KOMBI Kaper 2015

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We're sailing on Mont St-Michel - the yellange one!

Tallulah wrote:

We're sailing on Mont St-Michel - the yellange one!

I organised that especially.

TimV wrote:

Tallulah wrote:

We're sailing on Mont St-Michel - the yellange one!

I organised that especially.

Have a wonderful time Kombi Kaperers!  Meanwhile greetings from a very wet and rainy Danbury!  Know where I would rather be (Nevermind - 12 more days and we'll be on a Brittany Ferry to Bilbao )

All going well on the Kaper.

Terrific campsite on a lovely island. Poor 3G on the phones and virtually no wifi! We'll be back soon and tell you all about it!

Glad to see you all are either back in the UK safe and sound or sailing back home as I type. Looks like you had a fab time and look forward to catching up and recounting your tales.. Good to have you all back,its been pretty quiet without you..

Back home what an ace 2 weeks could of stayed for for the hole six weeks great company the best place we have stayed in ,we will def be going back at some point (if any one has not been to ile de re you must go ,but take a bike or hire one ) thanks tim for sorting it all out will put pics up later

Just home. What a great trip and no technical issues!! The BraziBays did us all proud!!!

Right, sleep time. Loads of photos to come!

dazdub wrote:

Back home what an ace 2 weeks could of stayed for for the hole six weeks great company the best place we have stayed in ,we will def be going back at some point (if any one has not been to ile de re you must go ,but take a bike or hire one )

It is a lovely island. Looks like you had a great time.

New thread created in the Gallery for the photos.

Find it by clicking this following link:

KOMBI Kaper 2015: The Photos

I'll post some pics later in the week.

All back home (inc Barney the dog), rested and unpacked - phew!
I can honestly say that was the best holiday we've had since owning Eddie. The Ile De Re was a fantastic choice of destination - a truly beautiful island. What made it for us however were the people we were with. We loved the camaraderie between us all and those evenings on the beach watching the sun set were magical.
Thank you to everyone for making it special and especially to Tim for all his organisational skills and planning.
I'll post some pics later in the week.
OK .....who else has opened a bottle of Il De Re wine tonight just to bring back a few memories!

harryhornet wrote:

OK .....who else has opened a bottle of Il De Re wine tonight just to bring back a few memories!

We will be shortly along with our traditional 'end of holiday' takeaway curry! Was great spending time with you guys. Enjoy the rest of the hols

That was a blast. We had a great time and would like to say thanks to all the other Kaperers for making the two weeks so enjoyable.

There was much talk of next year's Kaper whilst we were away and I'd really like us to set dates and venues as soon as possible. I'll be honest and say that we won't do the Portsmouth to Caen route again as, after a long and tiring drive down to the South Coast, we need longer to recuperate.

The drive down to the island took too long for us and I think in future we'll probably travel independently and meet everyone on site. Similarly, the 4.30 return ferry was never going to work for the Northern contingent and if we're going to attract members from other than the South then that needs to be taken into consideration.

If it was up to me (and there's no reason why it should be!) I'd head back to the same site next year. I'm hard pushed to think what another site would give us that would be better although I also think the site in 2013 was excellent (but not as well placed for beaches and day trips).

Whilst I like the sound of Northern Spain, having had a couple of holidays there in the past, I'm not sure if enough people will be prepared to pay the additional cost of the longer ferry trip. The plus of having 20+ hours for the ferry is that we can all relax, get together in the bar and make it part of the holiday. There would also be less driving once we had landed in Bilbao or Santander.

I'll wait to see as things progress but I really hope next year's trip is one we can support.

Now, back to find time to write a Blog.

Fantastic holiday, thankyou Tim for organising. Great times with amazing friends, one big happy family. Missing everybody already. Is it time to plan the next one yet????? X

Can I finish my first set of nights before we get too far into next year's Kaper? I haven't finished unpacking Max yet!!

TimV wrote:

Can I finish my first set of nights before we get too far into next year's Kaper? I haven't finished unpacking Max yet!!

Shouldn't you be werkin....!

Tallulah wrote:

TimV wrote:

Can I finish my first set of nights before we get too far into next year's Kaper? I haven't finished unpacking Max yet!!

Shouldn't you be werkin....!

I am!! Kinda.

Working? What's that again?

Guess 'work' is a four letter word to you now Abs - one you try not to doooooo

Alison tells me it still goes on in the office.

More twerking, less working. That's what I say.

Twerk is where a Yorkshireman goes every day from 9 until 5.

AbsintheKombi wrote:

That was a blast. We had a great time and would like to say thanks to all the other Kaperers for making the two weeks so enjoyable.

There was much talk of next year's Kaper whilst we were away and I'd really like us to set dates and venues as soon as possible. I'll be honest and say that we won't do the Portsmouth to Caen route again as, after a long and tiring drive down to the South Coast, we need longer to recuperate.

The drive down to the island took too long for us and I think in future we'll probably travel independently and meet everyone on site. Similarly, the 4.30 return ferry was never going to work for the Northern contingent and if we're going to attract members from other than the South then that needs to be taken into consideration.

If it was up to me (and there's no reason why it should be!) I'd head back to the same site next year. I'm hard pushed to think what another site would give us that would be better although I also think the site in 2013 was excellent (but not as well placed for beaches and day trips).

Whilst I like the sound of Northern Spain, having had a couple of holidays there in the past, I'm not sure if enough people will be prepared to pay the additional cost of the longer ferry trip. The plus of having 20+ hours for the ferry is that we can all relax, get together in the bar and make it part of the holiday. There would also be less driving once we had landed in Bilbao or Santander.

I'll wait to see as things progress but I really hope next year's trip is one we can support.

Now, back to find time to write a Blog.

I completely agree with all that. The practicalities of joining up from the north are completely different. We had a hard day's drive in appalling weather to get to Portsmouth, and an overnight stay in a hotel on our return before continuing our journey home on the Sunday. We will still hope to join next year's trip, but we'll see where the consensus decides to go before deciding our route. It will probably mean not joining the convoy unfortunately.

Just had a look at speedo and we did all most 2000km in yoshi to ile de re and back and no probs ,didn't us any oil, in the days with the split was lucky if we got to Newquay and back