Guys and Gals,
At last, the announcement you've all been waiting for! Yes, it's the Northern Run Weekend, which for a while looked like it might not be happening as I couldn't find anywhere that could host us - or at least, at a reasonable price.... but finally, we've got somewhere to stay other than spending two nights in the car eating takeaways from a chippy!
The hotel is the CASTLE INN HOTEL, BASSENTHWAITE, which is a 4-star joint complete with pool, sauna, gym, games room, small golf course (I think you have to climb over old VWs or something) and other stuff. The only dates they had available were over the August Bank Holiday, which I'd normally avoid due to the presence of large numbers of caravans and sleeping drivers, but I think we might be OK in that regard with the route I've got planned. So, it's 2 nights dinner, bed & brekky on Fri and Sat, 26th and 27th August, checking out on Sun 28th. Price for all this goodness is £85 per person per night, therefore £340 for a couple for the weekend. The only potential problem is that they only had 13 double/twin rooms available, so I've reserved all of them - but it means you'll have to decide if you're coming ASAP, cos once they're gone we won't be able to ask for more. They're also only holding these rooms till July 1st, after which any unsold ones (haha) will be put back on general offer and if you do try to book, you'll be paying full price.
To book a room, call 01768 776401 and have your credit/debit card to hand, and say you're with the Norm Briers group and mention the dates. At this stage they'll take no money, but will run your card 7 days before the event, at which point the money is non-refundable. Oh, another thing - if you're on your own it's still £85/night, but there's a £40/night supplement. Our contact is Anna, who seems very personable, but if she's not around you'll still be OK with one of the receptionists.
Enough of the accommodation, what about the route? Well, should be an interesting one - we'll kick off with a section through the Lakes, which cos of the dates may or may not involve contact with the Great Unwashed, but then we'll head East and onto interesting Pennines roads, some of which may be familiar and others which deffo won't. Approx distance is 170 miles but obviously you don't have to do the whole thing and can dive off the route at any time....or even not do any at all and just mooch around instead
Anyhow, if you're going for it, update this thread once you've booked so I know who'll be there and who I can make fun of. And don't rely on the list of people on here as a guide to how many rooms might be left - there'll be non-club peeps going as well....
More info as and when, but at least the gig is actually on now!
Cheers!
Norm
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