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Hi All,
As promised last night at the meeting, here is the post to add your names for what promises to be a superb trip to the home of Endurance Motor Racing and the spiritual home of Porsche; Le Mans.
If you were at the meeting last night you have all the details. All you need to do is add your name and what type of room you require. For those of you not at the meeting, please see below a full description of the trip and pricing. Simply add you name/names and room choice. If you are coming to Deb and Greg's barbecue on Saturday 17th of September, I will be bring hard copies with me if you want one.
Due to the securing the rooms, we need to move quick. The cut off point for putting your name down will be midnight 22/09/16. We will pay the deposits and then get them at the next R3 meeting in October. There are currently 25 rooms available.
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Proposed PCGB R3 EWOTY 2017For the 2017 WOTY we are looking to do a EWOTY to the Loire Valley in central France. Why the Loire Valley? The Loire Valley is home to arguably the greatest car race in the world, Le Mans 24hr and also the Porsche legend was born at the circuit. Our proposed destination is a town called La Charte Sur Le Loir which is located around 45 minutes south of the Le Mans 24hr track. In the heart of this superb picturesque town is the Hotel de France where we are proposing to stay. The Hotel de France is pivotal to the history Le Mans 24hr story and Porsche. Up until the late 1960’s the hotel is where the top teams stopped and worked on the cars. The garages for Porsche, Aston Martin and Ford etc used to be behind the hotel and you would regularly see the race cars in the square and or in front of the hotel. Anybody who was anybody in Le Mans 24hr motorsport has stayed at the hotel, even the late great Steve McQueen, Stirling Moss, Carol Shelby, and Jackie Kennedy Onassis to name but a few. The hotel is a pilgrimage for Porsche and 24hr enthusiast and a must visit for any lover of Porsche and Le Mans. Check out the hotel on http://www.lhoteldefrance.fr/
The town of La Chartre sur le Loir is ideally located in the heart of the valley with most of the great Chateaux within a 45 minute drive. The great city of Tours is only 45 minutes south with Le Mans 45 mins north. Around this area are superb driving roads with very little traffic and beautiful countryside, vineyards and Chateaux and September sees temperatures of between 24 and 28 degrees.
Mark & Wendy Duffy (R3 club members) lived in the area for eight years and their knowledge of the area is second to none. Le Hotel de France was their second home!
We have spoken to the Hotel de France and they currently have 25 rooms free for the week commencing the 18th of September 2017. We would be looking to depart the North East on the 18th of September 2017 and arrive in La Chartre on the afternoon of 19th.
All places now fully booked.
Pricing
Price for the trip including: meals, hotels and tunnel, see prices below.
Hotels in England: TBA. We will send out which hotel/hotels in the UK once numbers are finalised.
Deposit: We will initially pay the deposit to secure the hotel rooms. We will collect the deposits at the October meeting.
Please see below for a proposed itinery for the trip,
Mon 18th - Leave for Folkestone
• Meet at 7.30am at Easington Services on the A19 for Northern members, aiming to leave for around 7.45am. Meet Southern members at the Diner 168 on the A168 at around 8.45am, ready to leave for no later than 9.00am
• Stops to be confirmed in traveling pack. The traveling pack will be given out the EWOTY briefing/meeting TBC
Tues 19th – Leave for La France
• 8am - Leave for approx. We will be leaving on the 9.20am crossing, a number of us have already booked. For the return crossing please book the 18.50 pm tunnel crossing back to Folkestone.
• 10.15am – arrive in Calais
• 11.30am Quick stop at services Aire de la Baie du Somme (food, toilets and Shell petrol station)
• 12pm – back on the road
• 2.15pm - quick stop at Aire de Services de Haras (food, toilets and petrol)
• 2.30pm - set off for Hotel de France in La Chartre Sur Loir
• 4pm – arrive at the Hotel de France, check in & relax. Time to explore the town, go shopping for wine, have a drive around or sit on the hotel terrace with a drink and watch the world go by. If anybody fancies a drive on some great roads around the area, Mark will be on hand to take anybody out.
• 7pm – meet for aperitif (a French tradition of a drink and nibbles before dinner)
• 7.30pm – 4 course dinner in the hotel restaurant (one of the best in the Loire Valley)
Wed 20th – Chateau Run
A drive from Le Loir (no ‘e’ - the smaller river) to La Loire (the big famous river) with great roads, historic chateaux, charming villages, beautiful scenery and lots of food and drink, ending up at the historic town of Chinon on the Vienne River before heading back.
• 8am – meet for breakfast
• 9am – Set off from the hotel, heading south.
• 10am – Arrive at Langeais. Coffee and croissant at the café, visit the chateau or have a wander.
• 11.30am – Leave Langeais, cross La Loire and travel alongside the river.
• 12pm – arrive in Ussé. The chateau was the inspiration for the story ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Stop here for lunch/visit the chateau/visit the local produce shop selling wine, beer, cider and other local produce.
• 1.30pm – Leave Ussé and head to Chinon.
• 2pm – Arrive at Chinon. Have a wander, visit the Chateau (11th Century castle, residence of Henry II of England, Richard the Lionheart and where Joan of Arc met the Dauphin), have a glass of wine or visit one of the many ‘Caves’ (wineries) along the banks of the Vienne River.
• 4pm – Leave Chinon and head back to the Hotel
Thurs 21st – Le Mans
• 8am – meet for breakfast
• 9am – Set off from the hotel, heading north travelling on the ‘Mulsanne Straight’.
• 10am – Visit the famous 24hr du Mans race track. Arrange to do something with the Porsche centre at the track (TBA).
• 11am – Visit the 24hr du Mans museum.
• 12pm – Head off to Le Mans centre for lunch and shopping. Visit Vieux Mans (Old Le Mans town) with its beautiful cathedral and amazing streets or go shopping in the new part.
• 3.30pm – Coffee stop in Arnage.
• 4.30pm – Head back to the Hotel
Friday 22nd – TBA
• 8am – meet for breakfast
• 9am – Set off from the hotel, heading back to Calais
• En-route suggested visit to one of the following:
o Monet’s gardens at Giverney (3 hours away) 10.20€ entry
o Honfleur (2hr 45mins away) beautiful old harbour town
o Bayeaux WWII war graves (2hr 40mins away)
• 3pm – Leave and head back to Calais
• 18.50 pm – Channel tunnel crossing back to Folkestone
• 6.30pm – Head back to the hotel for dinner
Sat 23rd – Drive up to the Porsche National Event TBA
Prices
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me either on here or through pm.
Follow this link http://www.lhoteldefrance.fr/deluxe-premier-and-standard-rooms/ to see each room choice.
Names that have confirmed so far are:
Mark and Wendy (Deluxe Double)
Deb and Greg (Deluxe Suite)
Les and Alison (Deluxe Double)
Kenny (Premium Single)
Julie and Darren (Deluxe Suite)
Chris and Pat (Deluxe Double)
Marty and Gillian (Deluxe Double)
Jim and Di (Deluxe Suite)
Dave and Karen (Deluxe)
Steve and Shirley (Deluxe)
Chris and Lynn (Premium Double)
Maureen and John (Deluxe Double)
Dave and Amy (Standard Double)
Cheers
Mark & Wendy Duffy
Arctic Silver 987 Boxster S
As promised last night at the meeting, here is the post to add your names for what promises to be a superb trip to the home of Endurance Motor Racing and the spiritual home of Porsche; Le Mans.
If you were at the meeting last night you have all the details. All you need to do is add your name and what type of room you require. For those of you not at the meeting, please see below a full description of the trip and pricing. Simply add you name/names and room choice. If you are coming to Deb and Greg's barbecue on Saturday 17th of September, I will be bring hard copies with me if you want one.
Due to the securing the rooms, we need to move quick. The cut off point for putting your name down will be midnight 22/09/16. We will pay the deposits and then get them at the next R3 meeting in October. There are currently 25 rooms available.
Proposed PCGB R3 EWOTY 2017For the 2017 WOTY we are looking to do a EWOTY to the Loire Valley in central France. Why the Loire Valley? The Loire Valley is home to arguably the greatest car race in the world, Le Mans 24hr and also the Porsche legend was born at the circuit. Our proposed destination is a town called La Charte Sur Le Loir which is located around 45 minutes south of the Le Mans 24hr track. In the heart of this superb picturesque town is the Hotel de France where we are proposing to stay. The Hotel de France is pivotal to the history Le Mans 24hr story and Porsche. Up until the late 1960’s the hotel is where the top teams stopped and worked on the cars. The garages for Porsche, Aston Martin and Ford etc used to be behind the hotel and you would regularly see the race cars in the square and or in front of the hotel. Anybody who was anybody in Le Mans 24hr motorsport has stayed at the hotel, even the late great Steve McQueen, Stirling Moss, Carol Shelby, and Jackie Kennedy Onassis to name but a few. The hotel is a pilgrimage for Porsche and 24hr enthusiast and a must visit for any lover of Porsche and Le Mans. Check out the hotel on http://www.lhoteldefrance.fr/The town of La Chartre sur le Loir is ideally located in the heart of the valley with most of the great Chateaux within a 45 minute drive. The great city of Tours is only 45 minutes south with Le Mans 45 mins north. Around this area are superb driving roads with very little traffic and beautiful countryside, vineyards and Chateaux and September sees temperatures of between 24 and 28 degrees.
Mark & Wendy Duffy (R3 club members) lived in the area for eight years and their knowledge of the area is second to none. Le Hotel de France was their second home!
We have spoken to the Hotel de France and they currently have 25 rooms free for the week commencing the 18th of September 2017. We would be looking to depart the North East on the 18th of September 2017 and arrive in La Chartre on the afternoon of 19th.
All places now fully booked.
Pricing
Price for the trip including: meals, hotels and tunnel, see prices below.
Hotels in England: TBA. We will send out which hotel/hotels in the UK once numbers are finalised.
Deposit: We will initially pay the deposit to secure the hotel rooms. We will collect the deposits at the October meeting.
Please see below for a proposed itinery for the trip,
Mon 18th - Leave for Folkestone
• Meet at 7.30am at Easington Services on the A19 for Northern members, aiming to leave for around 7.45am. Meet Southern members at the Diner 168 on the A168 at around 8.45am, ready to leave for no later than 9.00am
• Stops to be confirmed in traveling pack. The traveling pack will be given out the EWOTY briefing/meeting TBC
Tues 19th – Leave for La France
• 8am - Leave for approx. We will be leaving on the 9.20am crossing, a number of us have already booked. For the return crossing please book the 18.50 pm tunnel crossing back to Folkestone.
• 10.15am – arrive in Calais
• 11.30am Quick stop at services Aire de la Baie du Somme (food, toilets and Shell petrol station)
• 12pm – back on the road
• 2.15pm - quick stop at Aire de Services de Haras (food, toilets and petrol)
• 2.30pm - set off for Hotel de France in La Chartre Sur Loir
• 4pm – arrive at the Hotel de France, check in & relax. Time to explore the town, go shopping for wine, have a drive around or sit on the hotel terrace with a drink and watch the world go by. If anybody fancies a drive on some great roads around the area, Mark will be on hand to take anybody out.
• 7pm – meet for aperitif (a French tradition of a drink and nibbles before dinner)
• 7.30pm – 4 course dinner in the hotel restaurant (one of the best in the Loire Valley)
Wed 20th – Chateau Run
A drive from Le Loir (no ‘e’ - the smaller river) to La Loire (the big famous river) with great roads, historic chateaux, charming villages, beautiful scenery and lots of food and drink, ending up at the historic town of Chinon on the Vienne River before heading back.
• 8am – meet for breakfast
• 9am – Set off from the hotel, heading south.
• 10am – Arrive at Langeais. Coffee and croissant at the café, visit the chateau or have a wander.
• 11.30am – Leave Langeais, cross La Loire and travel alongside the river.
• 12pm – arrive in Ussé. The chateau was the inspiration for the story ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Stop here for lunch/visit the chateau/visit the local produce shop selling wine, beer, cider and other local produce.
• 1.30pm – Leave Ussé and head to Chinon.
• 2pm – Arrive at Chinon. Have a wander, visit the Chateau (11th Century castle, residence of Henry II of England, Richard the Lionheart and where Joan of Arc met the Dauphin), have a glass of wine or visit one of the many ‘Caves’ (wineries) along the banks of the Vienne River.
• 4pm – Leave Chinon and head back to the Hotel
Thurs 21st – Le Mans
• 8am – meet for breakfast
• 9am – Set off from the hotel, heading north travelling on the ‘Mulsanne Straight’.
• 10am – Visit the famous 24hr du Mans race track. Arrange to do something with the Porsche centre at the track (TBA).
• 11am – Visit the 24hr du Mans museum.
• 12pm – Head off to Le Mans centre for lunch and shopping. Visit Vieux Mans (Old Le Mans town) with its beautiful cathedral and amazing streets or go shopping in the new part.
• 3.30pm – Coffee stop in Arnage.
• 4.30pm – Head back to the Hotel
Friday 22nd – TBA
• 8am – meet for breakfast
• 9am – Set off from the hotel, heading back to Calais
• En-route suggested visit to one of the following:
o Monet’s gardens at Giverney (3 hours away) 10.20€ entry
o Honfleur (2hr 45mins away) beautiful old harbour town
o Bayeaux WWII war graves (2hr 40mins away)
• 3pm – Leave and head back to Calais
• 18.50 pm – Channel tunnel crossing back to Folkestone
• 6.30pm – Head back to the hotel for dinner
Sat 23rd – Drive up to the Porsche National Event TBA
Prices
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me either on here or through pm.
Follow this link http://www.lhoteldefrance.fr/deluxe-premier-and-standard-rooms/ to see each room choice.
Names that have confirmed so far are:
Mark and Wendy (Deluxe Double)
Deb and Greg (Deluxe Suite)
Les and Alison (Deluxe Double)
Kenny (Premium Single)
Julie and Darren (Deluxe Suite)
Chris and Pat (Deluxe Double)
Marty and Gillian (Deluxe Double)
Jim and Di (Deluxe Suite)
Dave and Karen (Deluxe)
Steve and Shirley (Deluxe)
Chris and Lynn (Premium Double)
Maureen and John (Deluxe Double)
Dave and Amy (Standard Double)
Cheers
Mark & Wendy Duffy
Arctic Silver 987 Boxster S
