Trenches and Truffles
Wessex MG Club tour to Flanders

Proposed Itinerary

Friday 7 April 2006

 

9:00 a.m. Depart Devizes Wharf
2:00 p.m. Euro Tunnel Terminal
3:30 p.m. Calais Terminal
4:30 p.m. Visit to Essex Cemetery on the way to Ieper
5:30 p.m. Arrive Ariane Hotel

Dinner in hotel

Saturday 8th April 2006

Day Shopping and sight seeing in Ieper
Book a table for Dinner
8:00 p.m. Last Post Ceremony Menin Gate
8:30 p.m. Team Dinner

Ieper (Ypres) Main Square

Sunday 9th April 2006

10:00 a.m. Road Run to the Somme in France
The hotel will provide a packed lunch at a cost or we could find a restaurant
Team Dinner hopefully meeting up with members of the Belgian MGOC.

Monday 10th April 2006

10:00 a.m. Depart for Blighty
Mid day ish crossing
Home in time for Tea and medals.

Costs

Euro Tunnel Crossing 5 Day Return from the MGOC £145-00

Hotel Ariane Room Rates
Groups under 10
€100 - £68 per double € 80 - £54 per single room per night B&B
Groups 10 - 20
€ 90 - £61 per double € 70 - £48 per single room per night B&B
Approximate exchange rate Sept 05