[EN] - UK Players Attending APAT Belgian Championship

[Paulie_D]

I"ve sent my email of to the registration bods at APAT Belgique and have booked my travel.

If any other UK players are making the trip you might like to CONFIRM here and post your Train/Flight Info and I will try and keep it all organised.

This will make it simpler for BelgianTom [] to see the state of play.

Paulie_D

Train (In) - Eurostar on Friday 19th from Ebbsfleet @ 11.15 [St Pancras 10.58 Departure] arriving Brussels @ 14.05
Hotel - Booked at Hotel Beauregard fro 3 nights
Train (Out) - Eurostar on Monday 22nd from Brussels @12.52

[Big Club]

Simon Brooke

Train (in) - Eurostar on Friday 19th from St Pancras @ 8.04 arriving Brussels @ 11.05
Hotel - Booked at Hotel Beauregard for 3 nights
Train (out) - Eurostar on Monday 22nd from Brussels @ 18.56

Edit: Changed from IBIS to Hotel Beauregard as found much cheaper deal through Hotels.com 180 Euros for the 3 nights.

[Curlarge]

Hotel booked, travel to sort, email sent.

[AAroddersAA]

Hotel booked, flight still needs to be sorted. I am almost certainly going though.

[Curlarge]

Susiepea hotel booked.

[duke3016]

19 Sep 2014 - MAN 10:25  BRU 12:45
Hotel - Booked at Hotel Beauregard for 3 nights
22 Sep 2014 - BRU 16:35    MAN 16:55

[Curlarge]

Susiepea and myself are booked as follows :-

Train (In) - Eurostar on Friday 19th from St. Pancras @ 10.58 arriving Brussels @ 14.05 (coach 15 seats 33 & 34)
Hotel - Booked at Hotel Beauregard for 3 nights
Train (Out) - Eurostar on Monday 22nd from Brussels @12.52 (Coach 17 seats 33 & 34)

[AAroddersAA]

Flight in from Bristol arrive Brussels @ 13:30 on Friday
Hotel - Booked at Hotel Beauregard for 3 nights
Leave 9:50am on Monday

[Paulie_D]

Susiepea and myself are booked as follows :-

Train (In) - Eurostar on Friday 19th from St. Pancras @ 10.58 arriving Brussels @ 14.05 (coach 15 seats 33 & 34)
Hotel - Booked at Hotel Beauregard for 3 nights
Train (Out) - Eurostar on Monday 22nd from Brussels @12.52 (Coach 17 seats 33 & 34)

I"m Paulie_D and I approve this message.

[LombBomb]

Flight (In) - Thursday 18th September - Leave Manchester 8:25pm arrive Brussels Charleroi 10:55pm.
Flight (Out) - Monday 22nd September - Leave Brussels Charleroi 5:45pm arrive Edinburgh 6:25pm
Booked in the Ibis Budget Charleroi Airport for 18th September then 3 nights in the Beauregard.

[DodgyEnd (Tom APAT.be)]

Flight (In) - Thursday 18th September - Leave Manchester 8:25pm arrive Brussels Charleroi 10:55pm.
Flight (Out) - Monday 22nd September - Leave Brussels Charleroi 5:45pm arrive Edinburgh 6:25pm
Booked in the Ibis Budget Charleroi Airport for 18th September then 3 nights in the Beauregard.

Nice to see you coming over buddy! Looking forward seeing you.

[LombBomb]

Flight (In) - Thursday 18th September - Leave Manchester 8:25pm arrive Brussels Charleroi 10:55pm.
Flight (Out) - Monday 22nd September - Leave Brussels Charleroi 5:45pm arrive Edinburgh 6:25pm
Booked in the Ibis Budget Charleroi Airport for 18th September then 3 nights in the Beauregard.

Nice to see you coming over buddy! Looking forward seeing you.

Looking forward to visting Belgium and being reunited with you guys again!!

[IrishTom]

Look forward to seeing you all there - Tom (Belgian Tom!) insists I go over on Thursday to "settle in" - so that I"m planning on doing and returning on Monday (sometime yet tbc!) - memories of both my (extended) times in Belgium come flooding back:

Mar 97 - Aug 98:  SHAPE near Mons - someone once said this stood for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe - when it really stood for Superb Holidays At Public Expense...

Aug 10 - Aug 12:  NATO HQ, Brussels - the gateway to Europe...

I was going to point you in the direction of the finer points of Charleroi (also "cheap" regional airport) but came across this riveting video titled "a walk through Charleroi"s shabby red light district" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0wWCpwNrOo - stay tuned or you"ll miss it!

But what I miss most about Belgium... http://www.trappist.be/en/pages/trappist-beers - I"ve tried 6 of them and aim to try the new editions... work begins now to make it happen...

[DodgyEnd (Tom APAT.be)]

Lol, which ones have you tried?

[IrishTom]

Lol, which ones have you tried?

Achel (B)
Chimay (B)
La Trappe (NL)
Orval (B)
Rochefort (B)
Westmalle (B)

Westmalle is def my favourite.

I thought there were only 7 in total - and never got around to making this trip http://www.trappist.be/en/pages/trappist-beers-westvleteren.html - which is why I still haven"t confirmed my mode of transport for coming over - if I drive I may be able to "call in" and pick up a crate of it - plus I could possibly pick up a crate of my fav German lager http://www.flens.co.uk/our_products.html... you are giving me some time off over the weekend aren"t you!

But it looks like they"ve created/added a few more Trappist onces since I left:

Mont des Cats (F)
Engelszell (AT)
Spencer (USA)

Austria and USA I can understand, but can"t believe you allowed the French to get in on it!