The Italian Job 2010

hilldweller · Jan 20, 2010

Final booking everyone

From Luzern today.
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Hi Brian

That's o.k. I let this 9 pitches reserved for you and your group without any advanced costs or costs if you don’t use all of them. But please, tell me if you know more about if they will come or not, also the day before your arrival you can let mi know about how many you will be, because normally we don’t take any reservation on pitches, but for groups we do it if necessary.
I will keep the pitches till 4 p.m. on your arrival day, afterwards I will give them to other guests if necessary, o.k.?

Kind regards
Tabea
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Brisey · Jan 20, 2010

Hi Sue

Glad to hear that your van is getting sorted out at last, must be a great relief for you.
With regards to Hilldwellers posting-----
Didn't Brisey put something up ? He seems to know what he's doing.
It's a case of the blind leading the blind.

One thing not mentioned in the list of things to take was Headlight Beam Deflectors.
You can get stick ons from Halfords which will suffice.
I will try to put a full list together and post it nearer to our departure date.

hilldweller · Jan 20, 2010

hilldweller said:
From Luzern today.
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Hi Brian

That's o.k. I let this 9 pitches reserved for you and your group without any advanced costs or costs if you don’t use all of them. But please, tell me if you know more about if they will come or not, also the day before your arrival you can let mi know about how many you will be, because normally we don’t take any reservation on pitches, but for groups we do it if necessary.
I will keep the pitches till 4 p.m. on your arrival day, afterwards I will give them to other guests if necessary, o.k.?

Kind regards
Tabea
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Y E S ! ! !

A bump - it vanished too quickly today - talkative lot.

AND -- if anyone has booked direct already maybe you should tell them you are one of this booking.

Toffs-G · Jan 26, 2010

Hi

We have booked for the 'Italian Job 2010' :thumb:

We are going up to Keukenhof first then heading down to Luzern

Arriving on the 12th and have booked Butterfly from 14th to 20th

Myself, Cathy and Dexter (Cocker Spaniel)

Really looking forward to it:thumb:

Cheers
Gary

chrisboyo · Jan 26, 2010

See you in the sunshine Toffs
Happy Daze

Chrisboyo
:thumb::thumb::thumb:

hilldweller · Jan 26, 2010

Toffs-G said:
Hi
We have booked for the 'Italian Job 2010' :thumb:
We are going up to Keukenhof first then heading down to Luzern
Arriving on the 12th and have booked Butterfly from 14th to 20th
Myself, Cathy and Dexter (Cocker Spaniel)
Really looking forward to it:thumb:
Cheers
Gary

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Toffs-G · Jan 26, 2010

chrisboyo said:
See you in the sunshine Toffs
Happy Daze
Chrisboyo
:thumb::thumb::thumb:

Thanks:thumb:

Missed out my summer holiday last year because of my mothers ill health so really looking forward to this one:thumb::thumb: and first full year with an MH

I will be armed with Wine, Pimms and anything else I can get my hands on, i do like the large payload

- all welcome:thumb:

Brisey · Jan 26, 2010

Hi Gary and :welcome:to the Italian Job gang.:thumb:
Sorry to hear that you will not going with us Bauldy.:Sad:

hilldweller · Jan 26, 2010

Toffs-G said:
I will be armed with Wine, Pimms and anything else I can get my hands on,

And so you should - are you going to tell people why :Smile:

Toffs-G · Jan 26, 2010

hilldweller said:
And so you should - are you going to tell people why

Ah yes this will be part 2 of the honeymoon therefore milky bars are on me

Brisey · Jan 27, 2010

Wine, Pimms and anything else I can get my hands on,

this will be part 2 of the honeymoon

Too much information.

hilldweller · Jan 27, 2010

Brisey said:
Wine, Pimms and anything else I can get my hands on,

this will be part 2 of the honeymoon

Too much information.

Methinks it will be easy to identify which MH they are in

Got told off for knocking on the door of one in Morocco - it was 15:00 Oh Please!.

Brisey · Jan 27, 2010

You have to be aware of the old motorhomers adage Brian.

If the vans a rocking, don't come a knockin.

:Blush:

hilldweller · Jan 27, 2010

Brisey said:
You have to be aware of the old motorhomers adage Brian.

If the vans a rocking, don't come a knockin.:Blush:

This was one BIG dethleffs, I doubt a pair of rutting elephants could have moved it.

"Did the earth move for you ?"
"No but the Burstner had a good try".

champers · Jan 27, 2010

hilldweller said:
Good news. But bad news is bauldy has dropped out for health reasons.<o></o>
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Hi Hilldweller
We had put our name down for confirming in January, we had hoped to join in this great meet but alas with things that are going on here at the moment we cant say yay or nay yet, but perhaps if things change at a later date possibly join in at some stage

Kath n John / champers

hilldweller · Jan 27, 2010

champers said:
alas with things that are going on here at the moment we cant say yay or nay yet,
Kath n John / champers

These are difficult times for most people not on fat index linked pensions.

I don't know if "what's going on" is financial or health/family but you've got the make sensible decisions. Don't feel pressured - that applies to all of the team. Even May 9th is not too late for a quick call to Butterfly and ask the pitch situation.

onthebeach · Jan 27, 2010

Hi All,

Just received my ACSI book, now only waiting for the DVD.

Has anyone ordered and received the 2010 DVD yet? As we did order it early December.

One step closer to Italian Job.

Leggo:thumb:

hilldweller · Jan 27, 2010

leggo said:
Hi All,
Just received my ACSI book, now only waiting for the DVD.
Has anyone ordered and received the 2010 DVD yet? As we did order it early December.
One step closer to Italian Job.
Leggo:thumb:

Just this minute had a reply from the Netherlands after I complained - "posted on 13th can take two weeks."

Maybe Vicarious aren't that bad after all :Smile:

JayDee · Jan 27, 2010

leggo said:
Hi All,

Just received my ACSI book, now only waiting for the DVD.

Has anyone ordered and received the 2010 DVD yet? As we did order it early December.

One step closer to Italian Job.

Leggo:thumb:

hilldweller said:
Just this minute had a reply from the Netherlands after I complained - "posted on 13th can take two weeks."

Maybe Vicarious aren't that bad after all

Our came a couple of weeks ago - from Vicarious. :thumb:

John

hilldweller · Feb 2, 2010

JayDee said:
Our came a couple of weeks ago - from Vicarious. :thumb:
John

ACSI DVD guide has now arrived from the Netherlands.

So it is Vicarious 1 : Netherlands 0.

It proudly claims 8600 camp sites in 29 countries inspected. With maps, route planner all for €15. It's the biggest bargain in camping.

champers · Feb 2, 2010

hilldweller said:
These are difficult times for most people not on fat index linked pensions.

I don't know if "what's going on" is financial or health/family but you've got the make sensible decisions. Don't feel pressured - that applies to all of the team. Even May 9th is not too late for a quick call to Butterfly and ask the pitch situation.

Thank you Hilldweller for understanding and letting us know that it could still be possible :Smile:

hilldweller · Feb 2, 2010

champers said:
Thank you Hilldweller for understanding and letting us know that it could still be possible

Wife returned from Tescos yesterday, pale, shaking, she'd just paid £1.12 for the cheapest petrol.

At this rate we'll all be reduced to enjoying our MHs parked in our own drives.

Garda will be about 2500 miles for us, so around £600 in diesel.

weekenders · Feb 2, 2010

That is a lot of money, but when you think that you could pay over £1000 for a package holiday, think that is how you have to look at it.

Brisey · Feb 2, 2010

We will have to fill up with diesel in Luxembourg when en route to Garda, Brian.
Diesel is currently €0.92 per litre. works out at just over £1 per litre

hilldweller · Feb 2, 2010

weekenders said:
That is a lot of money, but when you think that you could pay over £1000 for a package holiday, think that is how you have to look at it.

Well I'm guessing at more like£2k for the month's holiday for two. Don't know how that compares to a package.

If fuel gets out of hand then another option is a little 60mpg box and use the cabins on these sites. Just as a quick guide I pulled up Eurocamp and they would sell me a cabin for £248 for ten days. We'll be paying €150 for the pitch with the discount card. Food for thought.

onthebeach · Feb 2, 2010

Dvd

ACSI DVD has arrived today - so all systems go.

Leggo:thumb:

hilldweller · Feb 2, 2010

Brisey said:
We will have to fill up with diesel in Luxembourg when en route to Garda, Brian.
Diesel is currently €0.92 per litre. works out at just over £1 per litre

Fingers crossed it stays that low. I'll bet we'll see some horrifying prices on the motorways.

Actually travelex is selling at 1.1 today so 0.92/1.1=0.83.

You're close enough, how about you nip over and bring us some back ?

leeks · Feb 6, 2010

We have been in Spain for about a week got to a wifi site and found out that eventually the post office has done it's job. We have an email from butterfly acknowledging they have received our deposit, so we will meet you all in Italy.

Leeks

hilldweller · Feb 6, 2010

leeks said:
We have been in Spain for about a week got to a wifi site and found out that eventually the post office has done it's job. We have an email from butterfly acknowledging they have received our deposit, so we will meet you all in Italy.
Leeks

You got there in the end.

We'll all get there. We're attacking them from the north, we're sneaking in from the west. They'll not know what's hit them 'till it's too late.

hilldweller · Feb 7, 2010

Last Job ?

I've just booked the vignette.

£27 + £3.50 booking fee, from:

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Can be bought at the border but I've chosen to get it out of the way now.

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