Bishops Castle 5 2013 - Enter the Dragon

First topic message reminder :

To allow time for you guys & gals to save beer tokens & build up enough Brownie points etc a date of Saturday 8th June has been decided for BC5.


As usual the ride will be centered around Shropshire & Wales & peeps are welcome to join for just the rideout or to B&B/camp for both the Friday & Saturday nights with food in the local hostelries which will be announced in due course.

B&B's are aplenty & most will take a booking in advance without requiring payment untill the weekend in question so its always a good idea to book early as last year it got very busy with a local wedding taking up some of the B&B's we normally use.

Below is a link to the main places to stay all within easy walking distance & please just ask if we can offer any help or advice, The Claremont also have as well as B&B a property which can be shared by a number of peeps who may wish to reduce costs by sharing & if I remember correctly a garage they have allowed us to use for the bikes in the past.

The Foxholes Camp site have a Bunk house, Static Caravan & Camping available.

Thanks Nick & Ellie

http://www.bishopscastle.co.uk/tourism/accommodation_bc.htm

http://foxholes-castle.co.uk/index.html

Cheshirecat wrote:Please Pm me if your interested and I'll put your name on the list..

Done and dusted.

I definately need to go this year after pulling out of the last one

weekend now booked off, just have to pass now
12 months tax and test done
Theory next week
mod 1 and 2 asap.

How do I pay for the bunkhouse?

thunderstu600 wrote:weekend now booked off, just have to pass now
12 months tax and test done
Theory next week
mod 1 and 2 asap.

How do I pay for the bunkhouse?

I'm going to book the bunkhouse mate, erm I'm happy for people to pay on arrival..

Cheshirecat wrote:Right I've decided to book the Bunhouse at £40 pn,

option 1 £10 a night if 4 or less stay there...
option 2 £6.67 a night if we use all 6 beds....

So under £15 for the 2 nights if we can get 6 staying for the two nights..

Please Pm me if your interested and I'll put your name on the list..

ME + 1
Rampers
Thunderstu600
Westy

only one place left!!!

Updated 07/02/2013

Thanks m8, btw, i dont mind doin through paypal

Please Pm me if your interested and I'll put your name on the list..

ME + 1
Rampers
Thunderstu600
Westy

Yehey i'm booked in, if I dont pass can I still turn up on a nifty lol

im sure bigwan600 (steve) wants to go but he still needs to get his wife in order first,
She's just had an op and said he should be able to go if shes ok.
I'll speak to them both to get the ball rolling tomorrow.

thunderstu600 wrote:Thanks m8, btw, i dont mind doin through paypal

Please Pm me if your interested and I'll put your name on the list..

ME + 1
Rampers
Thunderstu600
Westy

Yehey i'm booked in, if I dont pass can I still turn up on a nifty lol

im sure bigwan600 (steve) wants to go but he still needs to get his wife in order first,
She's just had an op and said he should be able to go if shes ok.
I'll speak to them both to get the ball rolling tomorrow.

Ok mate let me know asap

Kev if you email me your bank details I'll put it straight in your bank if that's ok so I know it's paid for and I can bring more money for the more important stuff lol. My email address is Chris.Rampley@gmail.com or pm me for my mobile number if you'd prefer to txt it to me.

Besides yours truly, Christian (he of round the world fame) and Bob and brother Pete will be in attendance.

Hi Terry,

That's great, have a look on the list and get some accomodation booked as it will go fair promptly I'm sure, all the B&B's are within walking distance of where we'll be eating/drinking.

Pleased you'll be joining us

Yup, Thanks, already done that we're booked in the poppy house for 2 nights.

I've had an email from Foxholes campsite, the Bunkhouse is not available for the 8th of June (Friday night) but is available for the Saturday night...

Looks like we will have to find other accommodation or get the tents out!!

Gutted!

Has anybody got a tent I could borrow please as now it looks like I'm sleeping under the stars lol

Have you asked foxholes about the static caravan if its available?

I was thinking about Ellie but after speaking to Steve, He told me that there is one double bed and too very small singles (more kid sized).. So don't know what to do now really, I've rung all the B&B's but there don't seem to be any vacancies.....

Shall we just tent It mate if there are no more rooms? I might call up and ask if there has been / will be any could they let me know??

Kev, did you ask about the Eco Cabin? 8 berth two bunk rooms, think 1 bunk each, a double room and a double sofa couch.

It's behind the static, so you possibly didn't see it from the bunkhouse.

Could be a go-er if the right price is on offer and enough peeps confirm for the two days.

I'm sorted now thanks Steve booked a room at the old brick house, gonna be posh this year!!

Bah, humbug, That's where I was going to go .. bet that was the last one


It is a very nice place...


OK, so that leaves a few 'out in the cold'

I can't commit to anything at the moment, when I can know it'll be way too late.
What I'll do is try and see if the Eco Cabin is available and get a list going of interested sharers. If I find I have to bail, I'm happier with ditching maybe £40 rather than three times that.

Don't fancy using a tent then Steve

Short answer is No

Longer one is, last time I tried it, around 11 years ago, bought a tent for the Welkom MotoGP, my inflatable mattress was anything but, it was close to 2C (that was extremely cold for me then) - needless to say I got close to zero sleep.
I've been grumpy once too often on a ride-out, no fun for any one.

Camping bike trips are great, (if you like that kind of thing), if I was able to do the staying over bit I'd gladly tent it, unfortunately I'm only going to make the ride out which is going to be a long day... Wish I was able to do the do it, loving the great outdoors, even though I was wetter than a goldfish's wet bits by the time I got home today

There is other accommodation in the area but a short taxi ride away, if a few of you clubbed in together maybe the extra cost wouldn't be too bad?

I don't mind cabin it, but I've got a 4 man tent also that can sleep 6, 2x2man bedrooms and square centre with a little porch way. All wraps up into a small holdall which I can tie down to the rear seat so no problems transporting it.

A bit like this one if anyone fancies sharing.



If enough booze flows we can snuggle up to stay warm

The Eco Cabin is available £180 for the two nights irrespective of how many people are in there. Assuming 6 people that'll be £15 per night, or just over a tenner a day if the place is filled.

Camp or Cabin? I may be up against stiff competition with Stu's tent though

Cabin has been booked, just got to try and find my cheque book now.

Three definites' and a couple of maybe's, PM me if you're interested.