Loire Valley Trip with Aston Passion in September 2013

[v8woollie]

Seb has asked me to start a thread about an upcoming trip that the French Aston Passion members are organising.

Two members, Erick and Xavier, are organising a weekend near Blois in the Loire valley. It will take place over the week end of the 13th-15th of September with cellar visits and good restaurants in gorgeous locations.

The chosen hotel is: http://www.domainehautsloire.com/fr/official-site....

Aston Passion already has six french cars booked and the thread is here:

http://aston-passion.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=27...

I have had an email exchange with Erick and he says he has pre-booked 7 rooms and 2 suites in the hotel but in September it is impossible to get special rates because it’s a very touristic area. There is a second hotel nearby that Erick has mentioned if these rooms all go.

If you would like to participate then please add you name to this thread and call the hotel to confirm your booking for your choice of room or suite and give your credit card number to secure the booking.

The plan is to arrive on Friday afternoon and to have dinner on site at the hotel. On the Saturday morning there will be a drive and visit to Amboise Castle followed by lunch and then a visit to a winery. Sunday morning will start with a drive and visit to Chaumont Castle and Erick is planning to prepare a special activity during the beginning of the afternoon.

I hope that Seb will monitor this thread so if you have any questions I am sure he will answer them here.

[MollyGTi]

Nice one guys. Would love to join you but we will be further south with Petrolhead Nirvana that weekend. Have fun

[PiloteAM]

We're planning to be in Spain around then, driving back through France, so might be able to meet up, would depend on timing...

[F1 NDW]

I would love to do this as well, unfortunately I'll be in Brazil on the dates mentioned. I hope its a great success and they decided to do it again.

[LordBretSinclair]

Great trip but, unfortunately, bad timing

Like others we already have a trip booked (Stelvio and Lake Garda), but thanks for the "heads up".

[SS972]

I will not be on this trip but on the German run 18/20 of October,should be a very nice one with experts Erick and Xavier at the helm.I will be liaising with Simon for all details that would need sorting.

[Cockernee]

Sorry, I will be at Spa on the Monday of that week, so unable to make Loire also

[v8woollie]

Cockernee said:

Sorry, I will be at Spa on the Monday of that week, so unable to make Loire also

Have you been to Spa before

[Tony V12V]

v8woollie said:

Cockernee said:

Sorry, I will be at Spa on the Monday of that week, so unable to make Loire also

Have you been to Spa before

I'm a plus 1 at Spa also

[Lunablack]

v8woollie said:

Have you been to Spa before

Don't think he has........ Surely he'd have mentioned it, if he'd been




I'll be at Assen the following week for BSB

[LordBretSinclair]

Its also Goodwood Revival weekend so I guess others may already be booked for that.

[mikey k]

Cockernee said:

Sorry, I will be at Spa on the Monday of that week

I've heard some where that's really good (or something like that )

I'm in Jockland (hopefully with Johnny 550) on those dates

EDIT - actually Jockland is the week before

Edited by mikey k on Thursday 9th May 16:46

[jeremydb9]

I will break the mould and say I am interested.

Could you post some suggested tunnel crossing times (or Ferry is that is the plan to Le Harve or whatever) so we are all co-ordinated on the out and return. From the post I assume Friday am out Sunday PM back?

The suite is E4500 PER NIGHT! A basic room is E550 a night ... assume it is quite nice then!

Interested :-

Jeremydb9 ( DB9 Coupe)

Edited by jeremydb9 on Thursday 9th May 16:09

Edited by jeremydb9 on Thursday 9th May 16:16

[Cockernee]

I think you lot are taking the piss now I never mention it........ more than twice a week

[SS972]

jeremydb9 said:

I will break the mould and say I am interested.

Could you post some suggested tunnel crossing times (or Ferry is that is the plan to Le Harve or whatever) so we are all co-ordinated on the out and return. From the post I assume Friday am out Sunday PM back?

The suite is E4500 PER NIGHT! A basic room is E550 a night ... assume it is quite nice then!

Interested :-

Jeremydb9 ( DB9 Coupe)

Pre Booked Rates

chambre simple: 250€

chambres supérieures: 315€

suites juniors 400€

Edited by jeremydb9 on Thursday 9th May 16:09

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[footnote]Edited by SS972 on Thursday 9th May 16:44

[v8woollie]

The least expensive rooms that come up when you go through the booking process are suites in the carriage house at 550 EUR per night.

[SS972]

must check but Erick has prebooked 7 rooms at the indicated rates,and there is another chateau nearby but with no dinning facilities

[v8woollie]

SS972 said:

must check but Erick has prebooked 7 rooms at the indicated rates,and there is another chateau nearby but with no dinning facilities

I think Erick got all the least expensive ones which is probably why the suites are the only option left. How do we secure a room that Erick has pre-booked or have they now been allocated?

[SS972]

I'm sure there is some left,I ask Erick and come back to you

[ASTONVINCE]

Just phone the Hotel on Erick's behalf to book your rooms. A few of us already booked rooms but not the reserved ones.

M. Erick Chirat is his complete name.

Vincent