When i had my 1st coop i drove to belgium to get loads of duty frees..
The drive was awesome, stunning cold spring morning and quiet roads,
I got to Dover for the Euro tunnel @ 6am, drove aboard and then had the dash accross france etc..

I was home by 5pm fully stocked up too,

So my question is who would be up for a meet @ Dover sometime, and then a day to Belgium or any place surrounding?
A hotel can be arranged with ease for a 1 night stay..

The footage hooning it down the foriegn roads @ 140+ would be amazing..

Thoughts on a postcard..

sounds like a good weekend. just gotta wait for the finances to come in and i might be intrested
craig

Logisitc nightmare - but if im not working or havent got anything planned i'd be up for a day trip.

Sounds fun , i'm in if i'm not working and would be up for an over nighter.

always interested in late night blast to dover!

I could be up for this, always fancied taking the Coupe abroad....

i'm up for this, which month are ya thinking?

Would be great. I could meet and guide you guys and make bookings for the hotel, organise a real meet, visit something,... Will keep an eye on this one. I could organise an event like this no problem.

What about April sometime, should have some dry weather then..


Chrissy.

I'm definitely liking the sound of this - Took the coop to France last year and it proved to be a great GT

Yeh, I'm up for it. I fancy driving the coupe on foreign roads.

i might be up for this, i plan to go around europe this summer and i havent decided yet whether to go with the car or backpack it. This would be a nice chance to sort of dip my toes in the water.

Its good, real good.. when i went 2 yrs ago the roads were dead, scenery lush and speeds of 155 many a time - oh and 4 lanes of super smooth tarmac..........

How about the big bridge in the South of France??

Ooh yes a summer euro meet, preferably late summer (august).

I would prefer April or May

Guys, it WILL be April...

Definitely up for it

I'd be up for an overnighter over Easter. Great road NE France into Belgium.

Hey Kajay's the man for this for me, met him at the xmas party. Hes a top bloke & iam sure he would make sure it was a really good meet!!!

Okay, I'll check it out and see what interesting things we can do. I haven't driven in France too many times and we should try to avoid the toll routes, but maybe we can sort something very nice with a hotel in Luxembourg - extremely cheap petrol there. Just a brainstorm...

- arrive in Calais around noon on Friday, I pick you guys up
- go to Brugges for some shopping in group or on your own (CROWDY!), scenic tour by myself, food, party, sleep, breakfast
- next day drive up to Luxembourg
- meet up with people joining only Saturday
- Luxembourg there around noon for food
- visit some castle or vineyard or...
- saturdaynight in a hotel, party, breakfast,...
- each their own to England again on sunday

as an alternative:

- calais early saturday (10.00)
- drive up to a nice town for food and shopping
- drive up to a champagne chateau in Reims
- stay in a hotel for the night
- maybe we can arrange a trackday experience on sunday? ooh! Or just go watch one?

or something else:

- arrive in Calais early saturday
- drive to Kortrijk or Brugges for shopping and an organised karting race, mixed sports event or similar
- evening dinner in Ghent all-you-can-eat wok restaurant
- explore the nightlife
- stay somewhere in a hotel
- no organised events on sunday - stay and explore or return

Anyone interested, could you post how many miles you want to do at max, starting from Calais...? And what your budget for the combination of organised activities (if you want to participate) and hotel + food is? And what activities you are interested in? (pick: shopping, karting, mixed sports competition, wine/champagne tasting, nightlife,...)

If this goes on I'll surely offer roadmaps etc. to the people interested so that nobody gets lost or so that anybody can catch up if you have a problem, arrive later,...

Good call Kayjey!!

Others should read over this..

something else yet...

- arrive in Calais friday afternoon
- enjoy the evening in Ghent with wok restaurant, nightlife and hotel
- meet up with people arriving on saturday
- drive up to Mechelen for organised professional car control course and karting
- back to Brugges to eat and spend the night
- back to england on sunday

Yep looks good.
Anyone mind if we bat around a few alternative suggestions?
Amsterdam, for instance, is 225 miles from Calais, via Belgium of course.

(The big bridge at Millau in France is about 560 miles)

Very much up for this - well used to driving in France - Great roads!

Major thing though is to make sure you have enough time for everything. I drove 450 miles up and down again for the Christmas do. I started off at 8.00 in the morning and arrived in Harrogate around 16.00. And believe me, that was with some spirited driving. So I guess starting from Calais, we shouldn't do more than 250 miles or so. That will take us to Luxembourg at the furthers. So if you just want to make it a fancy meeting with a lot of driving, pick one of the above suggestions. If you want something exotic, consider the Champagne tasting in a chateau. I know one that has the cellars far below the ground and you take a little train to drive around it. Might be a splendid experience, though we'll have to set up a party in a less 'classy' environment, which is where Ghent might come in nicely.