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With the NEC Classic Motor Show done and dusted, our attention will be turned towards 3ma15. While little has been said about 3ma15, a lot of organising has already taken place behind the scenes and full details of 3ma15 will be announced soon. The good news is that Hero member Phil (http://www.131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=472) has stepped forward and taken on the mantle and the thankless task of organising 3ma15. The dates have now been fixed as already suggested from Wednesday 27th May to Saturday 30th May 2015.

Our base will be Llangollen, a small town in Denbighshire, north-east Wales,  situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains. Llangollen has something for every visitor with an astonishing range of caf?s, bars, hotels, restaurants and a wealth of independent shops to browse and interesting places to visit.

We have offers from two hotels which we are considering and details of our chosen hotel will be announced soon once we finalise the best deal we can get.

Further details to follow soon.

(http://www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk/bm~pix/town-llangollen-01~s600x600.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Llangollen_Castell_Dinas_Bran.jpg)

(http://www.acottageinwales.com/images/area-llangollen-aqueduct-big.jpg)

(http://www.llangollen.info/assets/Guide/Photos/Llangollen/_resampled/SetWidth600-Llangollen-Motor-Museum.jpg)

(http://www.origins-photography.co.uk/acatalog/TheHorseshoePassMoelGamelin.jpg)

(http://www.visitwales.com/~/media/28808bfe307141a9a99356aff7b44c1c.ashx?as=0&h=361&w=642)

Having finally got out of teaching I may just be able to make an appearance ;D

Spend 2 years in Llangollen on my boat - it's very very nice up there even I might turn up 😄😄

Great news it's earlier in the year, and doesn't clash with anything, so I tend making my way to my first one :)

Accommodation details now available here (http://www.131mirafiori.com/travelacc2015.htm).

(http://www.offpeakluxury.com/db_library/the-wild-pheasant-hotel-and-spa/655x360_A8GY6_phocathumbldscf0060.jpg)

Thanks Theo for putting all the hotel information onto the site.

There?s not a huge amount to report at the moment, I have planned three days driving and have the basis of an idea for the last day.

Tansy and I are going to stay at the hotel next weekend, when we will drive the routes to make sure everything works and I will provide updates after our stay at the Wild Pheasant Hotel.

quoto :Our reserved rooms are block booked for the 3ma dates (5 nights from 26th to 30th May 2015)

 so can 1 or 2 nights be booked at that rate ?

Yes, of course you can do that  ;) :D

Some more details about 3ma15 can be found in the news (http://www.131mirafiori.com/news.htm) section of the website.

Hotel booked and getting on to sort out ferry.... ;D

That is great news Heini, I think you are the first to book this year ;D

If any one decides to take the overnight boat from Holland to Harwich, let me know you are all welcome to have breakfast at my house (1/2 an hour from the ferry) before setting off to 3ma.

What ever ferry crossing you decide on I am sure we can arrange a meeting point for a 131 convoy.  8)

Make sure to get travel insurance...!  ;D ;D ;D

It will be DFDS Seaways, Dunkerque-Dover

I already have and always had ;D

A quick update for you all, we have had a great day doing one of the planned 3ma15 drives, the sun was shining, the scenery great and the driving was fantastic, which I am sure will be even better in our 131's ;D

A few photo's from today to whet your appetite. 

A couple more, I decided against ice cream today ;)

Some one stole the view this morning with sleet and rain, although it did come back in the afternoon.

No visit to Wales would be complete with out a trip to Snowdonia....

Have you ever had a boat trip in the sky?

I will update you all with more details of 3ma15 in the coming weeks

Snowdonia is on my bucket list so am looking forward to that.... :)

Not long to go now...  ;) :D ;D

Hotel booked for Ernst & Ren?  :)

Like Heini, we're also going to take the Dunkerque-Dover-Crossing.
Looks like a pre-3ma-131-convoying again ;D

Excellent news Ren?. Hopefully we'll get a convoy from the South of the UK and we should be able to meet somewhere on route. Your SatNav or Google maps might suggest you drive north on the M1 but I think going north-west on the M40 is a better choice. Maybe because the M1 traffic jams killed my Gamma engine I now avoid the M1 😠 We could meet on the first M40 services as a few of us did on the way to the NEC last November 😄

Yep - I've taken my boat across that Aqua duct 😉

Hotel booked for Team Ineptitude  8)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D  managed to bribe a couple of days off  :D thursday  and  friday  got it in writing so they can't change there mind later ..so ill meet you thurday lunch time ,when you get some itinerary up ..
    Drinking buddy for Anita is coming as well  ::)

It's great news that you're able to get the time off work Jason, I'll post some itineraries nearer the time and I am sure we can sort out a meeting point for you  8)   

We're booked as of today too!  8)  Managed to book a Superior room (naturally! ;D) for me and Wendy - bigger bed at a small additional cost, with the girls in a standard twin. (I'll be glad when they're at work and can pay for themselves  ;)).

As there's now effectively four adults and the journey for us this year in not trans-European, we'll probably bring two 131s - assuming I can get two to pass the MoT  ::) Fingers crossed........

heard on trip advisor about the some of the standard rooms  ... should have gone superior

Ferry booked yesterday...must book hotel now.....😊

I would have only turned up for the saturday if i haven't got the day so who else is gonna pop down for a day

Yes we are booked up but will be travelling up on the Wednesday

Supering or 79 abarthing

saw a few of these up the welsh valleys never got a pic like this though..

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Just a quick reminder, if you haven't done so already, you only have one week left to book your hotel room. :o :o
On 1st March any rooms that have not been booked will be released, this is a very popular destination so book your room sooner than later

Only 93 days to go till 3ma 8)

Can we go to drew pritchard antiques place hes avery keen classic car man . in conway north wales

As my 2nd mail to the hotel obiously got lost I just made a pleasing phone call to extend our booking for Holger & Jan...
That means we have to spare front seats ;)

Hi All,

I had a chat with the hotel yesterday and they have agreed to extend the booking deadline to 14 March, so if you haven't done so please reserve your hotel room in the next two weeks.

As Jason has already said if you can join us it doesn't have to be for the whole stay - just come when you can ;D

BOOKED!!! 😊

Should be there in some capacity this year ;D :)

Looking forward to meeting you all :)

Hi All,
 
I thought it was about time I share with you our driving maps and the outline of each day?s highlights.

Our first day drive we start by driving the famous horse shoe pass, make our way to Llanuwchllyn for a steam train ride along the edge of Lake Bala, for more details click on the link below.
 
http://www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk/default.html

Then we drive over the mountain to Portmeirion, where they have variety of places to have lunch while enjoying the great scenery.

http://www.portmeirion-village.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmeirion

Steam Train

Portmeirion

Drive two we start with a visit to the local Llangollen motor museum, then head off up the horse shoe pass going to Ruthin and then making our way to the mountains of Snowdon and to the national slate museum, where you can watch demonstrations of how to split slate. There are a couple of cafes on site for you to choose where to have lunch.
 
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/slate/

Then we continue our drive around Snowdon before an afternoon tea / coffee stop before we drive:
 
http://www.greatestdrivingroads.com/great_roads/The_Evo_Triangle.html

Museum

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Looks superb Phil. Well done and thanks for all of your effort in preparing this year's 3MA! 8) I can't wait to enjoy the roads and scenery - here's hoping the weather stays fine.......

Day three (the long drive) starts with a leisurely drive to Corris mine, where you can discover what life was like underground. For more details click on the link, don?t worry if you don?t fancy going underground there are plenty of things to see and do above ground on the site.

http://www.corrismineexplorers.co.uk/

Then we go to our lunch stop at Pennanu craft and coffee shop.

http://www.craftshopwales.co.uk/caferestaurant/

After lunch we enjoy an afternoon of great driving, stopping at a great beauty spot Clwyd reservoir for (hopefully) ice-cream

The mine

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Highlights for our drive on day four, we start our day with a canal boat trip with a difference; this is a boat trip in the sky the views are stunning, click the link below for more information.

http://www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.co.uk/en-gb/top-ideas/pontcysyllte-aqueduct/

The link below takes a long time to down load and open, it?s worth the wait it is a 360 degree photo from the boat on the aqueduct.

http://fstoppress.com/vr/aqueduct001/

After coffee we are off for a great drive over the mountains to lunch at Lake Vyrnwy. This hotel is very popular and they are busy with many groups (including a group of Ferraris) to help our lunch stop to run smoothly for us and the hotel I will be emailing you all a menu separately.  
  
http://www.lake-vyrnwy.com/

After lunch we shall drive to Castle Powis ? after all no trip to Wales is complete without seeing a castle

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/powis-castle/things-to-see-and-do/

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You are whetting our appetites Phil....the entertainment looks superb......I fancy some clay pigeon shooting at Lake Vyrnwy.....always promised myself I'd try that....anyone else up for it?  :)

 :) looking forward to the drives, and meeting up with friends,
 I too  and my daughter would be up for clay pigeon shooting :-)

Hi All

Some people have mentioned that they would like to join us for the odd day on 3ma; if you would like to do so please PM me and I will send details of where we should be and when.

Looks like ill be meeting you here thurs day afternoon

The chocolatier make's real hot chocolate from real chocolate ,i may be there very early stuffing my self  ;D ;D ;D

http://www.riversidechocolatehouse.com/index.htm (http://www.riversidechocolatehouse.com/index.htm)

Tomorrow Norbert and I are going to start our trip at 8.00 in the morning.

After taking the ferry from Dunkirk to Dover, we will stay for one night in Dover.

Slowly getting excited... :)

Fingers crossed 8)

Looking forward to meet you all again, it`s been a while after missing M2M13140...

Safe and reliable driving guys.

Heini, as you stayed in bed for all of M2M13140 maybe you should try staying awake 24 hrs a day at 3MA to compensate!! 😉

As everyone is setting off for 3ma, hope you all have a good safe drive to Llangollen.

Looking forward to seeing you all very soon  8) 8)

Team "Ineptitude" will be en route in 2 hrs time  8)

hia guys / girls  on day three if anything u need as parts etc  hopefully not as the 131 is a fantastic car give me a shout as I am only mins away from u have enough parts etc for any kind of problems that may arise on the trip  if I know what time u will be having lunch in pennau might come over for a visit  good luck and enjoy yourselfs kind regards dai 07815128452

Hi Dai. Won't you be joining us.....you should have a wide choice if 131s to choose from.....!😊

loved to have joined u but with 6 guys working with me now and the harvest season on the go we are very busy on the tyres at this time of year all the fiats have not been out for the last 4 years 1 day hopefully

Ok thanks for the offer of assistance.....might see you for lunch. 😊

hi all, im looking at coming up early on weds morning, will need postcode of hotel to meet in carpark, probaly wont stay over but may come back up friday or something.

LL20 8AD Chris.  Is it a long drive?

Thanks for your kind offer Nash, if you have time it would be great to meet up over lunch. Timings are a bit difficult at the moment maybe I could text you on the day?

Chis, I have sent you a PM with additional information for you.

On the eve of this years 3ma event I wish you all safe travels. I'll follow along through your pictures and comments....someday I may experience it first hand. 

 around 180 miles kev, nothing a 2litre super cant handle,