Guy's and Gal's
I promised a West Country Cruise to Gary when I first started with Zroadster.org and I have so far failed to deliver! I think I need to remedy that fact! I hate letting people down
What I have in mind I tested with Mint yesterday in terms of where to go and scale etc. (Thanks Mint and Mrs Mint). We ended up at the Hartland Quay Hotel http://www.hartlandquayhotel.co.uk which is where I plan to base everyone. Why I intend to use it is a base is that I think we need to arrive on the Friday evening and cruise Saturday return to the hotel for Saturday evening and then on Sunday again go cruising but ending up over near the M5 about 17:00 ish for people to return home.
What I would say about the hotel is that the accommodation is average and the food is just pub grub! the setting and location is a peach! It is one of the best setting's ever! It has been used for the film Treasure Island and also by the Top Gear team for the shoots.
I have spoken to the hotel and per couple as long as we are a group (and that can get to 14 cars but we need a minimum of 5, excluding me as I live so close) they will do a deal which includes the two nights and breakfast on Saturday and Sunday for £150 per couple so that works out at £37.50 per person per night including breakfast. I would like to go for as late in March as I can but they have a Bike Hill climb event that I will need to avoid obviously and I am awaiting confirmation of the dates to avoid. We will have to book using a code which will be agreed with the hotel.
My plan is that we will leave Hartland on Saturday morning after breakfast and travel to Moreton Hampstead for a cuppa at a little cafe then cruise Dartmoor and then near the end of Dartmoor stop for a lunch which people fund themselves at a pub. In the afternoon we will then go to a national trust property something like Cotele househttp://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cotehele/ and then return to Hartland Quay via Bodmin Moor and St. Breward. We are likely to end up back at the hotel after dark but it should be a great drive, with interest for the partners as well.
On the Sunday after breakfast to go over to Exmoor and do some spirited lanes and some pretty ones (Mint I think we can decide on the forum if we avoid the Ford's) and also include the original route I was thinking of and also Sunday lunch somewhere like Simonsbath in the middle of Exmoor. After lunch either take in something like Arlington Court and then cruise through Exmoor again across to Tiverton or Taunton to connect with the M5.
At this stage I am looking for the likely uptake should I put this together and if people would be up for it? I will grab the second post so that I can maintain the list of who is interested and confirm details that I do establish if/when we develop the idea further.
Thanks everyone for looking.
I promised a West Country Cruise to Gary when I first started with Zroadster.org and I have so far failed to deliver! I think I need to remedy that fact! I hate letting people down
What I have in mind I tested with Mint yesterday in terms of where to go and scale etc. (Thanks Mint and Mrs Mint). We ended up at the Hartland Quay Hotel http://www.hartlandquayhotel.co.uk which is where I plan to base everyone. Why I intend to use it is a base is that I think we need to arrive on the Friday evening and cruise Saturday return to the hotel for Saturday evening and then on Sunday again go cruising but ending up over near the M5 about 17:00 ish for people to return home.
What I would say about the hotel is that the accommodation is average and the food is just pub grub! the setting and location is a peach! It is one of the best setting's ever! It has been used for the film Treasure Island and also by the Top Gear team for the shoots.
I have spoken to the hotel and per couple as long as we are a group (and that can get to 14 cars but we need a minimum of 5, excluding me as I live so close) they will do a deal which includes the two nights and breakfast on Saturday and Sunday for £150 per couple so that works out at £37.50 per person per night including breakfast. I would like to go for as late in March as I can but they have a Bike Hill climb event that I will need to avoid obviously and I am awaiting confirmation of the dates to avoid. We will have to book using a code which will be agreed with the hotel.
My plan is that we will leave Hartland on Saturday morning after breakfast and travel to Moreton Hampstead for a cuppa at a little cafe then cruise Dartmoor and then near the end of Dartmoor stop for a lunch which people fund themselves at a pub. In the afternoon we will then go to a national trust property something like Cotele househttp://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cotehele/ and then return to Hartland Quay via Bodmin Moor and St. Breward. We are likely to end up back at the hotel after dark but it should be a great drive, with interest for the partners as well.
On the Sunday after breakfast to go over to Exmoor and do some spirited lanes and some pretty ones (Mint I think we can decide on the forum if we avoid the Ford's) and also include the original route I was thinking of and also Sunday lunch somewhere like Simonsbath in the middle of Exmoor. After lunch either take in something like Arlington Court and then cruise through Exmoor again across to Tiverton or Taunton to connect with the M5.
At this stage I am looking for the likely uptake should I put this together and if people would be up for it? I will grab the second post so that I can maintain the list of who is interested and confirm details that I do establish if/when we develop the idea further.
Thanks everyone for looking.
. I'm sure you will all have a cracking time.