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So that'll be the 6 am train.
Just been looking at the Eurotunnel prices
31st £22.00 Short stay or £24 Standard
Returning Monday I presume before miday £22 - £29
Hey train.....maybe I'll get it cheaper!!! I'll have to phone and ask. It'll only be for me though... 
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so what is happening then with Euro Tunnel anybody
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Hi guys!
I'm afraid I'll have to pass on this one due to financial reasons and other priorities. I do hope you all will have a great rally (I know you will) and maybe next year???
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so what is happening then with Euro Tunnel anybody
Hi Ray
We are just waiting to get the site confirmed & then Thananasis will post up more info/booking confirmation etc. Once that is done we will be able to book the Tunnell  I worked it out that for me the total return cost would be £66 (Passengers go free) which isn't too bad.
I need to ride in the sun soon before I start to grow webbed feet 
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Hi guys!
I'm afraid I'll have to pass on this one due to financial reasons and other priorities. I do hope you all will have a great rally (I know you will) and maybe next year???
//Bengt
Sorry to hear that Bengt, how will Johann find his way there without your SatNav?
Take care & hope to see you soon
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Sorry to see you cant make it this year Bengt, you will be missed for sure, hope to see you next year..
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 Sorry to hear that Bengt, but I hope there is a little chance for "last minute" decision. 
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Hi guys!
I'm afraid I'll have to pass on this one due to financial reasons and other priorities. I do hope you all will have a great rally (I know you will) and maybe next year???
//Bengt
Bengt, I am also truly sorry about that. I'll just have to come up to Uppsala again to see you then. 
I sincerely hope things change and that you finally do make it.
Crossed fingers.
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how will Johann find his way there without your SatNav?
Will i have to let the stars guide me at night then!?
Bedouin fund Sweden without a GPS..... but it took about 2 weeks
Better start earlier then if i am to make it in time to Italy! 
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We are just waiting to get the site confirmed & then Thananasis will post up more info/booking confirmation etc.
Yep, I am just waiting on the larger campsite (they told me to contact them from Monday Jan 21 onwards).
I think we'll forget the smaller campsite as my contact told me the owner sounded a bit 'iffy' today regarding availability.
I have already received confirmation (and provisionally booked some rooms) in the hotel.
I expect to be posting full details on both campsite and hotel circa. middle of next week.
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Ok, I finally completed negotiations and have written confirmations on both the campsite and the hotel.
We have managed to get a small discount on the official campsite prices (thanks to Senora Umberta) and a pretty big one at the hotel (thanks to Senora Diana).
I will be posting a sign-up thread with details within the hour.
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Bedouin fund Sweden without a GPS..... but it took about 2 weeks
Johann,
Haven't you heard that I have swallowed a GPS (actually a true comment from a fellow rider several years back) ???
Didn't you notice I went south to Sorrento/Naples upon hitting Italy, instead of north on our way to Sweden.
Didn't you notice we went northwards to Finland instead of south (homewards) after the rally.
It works perfectly!!! 
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Bedouin fund Sweden without a GPS..... but it took about 2 weeks
Johann,
Haven't you heard that I have swallowed a GPS (actually a true comment from a fellow rider several years back) ???
Didn't you notice I went south to Sorrento/Naples upon hitting Italy, instead of north on our way to Sweden.
Didn't you notice we went northwards to Finland instead of south (homewards) after the rally.
It works perfectly!!!
I think your built in GPS is far superior to the other´s on the market, it takes you to places where you didn´t intend to go when planning the trip and those routes always (almost anyway..  ) turns out to be the best and most memorable of a trip.
Johann 
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Hi all! No fun keeping plans to yourself so here is an update on my ride down to Italy  Day 1: ca 700km (435 miles) Leaving home early on the 30:th of July going down to Helsingborg and taking the ferry to Helsingør, Denmark. Continue thru Denmark to Gedser and there taking the ferry to Rostock in Germany and ending up somewhere outside Berlin for the night. Day 2: ca 700km (435 miles) Continue south in Germany and meeting up with Nick outside Nürnberg, we will set our course on Austria and the Brenner pass where we have booked rooms at the Gasthof Rose in Greis am Brenner.   Day 3: ca 300km (185 miles)  Continue thru the Brennerpass into Italy and with 300km to go on friday we might even have the time to take some detours to stop and enjoy the scenery in the Italian alps and at Lake Garda. We will be arriving in Iseo sometime in the afternoon to meet up with the rest at the campsite. Nilla is flying down to Italy, and with the airport being only 40km from Iseo and the Euromeet it´s easy for me to pick her up there, Me and Nilla are extending our stay in Italy after the meet for at least one week but hopefully closer to 2 weeks if things with leave from work and so on get´s cleared. The 2 week scenario includes one more country to visit....... more about that when it get´s cleared! Johann
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Thats quite a trip youve got there johann, im glad everyone seems to be making the most of it this year and extending there time away..  Dave
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It looks like we have similar plans for that rally. We start at 30:th of July afternoon and its possible to meet you next day someware at the A9 autobahn on the way to Nürnberg. After Rally Weekend we plan to spend a week at Toscana (Pisa, Firenze, Siena ....) so maybe some of the route could be united with your plans. Pawel
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Pawel thats We will definitly meet up somewhere along the A9 on the way to Nürnberg. Was not shure about what route you 2 where going on your way to Italy but now we got us a caravan down there! PM sent!  Johann
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I just love maps! (Kathy says I'm dangerous when holding a map. ) Johann ... your'e going to love that ride (I know we did). It's very similar to my route up to Sweden last summer ... (after our messing around in the south of Italy first, of course). Looks like you guys are forming quite a group ... very cool!
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Slight change of plan for me.After the rally i will slowly make my way down to Alicante,meeting up with my Brother and Sister,where i will be staying for 3-4 days before returning home.Making a round trip of 4700km regards, Nick
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And here is the latest update from Sweden ...... Leave from work for extended stay = OK  Flights for Nilla booked = OK One more country to visit = GREECE! Me & Nilla are taking the ferry from Ancona, Italy to Greece (Corfu) after the EuroRally, spending a week there enjoying the sun and the warm waters of the Mediterranean sea! A big thank you to Bedouin for planting the idea and helping out on the way to make this happen, this is going to be a trip to remember! Johann
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Well here is an update for the Guys & Gals coming from the UK: Day 1 Tunnell to Calais then on to 1st night stop in a Formule 1 in Colmar near Strassbourg(425 miles from Calais) Day 2 cross into Switzerland via Basel & then down thro' Swtizerland to Italy & Lake Iseo (372 miles) After the rally we (Jackie,megan, me, Dave, Andy & Nobby) plan to do a bit of touring back into Fance via Lake Coma & maybe the Guzzi factory and the tunnel into France up to Dijon then Le Mans and back up to Calais. I now have a SatNav & a GPS on my phone so in theory it should be easier to find places Is it Summer yet??? 
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I now have a SatNav & a GPS on my phone so in theory it should be easier to find places
I got me one o' them fangle dangle BlackBerry things now (I assume you still have yours?) and I get the GPS ok but how do I get the SatNav to work?
Do I have to subscribe to sumink?
It would be useful for going to the US in May ....
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I now have a SatNav & a GPS on my phone so in theory it should be easier to find places
I got me one o' them fangle dangle BlackBerry things now (I assume you still have yours?) and I get the GPS ok but how do I get the SatNav to work?
Do I have to subscribe to sumink?
It would be useful for going to the US in May ....
You should have an icon called "Maps" & go "Get directions" if not you an download Google maps for free & it will use the Blackberry GPS to navigate. Go "Directions" & follow menu for start point & then destination. If you need any help PM me
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Tunnell to Calais, Colmar, Strassbourg,Switzerland,Italy,Lake Iseo, Lake Coma, Guzzi factory,France, Dijon, Le Mans..........
I´ll say you are up to a great EuroRally this year
Booked my ferries and the first stop for the night near Berlin a couple of days ago so i am all set and ready to go!
........ is it july yet?.....no..... well, i better just daydream some more then?!.....
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I was just looking at the map of Europe and thinking of the members attending the Euro Rally this year, when it suddenly hit me. From England we have Martyn, Jackie, Megan, Shaun, Andy and Dave coming into Lake Iseo from the north-west and then de(touring) through France on the way back. From the very north (Sweden) we have Johann coming down and then he and Nilla continue on to Greece. From the north (Germany) we have Nick coming down and then continuing on to Alicante in Spain. From the north-east (Poland) we have Pawel, Beata, Pawel and Aneta, with Pawel and Beata continuing further down to Tuscany. From the south-east (Greece) we have Kathy and yours truly (onward journey undetermined as yet). The question that arose in my mind was ... when will the Euro-Rally map ever look like THIS again (with arrows scratched across most of Europe and everyone departing in other than what would be their normal return directions)??? I think that this specific rally should be renamed to "EURO-INVASION". D-DAY on the shores of Lake Iseo - 01 August 2008.  This is not accounting for the possibility of a "mystery" visitor or 2 which will only make the above map even more spectacular. Maps! I just love them ...
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Mystery visitor or 2..... is someone else coming, thats got me thinking... Dave
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what a great news! I just find this one out, must be my old F****n' brain...  I'm an italian TBA rider livin' in Germany, can't surely miss this one !!! beautiful location, good food, excellent vino and last but not least gorgeous chicks !!  See you there
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Great Carlos! Looking forward meeting you AND se your cool bike IRL!  Johann
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This is great Carlos, we look forward to meeting you! Check out the sign-up thread in this section or the link below if you need anything in the way of accomodation etc. Sign-up thread. Arrivederci!
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Whadda ya mean start packing ... ? I packed 2 weeks ago!
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It soon comes round... this year seems to be flying by..
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I am thinking of turning up. I have yet to buy saddlebags, book the Eurostar and renew my passport, so this is a big maybe. If I do turn up, it will be a last minute decision
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Hope you can make it Matt 
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Hi Matt, so are you in the UK ? and welcome to the forums..
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Hi Matt, so are you in the UK ?
Well if he has to "book the Eurostar", he's either in the UK or going the wrong bloody way!!
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