2010  

     Flanders Fields Tour 2010 is organised by the Kemmel Historic Committee and runs over the Summer

     Bank Holiday weekend.  The event is open to Classic & Exclusive British Cars.  For further information

     visit www.britishtour.be and scroll down for more information

     Ferries - Fairfield Motorsport offer you P & O Ferries on the Dover to Calais route with up to 21 sailings

     per day in each direction with a crossing time of just 1hour 30mins a totally flexible ticket, with no price

     jumping if you miss your boat or catch an earlier one, unlike internet bookings, the price you pay is the

     price you travel at regardless of your time of travel.

   

                                                      Car                                      Car & Trailer          

                                                  VAN /MOTORHOME      VAN / MOTORHOME & Trailer   

                                                                   No time banding charges same rate regardless of time of travel

                                                                  Prices quoted are return fare prices for up to 9 people travelling  

     

             We are aware and can book Norfolk Lines Dover to Dunkerque, but this route takes longer

             than Calais saves you no money and certainly cannot offer the flexibility of P & O Ferries :

             Also available is Harwich to the Hook of Holland with Stena Line, Hull to Zeebrugge with

            P & O, Ramsgate to Ostend with Transeuropa Ferries :

              Harwich to the Hook                   Hook to Harwich   Crossing time 6hrs.15mins.

              Depart : 09.00 and 23.30             Depart : 14.45 and 22.00     

              Hull to Zeebrugge                       Zeebrugge to Hull

              Depart : 17.00                             Depart : 17.00  arrive next morning 08.30

              If travelling from the North why not mix and match out Hull to Zeebruggee and return Calais Dover

              Ramsgate to Ostend                  Ostend to Ramsgate crossing time 4hours   

              3 sailings daily

   

           Bookings at the time of booking we would like your vehicle details and names of people travelling.

           Help - call us with whatever your query is, we travel and compete in Flanders regularly.

   

                                         FAIRFIELD MOTORSPORT

                  TELEPHONE : 01 656 725000    FAX 01 656 725062

                                          E-mail :   info@fairfieldmotorsport.com

                                                      www.fairfieldmotorsport.com

 

 

                            Programme of Events - Flanders Field Tour 2010

                                   British Cars in Flanders Fields

                             August Bank Holiday Weekend 2010

     The all inclusive weekend for the Flanders Field Tour 2010 - Flanders Fields Remebrance Tour,

     starts at 16.00hrs. on Friday the 29th August at the Novotel Hotel, Ieper (the Hotel is just off the

     Main Square) and concludes on Sunday 30th August at 18.00hrs.  The Kemmel Historic Comite is

     offering Hotel & Entry for 375Euros per person based on two people sharing or 425Euros per

     person for a Single. The organizers are accepting 30 Entries for the VIP Weekend and an extra

     50 Entries available for the Sunday Scenic Tour.

Day One :     Arrive Novotel - Ieper, guarded parking at the Hotel, exclusive gift given from the organization, Welcome

                       Toast at Hotel, 3-Course Dinner with appropriate drinks.  A comprehensive tour book (tulip roadbook)

                       detailing your route, accommodation and everything to do, see and visit each day.

Day Two :      Breakfast, Guided visit of Ypres.  Visit to ' In Flanders Fields Museum '.  Hevellands Buffett meal with

                       regional (Beligan) beer at Hotel ' De Hollemeersch '.  Scenic Tours - at personal rhythym and speed -

                       rural roads - World War I.  Tea Break and visit to Museum ' Passendael 1917 ' at Zonnebeke.  Special

                       VIP Last Post Ceremony (VIP places & laying wreaths at the Menin Gate Monument)  4 Course Dinner

                       with appropriate drinks.

 Day Three :  Breakfast, Scenic Tours - at personal rhythm and speed - rural roads - World War 1.  Drink & Flemish

                        3- Course Menu and visit to Museum - Farewell Drink.

Main Ieper Square

                    

A view of the beautiful Ieper square (Grote Markt), once devisated by War and restored to its original maginficent - visit the Flanders Field Museum housed in the Cloth Hall and enjoy the many cafes and bars on offer around the square, the Saturday morning market, excellent shops and of course the irrestiable Belgium Chocolates !

Flanders Fields

              

               ' In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

                 Between the crosses, row on row

                That mark our place ; and in the sky

                The larks, still bravly singing, fly

                 Scare heard amid the guns below '

    John McCrae  (buried  Wimereux- Pas-de-Calais.   Memorial Essex

Commonwealth Cemetry, Ypres died 1918 Doctor-Canadian Med.Corps.

Ieper St. George’s Memorial Church, Ieper (Ypres) Ieper – Ypres Buglers at the menin gates

                 Menin Gate                                           St. George's Chapel                         Fire Service Buglars

                              '  They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.

                                  Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn,

                                    At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

                                                         We will remember them ' .

                                                     Lawrence Robert Binyon  1869-1943