Annual Rally date - please read this

[guest146]

Not understanding a word of German, what part of this is the town name and address. Was going to look up on autoroute

Thanks Ken

[sjak]

http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&q=&jsv=142c&sll=50.919485,7.407532&sspn=0.606879,1.230469&ie=UTF8&geocode=FcfWCAMdnsRxAA&split=0

Google Maps: Niederbonrath 70 53804 Much, Germany
If you have problems with translation or Questions, you can mail Matthias, he speaks and writes English very well.  froschbaer@arcor.de

[guest18]

Hmmm, would be nice to see Germany above 0 deg 
All depends what price I can get for a ferry to the continent.... and how far in the UK I have to drive to get to a ferry port 

[squirrelciv]

I'm up for it Infact I'm going to start planning it out tonight.

[Bill Rutter]

Right, am I to take it that the TC Rally is not going ahead, and we are looking at Cologne over the weekend of 19th-21st June? I can get this sorted my end if this is the case. Newhaven-Dieppe (so I can see Nery, my WW1 site either on the way on coming back) £40 return isn't too bad either.
Just need to know a bit sharpish........like Pat, I really like the sound of this.

[robG]

I have had a reply from Mathias .The thumper club will be made welcome at the rally .
£40:00 is not too bad at all Bill . I will have to sort out some additional time off myself , but this seems to be a goer from my point of view as well .It will make up for being unable to attend Austria with the boys .

Depending on where you travel from , I see about 250 miles this side and about the same the other.
Eurothumper 09 seems to be taking shape !

Rob .

[Steve H]

I'd like to go but will have to make a decision nearer the time. The tunnels pretty quick and not that much more expensive than the ferry.

[Bill Rutter]

£56 or thereabouts for the tunnel Steve. It's another option for me. It might actually be more advisable for me to go via the tunnel as the route seems a bit more straightforward via Calais. I can do my little battlefield detour at a later date once I've got the hang of riding on the right. I remember doing a sort of U-turn into oncoming traffic in Florida once in a Jeep Cherokee, doing the same on a bike would probably be fatal 

[Matthias]

If you have problems with translation or Questions, you can mail Matthias, he speaks and writes English very well.  froschbaer@arcor.de

Hi,

I`am Matthias and my english is not as well as Sjak had written. Some of your member know us from the dutch Monoconnection meetings - ( Hi Pat, Dave, Steve`s, Martin ). I hope it`s good enough for you folks - it`s only my school english with a little help from Bettina and our dictionary. I think it`s good enough to understand and answer you if you have any question.

Please mail to: froschbaer@arcor if we can help you with any information or translation about the
Eurothumper 09

Matthias

[themoudie]

If you have problems with translation or Questions, you can mail Matthias, he speaks and writes English very well.  froschbaer@arcor.de

Hi,

I`am Matthias and my english is not as well as Sjak had written. Some of your member know us from the dutch Monoconnection meetings - ( Hi Pat, Dave, Steve`s, Martin ). I hope it`s good enough for you folks - it`s only my school english with a little help from Bettina and our dictionary. I think it`s good enough to understand and answer you if you have any question.

Please mail to: froschbaer@arcor if we can help you with any information or translation about the
Eurothumper 09

Matthias

Aye, Matthias,

Nachfolgend finden Sie Ihre Nachricht mit Hilfe UK 'Google' Sprache Übersetzer:
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate_t#

"Hi,

Ich bin Matthias und mein Englisch ist nicht so gut wie Sjak geschrieben hatte. Einige Ihrer Mitglieder kennen uns von der niederländischen Monoconnection Treffen - (Hi Pat, Dave, Steve `s, Martin). Ich hoffe, es ist gut genug für Sie Leute - it `s nur meine Schule Englisch mit ein wenig Hilfe von Bettina und unser Wörterbuch. Ich denke, es ist gut genug zu verstehen und zu beantworten, wenn Sie irgendwelche Fragen haben.

Bitte Mail an: froschbaer @ arcor, wenn wir Ihnen helfen können Sie mit allen Informationen und die Übersetzung über die
Eurothumper 09

Matthias"

Schreiben in Deutsch, dann mit Google zu übersetzen, dann kopieren und in Übersetzung Klopfer Nachricht. Einfach! Wenn die Sinne verwirrt ist, dann wird es mit den meisten "Klopfer" Mitglieder denken! ;-)

Meine Grüße, Bill.

[Matthias]

Schreiben in Deutsch, dann mit Google zu übersetzen, dann kopieren und in Übersetzung Klopfer Nachricht. Einfach! Wenn die Sinne verwirrt ist, dann wird es mit den meisten "Klopfer" Mitglieder denken! ;-)

Meine Grüße, Bill.

Hi Bill,

Ok - this is the easy way to translate but when I copy an english text to the translation program from Google the result is often in confusion. The program in Google doesn`t "know" many english words so you have the german text with english phrases - but after all it`s a good hint

Thanks and regards
Matthias

[guest146]

Try this to translate maybe its better

http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt

Ken

[guest7]

As Rob says we dont seem to be able to get out act together on the Rally front. Looking at the pictures on the link you gave I know which meeting I would attend !. 

Steve

Eh?

I book one venue then everyone says it's shite so I start looking for another venue. I have the temerity to take a couple of weeks away from club work to get myself to Germany and back and in the meantime everyone decides the rally is not being organised.

Can I just remind people that it's still only January. We have gone much later into the year before settling a location in the past.

I had intended visiting the Hollybush pub this weekend to see if I could persuade the landlord to set aside a dedicated camping area, this being about the only niggle we had with the site last time. Should I still do this?

If members want to decide all club issues between themselves on the forums then let me know. It occurs to me that there has been a wholesale use of the word 'we' when in fact 'I' (followed by IMHO) would be more appropriate.

Debating rally venues on this forum isn't even close to the rigors of actually organising the event, as I'm sure Steve D would agree.

An absence of chatter on my part isn't always the same thing as an absence of activity (but agreed, it sometimes is).

GC

[Steve H]

Sjak,

As Rob says we dont seem to be able to get out act together on the Rally front. Looking at the pictures on the link you gave I know which meeting I would attend !. 

Steve

Graham, the above is a more accurate quotation, as you can see my comment was directed towards Sjak, not the club in general. If you are going to quote me please keep it in context.

I was indicating that the venue in Germany was more attractive than Crewkerne or Baskerville, Dent would be the exception but that had been discounted. I stand by those comments

I contacted you about the Rally well before you went away, zero response. And yes we all have busy lives.

Also having either organised or been heavily involved in the inital five club rallies I am perfectly aware that talking does not organise a Rally in itself. Communication is however paramount if things are to get done !

[guest7]

Yes, you're right, it was a sloppy cut and paste and I only intended using the section saying "we dont seem to be able to get out act together on the Rally front." I didn't have any issue with your thoughts on which rally would be more attractive. And it goes without saying that you know all about organising a club rally.

I see now that you PM'd me on the 13th. I was barely on-line for the two weeks or so before I left so I must have missed this (I was in the garage all night every night prior to departure for Austria).

Apologies for not replying, I simply hadn't seen the PM. I have checked and I didn't get an email notification to my inbox... doesn't it sometimes send me an email when I get a PM?

Cheers
GC