Whitsun May 13 - 16, 2016

[Pim]

International Rover 75 / ZT meeting 13 – 16 May 2016 (Whitsun) in the South of Limburg (the Netherlands)


From Friday May 13 until Monday May 16, 2016 the Club Seventyfive organizes for her members as well as her users a meeting in South Limburg, in the south of the Netherlands near to the border triangle of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

Central location will be Rolduc in Kerkrade, a former abbey, where the history goes back to the year 1100. Rolduc was the largest abbey in the Benelux.

http://www.rolduc.com/UK/hispitality-rolduc-abbey


Program:

Friday May 13, 2016:
Arrival at ± 16.00 pm in Rolduc.

Dinner together (buffet) in the nice and charming restaurant; followed by the annual membership meeting. Only for members; users from www.r75.info can already enjoy a drink in the bar.
Open End of the evening.


Saturday May 14, 2016:
After breakfast we will head to the fortress of Eben Emael (± 26 miles), just across the border in Belgium.

http://www.fort-eben-emael.be/en/

This place became really famous through history on May 10, 1940 when a small team of German paratroops took over the control of the fortresss artillery in less than 15 minutes.
We are expected at 10.00 am for a detailed tour of 2 hours 30 min.


After this tour we drive back to the Netherlands; just across the border at Kanne (Belgium) you’ll find on the Dutch side Château Neercanne.
Distance from the fortress of Eben Emael to Château Neercanne: 2 miles.

http://www.chateauhotels.nl/en/chateau-neercanne/home

On this beautiful location overlooking the Jekervalley we can enjoy an extended lunch (buffet).
We are expected here at 13.00 – 13.15 pm. The lunch will be in the “Carrière Poswick”, in the caves opposite the castle.
They serve: warm cave mushrooms, sandwiches with meat, cheese and salmon, the famous “Limburg” pie and coffee, tea, water and glass of house wine. (Please understand that other drinks are for your own account).


No later than 15:30 pm we go to the “Jezuïtenberg” (Jesuit Caves), about 400 meters further.

At 16.00 begins a tour through one of the worlds best provided preserved marlstone quarries.

http://www.jezuietenberg.nl/English/english.html

In the evening dinner (buffet) together in Rolduc and Open End.

Sunday May 15, 2016:
Todays program includes a visit to the Open-air Museum in Bokrijk in Belgium.

http://www.bokrijk.be/en/

Distance Rolduc – Bokrijk: ± 37 miles; mainly motorway. We are expected at 10.00 am.
The Bokrijk Open Air Museum was officially opened on April 12, 1958.
± 140 authentic buildings form the core of the heritage collection. In addition to these buildings, the collection also consists of tools and everyday objects; it all shows the daily life of the 17th century until 1950. There is also a separate section for only the Sixties.

The museum is characterized by its interactive and dynamic approach. There is for example a candy store where they make handmade sweets according to old recipes. And there are extensive catering facilities where you can taste traditional dishes.

For us there is a special reserved parking: Parking 1 - Castle 1; at the back.


At the beginning of the afternoon, a treasure rally leads you through the beautiful countryside of South Limburg back to Rolduc. En route there are a number of questions to be solved. Please note; it's not about speed; there's plenty of time to enjoy the beautiful places along the way and stop whenever you want to.

In the evening dinner (buffet) together in Rolduc, award ceremony tresure rally and Open End.


Monday May 16, 2016:
After breakfast we have a guided tour through the impressive and historical Rolduc.
In the former abbey you can admire among others a beautiful library with ancient books.

After lunch, goodbye to the participants; everybody has still time to return home.

Overnight stay at Rolduc:

http://www.rolduc.com/UK/hispitality-rolduc-abbey

There are two types of double rooms available; EUR 85,00 per night (EUR 60,00 when used by one person) and EUR 80,00 (EUR 55,00 when used by one person). Both room types have a seperate bathroom with a shower or bath and lavatory; difference is, that the more expensive room is a bit modernized. Of course TV as well as free Wifi are available.
There are 37 rooms booked for us now.
Prices include breakfast but exclude city tax of EUR 1,50 per person per night.
Dinner (3x buffet each 3 courses) Friday, Saturday and Sunday will take place in a special reserved section of the Abbey; costs: EUR 25,00 per person per night, excluding drinks.
(If any dietary requirements or vegetarian please let us know)

Contact information Rolduc:
Abbey of Rolduc; Heyendallaan 82; 6464 EP KERKRADE. Telephone: +31 (0)45 54 66 888.
E-Mail: info@rolduc.com or i.brouns@rolduc.com Mrs. Ilse Brouns is our contact.
-If you want to participate, please book your room(s) at Rolduc yourselves mentioning: Club 75.
-Please also activate your nickname and number of participants in the so called “Treffentool” throught the following link:
http://www.r75.info/modules.php?nam.....file=viewtopic&t=8972
-En last but not least; once you have completed your reservation at Rolduc, please also inform me. Please send me per PM or per E-mail your full name, address, e-mail and for certainty your mobile phone number.

Please understand that because of the organisation of the meeting your registration in the list of participants is considered as binding; thank you for your understanding.


Costs program:
The costs for the various program components for the whole weekend will be approximately
EUR 63,00 per person. Parking of EUR 5,00 in Bokrijk is not included.
However the final lunch on Monday is included in this amount.
The exact amount can be determined once we know exactly how many people will participate.

Registration closes on Wednesday January 6, 2016; shortly after I will announce the exact amount.

No later than Tuesday January 26, 2016 these costs should have been transferred into the account of the Club Seventyfive at the Volksbank in Trier.
IBAN: DE89 5856 0103 0005 3324 26
BIC: GENODED1TVB
Please note that you can only participate after having transferred these program costs into our account before January 26, 2016. Thank you for your understanding.


Hope to see you in the South of Limburg (the Netherlands)

Pim
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Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Club - 640.000 km 01/10/2024
Rover Streetwise 1.8 CVT - 103.000 km 01/10/2024

[Pim]

http://www.telegraaf.nl/reiskrant/e.....s_in_de_spotlights__.html



This weekend in more than 300 municipalities around 5,000 monuments will be open for the public.
Also the Abbey of Rolduc will open its doors. Rolduc is the largest abbey complex in the Benelux. On the UNESCO list it belongs to the 100 most important monuments in the Netherlands.

See the above article. At the top of a picture of Rolduc, a little further down it is described (only in Dutch )

Regards, Pim
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Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Club - 640.000 km 01/10/2024
Rover Streetwise 1.8 CVT - 103.000 km 01/10/2024

[starbug2]

just heard about this looking into it

[Pim]

Starbug,

I should say, join us

Pim
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Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Club - 640.000 km 01/10/2024
Rover Streetwise 1.8 CVT - 103.000 km 01/10/2024

[starbug2]

well maybe we shall but need to look into it first after being to euro land twice now in the MGF be nice to go again in the 75

[starbug2]

just come back from Cardiff so not been able to look much into this but I think we may well come so just a question of the deals and how we would do it . likely we would stop over a few more days before returning . with bev ill of late stuff has got a bit of late we have had to miss some things due to it but we go on and hope for better days . over the next few days or so we'll start to sort out if we can and will be able to come but I want to

[Mintman]

Hi Stephen

Looking forward I hope

Cheers Frank
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Rover 75 Saloon 2.0l & Rover Saloon 2.5l & Rover Tourer Diesel & MGF 1.8
Rover 75 V8 & MG ZS EV Long Range

[starbug2]

[starbug2]

FERRY BOOKED

[Pim]

For those, who did not sign up for the international meeting at Whitsun 2016 yet; next Wednesday January 06, 2016 is the last possibility.

Meanwhile 29 cars / 58 people signed up for this meeting:

Six cars from the Netherlands / 13 people, among them 1 x MG ZT V8, 1 x MG ZT V8
pre production (!), 1 x Rover 75 V8 Tourer LHD (!).
One car from Belgium (Flanders) / 2 people.
One car from Luxemburg / 2 people (with an almost brand new Rover 75 V8 LHD)
Two cars from the United Kingdom / 3 people
Two cars from Austria / 6 people.
Fifteen cars from Germany / 30 people; among them 1 x MG ZT V8 RHD with a liquid gas installation.
Two cars from Switzerland / 2 people.

Cheers, Pim
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Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Club - 640.000 km 01/10/2024
Rover Streetwise 1.8 CVT - 103.000 km 01/10/2024