This was a difficult one for us to put a price on as we visited Amsterdam and Claire's family elsewhere in Holland whilst we were there. Also living in the north we had quite a journey before we even left England.RattyMcClelland wrote:Wow
I especially love the Mugen crx, yellow spoon s2000, and the red Civic next to the awesome City Turbo.
As above this looks like an epic meet.
Tell us about the drive, costs, etc etc
We also booked a very nice hotel near the event and stayed the Friday and Saturday before the show. The hotel was roughly £100 a night and the tunnel was £170 but I think everyone else got it cheaper due to booking in advance. I think they payed less for the hotel too.
Fuel was probably a little cheaper than here depending on where you filled up, Belgium being the cheapest. I believe the ferry is also cheaper than the tunnel but the convoy was all part of the fun so was worth the extra £££.
The drive is fairly straight forward if you have a decent sat nav and is mainly motorways all the way. I'd say it's roughly 3 hours from Calais without traffic. Obviously if you get the ferry you can take a more direct route depending on which ports you use but I'd probably use the tunnel again. There were quite a few British there so the travelling hasn't put them off, I believe the grey DC5 was at japfest on the Saturday and Hondafest on the Sunday but that's a whole new level of commitment.
The people that I travelled with have already put things in motion for Hondafest 2016 and are in talks with the organisers to have a bigger and better plot with the possibility of a trade stand also.
Claire and I will almost certainly be there and it would be great to see a lude generation club stand there too.