35th RSR & RP4DG Lakes Rally September 17th to 19th 2010

The Burnside Hotel at Bowness-on-Windermere will again be our base. For more details and bookings telephone 015394-42211. We are being offered the slightly reduced rate of £150 per person based on two nights or £187 per person for three nights Dinner B & B. We will have our own parking area, full use of the leisure club (including swimming pool) and other facilities. There are two rooms specially fitted out for disabled visitors. They also accept dogs in most rooms and have some rooms where dogs are not allowed, for those with an aversion or an allergy. There are a few family and single rooms. Of the over 50 rooms, 20 have been provisionally reserved for our use. For those wishing to stay elsewhere but still join us for the Saturday evening meal it will be £30 per head for a 4-course meal plus coffee. Please make bookings directly with the hotel and mention that you are with the Rover Sports Register rally to get the discounted rates.

On Saturday there will be a visit to the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway at the southern end of Windermere where trips can be taken on the trains and combined with a cruise on the Windermere Lake Cruises steamers. So many ticket combinations are available that I will leave it to you to decide on the day. There is a requested parking donation of £1.50, pay on arrival, and an attendant who will keep an eye on the cars for us. As an alternative to the railway and cruise on the lake, we will have a tour of some of the Lake District lanes, this will include a pass or two (but no treasure hunt this year!), with a stop somewhere for lunch.

Saturday evening's meal at the Burnside will be followed by the (usually) fiercely contested quiz.

On Sunday we will return to Holker Hall, near Grange-over-Sands, the home of Lord & Lady Cavendish, where we will have the final gathering of the cars and the judging. Entrants will be sent a voucher for entry to the house and gardens at group discount rates, pay on arrival. There is no charge for use of the car park.

The Lakeland Motor Museum is no longer at Holker Hall; once it has opened at its new home I will investigate this as a venue for another year.

Prices for Holker Hall (pay on the day)

All In (Hall, Gardens & Park) Adult £6.70, Senior Citizen £6.25, Child Nil

Gardens & Park only Adult £4.70, Senior Citizen £4.25, Child Nil

Entry fee for the weekend remains at £5 per vehicle, to include Rally Plaque and administration. Please print off and send in an entry form, even if you book a room directly with the hotel. All other charges should be settled on an individual basis with the establishments concerned. Closing date for entries this year will be the 13th September; entries arriving after this date will not receive passes for Holker Hall nor appear on the entrants' list.

ENTRY FORM

We look forward to seeing you all again,

Stewart Devlin, Stan Johnstone & Colin Blowers