VMR Summer Rally 2007
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:39 pm
Folks,
Just a quick line to kick off the thread. 27th to 29th July, Milton Abbas, Dorset. The Rally website will go 'live' at the end of January.
In the meantime, I have located two fine hotels - each with about ten rooms available, and have block booked them both for the weekend. Our weekend coincides with the Milton Abbas Victorian Street Fayre which last year attracted 26,000 visitors, so accommodation in the area will be snapped up rapidly - hence the need to ACT NOW!
The Fox is about three miles from Milton Abbey and the Acorn is about fifteen miles distant. I plan to take rooms in the Fox from Thursday night through Sunday night. The hotel has ample off-road parking, and a separate car park has been reserved for our exclusive use.
I am awaiting discount weekend break rates from both hotels, which I should have shortly. In the meantime, prices at the Fox are likely to be approximately GBP 140 for a room for two nights, or GBP 160 for a superior room, or GBP 180 for the most glamorous and salubrious chamber. Pro rata for extra nights if needed.
I would like to fill the Fox before starting on the Acorn.
The Fox at Ansty
http://www.foxatansty.co.uk/
The Acorn at Evershot
http://www.acorn-inn.co.uk/
Please could all interested parties let me know their accommodation requirements (including Thursday and Sunday nights if required) so I can close the loop with the Fox as quickly as possible so that we don't lose the rooms. (Please don't make bookings directly with the hotels - it will confuse them!)
Notice that, because we have booked Milton Abbey for our Vintage Garden Party on Sunday, the Navigation Rally will take place this year on Saturday, with an early start, of course. Therefore I would encourage you all to arrive on Friday if possible - early breakfasts have already been arranged! In view of this, I am also arranging discount tickets at the nearby Kinston Maurward Summer Ball - black tie, Pimms, dinner, jazz, disco, casino and more in a fabulous setting, and I am negotiating for a vintage car park for us close to the House. This will take the place of our usual informal Friday evening gathering.
http://www.kmc.ac.uk/gardens/garden.htm
Planning for this year's Rally is already well advanced and I can tell you that it is shaping up to be easily our best yet - and not only because I will be entering my Semi-sports which should be ready to ship from the USA by the end of March!
See you there!
Ian
Just a quick line to kick off the thread. 27th to 29th July, Milton Abbas, Dorset. The Rally website will go 'live' at the end of January.
In the meantime, I have located two fine hotels - each with about ten rooms available, and have block booked them both for the weekend. Our weekend coincides with the Milton Abbas Victorian Street Fayre which last year attracted 26,000 visitors, so accommodation in the area will be snapped up rapidly - hence the need to ACT NOW!
The Fox is about three miles from Milton Abbey and the Acorn is about fifteen miles distant. I plan to take rooms in the Fox from Thursday night through Sunday night. The hotel has ample off-road parking, and a separate car park has been reserved for our exclusive use.
I am awaiting discount weekend break rates from both hotels, which I should have shortly. In the meantime, prices at the Fox are likely to be approximately GBP 140 for a room for two nights, or GBP 160 for a superior room, or GBP 180 for the most glamorous and salubrious chamber. Pro rata for extra nights if needed.
I would like to fill the Fox before starting on the Acorn.
The Fox at Ansty
http://www.foxatansty.co.uk/
The Acorn at Evershot
http://www.acorn-inn.co.uk/
Please could all interested parties let me know their accommodation requirements (including Thursday and Sunday nights if required) so I can close the loop with the Fox as quickly as possible so that we don't lose the rooms. (Please don't make bookings directly with the hotels - it will confuse them!)
Notice that, because we have booked Milton Abbey for our Vintage Garden Party on Sunday, the Navigation Rally will take place this year on Saturday, with an early start, of course. Therefore I would encourage you all to arrive on Friday if possible - early breakfasts have already been arranged! In view of this, I am also arranging discount tickets at the nearby Kinston Maurward Summer Ball - black tie, Pimms, dinner, jazz, disco, casino and more in a fabulous setting, and I am negotiating for a vintage car park for us close to the House. This will take the place of our usual informal Friday evening gathering.
http://www.kmc.ac.uk/gardens/garden.htm
Planning for this year's Rally is already well advanced and I can tell you that it is shaping up to be easily our best yet - and not only because I will be entering my Semi-sports which should be ready to ship from the USA by the end of March!
See you there!
Ian