Irish contingent attending??

[trebor]

said i'd start a thread and try figure out which irish members are heading over to this years gathering??

its my first time attending and looking forward too it, going to make a holiday out of it, travel over a few days before hand.

so far we have
my ke70 estate going,
ae92 gti corolla
Supercharged ae86 coupe
aa63 gtr carina

[cianha]

Just waiting for payday. Last year we flew in and rented (cheating, I know) this time I'm taking the car!

[trebor]

very good, what will you be driving over??

we're thinking its best to get the ferry from dublin to holyhead and drive down, seemingly the roads are better??

[surprisingskoda]

You can go from Holyhead along the length of the A5, and then through Owestry, Shrewsbury, Hereford and over to Tewkesbury. That's the simplest, easiest, most economical route and all pretty straightforward.

If you want a bit of nice roads, down from Bangor to Dolgellau, and past Snowdon, and across the A458 to Welshpool, and down to the A49 route above Ludlow and on to Hereford et al.
It's a bit longer, but more scenic, quieter, more spirited roads. A good one for going over, the other route good for a tired drive home.

Both tried and tested and plenty of stopping points.

Going via Rosslare leaves you on motorways most of the way which are pretty busy and very boring, with some hard gradients which are hard on low powered oldies, and you get all the Cardiff traffic as well. Plus Irishferries that run that route are ignorant and their ferries are nasty. Stena run from Dublin - get that one. Nice boat, and lower ramps than the others, and they are more accommodating than others if you have issues, like very low ride height or a non-start.

[trebor]

cheers for all the info, i think we'll head from dublin with stenaline and none of the cars travelling with us will be low powered

[cianha]

Might be worth contacting Creena at 360 in Limerick for a price on ferries. They do packages and stuff for a lot of the motorsports teams hopping across the pond.

Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

www.360sl.ie

[cianha]

Ferry Booked! I've a 20% Irish Ferries discount email if anyone wants it, it's only good until tomorrow evening…

[hairnet]

360 don't operate anymore......

the way the pound is atm since november there was only 5 quid difference........

[capridoof]

wondering about costs involved for the weekend may be bringing a few (3)cars over ??

[cianha]

I paid €300 for the ferry,
about €200 in fuel (estimating 4 tanks, which is overkill, but covers the trip to Shelsley Walsh on Saturday too, as well as the possibility of getting carried away in the Welsh coutryside )
£30 per head camping,
£8 ish for tickets to the hillclimb on Sat.
bbq/food/beer/pocket money after that!

We're on the 8:00 Friday Morning Irish Ferries sailing, should be in Holyhead for about 11:30. Planning to come down the A5, possibly with detours as per surprisingskoda's suggestions above.

[cianha]

Ker- bump,

Not long left now, who's crossing and when?

[cianha]

Looks like it's just me and the co-pilot…

[surprisingskoda]

I'll be burbling over on the Dublin Holyhead on probably the 2.15am to 5.45 Friday morning sailing, or possibly the 8.20 to 11.50 one if I take a nap first.

[cianha]

Are you doing the old, "Rock up and pay at the door" trick again? It'll be interesting to see what the differences in prices are like.

[surprisingskoda]

Yeah. Will be probably about £130-150 sterling whatever that works out at. That's what it was in Holyhead 2 weeks ago anyway. And same to get home.