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Old 22nd February 2018, 10:30 PM
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Neil, I think at this time you'd better put me down as a "pretty unlikely" I'm afraid.
We are making plans to holiday (with family) in that same area just a few weeks later so are unlikely to make the journey twice as it really needs an overnight stay for us.
HP you can drive there in a day! i drove to your house and beaulieu is 30mins extra from my house you need a road trip in the S8 this is the one!
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Hi Neil,

Put me down as a definite attendee, please.
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HP you can drive there in a day!
Yes, probably doable in about 2 hours on a Sunday morning.

What time would we be aiming to gather (and where) to enter together?
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Yes, probably doable in about 2 hours on a Sunday morning.

What time would we be aiming to gather (and where) to enter together?
The Beaulieu website states -
VEHICLE ENTRY
Entry with your Audi is from 9.00am – the Brabazon Restaurant will be open for bacon rolls, cakes, teas and coffee.
Please note cars cannot leave and re-enter the grounds for the Simply Rally without a further fee being paid to cover the occupants.
COMING WITH FRIENDS
If you wish to park up alongside your friends, you must all arrive together with individual e-tickets as we are unable to reserve adjacent spaces for later arrivals.

We will therefore have to meet up somewhere nearby at about 08:30 ish and cruise in for 9am ish together
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The Beaulieu website states -
VEHICLE ENTRY
Entry with your Audi is from 9.00am – the Brabazon Restaurant will be open for bacon rolls, cakes, teas and coffee.
Please note cars cannot leave and re-enter the grounds for the Simply Rally without a further fee being paid to cover the occupants.
COMING WITH FRIENDS
If you wish to park up alongside your friends, you must all arrive together with individual e-tickets as we are unable to reserve adjacent spaces for later arrivals.

We will therefore have to meet up somewhere nearby at about 08:30 ish and cruise in for 9am ish together
Sounds good we can meet in the town of Beaulieu?
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Isn't the easiest place to meet somewhere in the visitors car park at the museum?
Pretty sure it's free and large and no-one will be there at that time.

Beaulieu itself is a pretty small village with one small car park.
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e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
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Don't forget that there will be hundreds of cars all heading to the site to arrive at 9am so I would prefer to meet say 1/2 an hour away somewhere quieter so when we are all together we just head in as one long line, we may well have quite a few cars as it is a joint stand with the Audi Owners Club as well

I'll sort somewhere suitable out with Chris from the AOC and let everyone know, if we try to organise all of this by committee it will go horribly wrong!
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There are a fair few car parks at the roadside throughout the area. Early on a Sunday they should be quiet.
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Don't forget that there will be hundreds of cars all heading to the site to arrive at 9am
I read the info on the site to mean 9am is the earliest admission time (ie 'from' 9am). Wouldn't it be better to get there a little later if that's the case rather than be hanging around waiting for it to open?
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I'll repeat myself again, we cannot organise this by committee with everyone putting their view in, it will not work! we have others to consider, ie the Audi Owners Club and at the moment we have no idea of numbers. It's all very well to say it will be ok and quiet at 9am in a car park at Beaulieu but it may well not be and you can't turn a huge group of cars around easily and stil all go in together. There is one shot at going in together.

I'm quite happy to stop organising this meet and hand everything over to ONE PERSON to organise, and they can do all of the liaising with the AOC but these multiple views and opinions about the best way to be doing things are not helping me personally, sorry but it's enough hassle trying to organise things without multiple views (which are inevitably all different) chipping in.

Anyone like to organise it all and I'll just show up??
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