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Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd June
2012
By: 1960SeriesII Date: January 5, 2012, 4:02 am
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Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st – 3rd June
2012
Would like to invite again all leaf-sprung Land-Rover owners to
the the annual Birmabright Weekend in Kutna Hora, Czech
Republic. As always all kinds of leaf-sprung Land-Rovers are
welcome and the greenlaning trip will include only these.
We will stay at the Santa Barbara camp site with nice
eating/washing/toilet facilities, adress as follows: Santa
Barbara Camping, Tyrsova 988, Kutna Hora (49.954157, 15.260267 /
+49° 57' 14.97", +15° 15' 36.96" or Google Maps
HTML http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.954157,+15.260267&num=1&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=18&iwloc=A).
The event’s programme
Friday, 1st June 2012:
- Arrival of participants during the day, the campsite is open
so early or late evening/night arrival is no problem.
- We will then proceed to taste whichever beer will be available
at the local pub/bar establishment, continuing until late hours
in anticipation of late arrivals.
Saturday, 2nd June 2012
- During the morning hours we will stand, sit, lie around the
campsite, shout at each other, moan/brag/cry/chuckle about what
we did last night, chat together and stare under open bonnets.
In general, we usually wait for those who can't force themselves
to wake up in time for the announced time of departure for the
laning trip (Mike & Jon will most likely be given an alarm
clock)...
- Breakfast can be had in the local "pub", but don't expect
anything that looks too much as a breakfast - just don't ask
questions, fill your stomach and go.
- Departure for the laning trip is usually not before 11:00 – on
the contrary, usually we depart with at least 20-30 minutes
delay.
- The trip includes lanes and tarmac roads totalling some 60-70
kilometres in length, so a fuel tank at least half-full (or
half-empty) is advisable. The route includes a stop for a group
photo at the Vysoka hill, which includes a barbeque prepared
from what the participants can throw together. A grill courtesy
of the Land-Rover Series Club Czech Republic will be present.
- Another beer-drinking spree will follow in the evening.
Sunday, 3rd June 2012:
- Most participants usually bid farewell to others already
during breakfast (some already leave on Saturday), but the
programme will continue with a 9:00 departure for the National
Agricultural Museum in Caslav, where an event called Grand
Granddad’s Tractor is taking place, with most of the museum’s
exhibit’s (plus a lot of those from visitors) are shown in
action. A local member will show off his PTO in action, running
one of the museum exhibits.
- There will be an exhibition of our vehicles at the museum
grounds from 10:00-12:00, from there we can continue on for some
more laning or we can end the meeting there in the same manner
like this year, depends on each participants’ itinerary.
Additional info:
Facilities: The meeting will take place at a public campsite,
either with space for tents or with small holiday
homes/cottages/huts (whatever they're called in English), 21 of
them, depending on the eventual choice of which camp site will
be used (update to follow). There are shared showers and
toilets. There's a small pub behind the reception desk which
serves (except beer) only very basic food, like sausages, bread
and some cold meals. It's not exactly a luxury standard but
people used to drive Land-Rovers should find the facilities
sufficient. Beer usually costs between 70p and one pound per 0.5
litre glass, about the same costs a loaf of bread, for 5 or 6
pounds you can get a hearty meal here.
Driving regulations: The most apparent difference is the
daylight lights-on rule, i.e. your lights need to be switched
all the time. You should have an internationally valid proof of
liability insurance (which is locally called the green card,
showing that your vehicle is insured and the validity of the
document), the speed limit for cities/towns/villages is 50 kph.
Other than that it’s 90 kph outside cities/towns/villages and
130 kph on motorways. Motorways are toll-roads, you need to have
a motorway sticker/vignette attached to the lower right part of
your windscreen, proving you have paid the toll. The toll
sticker for 10 days costs CZK 310 in 2012. To put this into
context, the maximum fine for not having that sticker is CZK
5000.
Currency: CZK (approx. CZK 31-32 = 1 GBP) / if you need to
change on week days, you can do so at banks or exchange counters
(there should be a few in Kutna Hora as well, not sure about the
weekend office hours, better to stock up for the weekend on
Friday). VISA/MasterCard credit cards will be accepted in 90% of
the shops incl. most supermarkets, but not at the campsite.
Petrol prices: about CZK 34-36 per litre (unleaded = called
Natural 95 here) / some stations here still sell the so called
Special 91 (with the lead-substituting additive included), which
is usually slightly cheaper. There are two fuel stations in
Kutna Hora, availability elsewhere is no problem, both on
motorways and main roads (most or all of them nowadays accept
VISA/MasterCard credit cards).
#Post#: 436--------------------------------------------------
Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: s.o.t.d. Date: January 5, 2012, 6:33 am
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With any luck there might be a few more of us making the trip
from Albion this year Jan. Let's see if we can break the record!
:)
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Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: 1960SeriesII Date: January 5, 2012, 7:09 am
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Was it six trucks from abroad last year? That was almost
embarassing :)
#Post#: 452--------------------------------------------------
Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: mr.scruff Date: January 5, 2012, 7:34 am
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I'm in!
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Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: 1960SeriesII Date: January 5, 2012, 7:44 am
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Great to see you'll make it time-wise, Kev. I think in the times
of OLLR antiquity Jon mentioned coming in JAW and strang is
hopefully taking his SI too? SI bonanza guaranteed 8)
2011 was a good year for SI's in CZ, by the way, including
Jekyll it must have been at least 5 or 6 new trucks imported,
let's hope some of them will make it to the event - most of them
probably won't due to the condition in which they were bought. I
certainly hope Jekyll will make it despite his current
post-restoration teething problems ;D
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Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: Drew 5292 Date: January 5, 2012, 8:00 am
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In!
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Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: NUGGETT Date: January 5, 2012, 8:13 am
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In!
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Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: strang Date: January 5, 2012, 11:44 am
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Jsem v
#Post#: 533--------------------------------------------------
Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: 1960SeriesII Date: January 5, 2012, 11:50 am
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You should actually write something like "Jedu!", meaning "I'm
coming/going/driving!", but I admit you got me - for a moment
there I wasn't sure which forum this is, the Czech one or OLLR
:D
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Re: Birmabright Weekend, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1st to 3rd
June 2012
By: strang Date: January 5, 2012, 11:55 am
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;D just trying to be clever....
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