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All Aboard for "Butcher in the borders tour 2004"
May 21 - 24 2004
| Place for 50 cars. Richard Nicholson and Mike Ketley would like to invite you on the "Butcher in the Borders Tour 2004" The tour will be based in the borders between England and Scotland over the weekend 21st to 24th May. The Tour will start in Newcastle Upon Tyne on Friday 21st at around lunchtime. It is then a quick blast over to the first hotel in the lake district taking in the old Roman road along Hadrians wall and the Hartside and Kirkstone passes. Have a look at http://www.grasmerethistle.co.uk/ to see the loveliness of the hotel. After dinner there may be the opportunity for those that have not done enough driving to have an evening drive over some tight and twiddly passes such as Hardknott and Wrynose avoiding the usual lake district traffic. For those that fancy a quiet evening relaxing and chatting in the bar, you may well find us there. Saturday sees us leave the lake district and head for the borders proper. A nice drive heading north through Kielder forest will take us to our hotel for the Saturday and Sunday night, the really rather special Peebles Hydro (http://www.peebleshotelhydro.co.uk/). Wonderful on site health club / spa. Sunday will take a leisurely circular route to include the Jim Clark museum in Duns and back (as you can guess, we haven't quite figured out what to do that day, but whatever it is, it will be a laff!). Monday will be a drive back down south along some more great roads and out of the borders to a point where we will all go our separate ways. The Boring Bits:- We are aiming to have a target cost of about #270 per person. This may go up a little (or come down a little) as we firm up the tour and the plans. This will include lunch on the Friday, dinner bed and breakfast each night at the hotels and some other sundries. To sign up for the Tour send an email to michael.ketley@eu.averydennison.com and to richard.nicolson@eu.interfaceinc.com Please state whether travelling one or two up, twin, double or single room, the name of the passenger (if there is one), and car details (Steve W - We will just assume blue fury ;-) ). The tour will be limited to a mere fifty cars, so be quick. We need a fifty pound NON REFUNDABLE deposit to be paid per person (NOT per car) by the end of September. Payment method to be confirmed over coming 10 days We will be requesting the bulk (#150) of the money in January and then a final top up payment once costs are fully defined about a month before the tour. We look forward to you coming Your Genial Hosts Richard and Mike
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