all, my last post was intended to be something of a wind up, however if there is interest in this please let me know and I'll see if I can get the ball rolling.
The only thing wrong here is that my wind up is North East based, but there's nothing to say that a similar approach to Donington (pretty central) could work out nicely for us - the only disadvantage I have is in not knowing any of the Donington circuit management team.
Does the idea in principal sound Ok ?
The other downside is that for a track event we would struggle to have the numbers necessary to make this an 851/888 only event (as has been previously discussed), so I believe that a DSC track day (all members) followed by a ride out the next day could be the way to move forward.
Rob, if you've already done a bit of digging, you're ahead of all us wind-up merchants
Middle England is probably a good idea (i'll have to leave my 2.4 kids at home tho, heh). What hotels you got Rob? Post em up so we can have a butchers at their websites!
Once we have agreed a date/schedule, and very approx numbers, I'll contact the hotels and try to get some discounts for a B&B rate.
Grail Court tel.no:- 01283 741155. It is a bit cheap & cheerful but they are biker friendly and have lock up garages available. It is also within staggering distance of local amenities ( Pubs & Chinese)
Three Queens Hotel tel no:- 01283 52800. A slightly better hotel,near to town but may be more expensive. Some people used it last year and were happy with it.
Express by Holiday Inn tel no:- 01283 504300. The usual faceless business hotel ,a short taxi ride or long walk from town.
Delter Hotel tel no:- 01283 535115. A quite nice small family run hotel about 1/2 mile from town,no garage but a private car park out of site of road.
Edgecote Hotel tel no:- 01283 568966. 5 minutes walk from town , family run small hotel, no off road parking.
Now the key decisoion seem to be weekend Sat night only or Fri/Sat night or weekday combined with a Trackday?