ford 369 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 there have been a few forum based trips over the last few years which have been very enjoyable such as Overloon to the Marshall museum and Liberty park and Uxbridge fighter command control room and was thinking the other day it could be time for another. what do others think? where would people like to go and remember group visits can have the bonus of entry to areas not normally accessible to the general public. I organised the Uxbridge trip which involved a few phone calls ,a few posts on the forum and compiling a list of names for the mod police so there neednt be loads of work so over to you ,where we going folks ? Ill kick off the suggestions with Battery Todt Calais and the V1 sites nearby Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Yeah baby!!!! Count me in, Calais would be awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Same here - definitely time for another trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I am up for that too Nigel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Why stop at the V1? The V3 site is not that far away from Calais. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Batterie Todt, Mimoyecques, Blockhaus d'Eperlecques & Wizernes (La Coupole) are all pretty close together. If it's a day trip, you could do all 4, but you wouldn't have much time at each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 In Calais at the F1 hotel prices for a room start at 41€/night: http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-2263-formule-1-hotelf1-boulogne-sur-mer/index.shtml We can make it a 2 day trip, gives us time to drink too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 an overnight sounds like a plan when do people fancy going? as far as I know Todt is closd december and january but I will check and transport is obviously cheaper off season Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 How about, asking Dave what a coach hire might be? We could all meet in UK, then have independent transport, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordrl Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Go for it , we went to the Todd Battery and the V3 factory with the TA a couple of years ago ending up in Ypres and it was humbling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 a coach might work if enough want to go but if mr Ives does decide to come it might be nice if he didnt have to work as he normally seems to end up working and missing out on the fun on forum events,of course thats only my opinion he may love driving us all round for a couple of days.To be honest it is so cheap on the tunnel fo a car and passengers I think a few shared cars would be most economical,I can take land rover disco so would have space for up to 3 passengers Nigel ps another option for a future trip could be east Kirkby Lincs aviation museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 A visit to Ypres will be an experience too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 was looking at a coach trip oct meeting at ashford then tunnel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 is that atrip someone has already organised or you are thinking of organising Dave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 If you do the Batterie Todt Museum then make sure you visit the the other three casemates which are open to the public but are not museums. One is a bat sanctuary but is intact, one is completely destroyed and one is stunning because inside the lower galleries there is a lot of original German artwork - but you will need boots and headtorches. Go after the summer when the flora has cut back. There are some really good CWGC cemeteries between Audinghen and Calais. I can't remember the big one off hand, but it is near Sangatte. It has a WW2 plot but the majority are WW1 and include all the colonial Labour Corps varieties we Brits lured out to clear up the battlefield. Between Calais and Boulogne is a Canadian WW2 cemetery, only small, but is for the men who died during the siege of Calais in 1944. RIP. Eperlecques is good fun, totally random, but has to be seen. I have been to Mimoyecques in winter and sneaked in. It is a bit odd. I haven't been to La Cupole. If you choose to go to Ypres, the vista changes completely. It can be done in a day. But, if you decide to stay the night there are a couple of decent hotels which my ailing brain refuses to let me remember. One begins with A - really good and caters for big parties. (Sorry, but this thing is taking this important stuff away and dropping it back at odd times.) Anyway - I think you might be better to organise yourself round Calais. If you aren't too big a group, the little café/restaurant next to the Batterie Todt (in a wooden building) does a mean steak or a moules frites for a very fair price and will do a group. Call in before you do the museum and sort a time with the guy. He is cool. Or do the Café de Paris in Calais by the old lighthouse. If you haven't had a Flammekeuche you haven't lived, with frites of course and beer etc etc etc etc etc...get fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 La Cupole I found a bit of a dissaponitment. It is more a NASA love fest than anything military. There is an intresting set of bits and bunkers in the middle of Calais, but I never managed to get there. Not to mention the older forts around the palce. These had there places in both wars. Gogle Earth is the tool and lok for the Star outlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Happy to go anywhere!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 what about cadburys choclate world ! :red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) what about cadburys choclate world ! :red: :rofl: There is the military fair in Belgium at Ciney one Sunday in October. Don't know much about it, can anyone advise suitability for trip? More of a money drain than an educational trip!!! Edited August 23, 2012 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 :rofl: There is the military fair in Belgium at Ciney one Sunday in October. Don't know much about it, can anyone advise suitability for trip? More of a money drain than an educational trip!!! (With, Chocolate, Cakes and Beer!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 and hob nobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 and hob nobs Typical, lower the tone of a cultural visit. :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army driver Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 sorry , beat you lot, going in about 8 hours time was going to tanks in town , fri so now going to Batterie Todt then the Blockhaus on to dunkirk sat overloon sun bastogne mon home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 wow take your camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army driver Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 will do i am taking 2 people who have never been before to northern france or belgium or holland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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