Oldtimer Replica Club Annual Meeting 2003, Czech Republic

Czech Out this Holiday ! - Page I
19^th to 22^nd June 2003

Introduction
Thursday 19^th 2003
Friday 20^th June 2003 - morning
Friday 20^th June 2003 - afternoon
Saturday 21^st June 2003 - morning
Saturday 21^st June 2003 - afternoon
Sunday 22^nd June 2003

Introduction
All members of the "289 Register" were cordially invited by the ORC (Oldtimer Replica Club, based in Germany - the "Oldtimer" hopefully refers to the cars, not the club members!) to take part in their superb 24^th Annual Meeting from Thursday 19^th to Sunday 22^nd June inclusive.

The base for this event was the 4* Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Waldmünchen - just inside Germany, only 2,5 miles from the border with the Czech Republic (where you can tank up with incredibly cheap petrol, even when compared to German prices).
The hotel is modern and relatively new, with double-bed appartments and larger maisonette appartments (split over two levels with two bedrooms, if two couples want to share a larger appartment), an indoor heated swimming pool and sauna, and free covered parking for over 80 cars. The ORC negotiated a discounted rate with the hotel of only Euro 35 (£ 22) per person per night (including breakfast), and the event itself cost only Euro 90 (£ 57) per person. This included all food, buffets, coffee, cakes, entrance fees and gifts from the time of arrival (Thursday afternoon) until departure (Sunday morning).

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Thursday 19^th June
(public holiday in Germany) - arrival up to 18:00, champagne reception and welcoming drinks before dinner at 19:00

One 289 Register member from UK broke their journey with us on Wednesday 18^th June, prior to driving the remaining 335 miles on to Waldmünchen the following day in a three-Cobra convoy ....

.... we led the way in our BRA 289, closely followed by Nigel Brackenbury and Steve "the Stag" Wrighton in Nigel's Unique Autocraft 427, plus the 289 Register member from UK in their metallic blue Brightwheel Viper 427 - all seen here at our lunch stop in Gemunden.

Remarkably, this was the first time that the 289 Register member had ever driven a car outside of UK (i.e. on the wrong side of the road), and they chose a baptism of fire by driving their Cobra right across France, Belgium, Holland and Germany before finally reaching the Czech Republic (which was not even half of their total distance of 1788 miles covered on this trip).

Once we all finally arrived at the Bayerisch Hof Hotel, we were greeted with a welcoming champagne and orange juice reception, soon to be followed by a huge buffet dinner, after which each participant was called up to the front of the dining hall and introduced to the rest of the group, and presented with an ORC metal plaque and an engraved glass souvenir !

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Friday 20^th June - morning
panoramic tour through the Bohemian and Bavarian Forests (outward journey through the Czech Republic, return through Germany - with 125 miles of hairpin bends and hill-climbing). Guides on motorbikes will ensure that no one strays off the route, and a treasure hunt should keep us amused. En route we will be stopping to sample cakes, allegedly big enough to use as chocks to stop lorries from rolling away! On the return route we will be visiting a typical Czech market (with best quality "Oldtimer Replica Club" goods from Versace, Diesel, Calvin Klein, Boss, Nike, Adidas, etc.) and a nearby Duty Free Shop - i.e. perfume for Euro 5 (£ 3) instead of Euro 25 (£ 16), and 200 cigarettes for Euro 13 (£ 8) instead of Euro 30 (£ 19). We should be back in the hotel at 18:00, to freshen up for a buffet at 20:00 (with a welcome greeting and gifts from the Mayor of Waldmünchen - the only town in Germany that lies within the Bohemian Forest).