PH MotoGP Camping
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StuB

Original Poster:

6,695 posts

270 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2008
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Click Here for the PH thread for camping Ali Kat's set up for June's MotoGP at Donnington if you're interested.

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2008
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thumbup Thanks Stu biggrin

ali_kat said:
If anyone is interested in camping for the Moto GP the weekend on 20th/21st/22nd June, please email me via my profile, by next Wednesday (for initiall numbers!).

I just need numbers of potentially interested parties - no need for definate numbers yet.

Please let me know in your email :-

Your PH Id, your email address and the number of people and any children coming (as this will be per person per night event).


To give you a rough idea of cost - less than a night at the cinema each (I hope) biggrin To include pitch, beer tent hire, and our own latrines & showers (which we will hire)

EVERYTHING else you will have to bring/pay for yourselves - entry to the GP, food, beer etc....
Some of us are just camping and not bothering to go watch the GP, so your stuff will be safe left onsite biggrin

Johnny

9,652 posts

315 months

Thursday 24th April 2008
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Typical, after i already booked campsite/GP tickets a few weeks ago...

Whereabouts will the site be?

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Thursday 24th April 2008
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Hopefully, here

G Man

4,053 posts

291 months

Thursday 24th April 2008
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Real Ph'ers go to MotoGP at the Sachenring and camp with 300000 crazy Germans where they still think Iron Maiden is hip and setting fire to a Suzuki GSX is a nightly sport

Chilli

17,320 posts

267 months

Thursday 24th April 2008
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Now how the hell did I miss this? Email on its way.

Cheers.

Johno

8,593 posts

313 months

Thursday 24th April 2008
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G Man said:
Real Ph'ers go to MotoGP at the Sachenring and camp with 300000 crazy Germans where they still think Iron Maiden is hip and setting fire to a Suzuki GSX is a nightly sport
Or go to MotoGP at Mugello cloud9

Where bonkers mad Italians take over the Tuscan hills to race scooters for 3 days . . .

Mental it was, loved it . .

There is a perimeter road round Mugello that is a constant flow of scooters with open zorsts. Hand held leaf blowers with mega phone zorsta are common place and the sheer noise of the placeid deafening, until the grid forms, then 2 minutes before the off you could hear a pin drop, phenomenal . .

No stupid bloody airhorns like the crowds in the UK insist on . . I remember the first year of the 990's . . We'd been waiting weeks to hear them, stood up of from Dunlo bridge and as they field comes round the first time, 6 lads with air horns stood in front of us and deafened us .. . . wrs . . . what really got me was they were wearing ear plugs !!!! For god's sake !!!

Assen this year for the MotoGP. Camping with the mad dutch and 30k UK . . .. Can't wait hehe

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Friday 25th April 2008
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So far, we have around 38 people interested, woohoo some with children hehe

I would stress that this is NOT a PH organised event, this is merely going to be a group of friends & families meeting up for and camping, and watching the Moto GP.

We have a fixed £5 per person cost for the camping smile Then we have a variable (at present £50 each), for toilets (essential), showers (essential) & marquee (beer tent/rain avoidance) hire, because this is back to basics in a field folks biggrin

So, if you stop both nights it will cost you £60 each, just Saturday night £55 each.

If we get more people, this will come down.

Please can you email me to confirm DEFINATE interest, and what nights, so I can work out exact figures?

I need emails so I can mail out the details for deposits etc, so I can book stuff.

Cheers

Vette_1978

3,260 posts

253 months

Friday 25th April 2008
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Sorry, but having seen the distance between the circuit and the site I'm going to stick with the onsite camping I've already bought from Donington.

Chilli

17,320 posts

267 months

Friday 25th April 2008
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Ali,

Can I ask a couple of mates?

Cheers.

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Friday 25th April 2008
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Please do - the more come, the better (& cheaper) thumbup

Glade

4,516 posts

254 months

Friday 25th April 2008
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I've just ordered my weekend ticket and on-site camping.

Have booked Monday off work too. Can't wait!

Just need to figure out how many crates to take smile

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Tuesday 6th May 2008
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I need confirmations now please folks smile

A - which nights (Fri & Sat?)
B - how many people
C - PH ID

Please can you email me so i can get everyone in one email list? By Friday.

Once I know how many, I can tell you exact costs smile And the final details smile

Many thanks
Alison

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Monday 12th May 2008
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Okies

I mailed everyone that had mailed me last week and asked them to let me know by Friday what they wanted to do about showers/toilets etc, as was getting expensive.

Those (few) that have replied, have voted for no toilets and no showers.

So the cost of this event will be - £5 per person per night, paid to the lady on the gate as you arrive.

Wetwipes are a wonderful invention, I suggest you bring them with you, or learn to dance naked in the rainwink

Directions and map will be sent out nearer the time, please email me via here to let me know of your interest so I can send them to you.

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Tuesday 3rd June 2008
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Apologies now - my (new!) laptop is now broken - it 'fell' off the table (fvcking kittens) and has to go back to the manufacturer to replace the hard drive (10-14 working days). Which means, I have no emails to refer to (I use Outlook to collect them), nor my list of email addresses and people that wanted to come.........

Soooo........

We are going here, as recommended by Balmoral Green and Jagdpanther a few pages back laugh

Hill Farm Camping & Caravan Park
Hill Farm,
Moor Lane,
Barrow-on-Trent
Derby DE73 7HH
Tel. 01332 705165

Field with the trees in the middle is visible here, to the right of Moor Lane, just north of the farmhouse, above the pointer arrow...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&ge...


Balmoral Green said:
Facilities are minimal though, only one loo and basin, shower. Wholly inadequate for sure biggrin
But then, those of you that responded to my email re showers & toilets voted to go without and use WetWipes hehe

I will get any new emails (from today) as will be stored on Yahoo, but all my history is gone until I get my laptop back frown, so any questions please ask here or mail me biggrin

Sorry!!

ali_kat

32,157 posts

252 months

Tuesday 17th June 2008
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Tent - check
Sleeping bag - check
Mattress - check
Gaz stove - check
Gaz - check
Kettle thingy - check
Paddling pool - check
Rechargable Pump - check
Bikini - check
Cool bag - check
Ice packs - check
Mallet - check
Wet wipes - check
Gazebos - Stacey & Paddy - check

Plate, knives, forks - check - donations to pay for welcome thumbup

Curry - Friday night - check - donations to pay for welcome thumbup




Directions to nearest Tesco - check hehe


Food for Saturday night - BYO - BBQ - donations towards BBQ fuel welcome thumbup

Beer - BYO

Ice to keep Beer cold - donations towards welcome thumbup

Weather forecast - Fri - Sunny; Sat - Sunny; Sun - Showers

NEED

Naan for curry Friday night

Cooked Rice for curry Friday night (to be served cold)

Edited by ali_kat on Tuesday 17th June 21:01