Jason2 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Hi Vendee Land Adventure http://www.vendee-land-aventure.com/pages/...lles_200805.htm are organising a Land Rover get together at the well known 4x4 circuit "Availes Limousin" (South east of Poitiers in the Poitou Charentes Region of France) from the 1st to the 4th May 2008 open to all Land Rover owners that are equipped with off road tyres! The site is set in 650 hectares of wooded valleys with "rustic" camping included on site for only 40euro's (plus a 50euro refundable deposit!) including unlimited off road use of the site for the weekend. It will be a fantastic do limited to a 100 vehicles on a first come first served basis. See you there! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat69 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 HiVendee Land Adventure http://www.vendee-land-aventure.com/pages/...lles_200805.htm are organising a Land Rover get together at the well known 4x4 circuit "Availes Limousin" (South east of Poitiers in the Poitou Charentes Region of France) from the 1st to the 4th May 2008 open to all Land Rover owners that are equipped with off road tyres! The site is set in 650 hectares of wooded valleys with "rustic" camping included on site for only 40euro's (plus a 50euro refundable deposit!) including unlimited off road use of the site for the weekend. It will be a fantastic do limited to a 100 vehicles on a first come first served basis. See you there! Jason I may be dumb, but to organise such an event on the same day as the Rassemblement Landmania is a bit... The Landmania event is THE french LandRover gathering event, 850 vehicle max, 800 spots were booked in the first 72h of registration... PS: I don't work for Landmania.... am just an active member... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2 Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 I may be dumb, but to organise such an event on the same day as the Rassemblement Landmania is a bit... The Landmania event is THE french LandRover gathering event, 850 vehicle max, 800 spots were booked in the first 72h of registration... PS: I don't work for Landmania.... am just an active member... Salut expat69 Do you live in France or have a strong connection with it ? Strange! Making friends with French liked minded Land Rover enthusiasts is obviously not a priority of yours if you go round calling them dumb just because they happen to have organised a get together on the same day as another! Or were you calling me dumb? If so I didn't organise it and am not even in their club! I put a posting on here because I have met them a few times, they are great guys,the site at Availles is great and I know for a fact that there are a lot of English enthusiast's now living in France who are not aware of the local/national events and there French is not good enough to dare venture on the French forums. Hope that you have a good week end at Landmania Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 ......Well if Landmania got booked up in the first week, then I'd say that there's plenty of scope for other events on the same weekend, anyway France is quite a big country , and last time I was there it was still attached to the rest of EU..... Sounds like a good event Jason, I'm tempted to book as several of my exUK friends now reside in the Charente , so would be a chance to see them too, off to Poland at the end of june so a little run to Poiters to warm up the 109 could be good B) Cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2 Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 ......Well if Landmania got booked up in the first week, then I'd say that there's plenty of scope for other events on the same weekend, anyway France is quite a big country , and last time I was there it was still attached to the rest of EU..... Sounds like a good event Jason, I'm tempted to book as several of my exUK friends now reside in the Charente , so would be a chance to see them too, off to Poland at the end of june so a little run to Poiters to warm up the 109 could be good B) Cheers Steveb Hi Steveb Sounds good,nice little trip out before you go for the big one, get it sorted you will be more than welcome :-) Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat69 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Salut expat69Do you live in France or have a strong connection with it ? Strange! Making friends with French liked minded Land Rover enthusiasts is obviously not a priority of yours if you go round calling them dumb just because they happen to have organised a get together on the same day as another! Or were you calling me dumb? If so I didn't organise it and am not even in their club! I put a posting on here because I have met them a few times, they are great guys,the site at Availles is great and I know for a fact that there are a lot of English enthusiast's now living in France who are not aware of the local/national events and there French is not good enough to dare venture on the French forums. Hope that you have a good week end at Landmania Jason I'm a French expat living in London.. and yes, making friend within the french LR community is a strong priority of mine, as I tend to drive down to the main LR events in France.. (to see all my friends) I wrote "I may be dumb" meaning that I find weird for a LandRover club to organise a very large event (100+ vehicles) on the same WE as Landmania. It would be like someone doing a similar thing on the same WE as Billing... it can be done but why ? If there is a lot of english enthusiasts living in France (and if you live in a country, you tend to learn the language as well), why don't they mix with the french LR community ??? Landmania, the French National, etc.. are all well advertised in the french 4x4 mags and forums. There has been a number of english going to Landmania forums and they have always been very welcomed (even if they could not speak french). I know this off-road site, it is a great one... My reaction was more a "But... why that date??? " than trying to slam this initiative... apology if it was taken the wrong way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 I'm a French expat living in London.. and yes, making friend within the french LR community is a strong priority of mine, as I tend to drive down to the main LR events in France.. (to see all my friends)I wrote "I may be dumb" meaning that I find weird for a LandRover club to organise a very large event (100+ vehicles) on the same WE as Landmania. It would be like someone doing a similar thing on the same WE as Billing... it can be done but why ? If there is a lot of english enthusiasts living in France (and if you live in a country, you tend to learn the language as well), why don't they mix with the french LR community ??? Landmania, the French National, etc.. are all well advertised in the french 4x4 mags and forums. There has been a number of english going to Landmania forums and they have always been very welcomed (even if they could not speak french). I know this off-road site, it is a great one... My reaction was more a "But... why that date??? " than trying to slam this initiative... apology if it was taken the wrong way. No worries expat69 :-) Thanks for putting things straight, I have seen your postings on the "Landmania" site before and presumed (wrongly) that you were an English expat in France and have always thought "merde" his French is good A bientot Jason Ps There is also another Land Rover event organised for the same dates in the Charente! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat69 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 No worries expat69 :-)Thanks for putting things straight, I have seen your postings on the "Landmania" site before and presumed (wrongly) that you were an English expat in France and have always thought "merde" his French is good I should have kept the mistery !!! Amicalement Xavier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 I should have kept the mistery !!!Amicalement Xavier Your secret is save with me Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason2 Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 Landmania 850 Land Rovers on 40 Hectares of terrain, Availles Limousin with Vendee Land Aventure 40 Land Rovers on 650 Hectares of terrain A few pics of a FANTASTIC weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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