Details of the event. More Thomas Becks has found better ferry rates avaliable on the www.colorline.co.uk website - their Kiel-Oslo return of Euro622 compares with the £765 obtained from www.directferries.com for the spreadsheet. European Event of the Year 2009 in Norway Wednesday 10th - Sunday 14th June 2009 The Club's European Event of the Year in 2009 will be held in Norway and be based in Geiranger and hosted by the Norwegian MG Club, part of the MG Car Club. Geiranger is located in the innermost part of a beautiful fjord on the north west coast where the base for the tour will be the Union Hotel. www.nmgk.no What are the route options and costs? We have looked at the routes from the UK to Norway for members wishing to attend the European Event 2009 at Geiranger and prepared a spreadsheet calculating the likely costs which are quite high. The route options we have looked at are described below. Download spreadsheet (R14 14.12.08) Ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg, then drive across Denmark over the bridge to Sweden, on to Oslo and then north to Geiranger. Cross channel ferry to Calais then drive up to Kiel for the ferry to Oslo, then drive north to Geiranger. Ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg, then ferry from Frederikshavn to Oslo, then drive north to Geiranger. We have also examined the option of ferrying cars by car transporter from the UK to Oslo so members could fly into Oslo, but that proved far too expensive. Note bookings for the Geiranger event close on 1st January 2009. Update on Geiranger EEOY 2009 Steinar Braaten in Norway reports "today we have 254 cars on the bookings list and that's the maximum we can take in the hotel. The committee is satisfied with the numbers of cars that have booked as many say the current financial problems do have a great effect on many enthusiasts' finances. About 40 cars have been taken off the list, mainly for that reason, and some because of the closure of the UK-Norway ferry. So, without these two reasons, I am sure that more than 300 cars would be on our list. And that is good. The time runs very fast now and I now realize what I was starting two years ago . . . The Geiranger event committee work hard and I feel we are on time and have control over the preparations. Many things still have to be sorted out but we know about them - or more correct we believe we know about them. It is always things popping up when we do not need any more, but that's a part of the game." (5.1.09) V8 Register - MG Car Club - the leading group for MG V8 enthusiasts at www.v8register.net