his full name, I'll ring the council if you want, let me know.

Andy should cleanout his mailbox. ;D

Oh well, he'll probably be online over the weekend ;D

Sorry, a little off topic ....: Mrs JDS and I went back to Ams for our aniversary last august and stayed in the Brabizon Palace - way too expensive for my liking but we ate each morning in the Cafe next to the Prinz Heidrich instead of the Hhotel - good food and not too dear for tourist central too ...

Got an answer from Andy via text message, he's definitely coming over too 8)

Which Andy?   Wishy? 

I think its the bum flasher Andy - but I have been mistaken in the past!!  :-[

Paddy,

When do we need to let DfH have some money for buying in the beer and other supplies?     ;D

F

We'll probably have enough cash flow to pay up front, but don't be surprised if that Long One attacks you somewhere during Saturday with some large black wallet ;D

As for the right Andy, it's this one next to the stand-in Gimp ;)

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Anyone booked travel yet?

I'll very likely book Transavia from Stansted to Rotterdam.

Very probably out on Friday at 07:45 and return flight Sunday 20:30 - currently £56.93 including all taxes.

Any one joining me?

Yep - flying from Manchester to Rotterdam - arriving 9.45 p.m. on Friday

Not sure after that!!!

F

Did you book a one way ticket?

Dont be daft!!!  I am flying back Sunday evening, around 6.30 'ish - not sure exactly.

I meant to say that I am not sure about Friday night and catching up with everyone down the pub or wherever!!! (I assumed most Friday arrivals would be there earlier in the day and would be already out on the town by the time I land!!)   

Anyway - plenty of time to sort that out.   ;D

F

Will I be safe travelling to Essex that time of the morning?

Bob, it's this bloke you've got to careful of -

He was 'active' just up the road from me.


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Flight booked.

Out - Friday 23/11/07  Transavia HV5096. Stanstead to Rotterdam. Dep 07:45.  Arr 09:40

Ret - Sunday 25/11/07  Transavia HV5097. Rotterdam to Stanstead. Dep 20:30.  Arr 20:35

£64.65 inc taxes and CC booking fee.

The price has gone up £7 since yesterday. Get on it.

Hmmm Arr 09:40. Disembark, collect bag, bus/train into city centre and in a bar by 11:00 perfect.

Transavia flights now booked as Bob U.

Extra £7 must be a new fuel surcharge  :(

Two seats for that city centre bar please  ;D

Will book after the 25th damn paydays, always later then you need!

What are we doing about parking at Stansted? Anyone got space in a car from theirs in the morning?

Park in Stortford (lots of free areas) and get the Arriva 510 Bus into the airport. £2.30 each way, FAR cheaper than the airport parking :-)

I'll be driving up there on Friday morning. Plenty of room in my car. You and Andy?

Any room for one more Bob?

Dx

Wweeeeellllll, As it's you I'll find room ;D. Get it booked Doris the price went up £7 overnight from Monday to Tuesday.

Cheers Bob!  Booked this morning.   ;D  Had to book by phone though which costs more!  Sodding online booking form doesn't appear to cater for the single female.   >:( 

Dx

Booked!! Flights as per above!

Nice one Rick. I am giving Doris a lift to Stanstead, You are welcome to join us.

Cheers,

I will drive up to you in the morning or sort something else out nearer the time.

Dirk3D has arranged a little special something for our return to the office after the restaurant:

Vinnies Vice will give a gig on Saturday night the 24th of November at my office!!
(for those who don't know, this is the band that performed on our Friday party at Le Mans this year)


It's getting better every day ;D

Cool, so are we going to keep the whole of Rotterdam awake for the whole weekend?

Well, it's an industrial estate my office is in, so no worries about the neighbours ;D

Yes I remember a bit? But we can make a lot of noise, after all, the "club" will be at capacity!

No worries, as long as we don't start making burnouts of silly things like that! ;D

(http://www.dervhead.com/xmb/images/smilies/rimshot.gif) Fantastic, gets better every day! (sorry, can't find a guitarist smiley  ;D )

OH YES 8) Fantastic. I presume Roy will be arranging a light show with the gas cylander again ;D

just feed him some booze :D

And lend him Dirk's BBQ. ;D

Small update:
Unfortunately, Andy cannot make it. :( Something to do with a very busy scedule around that time. He did let me pass on these few messages though:



We were working on something that should have been some sort of a surprise, but bad luck seems on our side as for this small plan:

Too bad for the 24th of November. I have had some contact with Jeroen Bleekemolen, and he was willing to learn us all some karting tricks at the go-kart centre on that Saturday as well as race some of us. Better luck next time, me thinks :-\

We could ask his brother (or dad for that matter) to fill in for him. They're racing drivers too you know.

Yeah, well, they all do look alike ;D
Any chance you can help with that, Pieter? Since you're still in direct contact with the RfH-family...

Sure, I'll give it a shot.

Paddy, is it the same track that we used last year?

We have 2 options for a track, but don't want to go to the same track as last year. There are several nicer tracks near Rotterdam.

No, it isn't. This is it (it's in freeky deeky Dutch though): http://www.raceplanet.nl/index_karten.php?cat=Delft&id=274 (http://www.raceplanet.nl/index_karten.php?cat=Delft&id=274)

Originally we have planned this one: http://www.attractiecentrum.nl/karten_1.html
But if one of the Bleekemolen guys is willing to help us, they might ask us to go to Delft (as they own that go-kart centre), like Pieter says.

Looks good. Nicer looking race overalls too.

Ran into Jeroen Bleekemolen today at the RfH office and I told him we regretted he couldn't be there at our meeting. He even looked like he meant it! I said "well, we can always ask your brother" and then he said he would pass the message I would contact him.

Delft looks like a great track to me, never been there. So if Sebastiaan Bleekemolen is up for a little head to head with the fastest among us, it looks like a very sound option.

Well, that's me out then :-\

Do I need looking after?   ??? ::) ???

Dx

Can I just be NOT black flagged this time  ::)

Just get out of my way then! >:(

;D

it is also a very nice town to drink and have fun :)

Tested the delft track last week, and it is a fun, hard track  ;D

I still think Zoetermeer is more of a 'race' track, but if [insert any name] Bleekemolen can make it, Delft will do  :laugh:

Oh yes you most certainly do! You're not to be trusted without adult supervision on a DfH weekend!  ;D

But there were plenty of adults there last time.  Were none of them keeping an eye on me?    ???

Dx

I thought last time it was more a case of adultery supervision :-X

I have now changed to an earlier flight as I was due to arrive at some late time of night (and the airline schedule was changed to make it even later....) plus I thought I might be missing out on some of the fun...... .   8)

Anyone else arriving Rotterdam airport around 9 a.m. on Friday?!! 

F

Here's our timetable Fran.


Out - Friday 23/11/07  Transavia HV5096. Stanstead to Rotterdam. Dep 07:45.  Arr 09:40

Ret - Sunday 25/11/07  Transavia HV5097. Rotterdam to Stanstead. Dep 20:30.  Arr 20:35

That's fits in very nicely with your flight.  Just time for you to get a round in and on the bar when we get through imigration ;D

Yes Fran, see Bobs post.  Bob, Rick, Doris and I will join you for a cold one.

Just checked,

Wishy and me are flying with VLM, me via city airport,

Due into Rotterdam for 12.05, so let us know where your be at midday and we can all get something to eat, oh yea ....... and DRINK !  ;D

Excellent - orange juice all round?  ;)

F

Only if it's got vodka in it  ;D

(http://images.lowes.com/product/076174/076174645811.jpg)

just as a matter of interest.....where is the Irish Bar in relation to the city centre?

Has anyone got a map or the address  so that Neil and I can find it when we arrive on Friday?

Wishy, Good choice of watering hole. Can't help where it is thou, but the whole area was full of tallent.....
Great beer, excellent entertainment on 2 fronts, just ask Steve Brown or JP.
You lucky buggers!

The pub is right underneath the World Trade Centre. Just find the large building as posted underneath, and have a walk around the block (max. 5 minutes). You can't miss the Irish Pub ;)

(http://www.skyscrapercity.com/database/buildings/141.jpg)

Listen out for "Radar Love"  ;D

So I guess it'S not called O'Shea's Paddy? (lijnbaan)

The WTC Rotterdam is at the Coolsingel/Beursplein for those who want to use a map. ;)

No, not the O'Shea's. To be honest I don't know the name of the pub (I don't go out often enough)

Name of the street is Rode Zand, which runs paralell with the Coolsingel, the main street of Rotterdam. Coolsingel has tube stations, the station you want is "Beurs" (Dutch for Trade).

On this map the red dot is the pub, and the arrow is where the picture above is taken from. That small little M at the bottom left is the tube station (metro).

(http://www.drinkingforholland.com/Paddy/irishpubrotterdam.jpg)

Oh no, this sounds terrible, nobody knows where the Irish bar is,

you mean we will have to go into all the bars looking to see if they sell
(http://i.ivillage.com/DF/072505/beer/DF_guinness_366.jpg)
 and of cousre we have to be sociable and have a drink, as we are polite - honest!

Just to find you lot.

Oh, its chore, but if it has to be done.  ;D

hehe ::)

Found it! A bit of a weird name for a pub though, it's registered as Glenmoss Taverns Limited :-\

Here's the link (click!) (http://www.detelefoongids.nl/dtgi/ZoekVerderInDeBedrijvengids.do?locationType=BOOKAREA&type=basicred&watType=ALL&inputPage=bg_resultaat&rubriekcode=CAF10&sorteerOp=besteresultaat&locatiecode=34P2006&dwaar=Regio+Rotterdam-Capelle+a%2Fd+IJssel-Gouda&dtrefwoord=Caf%E9s&req_source=filterstreet&stap=BASIC_SEARCH&straat=rodezand&x=17&y=8) if you want it.




[edit] Looked a bit further (Chamber of Commerce link), and the name of the pub is Paddy Murphys.
What's in a name ;D

Here's their site http://www.paddymurphys.nl/index.htm (http://www.paddymurphys.nl/index.htm)

I must say I can't remember too many details of last year there as I was a bit wasted!

I recall it being called Paddy's.

 I thought it was part of the world takeover!

I'll be driving up so my arrival time is in the lap of the traffic etc.  I have several air beds and pillows which I'll chuck in the car, and one spare sleeping bag, if anybody is interested - might save luggage on the plane?

That's would be the day, to have my own pub ;D

Dear all,

Got an email this morning about the go-kart event. Michael Bleekemolen will be our instructor for the afternoon. Michael is the father of Jeroen Bleekemolen, you all know Jeroen as the Spyker and Racing for Holland driver over the last few years at Le Mans and LMS.
Michael himself is an ex-Formula 1 driver (drove a few races in the late Seventies), so he will know enough to learn us some thing about go-karts we don't know yet. Nowadays he is still active on the race tracks racing driving Porsche Super Cup and Renault Clio Cup. More about Michael can be found here (click) (http://www.forix.com/8w/bleekemolen.html).

Hope this will be to your satisfaction ;)

Thats great Paddy. Lesson number one  -----  How to avoid a blackflag ;D Will he be staying with us for the restaurant and Vinnies Vice?

I can invite Michael for that, but it wouldn't surprise me if he simply goes home after the go-karts :-\

Great stuff Paddy.  Although I'm not sure about the idea of a professional driver watching my attempts at Karting! ::)

Received a reply email from Michael saying he's a little worried about his own lap times, so I don't think he will be bothered about anyone elses! ;D

IT HAD A BLOODY GREAT BIG SIGN OUTSIDE "IRISH BAR"

Just a reminder on who were the Pissheads!

Had to be next door today, so took a pic of the pub. Not really obvious it's an Irish pub ;D

(http://www.drinkingforholland.com/Paddy/PaddysPub.jpg)

It is an indoor track with tight cornering, so they do not need to be very high power, but according to their website they are.

Track itself is built in some large, square buidling and goes from floor to floor.
It doesn't look too bad on the photo, I have never been on the track there.

(http://www.raceplanet.nl/cms/images/stories/Karten_Delft/overzicht_delft2.jpg)

Wooooh! Never seen/been on a multi-level kart track before !!

Great, inclines  :'(

It'll take a pretty special kart to haul my fat ass up a hill without the power being reduced to zero........

Just keep your foot on the throttle and never use the break ;D
(only break by steering the front wheels viciously into the corner)

Just think of the momentum you will pick up on the way down tho!!!

F

Hmm - at first I thought this was a mis-spelling of "brake" - but on reflection I think you might have got it right first time!!!  :-\

F

indeed it was (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif)

Right. Time for a few questions and remarks from my side.

Arrivals:
I have been ploughing through this topic and had a look at who's coming in when and where. As far as I can see I could make the following list, please correct if I got it wrong:
• FRI - Amsterdam arrival: Pig Pen & Lady PP. Team Brethren. Vicky, Rowena & Hayley.
• FRI - Rotterdam arrival: Rick Cutler, BobU, Doris, Steve Brown, Fran, Robspot, Nopanic & Wishy.
• FRI - Rotterdam by car: Termietermite (afternoon)
• SAT - Rotterdam by car: hgb, Werner (morning)
• Unknown: JDS & partner, Nobby Diesel, Team Zarse and JPChenet. Please let me know what your means of transport and ETA is.
* For the people who arrive and stay the night in Amsterdam: be at our office at 12.00 at the latest (so that's a 11.30 arrival at Rotterdam Central Station, we will probably be able to arrange for someone to come and pick you up). Or alternatively try to arrive at Delft train station for 13.30 at the latest, you can grab a taxi for about €15.00, it's about a 10 minute drive from the station to the go-kart centre.

Friday night:
As discussed before, meet up in the Irish bar in Rotterdam, probably from ten-ish. Go back to my place with taxis after last rounds. This should get people in the right place at a reasonable time.

Go-karting:
We have been arranging the go-kart centre and the restaurant this week, and -due to the size of the group- we will have to be slightly more strict with time this time. It is important that everybody aims to arrive by 12.00 at the latest on Saturday (except for those who stay in Amsterdam). That way we can leave on time for the go-kart centre, and the rest of the day will be easy peezy as for time.
If you don't want to come along to the go-karts (like Team Zarse did last year), please let me know. I have booked for the whole group, and so hope everybody will join in. Transportation to and from the go-kart centre will be arranged by DfH'ers, we will gather as many cars as possible and should be okay with that. done by coach. The coach we have hired for the evening will also be available for the afternoon, and this is the easiest way out. Seats 54, which will be enough, especially during the day (Beerman and Buurman will only arrive after the go-karts).

Restaurant:
• Transport to and from the restaurant was a bit of a struggle, so we have arranged a full size coach for them two trips. It seats 50 people, so nearly everybody can jump on board and not care about drinking and driving. Unfortunately this will bring some extra costs, but we are trying to keep the money as low as €3,50 on top of the €12,50 we already asked for beer 'n breakfast.
• As for the restaurant itself, unfortunately our group is too large to eat à la carte like we did last year. Spoke to a bloke yesterday, and I will receive an email soon with the choices. They will probably be the obvious choices like a rack of ribs, sirloin steak or entrecote (or something simular), so probably most will get away with it. Bugger is I have to pass the order list a few days before the weekend, which will be hard to do. I will post the choices as soon as I have them.

Breakfast the next morning:
Ideally I would like to charter someone who'd be coming from the UK by car, to be able to bring English bacon and sausages in a coolbox. Alternatively we can ask the Friday-Rotterdam bunch to bring this by plane, but that will be more hassle and uncooled. So anybody turning this trip into a booze cruise, please step forward ;D

So instead of the €12,50 for beer and brekkies we'll ask for €16,- for beer, brekkies and transportation.

I hope all this is -a sort of- clear to you :)

[edit] have arranged coach later so adjusted this reply.

Bring it on ;D ;D

I'm flying into HamsterJam on friday, not sure of the time yet. Original plan was to spend friday night there with Team Zarse but they don't know what they're doing yet.

Might still stay in Amsterdam if other people are there but also may head over to Rotterdam for the all day sesh followed by Irish Pub. Is accommodation readily available for friday night in Rotterdam?

Also, am definitely coming for the karting. Track looks awesome.

Absolutely. My guess is there will be sleeping up to 20 people at my place on the Friday night. On Saturday night there should be around 45 people staying.
A little crowded ;D

Sorry for repeating my post on the previous page, just don't want anybody to miss it ;)

Arrivals:
I have been ploughing through this topic and had a look at who's coming in when and where. As far as I can see I could make the following list, please correct if I got it wrong:
• Friday - Amsterdam arrival: Pig Pen & Lady PP, Team Brethren, Robspot, Vicky, Rowena & Hayley.
• Friday - Rotterdam arrival: Rick Cutler, BobU, Doris, Steve Brown, Fran, Nopanic & Wishy.
• Friday - Rotterdam by car: Termietermite (afternoon)
• Saturday - Rotterdam by car: hgb, Werner (morning)
• Unknown: JDS & partner, Nobby Diesel, Team Zarse and JPChenet. Please let me know what your means of transport and ETA is.

* For the people who arrive and stay the night in Amsterdam on the Friday night: be at our office at 12.00 at the latest (so that's a 11.30 arrival at Rotterdam Central Station, we will probably be able to arrange for someone to come and pick you up). Or alternatively try to arrive at Delft train station for 13.30 at the latest, you can grab a taxi for about €15.00, it's about a 10 minute drive from the station to the go-kart centre. Ask the driver to go to Bleekemolen's Race Planet (address is Kleveringweg 18 in Delft - but you probably don't need that)

Friday night:
As discussed before, meet up in the Irish bar in Rotterdam, probably from ten-ish. Go back to my place with taxis after last rounds. This should get people in the right place at a reasonable time.

Go-karting:
• We have been arranging the go-kart centre and the restaurant this week, and -due to the size of the group- we will have to be slightly more strict with time this time. It is important that everybody aims to arrive by 12.00 at the latest on Saturday. That way we can leave on time for the go-kart centre, and the rest of the day will be easy peezy as for time.
• If you don't want to come along to the go-karts (like Team Zarse did last year), please let me know. I have booked for the whole group, and so hope everybody will join in. Transportation to and from the go-kart centre will be done by coach. The coach we have hired for the evening will also be available for the afternoon, and this is the easiest way out. Seats 54, which will be enough, especially during the day (Beerman and Buurman will only arrive after the go-karts).

Restaurant:
• Transport to and from the restaurant was a bit of a struggle, so we have arranged a full size coach for them two trips. It seats 50 people, so nearly everybody can jump on board and not care about drinking and driving. Unfortunately this will bring some extra costs, but we are trying to keep the money as low as €3,50 on top of the €12,50 we already asked for beer 'n breakfast.
• As for the restaurant itself, unfortunately our group is too large to eat à la carte like we did last year. Spoke to a bloke yesterday, and I will receive an email soon with the choices. They will probably be the obvious choices like a rack of ribs, sirloin steak or entrecote (or something simular), so probably most will get away with it. Bugger is I have to pass the order list a few days before the weekend, which will be hard to do. I will post the choices as soon as I have them.

Breakfast the next morning:
• Ideally I would like to charter someone who'd be coming from the UK by car, to be able to bring English bacon and sausages in a coolbox. Alternatively we can ask the Friday-Rotterdam bunch to bring this by plane, but that will be more hassle and uncooled. So anybody turning this trip into a booze cruise, please step forward ;D

So we'll ask for €16,- for beer, brekkies and transportation.

I hope all this is -a sort of- clear to you :)

Paddy, why not ask Steve to "Sticky" this post under a separate heading so as you can amend details as they change.

BTW. 16 Euro is far too cheap for the hospitality that DfH are providing

Nah, that way you'd get too many stickies on the main page, I think there are too many already :-\

Besides, this should have been the final change. We have hired a full size coach (seats 54 people) to take us from the office to the kart track, from the kart track via the office (in case anybody want to put his/her matrass down) to the restaurant, and after dinner we'll be picked up again and brought back to get some ear pounding by Vinnies Vice.

I think it's properly arranged like this - nobody has to count glasses of alcohol all day long, as the only steering wheel they'll be holding will be the one from the go-kart :)

Sounds awesome Paddy, Great news with the coach! I think it is only fair on all of us!

What songs are we singing?

Oh Yea......

I'll bring it on CD, MP3-player and cassette. ;) So we are damn sure it's playable in the bus. ;D

Sounds like a great weekend planned! 

I reckon the coach is a brilliant idea too, hopefully we wont lose Pieter that way!

If Rick is going to lead the sing-a-long, whose is going to lead the mooning out of the back window??!!  ;D

F

You should know by now Martijn (Man Behaving Badly) is the ex-student who causes all the sing-alongs ;D

Don't be to shure, he claimes to live on spitting distance from the cartcentre, and will join in there....

If ever there was a point to post this....

Uh Oh!!  :-\

Fran that was way to fast a reply!

Not merely Wise, but also Superquick!

F

[In actual fact I was commenting on LangTall's message - but your one got in between and it seemed to fit just the same!]

I don't think the sleepy one even know the picture exists yet!

It will be a nice surprise for him!   Whose ar*e is it anyway? 

F

Pint for the winner!

Looks like the Fish on Fire in Orando last March (and also knowing the BA-flight story). You arrived with JPC, so my guess is it's Matt Harper ;D

Hmm - its a bit worrying the amount of thought gone into that answer!!! Mind you - there is a pint at stake....  ;D

F

Not to worry, by the time Mark was asleep at that pub we were still at Orlando Airport ;)

Track looks superb. I have been on one with a bridge but never multi level.
Just getting things sorted with Russ and the rest of the Brethren that are attending and we will advise of arrival times in 'dam etc.

Cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!

Yet again I have to miss this trip...I have one Speedferries crossing to use before Dec 31 and this was gonna be it.

However I fly in from Egypt in the early hours of the Saturday, so I don't think this is do-able.

More importantly, Aberdeen finishes in two weeks for me - what a result, at last..back to normal browsing habits hopefully!!  :)

WTF?? :o (http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif)

(http://www.drinkingforholland.com/Paddy/exceedPM)


Anyway, yes please Termie, please lable to make life easier on Sunday morning :)

Too bad smokie. Better luck next time...

Will do, Paddy.  A couple of them are CA ones anyway, left over from the race this year.

No excuse, just change to the next plane, train, bus whatsever to Rotterdam or Amsterdam. Bring some Egyptian music for the party with you ;D ;D ;D

Egyptian liquor would be better ;D

I've been to Egypt many times, beleave me, Patrick, after the first sip of local Egyptian Stella beer only someone with a loaded gun could get you to take a second... Fortunately they never tried to produce liquor there.

... and the Obelisk wine is even worse, Werner.

I've drank better drain cleaner   :-X

You drank Obelisk wine??? Wow, never met a survivor before, good to see you're still around ;D ;D

May be I should import one bottle for the party in Rotterdam, I'll be in Egypt next month too...

We're arranging sleeping gear at the moment, as asked if needed via PM to all involved.

Still waiting for answers from Robspot, Nobby Diesel, JDS, JPChenet, Rick Cutler, Wishy, Nopanic and the Brethren. Please answer asap as we need to know what we have to arrange for you.
Spoke to Russ yesterday, he will let me know later in the week.

I presume hgb and Werner will bring their own stuff as they are coming by car, Nobby and JPChenet might do the same...

Paddy...
I will leave Russ to confirm as he is the Man.... but... Lady Pig-Pen and I are poised... ready for action in Holland! ::) :o :-* :police: :-X :o :( ;D 8) ??? :P and for me :angel:

Up 'till now I've had contact -as far as the list above here goes- with Vicky (who wasn't on that list as I have PM traffic with Rowena on DfH), Nopanic, Rick Cutler and Rusty. Thanks guys!

Sorry Paddy, been busy - will check with the boss this evening and reply via PM. Cheers.

No probs John :)

Just had Mrs JDS on lthe phone - we will be driving as will be in UK and she wants to go shopping in Calais ofr a truck load of liquid Christmas essentials on the way back, so we will have no probs packing our sleeping gear.

Excellent! Will you be arriving on Friday or Saturday?

Current plan is sometime on the Friday, but need to finalise channel x-ing.

Sorry Paddy, I thought we covered this when we were chatting the other night.

I'm 90% likely to be driving in which case I'll chuck our stuff in the car, but will confirm at the weekend.

I thought the car wasn't 100 percent sure ;)

Just thinking out loud, Mark: if you are going by car and take Gary and Nobby, would you have space for Andy Zarse too? If he will be able to come to Rotterdam he seems to be coming on his own.

But where would he fit the booze then? Better take a rooftop box Mark!! ;D

Andy would be very welcome!!

Even four up, in the missus Galaxy there would be a good sized boot left  :)

For and on behalf of The Brethren, plans are as follows...
Those attending:
Rusty
Elvis
Lord Pig-Pen
Lady Pig-Pen
Wooley
Sausage
Monkey
Spotter John
Mopar mark
Deeksy (AKA Mullett)
Stinky Bill (Who got married today!)
And maybe some more.....

We shall travel in a 2 vehicle convoy with our security crew outriders on bikes, leaving Blighty on the 07.50 tunnel thingy (not up to speed with such things) on the Friday morning.

Obviously there will be photo and wee stops (for lady PP) on route and we will duly arrive in Rotterdam when we get there, chat says 2 hours, but who knows. Russ has plans for lunch... hopefully not 10,000,000 Scouvile Chilli sauce on Nice skinny girls.. sorry, fries!

Then its on with the weekend!

Marvelous!!!!!!

See you all soon.

The Brethren

Paddy - sorry, did'nt see any PM.
Not sure of my travel arrangements as yet. How long is the drive from the Calais ferry?
If I drive it, I won't require any help with sleeping gear. However, if I fly, i may need some help. Will sort it in the coming days.

Mark - looks like you are driving it, is that tha case?

My apologies, must have missed out on that one. Have sent it anyway to keep you updated with all.

Thanks Paddy.

Just trying to sort out if I fly or drive it.

If I drive, what is the best ferry crossing (I'm located in the South East of England) Dover, Folkstone & tunnel are all convenient. How long is the drive, once across the water?

Cheers.

We will probably use Speedferries to cross (el cheapo!), Dover to Boulogne. According to Multimap it's about 3.5 hours from Boulogne to Rotterdam without comfort stops.

Norfolkline are cheap and go to Dunkerque from Dover, will save at least 45 mins in France.

From the chunnel to Rotterdam is about 3 hours, at night with no traffic, cruising altitude 1 m above road ;D

Take a good 4 hours with the comfort stops included.

...... in a Chevy Malibu (last seen in the movie 'Repo Man')  ;D

I think the crossing preference is a personal thing. I have been traveling frequently since 1993 and have done just about all possible departures between Calais and Hook of Holland. There has been a time (still in the tax free era) when I was driving an artic 3 times a week from Holland to Liverpool and back, so was on the ferry six times a week for months on end. What a revelation it was when I went by Channel Tunnel in July '94. I hated the one-day-tourists on the ferries the most, always jumping queues and loading up liquor like it's going out of style.
Since then I try to avoid ferries. Rather pay that little extra and have the comfort of my own car seat and the quietness of the train. It's also a lot faster - done Rotterdam to Bournemouth in 7 hours flat once, you can forget all about that when going by ferry.

As for Rotterdam - Calais, my record is 2hr 25mins, but that was at full throttle nearly all the way (86mph av.) on a brand new 1200cc motorbike - not recomendable! As said above, count on somewhere 3½ - 4 hours including stops and the Ring road of Antwerp on a Friday :-\

5 Weeks to go! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

No, in 5 weeks it's over already! 32 days to go!!

Probably a daft question - are snow chains obligatory in Holland in November? (To carry with you I mean, not to use all the time, obviously!)

No, they're not Termie. We hardly get any snow and it's all flat over here.

Don't mix us up with certain regions of Germany please....

Gimp chains maybe an option for the adventurer!

I promise never to do that! :)

I've got a brilliant idea. Why not wait for ages to book your flight so the price goes up from £90 to £246.

COCK!!!!!!!!!!!

I am now seeking alternative travel arrangements and the most likely option is driving via the Tunnel for the princely sum of £124. Much more flexible, don't have to get up at 5am and I don't pay for petrol.

The delay in flight booking was due to an administrative problem in obtaining the correct pass for the weekend. In fact the pass was completely revoked after the Rugby quarter final when I came home 7 hours late but I knew she'd cave.....  :-\

Only seven hours late ? You amateur !!!

I learnt very quickly after my first marital outing the art of getting a pass is not even bothering to ask, just fecking go. If you ask, the answer is invariably "NO" so I don't bother anymore, I just tell her I'm going and that I'll be back sometime.

 ;D

Me too, never failed yet!

Wishy and me are flying with VLM, good rate and looking forward to flying in and out of city airport - very steep approach into airport.

Try flying with VLM, flights from city airport to rotterdam, still showing £30 each way - plus tax's and other bit - total - £123.00 - still cheaper than £246.


Worth a look.

The words of a master.  ;D

PM sent to those involved, please answer asap :D

Did this policy happen to coincide with the termination of the marriage or was that just luck?

Possibility but I still have to get up at 6am and pay for return train fare from Bournemouth. What flights are you on?

Have a look at Transavia Airways, we got a very cheap return to Rotterdam with them, albiet from Stansted. Not Ideal I know but I can give lift from Newbury on Friday early AM if needed.

I'm definately going to be going by car Rob so you are more than welcome to join us!

VLM has a habit to charge extra costs if you are not careful/ read the small texts

my experience is that transavia is the cheapest to fly with if you book early enough (1 week in advance)

The ones leaving a misses at home there is a nice song from Down under :

" I' l be back on A monday, somewhere around noon ".

Never ever tell them wich monday it will be !!




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What? To get up all the steep hills?  ???

Women and vehicles eh?!  ;)

 :P

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Little River Band? Never knew they were Oz.


Anyway, still waiting for answers from JPC, Termie, Nobby, Andy Z, Team Melans and Team Brethren.
I want to give answers to the restaurant and karting place by next Monday...

Little River Band,

They met in London but when i ám correct they were originated in Australia.

But then : all the ozzie's where pommie's.




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Cheers mate

Looks like it will only be the standard Bundy but matey in the shop did say he will try and get some of the other.... will keep you posted!
Silver label vintage was rather good but Lady PP got that for me in Tazzie.. and it didn't last long!!!

Did someone mention Bundy???  :o

Have you got a local supplier Lord PP or have you got someone coming over from down under??

Go to love Australia. America may have invented the drive through fast food take-away, drive through banks and pay-at-the-pump petrol stations, but Australia invented the drive through bottle shop!!!  :D :D

Ahh, Bundy.  Many a night's worth of memories have been lost to that fine Aussie tipple.  Tom the Lawnmower Man is partial to a drop of O.P. on bbq'd bananas at Le Mans.  Such a shame for him that I can't be arsed to cook them and I've normally drunk any Bundy we may have with us before the bbq is at the right temp to do the nanas.  Still, at least I'm happy.   :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

There is a supplier over here but I need to check with friends as to where it is.  I usually get mine when the family come to visit.

Dx

Get yourself on the Bathurst '09-list then! ;D


;)

For those of us who are visiting Rotterdam next week..........what time of the day are we meeting up at the Irish bar.

It's just a question of logistics for Neil and I........... as we are staying in a hotel 5mins walk from the bar.

We will be arriving at about lunchtime if all goes well.

Wishy

Don't know I think some of us will be there for Lunch! Give me a ring when you are ready to go out and I will let you know where we are.

We'll probably be rolling up sometime around 6pm after Mrs JDS has given my credit card a good seeing to at Citi Europe on the way .....  >:(

My plan is to clear the office on the Friday between noon and six-ish. Between seven and nine fetch something to eat somewhere - maybe just some chips n stuff, some people are due to arrive late. Leave the office half past nine at the latest to be at the pub somewhere 10-ish.

The only slight worry I have is if that English guy called Corbyn is right. Some people might get stuck in Holland if we do get 120 mph storms :-\

At least they'll be blown away by their visit to Holland.

So, where's the problem with that?

I dont think Paddy wants to come to work on Monday and find 30 or so still dossing down on his office floor calling for more beer!

F

I wouldn't mind ;D You guys might have to go back to work/family though :-\

Oh well, it will probably be a quiet weekend weatherwise. Always the thing with these predictions! ;)

The Weather will be nothing compared to Sebring then!

Paddy,

Any plans for party games like this "first out you lose" dreamt up by the Aussies?

 ;D

Actually, we could do it the other way around. We could run around naked outside in the street. First in, you lose.

I'll be first looser then, cosey and dressed near the draft machine! ;D

I call that a winner, Paddy

Del

It was me. Max has 3 bottles being delivered by me next weekend. Its only the normal yellow label but I have a source in Highcliffe, Dorset. The OP is evil and the silver label vintage is killer.... and who mentioned Bathhurst 09...  would love to go and show the thickos how people really party. If anyone is up for it... lets get a crew together and show em how its done. I have lots of mates out there who can help out so it wont be a big deal getting sorted for tickets etc.

PP

Sounds like we need to have a wee chat re all things Aussie next weekend!   ;D ;D ;D

Dx

Ripper mate.
Lady PP is from Tasmania so you will have expert advice to hand!
My limited knowledge of the west coast may also be of interest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its my birthday tomorrow so off out on the pop now! Marvelous!!!!!

PPx

Time to start warming up your livers (as if you aren't already).

Me and Colonel Chenet shall be arriving mid/late afternoon ready for a light sprinkling of carnage.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

My liver is always trained... ;D ;D ;D, no warm up needed

Can anybody who is coming bring me 120 2nd class stamps please?  I'll pay in £s cash!  Please pm me if you can help. Ta.

You have mail!  8)

Ditto.
Thanks for the offers - now sorted. :)

We... The brethren will be around at similar sort of time.... Liver is poised ready for action.

Bring on the carnage!!!

Sure that Lady PP will make it a memorable experience! ::) ;D

Preps are starting tonight 8)

Getting ready here as well,

Drinking lots of black coffee! - aiming to cure hang-overs before I get one!   ;D

Packing now as I leave straight from Work tomorrow. Off to BOBU castle before heading off to Stansted in the morning.

Great going! We'll be drunk in the Irish pub in 48 hours from now ;D

Have fun everyone, wish i could be there, but the cost of the weekend has been put towards the Sebring trip.

Packing nearly sorted.... and some of Lady PP's mega Dihydrocodine pain killers for hangover relief already in the Pig-Pen bag.

Paddy... Lady Pp has heard of a big saturday market in town.... will there be time for her to have a look, I cant remember what time we are off Karting.

Also.. is it raining in Holland like it is here?

Oh..... and Lady PP wil be so pleased I posted this pic... her mum sent it from Tasmania the other day!

OK - I know its here somewhere (I think there was even a photo!) and I have tried to search, but could someone tell me the name and street address of "the irish pub" - just in case I get lost?!

Ta very much.

F

I think this is the one, someone correct me if I'm wrong



The web site has the full details inc a map.

Think that covers my cockup -  ;D

Wrong one Neil. ;)

Thanks LT - I knew it was mentioned here somewhere!!!  ;D

I dont think even I could miss the WTC.....

F

Depends on what city you are going to ;D

There is more than one?!  :o

WTCs yes, Irish pubs yes. There's even a second Rotterdam, next to Amsterdam near Rochester, south of Lake Ontario ;)

Since september 2001 there's one WTC less though....

Don't worry Fran you will be with us. we'll look after you  ::)

I have two spare sleeping bags (washed!) and some pillows. Should I bring them - any use?

Thats exactly what worries me Bob!!  ;D

Can I call on one please, as it will make my travel bag lighter, adn I forgot about a pillow!

Thanks
Neil

Done, Neil.  One down one to go. :)

It is amazing how all these plans have come together for such a noble cause. ;D

Safe travels to all! ;D

Softie  ::)

Just bring all you have, we already aquired lots of sleeping gear, but for some reason I am not sure it will be enough ???

Will do!

Wishing you all a safe journey to DFH land, May you all drink, drink and be merry. Hi to all DFH.
I trust all will go off bloody smoothly, or off with a bang if Roy has the gas bottle out again!

I will drink to you all in a beir keller in Deuchland. I look forward to reading all about it next week.

Thats it, I'm off for the trip to sunny rotterdam,

have a safe trip everyone, see u lot there.

Toot toot. Leaving now.

See you in the Irish!

We're off. Safe trip all, see you late Friday ...

Safe travelling and have a great weekend all of you out there!  Wish I could be out there with you......

MG Mark

So, after finishing work late, managing a couple of beers on the way home, my thoughts turns to Rotterdam.

Was it not for the need to earn a crust, I would have been with you boys and girls this weekend.

I trust everyone arrived safely and as planned. I'm sure you are having a great night!

Best wishes to you all.

Please hoist a glass or 2 for me.

No news from the Friday nite pre-qualifying yet ????

Update from Rotterdam. For Club Arnage, now call it CAarnage. Don't ask about the drunken mayhem in the bar. It's best not to mention the waterfall running down Paddy's stairs. And who knows who the streaker was that Fran had to cover up. God I feel awful

Wow, just 6 hours til hgb and I will join you - sounds we'll better show up in combat dress ;D ;D ;D

Everybody thanks a lot for coming over to Holland to make this another legendary weekend. Really appreciated your presense, you're a great bunch of people! 8)

Weekend in brief:
*Friday early arrivals got very drunk in the Irish pub. Dunno what they put in the beer, but I had the worst hangover since Sebring.
*Saturday morning gathering went well. Untill the coach was supposed to arrive that was. Something went wrong in the planning office, and we had to wait for nearly two hours for the coach to arrive. Sadly this meant we missed out on Michael Bleekemolen, who had another appointment.
*Go karts meant lots of bruises for many people, Fran did a low flyer with one of the karts and Rowena got done for drinking and driving. I surprised myself with the laptimes, was fourth overall in the end.
*The restaurant was great. Food was served very fast, and the service was pretty good. JPC got another mascotte for next year's tour of circuits.
*Back at the workshop Vinnies Vice made the building shake. This was an excellent gig, especially the drummer seemed to have a real good time. I was one of the last ones to go to bed, after six this morning apparently.
*This morning all got up eventually and gradually made our way home.

Thanks to everybody for helping where you could, it made life easier for all of us. Special thanks to JPC for the groceries, 'her indoors' really apreciated your efforts!

I really really cann't wait to see the pictures... To bad my camera was 1500+KM away.

And cann't wait till next years reunion :)

Home again safely!! 

Big thanks to everyone involved in making it such a fab weekend both the organisers and the company - I managed to pace my drinking very nicely and avoided both embarrassment and hangovers which is a bit of a result :).

Karting was excellent even tho I was last in each of my heats (mind you... I did show a 10 sec per lap improvement on the second heat when I didnt lose time running over Rick Cutler's hand!).

I have a fair few good pics, but no idea how to post em yet.

Unfortunately, I also have a mental picture burned into my retinas that may require extended therapy to cure - traumatic doesnt even start to describe it.....

Hope everyone else gets home safely too.

F

5 days at Le Mans doesn't leave me with as much grease as I've just had to wash off me! Must be something to do with the karting (fascist hill installing bastards!!!!!!!) and the glue all over Paddy's floor.

An absolutely superb weekend once again. Many many thanks to all the Dutch guys, you really know how to throw a party.

Had the coach arrived on time I think the karting could have been a different affair. Mine and JPC's lap times were definitely affected by rum consumption. Although then I probably wouldn't have seen my first disqualification for DUI.

And that brings us onto Rowena  :o

Just waiting patiently for Rowena DOES Rotterdam to appear on www.ClubCarnage.com, the newly devised "after hours" adult site  ;D

All you guys who missed out should book it in early for next year although I believe there'll be a long waiting list........

I too have the same image Fran but no lasting mental damage. You see it's rather like every time I get out of the shower  :'(

Just got in the door.

A huge thanks to Paddy, Marius and all the guys for putting on a fabulous weekend, it was a total blast. Vinnie's Vice were the nuts and that was the longest vesion of Mustang Sally I have ever heard, well done JPC. All the guys had a fabulous time. A top road trip.

I'm absolutely shattered, aching all over, bruising from the go-karts and jaw ache, I haven't laughed so much in ages. I'm suprised my head is OK considering the amount of alcohol consumed until 3 on the Friday and 5 on Saturday. Hard core stuff. Top marks to Rowenna for being the most pissed person of the weekend.

I know Pig Pen and Elvis have a ton of photos and video clips so hopefully we'll get some of the more embarrassing ones posted very soon.

We finished it all off with a fine meal in Brugge and a bit of brownie point shopping.

Rusty

Home and washed.

What a great weekend, thanks to all at DFH who worked hard to keep the weekend going so well, what fantastic planning and what really good fun.

Thanks

Some pictures to start with,

and a few more pics,

Home & relaxed (or should that be relapsed ...?) What a great weekend, many thanks for all those at DfH for organising and to everyone for creating such a great atmosphere .... roll on next time! And yes Mark, there were at least 4 witness to the "yes you can go to Sebring" comment ...  ;D

And the slightly modified Alfa, the latest sports style  ;D

The pink hearts on Kuuf's car was absolutely brilliant! Good timing Neil for being there when it was reveiled to the owner. ;D

Great weekend and loads of thanks to the organising committee who did a fantastic job. It was a great group of friends together having a ball, that about sums it up for the weekend and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Lot's of great moments. DfH, thank you guys very much for hosting this.

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I upload some more later...

I didn't know I was that drunk..........

Car looks great!

Still drunk?

Thanks everyone for showing up and doing things. Had a great weekend.

What can I say other that echo the sentiments of others? What a fantastic weekend. Good company and a great time. Thanks to everyone for organizing it, let's do it again some time.

For those who weren't there, here's an impression of the gig. It's a part of the first song (before my memory card was full :-X)

http://www.drinkingforholland.com/Paddy/VinniesVice.MPG (30MB download)

F*cking cool gig, I tell 'ya! 8)

That comment dosn't even begin to describe how good they were. I have paid a lot of money in the past to see bands that are not worthy of tuning Vinnies's Vices's instuments. These guys should be making millions. F***ing brilliant.

Paddy, can you let me know when they have finished their CD?

Have discussed with Vincent earlier in the week that I will drop details regarding the new CD on this forum as soon as they are available. They seem very happy with it, and the way they sounded last Saturday I think they are in top form at the moment 8)

I feel a "Vinnie's Vice does LeMans 2008" dvd comming :) (with special guest Mark JPC... DUHhhhhhhhhh)

I will try to steel my sisters digicam, but it's gonna be tough (impossable probably), my niece is celebrating her 1st birthday the same weekend

hmm .. not to niece of her

:D

Another AMAZING weekend, with a FANTASTIC group of people.  A huge thank you to everyone... I look forward to the next time!  So many highlights, too many to mention.  Feeling surprisingly ok today!   ;D

I'll try and get some of our photos online, however my machine died last night and I'm just hoping that I haven't lost all of my photos from the past 18 months (I've been meaning to do back up for months!).  I think the hard drive is dead!    :'(

Vicky

carp indeed :) changed  :angel:

Some more... the band was fabulous.

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Beautiful pics Hansgerd, thanks for sharing!

What more can I say, an absolute first class weekend.  I'm glad the stage didn't collapse!

Many thanks to all.




.... and NO black flag this year  ;D

Great weekend guys, thanks for all the effort you put in. 
I decided to re-name the thread in honour of Row and Hansgerd - how you managed to get such good pics, hgb, I'm not quite sure in the circs!

You really are the pefect hosts, couldn't have wished for a better break from all the misery of bloomin' November. See you next year...

Cheers DFH. What a weekend!!
Thanks for everything you guys and gals did for us over the last few days.
Claire and I had a superb time, as did the rest of the Brethren.
I still hurt from Karting but apart from that.... no drink related injuries to speak of, which us unusual as consumption was very heavy!
Loved Rotterdam (Lady PP shopped, The Brethren Boozed), the Karting, the restaurant and the party. Awesome time had by all.

Will come again next year if invited!

Special thanks go to 'Weena for the endless cabaret of drunkeness. That girl knows how to party.... as the pics will show!
I will upload later... been a long day after a long weekend and its dinner time.

Oh... and 'Weena... I wont disclose any of your secrets that you told me on Saturday ;) ;D :police:

Thanks again to all in DFH. Top Weekend with great friends. ;D

Laters

Lord and Lady Pig-Pen

After a "long " drive to the south of the netherlands and an early bed it was work as usual today.

Still need to catch up with the sleep.

Sorry LPP but we finished the only bottle of Bundy I had left already on fridaynight.
Probably the reason I did not feel well, up until saterday afternoon.

Great party and great memory's.

Thanks to all the guys an girls who made an long trip to party with us.

Even this event is like Le Mans. Every year bigger and better.

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Well thanks to my son, who has downloaded the following on his youtube account, so Mark blame him.

Clip from a small camera, so best of what was available.

This was filmed at the weekend, not sure what time, but quite late, but the party is still in full drunkard mode.

And Vinnies Vice were great, what a great band, did the dutch proud!


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rTUGk0VaSmg

Top singing dude!
What a weekend!!
We agree with everything said by all so far..... awesome.

Cheers again DFH!
I will add pics later or tomorrow.... strange tired feeling for some reason!

PP

A big THANKS to all for the great weekend that already seems too much like a distant memory.  

A few special thanks though......
To all of you who decided to go to the Irish Bar on Friday night leaving Max and I to polish off the Bundy between us.  It was tough but we managed.   ::) ::) ::)
To Rowena who has deflected attention away from my escapades last year.   :angel:
To Vinnie's Vice who have ensured that my eardrums will never be the same again.   ;D
To Chris for helping me drink the Cidre Brut thus ensuring I wasn't suffering too much when I woke up yesterday morning.   ;)

and last but by no means least to Paddy for providing me with some great cheques to present to this years chosen charities.   :-* :-* :-*  
(Enjoy the rum.  You deserve it!)

Dx

Dude... I "Think" the last standing were you, me and Rusty... vague memories of 5.30ish on the watch when final slurred goodnights were said... fantastic!
PP

Well what a weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to all the DfH guys woh made it happen...... ;D

I would also like to thank JPC for rescuing me from my gammy foot on Saturday as it allowed me to do the Gokarting without pain 8)

All I can say is roll on next year.....it is a deffo to add to the LM calendar of event.

Being a lightweight on the beer front on Saturday night was great as I was able to watch those of .....you and you know who you are....... behaving in some very strange and funny ways.

Oh! and Haqnsgerd........I pays not to sleep against the inside of the toilet door ;D

Andy

Thanks for the many and kind warm words! ;)

As for karting, it will probably get worse for me as I entered some stupid competition a few months ago, thinking I'd probably never hear from it again. Got a phone call yesterday to say I'm invited to go to Coronel's track next Sunday. Hope the current bruises will be less by then... :-\

I didn't get as many photos as I'd hoped...  here's the link though http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=71615&l=fa7e5&id=750290606 x

Fantastic, even though I missed a lot of the best bits... I crashed out at about 3:30 in the car - surprisingly warm and comfortable - and woke up at 7:30 then made my way to the hotel in time for breakfast. Sorry if you heard the car alarm at 7:30, seems there is an internal movement sensor, and that was when I had my first internal movement!!

With no plans for a November holiday next year, I'll be putting this event in my diary as soon as the 2008 dates are announced...

Thanks Paddy etc!!

Great pics - makes up for minke which were all sh**, couldn't even hold a compact camera steady  ;D

This was a nice piss your pants moment wasn't it? ;D

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I did wonder, when i saw this picture on Vicky's FB, what on earth i was doing.... i think i was looking for my earing  ;)

I think that may be a little fib...... ;)

Finally had some time to throw a few pics of me online.

After a two hour wait the coach finally arrived. This is our departure, hence the 2005-truck in the background 8)
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Finally at the bar of the go-kart track.
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After karting we went for dinner. In the UK there are pints. Here in Holland we drink them slightly larger. Here's Swans having his first beer of the day.
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Martijn was thirsty too!
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Swans finished his drink in the mean time...
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...while Martijn sneakily took a small one too!
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Yep, this is the stuff! ;D
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Wishy looked like he drank something completely different.
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Rowena drank the same, but she was full of denial.
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The gang in front of the restaurant.
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And finally the band. Man, were they loud! (but very cool though)
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Roll on 2008! It's definitely worth the effort! ;)

Weenas going to love you for that photo Paddy!  ;D

How 'bout yourself, Vick? ;D

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I'm not really jealous...

Glad you all had a good time, I can't wait to hear the unprintable bits of tittle tattle from my various contacts!

oh yeah that's great, thanks!!   ::)  haha

I wouldn't have been on Saturday morning either :-\





Anyway, here's the drumsolo, recorded by Chris D Hall (thanks man!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edmfj0Q1f1M

If only i knew how to post a pic i could get Paddy straight back!  ??? ;D :P

Still waiting for Rick C. to put his pictures online.
Coach ? !



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;D :o ;D :o ;D

someone pm weena and tell her how to get photos online!!!  :laugh:

rics pictures should be good...  he's not been online since we got back, i don't think?

thats because i've tied him up and destroyed his camera!  ;D :D ;D

These are about the only semi useable pics we got - beer and someone else's camera don't really go together ... Not too sure the karting center believed that some us had 'only had one or two' and were primed and at the peek of the game ...

and the last of the useable ones

Ah, QV's car. There should be more pics of that one! ;D

Defenitly something wrong with either the camera or the photographer, those shirts should be orange instead of red!

Wait till you see our pics!! He He

I am finally back online, was in London for 22 hours yesterday!  I am downloading the pictures and will put them online later but I assume you are thinking of this one:-

Dont suppose there is any chance i could vet them first?!?  :-\ :-[ ;)

You have seen all of mine so does that mean I can post them all!

Not to worry Rowena, there are a lot worse pictures (http://gallery.drinkingforholland.com/main.php/v/LMS_2006/Spa/LT/?g2_page=7) of me around compared to your situation last Saturday :-\

Cool Paddy  ;D and we musn't forget Spa  ;)

Rick - i think you may have a couple of photos that might best be left in Vegas! pretty please  :-* ;D :D

Those pics were taken at the bar/restaurant next to the youth hostel at Spa in '06 ;)

For starters.... This is when the security dude from the unit opposite asked what magazine we were shooting for!!! Thats True.....

No comment needed ;D

Hmmmmmmmm :police: The "King" looks flustered.  ;D

A fab night was had by all!! ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

The Friar of Woe claims another lover! ;D and a few more pics.

more pics


removed - Vegas Rules   ;D

Pleeeeeeeeeeese take those last two off  :-[ :(

What last 2 ?  ;)

Think u must have been seeing things -  ;)

 :) :-* :)

and a few more, no titles just pics

It aint over yet Weena!

oh b*gger!  :o 

guess i wont be going to bed for a while then  ;)

Last one for today.... you dirty, dirty girl! :police:
Dont worry about the "action shots"..... there were only 3 of us up and the other 2 havn't seen the pics!... or the video!

Is it me but, are these not the same people   - ;D
(Sorry Mr Moderator, sir....... grovel.......grovel...............)

REMOVED -  as things keep going wrong since posted - Steve has contacts in high places !  :o

and

as I work at height, I'm closer than most to any retribution from the gods, CA or any other.  ;D

Oi, you're on it now

I think Vegas rules should apply for this event. Meaning not everything should necessarily be posted.  ;)

What happens away stays away?

I mean those rules exactly.

next time we meet we must discuss Vegas.............. fun town!!!!

My neck still hurts.... all associated with the massive shunt I had half way round my first heat after being well oiled and drifting like a teenger. The kart snapped strait and I buried it into the armco so hard it remained there for the whole meeting. Stuck by the front end plastic. Ha Ha!

Lady PP was far quicker than me but then she is 4 stone lighter and had not been on the pssi all day.

Raceplanet rocks!

I thought the vegas rule was

"What happens in Vegas, ends up on youtube"

Got something to hide Pieter?  ;)

No. not me this time, but if I did, I'd appreciate a little discretion.  ;)

Pieter - forgot vegas rules

totally agree - so all my info and pics will be posted with this is mind from now on.

VEGAS RULES         - rules!

Vegas rules don't apply on DFH forum! So feel free to post there, what you can't do here ;)

hehe :P

Thats terrible !


You can at least posted the dirrect link -  ;D

Viva Las Vegas.

Is the King still alive ??

yea, sure I saw him at DFH party or was it at the Irish bar on Friday?

If The King was still alive, he'd be dead by now... :-X

The King is dead!

Must have been shortly after this was taken then.... ;D

Yesterday RockerRiert was emailing me :(

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Here are the results of Rowena's pictures. Not too bad I'd say, considering... ;)

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ps. time for the Mods to get their glue remover out? ;)

I would say.... Considering!!!  Superb... and I am in a few of em which is even better!