Well keep your head up it's not expensive weekend.

You will be ok there's plenty of time.

Hi Steamer,

I'll be going again this year(to confirm it wasn't a dream last year) as will Simon(Edinburgh) I think. Our provisional Plan is:

Ferry Thursday 5pm ish from Newcastle to Amsterdam or Rotterdam arriving Friday 9am.
Drive to Spa and Campsite arriving around Midday.

Saturday and Sunday at Spa Francorchamps for the best Weekend of Driving Fun you and your Coupe has ever had

Return ferry Sun or Mon leaving 5pm ish arrive 9am Newcastle next day.

Hope you can make it mate - it would be good to have at least 3 Coops from Scotland there

When is it

Dates tbc, probably 22nd/23rd June. Petep the master of things Spa will post when definite

Dam wish I could come but prier comitmants then

That sounds like a mighty fine plan,,,how much was the ferry?
Cheers paul
Cancel that I'm onto google

The ferry is between £65 - £90 normally.

Just depends on the dates the prices differ if there is a public holiday at the same time.

The Newcastle one is a tad dearer mate

I had a look but not too sure

You are so going to wish you hadn't said the above!

That's single and you have to add your car which is about £75. So £350 ish total for Ferry. Driving down to go via Chunnel or a ferry from south won't save you much when you add fuel and channel crossing. More importantly it will add around 12 hours driving to the whole trip and you'll still need another nights accommodation if you dont want to arrive like a Zombie at Spa . I drove last year via Chunnel as I only decided to go last minute and the ferries were £450 and another £200 for my boy. The result was 20 hours of boring and very tiring motorway driving. Which is way more the I've done in the Coop since. That bit wasn't fun.

Dont forget Hotel/Campsite fees as well.

So so worth it though mate.

Just go for gods sake, your off work , you've plenty of money, Jane said it's ok

Odds on you'll break it before then anyway, you have broken more cars than a scrappies

Woooooooooooof, no chance,sorry,oh well always Arran I suppose

Not trying to persuade anyone here, it's not really my place - but i avoided going on this for a couple of years thinking "what can be so special about that, it's so expensive" but now i've been a few times its one of the first things i book holiday for, and put money aside for.

If you don't go you'll forever wonder what if - and for what it is it's tremendous fun and good value for money.

Of course the best thing is free, the great company, camaraderie and long lasting friendships you inevitably make

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Got to agree! It's not expensive for what you actually get in the end. Though it is significantly more costly for those that are coming from Scotland as you really have to add an extra nights stopover each end. Even so I'd spend twice as much to have the experience and intend to go every year now.

Forget Mods and Upgrades to your Coop, there is no better way to spend money on your Coop. You could literally spend five to ten times more money on modding your Car and it would not give you the enjoyment or thrill you'll get from driving it round Spa Francorchamps Race Track with FCCUK.

Steamer take Sparky, you know you want to Don't worry when you're on the boat he'll tie a knot in it
A sheepshank lol

Pete

Any chance of an official update on the arrangements for Spa?

It's potentially only a few months away and I (and doubtless others) need to make plans for this amongst my other commitments.

Thanks

Dan, If there were any updates I would have already posted them here.

I check with the organisers frequently, but they have not yet been able to finalise arrangements. By that I mean for the whole event, not just us.

I appreciate that by this time of year everything is ususlly in place and the club has collected money from attendees.

As soon as I have anything I will put it up here.

Thanks Pete

What's the reason for the delay, I'd have thought the dates were set in stone by now as they will have firmed all of the official race dates, so what are they thinking of changing, the format of the weekend's activities?

I imagine the date is not going to change. So ferries and accomadation could be booked,as like some of the French have allready done.

Bit of a risk booking it Joe, when we haven't had any track/admittance prices confirmed - i have the days booked off at work but i'm not doing anything else about it until details are firmed up by Pete/the board............

If it all falls through we could come to your local track

"I check with the organisers frequently, but they have not yet been able to finalise arrangements. By that I mean for the whole event, not just us."

As was posted half an hour ago.

I am not privy to their company's negotiations with 3rd parties.

Ok, thanks Pete

thanks for hard working pete

Check out the Spa website folks and you'll see everything for 2013 on the Calendar is still provisional.
It is frustrating but we just got to wait

Spa Calendar 2013

It is frustrating but it's out of our control.

Exactly the point I was making

Well I've booked the holiday dates with work and have mentioned they may change

Jocky's preparation is well underway as well so I'm gradually getting more excited with each day!

I want to get excited but cant until I've definitely booked everything.
Something tells me it will be confirmed OFF today or tomorrow.

I've booked the days off work, but i need to start paying for stuff like hotels, ferries and stuff as it's essential for me to budget. I fear not being able to go due to not paying stuff now, and don't say save it up because with 3 kids that doesn't happen