Many thanks for your help :)


[Edited by jon44w - 11/5/2002 3:07:26 PM]

Is this you guys then?

http://www.jon44w.com/images/scoob1.JPG

Catalunya 2002, Hotel Samba

[Edited by jon44w - 11/6/2002 11:05:33 AM]

This is us (black scoob in foreground) when we came across the SWRT doing a bit of testing quite by chance :D

http://hyperphoto.photoloft.com/view/exportImage.asp?s=cano&i=9204604&w=640&h=480

[Edited by scoobychick - 11/6/2002 2:31:00 PM]

Oh, I thought the only dates confirmed when Monte and Sweden being the first two rounds so all the planning could be sorted out.

Edit to say, yup, booked with SleezyJet on Wednesday for Monte :)

[Edited by ChrisB - 11/8/2002 5:54:11 PM]

Can anyone recommend an airline to fly with for the Finnish Round of the WRC? The ususal favourites of mine dont seem to go anywhere near there :( Ie. Buzz, Ryanair, East Jet and Go fly :(

many thanks,
John

Have a look at these sites:

http://www.cheap-airline-flights.co.uk/flights_Finland.htm

http://www.flights4less.co.uk/index.html?left.htm&top.htm&finland.htm

from a Google (http://www.google.co.uk) search on 'flights to Finland'

Sal :)

Have you been looking at other places as well Sal? ;) :D :D

hi chris, was it not you i met in catalunya? ( on the computer in the hotel? )

Certainly was Jon

Jon

We were there too :D

Chris

YES! definitely up for Finland, RallyNobbers(tm) trip??? :D

When is Finland in the calendar?

What's the nearest town and hence airport?

The nearest airport is Helsinki mate. The date is 8th to 10th Aug 2003 :)

Catalunya has been moved to October 24th-26th this year :( but I think we`ll go again as it was so good last time :)

Cheers Jon.

Plenty of time to find some cheap(er) flights then...

Mate would you believe that BA and BM were charging me £400+ return compared to Scandinavain Airlines at only £127 return! ( all be it via Stockholm )

Mmmmmmmm. Tough decision there. If I can get 3 other mates to commit to Finland the cost will come to £400 each. Thats everything except food. Accomodation is a motorhome and thats 5 nights in Finland too. Bargain.

So who are Fereday and Smith? They were going so fast the camera nearly missed then ;)

http://www.jon44w.com/images/scoob2.JPG

Yep we were with the Fereday/Smith lot in our unstickered black MY01 along with ChrisB, Rum, Steve F and the rest of them :D

Driving through town with the stickered up cars was a laugh cos all the locals were cheering them :D:D:D

Note in the top pic. All the Scoobies parked in the disabled area :D Oh dear ;)

Yeah, that's Pete's lot for you. We used the nice and safe underground parking :D :D

Oh dear, I've just been reading up the 5 day motorhome option for Finland. The Visa card is getting hot already!

That said, the hotel option sounds good, as does the extend trip so you can drive some of the stages yourself.

:rolleyes: :D :D

Here Chris, as we are from NI we have to fly to England from Belfast. Our SAS flightleaves from Heathrow so out of Stansted / London Luton which is the best airport to fly to? Or I mean which is the easiest to get to Heathrow from. I dont want to fly direct to Gatwick or Heathrow as it costs a minor fortune :(

Luton is easier to get to from Heathrow, it's a bit nearer than Stansted. However both are a motorway journey from Heathrow. I think there are shuttle services operating from both to Heathrow.

Heathrow to Luton: M4 ---> M25 ---> M1

Heathrow to Stansted: M4 ---> M25 ---> M11

Map here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=525000&Y=215000&A=Y&Z=6

You'll see Luton on the left and Stansted is on the far right just off the page near Bishops Stortford, Heathrow is a way off the page to the South(ish) west! :D

Sal

Cheers Sal ,your a star :)

Chris and Sal,

I just read in MSN that the calendar hasnt been confirmed and there is a chance that the dates can still shift. Something to do with boats and machinery haulage??

Best not to book anything yet then until we know for definite whats going to happen.

John.
http://www.jon44w.com

I thought that the only dates that were not confirmed were Cyprus & Turkey ?

We are about to book flights for Sweden in February :) can anybody confirm that these dates are ok :)

I presume you dudes going the Monte have already booked your flights ?

Thanks
Richard :)

Theres another complaint about the times between Finland and Oz. Apparently not enough time to ship the cars :(

All booked up for Sweden :) got flights for £ 26.00 return, absolute bargain :):):):)

http://www.wrc.com/en_GB/News/NewsDetail/2002_SafariDropped.htm

Rally Monte Carlo 22-26 January
Rally Sweden 5-9 February
Rally New Zealand 9-13 April
Rally Argentina 7-11 May
Acropolis Rally 4-8 June
Rallye Deutschland* 23-27 July
Rally Finland 6-10 August
Rally Australia 3-7 September
Sanremo Rally 1-5 October
Tour de Corse 15-19 October
Rally Catalunya 22-26 October
Rally GB** 5-9 November

* Subject to an examination of safety issues by the FIA Safety Commission
** Subject to the observers' reports on the 2002 event

The final dates for these events are expected to be resolved soon, when International Sportsworld Communicators, world rallying's commercial rights' holder, and participating manufacturers submit a draft calendar based on this list to the World Rally Championship Commission for final approval.

Cyprus vs Turkey
The two rallies thought to be vying for the final slot in the championship - the Cyprus Rally and the Anatolian Rally (Turkey) - will both be included in the championship calendar on dates to be confirmed.

Last year we flew with SAS and booked the tickets through Lunn poly, the tickets were something like £162 each return this was the cheepest we could find at the time.
Transfer was in Copenhagen to Helsinki where we had a hire car booked.
This has got to be the best round of the WRC and well worth the effort to go.

Andy

John,

You won't find too many really cheap flights to Finland. Most of the time you are stuck with the "expensive" airlines like Finnair, BA, KLM, SAS etc. However, sometimes they have okay rates as well.
SAS has usually fairly okay rates via Stockholm.

The nearest airport actually is Jyväskylä, which is also the rally HQ city. However, as far as I know that airport is domestic only (I could be wrong) so you'd have to fly via Helsinki anyway. Jyväskylä is about 3-4 hours from Helsinki by car or train. Rental cars are typically rather pricey in Finland.

Hotels in Jyväskylä need to be booked well in advance for the rally week.

I've done the trip from here (Rotterdam) to Finland by car several times. If you have 2 or more people it can end up being cheaper than flying as well (Especially if you don't have to rent a car while there). Driving up to Stockholm can be done in one (very long) day and then you take the ferry over to either Turku or Helsinki. It is also possible to do the drive up in two days and have an overnight stay in Denmark or southern Sweden on the way.

(I'm Finnish so that explains why I'm there almost every year.)


[Edited by jah - 11/12/2002 9:32:40 PM]