All,

After an extremely successful Danish Rally where around 120 members of the VSOC attended, there seems to be an interest already in next years Swedish offering! To this end, I am sending out some info now, so members can consider the detail below.

The Rally will be in a place called Oland, an island off the southern east coast. This will be a Thursday - Sunday morning event. Dates 7-9th June 2012. Please Note: The Whitson Bank Holiday in 2012 is a week later and has "2 days off" due to the Queens Diamond Jubilee. Mon 4th & Tues 5th June are B/Hols. This helps with taking time off work for this International event.

There will be a reduced Rally price (yet to be decided), probably around £25 to cover venue, bands, etc, but you will need to purchase your own food/meals. There will be options to buy different food on site, so this allows you to spend a little or a lot depending on your choice and budget. Also, if you decide to stay in a cabin, you will have the facility to cook your own food, should you wish to.
The Rally ticket price includes camping, but if you would like to stay in a cabin/cottage, there are two options available, see url below. Prices are as follows: 440 Swedish Kroner (divided by 4 persons in a cabin) per night (around £10.50 each per night) - 3 nights required (Thurs, Fri, Sat) - Non En Suite Option. Toilets/Showers in a communal block closeby. 560 Swedish Kroner (divided by 4 persons in a cabin) (around £13.50 each per night) En Suite version, shower/toilet within cabin. Both options have a kitchen/dining areas and sleep 4 persons. http://www.yccsweden.se/index.php/int-traeffar http://www.lundegard.se/
Further details confirmed and form some sort of plan:- Harwich - Esbjerg crossing arriving in Denmark around 1pm Danish time. Ride across to the Yamaha Custom Club NW of Copenhagen, and opt to erect your tent for either one or two nights prior to leaving for onward journey to rally site in Sweden. This is yet to be confirmed due to the ferry crossing date confirmation (not until Oct/Nov by DFDS). This ride will be just about 200 miles. The tent can stay erected at the Danish Clubhouse and all bedding kit etc not required at the Rally cabin, can be kept stored within the clubhouse should you wish to leave it, and have a cabin at the Rally instead of camping..........Result. Leaving around 10am for Sweden, we will ride around Copenhagen over the Oresund bridge, and meet the Swedes at the first services. They will lead/escort us from there to the Rally site. Mileage from the Danish Clubhouse to the Oland rally site - 255 miles. There will be a stopover at the Danish clubhouse on the return journey, but your tent will still be erected saving you extra hassle.
There are 4 Tolls................Fyn - Sealand Return & Copenhagen - Malmo Oresund bridge (Total Cost:- £68 at today's exchange rates) All Cabins/Cottages WILL need to be booked via myself, and NOT with the Swedish club direct. What you should do.....get 4 people to share a cabin, and of what type (Type A being the non en-suite option, B being the higher value option), send me an e-mail chairman@vsoc.ork.uk with names (all 4) please. I will open a "Swedish Rally" folder on my Laptop, until these cabins can be booked. I will request a certain amount, and at this point, expect to be able to secure them. Once into 2012, these may get fewer, and become harder to book, so consider an early booking via me.
The Harwich-Esbjerg crossing prices will not be available until October (at the earliest), but going on this years crossing prices, a 4 berth cabin (one person plus one bike) was around £160 return. Mileage from Esbjerg to Danish Clubhouse to Oland Rally site and return is approximately 1000 including ride-out at Rally) so do the maths regarding fuel consumption and costs.

Please send this information to your members.................... Regards Kevin Hoyte Chairman - Virago Star Owners Club Tel: 01438 316095 Mob: 07711 073477 e-mail: kevin.hoyte@btinternet.com