International Rally Booking form The DFDS Booking form
As you can see, we now have the booking form for the
International Rally in Sweden, this is nice and early and gives you plenty of
time to consider the possibilities of attending, so far this appears to be a
very well organised rally with the input of plenty of thoughts and ideas to help
make it a success, Sweden is renown for its high cost of living but as we have
found before at previous Scandinavian rallies, by opting to go self catering you
can keep the costs down comparable to UK prices.
The two main ferry routes to Sweden are from Newcastle to
Gothenburg, leaving you with a 110 mile journey
down to Molle or Harwich to Esbjerg in Denmark, leaving you to travel 180 miles
across Denmark to Kastrup (Copenhagen), across the Storebaelt Toll bridge (15
miles) and the Oeresund Toll bridge to Lernmacken (Malmo) in Sweden and then 60
miles North to Molle.
If you went to the Danish International via Esbjerg in 1992
you would have used a ferry crossing between Fuen and Sealand, this has now been
replaced by the Storebaelt Toll Bridge for which you have to pay around £10 one
way for a motorcycle, double that for a car under 6m long, up to £30 if you are
towing a caravan or in a mobile home over 6m long.
The Oeresundsbron toll for the bridge that links Denmark to
Sweden is the same one way price , cars are charged around £19 but towing a
caravan, vans and mobile homes cost almost £45 one way.
The exchange rate for the Swedish Kronor varies depending
where you look, the lowest that I have seen is 13.713 to the pound, to make sure
that there will be enough monies to cover any fluctuation in the exchange rate
at the time of transfer in May 2003 I have used a rate of 13.125, if at the date
of transfer there is a surplus, then as has been done many times in the past,
there will be a proportional refund to every pre-booked person.
The form itself is easy to fill in, if you are interested
in the cavewalking, rappelling and lighthouse tour, just state how many are
interested and pay approx £30 for all three, per person at the rally.
The dinner and dance price £5 for a child up to 16 years
of age means that it will be for a small meal only, if you do not think that it
will be sufficient then you should pay the adult price.
If you have any allergies or dislikes of certain foods,
please indicate this near the bottom of the
form.
If you wish to rent accommodation then you can book and reserve this
through myself before you make any payment, just let me know as soon as
possible, you can see detailed pictures of the accommodation at www.mollehassle.com/, if you do not have access to the
internet let me know and I will send you a detailed information copy of the
accommodation that you are interested in.
Please sign and date the completed form, if you wish to see
the rules and conditions either look at the, www.bsaoc.org/int website or contact myself for a copy,
at this site you can also see an example of the accommodation available and a
whole host of other information
The rally site will be open for you to stay from Friday the
8th.
Saturday you can book in and receive your rally T-shirt,
rally magazine and surprise gift with a BBQ to be held later in the day.
Sunday at 2pm will be the official opening ceremony of the
rally with some local entertainment.
Monday is the day for the cavewalking, rappelling down the
cliffs and lighthouse guiding.
Tuesday at midday is the start of the line up at Kullaberg
Nature Reserve with a snack lunch included, at 8pm the start of the Lucas night
run, it should still be daylight then.
Wednesday you have the day to please yourself, the
committee meeting of International representatives takes place at 11am followed
by the dinner and dance at 8pm at the Grand Hotel in Molle.
Thursday at 10am is the museum tour by coach when you will
visit Krapperup Castle, Hoganas Ceramics and The Museum of War, this sounds like
a full day, at some stage you will be given a taste of Artsoppa, the Swedish
national Thursday dish, perhaps this will be similar to our Great British Friday
national dish of fish and chips.
Friday at 5pm will see the start of the silly games and at
8pm will be the inclusive BBQ and farewell party with a live band (Abba
perhaps?)
Saturday is for packing up and saying goodbye until
26/07/-01/08/2004 (provisional date) near Berlin in Germany.
If you look at page 11 of the October edition of the Star
you will see more information regarding the rally and camp site, with
information about sea ferry shipment to Sweden, Denmark and Germany on the
following page.
As more details of the rally come forward this page will be updated.
BSAOC International Rallies are for BSAOC members only. If you wish to join there is a membership form on the website or if not resident in the UK you can contact the club in your own country for details.
International Secretary