Norf 2007

[J4MIE]

Well I've just booked flights to go to Finland for me and my brother, possibly the earliest I've ever done that for going to a rally :eek: Flying direct from Edinburgh and will have a few extra days in Helsinki after the event which I usually enjoy :up:

Who else is going? :bounce:

[Viktory]

Nice! I'm going too. Me and my brother will go there, using the once a year free trip to Finland we get due to my dad working in Helsinki. Will most probably take the car to Stockholm then the Ferry to Helsinki, so that we have a car (too young to rent) Then if my dad feels up to it we will pick him up too, otherwise it's just me, my brother and a tent :p

Going to be great fun!

[DonJippo]

Who else is going? :bounce:

:wave:

[janneppi]

This year I might actually make it and see more than on ss. :)
Too bad my sister moved out frm Jyskälä year ago and i'm too lazy to find accommodations myself. :D

[DonJippo]

This year I might actually make it and see more than on ss. :)
Too bad my sister moved out frm Jyskälä year ago and i'm too lazy to find accommodations myself. :D

There is still one free bed in our place but then again it's an awful long way to come with a bikecycle from Hervanta to Himos...and getting to stages on time would require for you to start really early in the morning... :rolleyes:



:p :

[janneppi]

I'm concidering a getting a car now that i actually can rationalize to myself it being useful. :)
Altough it wouldn't be that long a strech to one of the stages via bike either. :)

[J4MIE]

Come on janeppi and bring some extra Minttu with you as well :D :up:

I will be hiring a car and only two of us in it so far, if you don't mind sharing costs and keeping an eye out for speed cameras ;) you're more than welcome :)

[Christina]

I'm saving like a demon to hopefully get back again. Had an amazing time last year! Plus i'm starting to get rally withdrawl.

Shall hopefully be there with a fellow aussie, so i guess you can just look for the two girls with australian flags stalking chris atkinson!

[Daniel]

I will be there :) Just have to decide whether to drive or whether to fly. Will probably fly :(

[A.F.F.]

I just booked my room from good old Korpilahti again :) I'll be there from friday to sunday... again. Well, basicly everything is like last few years. :)

[dyfi1]

I just booked my room from good old Korpilahti again :) I'll be there from friday to sunday... again. Well, basicly everything is like last few years. :)


I`ve just booked 14 days at Koskenpää in a lakeside cabin. Also booked on to Kapelskär - Naantali ferry. First time to Finland, so I`m a bit apprehensive, but overall I feel "maximum happy!" :D It`d be good to meet some of you forumers there.

[wrc_flipper]

Hi all,
Anyone going with Rally Travel to Finland?

[Daniel]

Just booked my time off.

Just need to book my flight and car hire which I'll be doing tonight.

Will probably be leaving tuesday afternoon. Arriving in Helsinki at nearly 11 at night on Tuesday and then flying back to Manchester on Sunday 12th :cheese:

Will be spending all that time in Finland unless a certain someone wants to go to Sweden :yuck:

Moomins and Makkara. That's what this is all about :)

[Viktory]

My flight is also booked now! Leave Karlstad at 6:30.. man that's early, on Thursday. Arrive in Helsinki around 12:00 (via Stockholm Arlanda) I think. Then we will take a hire car to Jyväskylä. Flight home on Monday.

[Daniel]

Good stuff :) Who else is coming? :)

[PMM]

Good stuff :) Who else is coming? :)


I am. Cottage from Keuruu booked ;)
Gonna skip sunday tho...

[Brother John]

I have booked the boat from Stockholm till Åbo already on Sunday 29 july and will be in Finland 30-July and stay for the hole week! :D
Must like usual convert my VW Van to mobile home. :s mokin:
Be in Jyväskylä on Wednesday 1 August till Sunday 5 August!

[Woodeye]

Good stuff :) Who else is coming? :)

I'll be there also.

Maybe spending the weekend at friends place in Jyväskylä or in my parents cottage in Koskenpää. Would be great to meet some forumers for the first time! :up:

[A.F.F.]

I'll be there also.

Maybe spending the weekend at friends place in Jyväskylä or in my parents cottage in Koskenpää. Would be great to meet some forumers for the first time! :up:

Try to make it to Jämsänkoski, restaurant Vanha Mylly at saturday evening and you'll see a bunch of us there. It's sort of a tradition we can thank Don :)

[Viktory]

Try to make it to Jämsänkoski, restaurant Vanha Mylly at saturday evening and you'll see a bunch of us there. It's sort of a tradition we can thank Don :)

cool, I will try to make it there this year also. We usually stop at a restaurant in Jämsä I think, where the petrol stations and merchandise selling are, can't remember the name of it.

[A.F.F.]

cool, I will try to make it there this year also. We usually stop at a restaurant in Jämsä I think, where the petrol stations and merchandise selling are, can't remember the name of it.


Excellent :up:

Jämsänkoski is not too far from Jämsä and the restaurant should be easy to find. It has been there for ages. :)

[Woodeye]

Try to make it to Jämsänkoski, restaurant Vanha Mylly at saturday evening and you'll see a bunch of us there. It's sort of a tradition we can thank Don :)

Really!? :D

Great, it's my hometown and it's my regular base there anyway! Could you PM me the more precise timing since I know saturday is going to be pretty hectic for me... :)

[A.F.F.]

Really!? :D

Great, it's my hometown and it's my regular base there anyway! Could you PM me the more precise timing since I know saturday is going to be pretty hectic for me... :)


Yes I can but I'll tell you ( and others willing to join ) that we traditionally go to Vanha Mylly after the last stages on saturday, usually around 21 pm. We also usually have a table resevation ( thanks to DonJippo ) but there has been vacancy every time. So, after 20 to 21 pm there will be forumers in the Vanha Mylly. Join in.

[Daniel]

Just look out for the table with lots of people on it and a Brit that says "Roobish" lots :mark:

[J4MIE]

Is that the place with the great bread sticks? :D

[A.F.F.]

Is that the place with the great bread sticks? :D

That's the place :up:

[J4MIE]

Apart from Jani's speciality ;) it is the best food in Finland :up:

[Daniel]

Apart from Jani's speciality ;) it is the best food in Finland :up:
I thought Jani's speciality was wearing rubber? :mark:

[Viktory]

I'll stay for the Vetomies on Ehikki 2 then head over to the restaurant then :) Looking forward to it.

[Daniel]

Should be the biggest meeting of forum people since lots of people used to go to BTCC events or karting :)

[dyfi1]

All welcome? If so, I`d be willing to go to restaurant Vanha Mylly on the Saturday night to meet up, as it`s only a few kms from where I`ll be staying (Koskenpä&#228 ;) .

[DonJippo]

Vanha Mylly webpages with map to the restaurant http://www.vanhamylly.com/info.htm

[janneppi]

There is actual food service on saturday night? I don't have to bring 200 kg's of meat with me on the saturday?

:)

[Viktory]

yeah, that would be good to know. You usually go there to eat right? or do you do that beforehand and then go there to socialise on the Saturday?

[Daniel]

We eat there :)

[A.F.F.]

yeah, that would be good to know. You usually go there to eat right? or do you do that beforehand and then go there to socialise on the Saturday?


Yes, we actually eat there and as a bonus, the food in that place is pretty good. :)

[A.F.F.]

There is actual food service on saturday night? I don't have to bring 200 kg's of meat with me on the saturday?

:)

Not unless it's a prostitute. And especially not then ;)

[janneppi]

Your idea of a prostitute certainly differs from mine. :D

[DonJippo]

We eat there :)

And traditionally the bill has been paid by a moderator off the forum :D

[Tomi]

And traditionally the bill has been paid by a moderator off the forum :D

i was wondering why pino is not coming this year

[Daniel]

Well there will be two this year so it's all good :up:

[A.F.F.]

i was wondering why pino is not coming this year

:laugh:

[pino]

i was wondering why pino is not coming this year

I won't come because I prefere to go and see some night stages in Sanremo, and have some great italian food ;) Hopefully you guys will have a great time...even without me :p : See you next year...

[Brother John]

Vanha Mylly webpages with map to the restaurant http://www.vanhamylly.com/info.htm

How do I find that place? I´m hungry already. :D

[Tomi]

I won't come because I prefere to go and see some night stages in Sanremo, and have some great italian food ;) Hopefully you guys will have a great time...even without me :p : See you next year...

Ok paisa, you will be wth us in the spirit if not else, ;)

[DonJippo]

I won't come because I prefere to go and see some night stages in Sanremo, and have some great italian food ;) Hopefully you guys will have a great time...even without me :p : See you next year...

Kulio ... ;)

[Daniel]

Ok paisa, you will be wth us in the spirit if not else, ;)
Sounds creepy....

[DonJippo]

How do I find that place? I´m hungry already. :D

Address: Restaurant Vanha Mylly, Koskentie 9, Jämsänkoski

[Daniel]

Here is a map :)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=J%C3%A4ms%C3%A4nkoski&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.701751,59.238281&ie=UTF8&ll=61.917705,25.159721&spn=0.036767,0.1157&z=13&om=1

[Juha]

It's possible we'll go to Finland too, my dad found a cheap flight ticket add and he wants to go back. :D We haven't been there since 2000 and this will be a new experience because we won't have a private bus driver now, and we won't have thos 25 drunk singing/sleeping/screaming Solberg fans either. :D

Does anybody have tips about a decent place to stay without spending all my money? And where to rent a car cheaply? (My dad's Dutch, that's why it can't cost us too much. :p )

[Brother John]

Does anybody have tips about a decent place to stay without spending all my money? And where to rent a car cheaply? (My dad's Dutch, that's why it can't cost us too much. :p )

:rotflmao: ;)

[Christina]

Yes I can but I'll tell you ( and others willing to join ) that we traditionally go to Vanha Mylly after the last stages on saturday, usually around 21 pm. We also usually have a table resevation ( thanks to DonJippo ) but there has been vacancy every time. So, after 20 to 21 pm there will be forumers in the Vanha Mylly. Join in.

Oh, that is so not fair. i loved that place! my mouth waters at the memory of the food.. mmm.. But no.. i'm stuck at home in australia with a broken arm and no hope of rally delights for at least another five months. :( grumpy!

[A.F.F.]

Oh, that is so not fair. i loved that place! my mouth waters at the memory of the food.. mmm.. But no.. i'm stuck at home in australia with a broken arm and no hope of rally delights for at least another five months. :( grumpy!

What happened to you ?? :eek:

[A.F.F.]

It's possible we'll go to Finland too, my dad found a cheap flight ticket add and he wants to go back. :D We haven't been there since 2000 and this will be a new experience because we won't have a private bus driver now, and we won't have thos 25 drunk singing/sleeping/screaming Solberg fans either. :D

Does anybody have tips about a decent place to stay without spending all my money? And where to rent a car cheaply? (My dad's Dutch, that's why it can't cost us too much. :p )

http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/katsojat/majoitus/

Try send e-mail and ask about vacancy in Alkio-opisto, Korpilahti. Rooms cost about 60 euros and up including breakfast. The location for the rrally is pretty much optimal. Much better than for those bunch of losers staying at Himos ;)

[Christina]

What happened to you ?? :eek:


I was a bit stupid and crashed my hangglider. Snapped off my upper radial head (the end of the forearm bone which joins into the elbow) It's healing niceley though, a few metal plates and lots of pins later.. but it has caused me to have a month off work with all the surgery and such.. So my rally savings took a major dive.

[Daniel]

http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/katsojat/majoitus/

Try send e-mail and ask about vacancy in Alkio-opisto, Korpilahti. Rooms cost about 60 euros and up including breakfast. The location for the rrally is pretty much optimal. Much better than for those bunch of losers staying at Himos ;)

You're the loser :angryfire Himos has a frigging stage running right past it so beat that buddy :p Good opportunity to sleep :up:

[Christina]

Yeah.. but himos was a good 45min drive from Jyvaskyla and the service park. nice place though!

[Daniel]

Yeah.. but himos was a good 45min drive from Jyvaskyla and the service park. nice place though!
How many of the stages take place in Jyvaskyla? ;)

[Christina]

Well you've got the superspecial and shakedown for one.. and the service park, which i always try to get to at least once during the day (but i do like going there at each service) Then there was that whole day last year that was north of jyvaskyla when we had to get up at stupid-o-clock to get to the stages.

Of course, this could all have changed this year..

[Daniel]

Well you've got the superspecial and shakedown for one.. and the service park, which i always try to get to at least once during the day (but i do like going there at each service) Then there was that whole day last year that was north of jyvaskyla when we had to get up at stupid-o-clock to get to the stages.

Of course, this could all have changed this year..
Superspecial is not worth seeing :p Shakedown is. Never really understood why people like to go to service all the time? OK if you want autographs but once you've got one autograph from each driver you don't need to bother them next year. Plus I've driven 150km to go to a stage once :)

[A.F.F.]

Why don't you just say it Christina ? At Jyväskylä there are all the bars and clubs :D

[Daniel]

Why don't you just say it Christina ? At Jyväskylä there are all the bars and clubs :D
And end up like one of the drunk twits on the stages in the morning? :mark: No thanks :D

[Christina]

Maybe i like to go to the service park for the atmosphere of it all. Plus you get those tame drivers/co-drivers/team guys who remember you and come chat to you about all sorts of things (like what you fell over this time) when they're not busy doing rally type stuff. But maybe that's just me.. (mainly the falling over part. i got so much stick from the ford guys in aus last year when i came back from the stage with that massive graze on my knee)

Tell you what, go see Willy, the M-sport drivers co-ordinator. i'm sure he'll be able to tell you lots of reasons why staying in Jyvaskyla is better.

Oh, and the distance to stages? i'm sure the boddington rally village was more like 200km.. I got almost 2000km on my car last rally aus. Very proud of that effort. Although my mechanic did ask what on earth i had been doing with my car. Apparently mazda 323's are not really supposed to go off road..

[Daniel]

Maybe i like to go to the service park for the atmosphere of it all. ..

More atmosphere out on the stages where the actual rally takes place :)

[Christina]

Why don't you just say it Christina ? At Jyväskylä there are all the bars and clubs :D

Oh dang! you've got me all figured out! there goes my cover!

Daniel, if you're out the night before, you tend only to be hungover in the morning, not still drunk. unless it was a really good night! And besides, i found the drunken santa's at the yellow house jump mighty entertaining! especially when they started doing leap frog on the stage.

The atmosphere on the stages is different. People sometimes get clean for the service park. Sometimes rally without mud is good too..

[janneppi]

Wasn't there a second service park in Jämsä this year, or was it just a suggestion?

[Daniel]

3 weeks till the rally :)

[Koppomsbo]

My flight is also booked now! Leave Karlstad at 6:30.. man that's early, on Thursday. Arrive in Helsinki around 12:00 (via Stockholm Arlanda) I think. Then we will take a hire car to Jyväskylä. Flight home on Monday.

Hey , are u leaving with Sas from arlanda at 1040??? If so.¨, see you there ;)

[Mixa]

If someone is coming by Tampere-Pirkkala airport please PM to me. I live in Pirkkala and could even drive with a bike if my car is broken to meet people there as I live quite close to Tampere-Pirkkala.

Im still looking up to meet other fans at the rally too so I WILL BE THERE TOO. I still havent finished my program what stages I will go to see but its almost closed :P .

[Mixa]

I saw to other thread that some may come by Tampere so please just let me know. Im more than happier to meet up already at the airport. The days are just going off and the start is closer day by day so personally cant wait and Im sure that many others agree with me.

Has the forum group already decided the stages/places to meet?

As an info to those who goes to Helsinki,Rolling Stones are there at the 1st of August but I think it will not cause the traffic like the athletic world champs at 2005 and Rolling Stones are there at the 1st so many has already gone to Jkylä.

[Celms]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-210246017207058741

Does anyone know which stage in 2006 Finland was this place. Please see video at 2:13

[Mixa]

a wrong vid probably? Thats some Gigi Galli test vid with Lancer and vid lasts only 1.47 . Offcourse we will help you when we get the right vid :P

[Celms]

a wrong vid probably? Thats some Gigi Galli test vid with Lancer and vid lasts only 1.47 . Offcourse we will help you when we get the right vid :P

Wow! You right!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7850092689078598974&q=neste+rally+2006&total=37&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=8
So there Gigi goes fantastic :)

[J4MIE]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7850092689078598974&q=neste+rally+2006&total=37&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=8
So there Gigi goes fantastic :)

There is a jump at 0:58 and various other times, with lots of people there, anyone know where that is?

[janneppi]

Excellent, i got confirmation that i can take Thursday and Friday off, so I will be leaving to Himos either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning

[Daniel]

Excellent, i got confirmation that i can take Thursday and Friday off, so I will be leaving to Himos either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning
I think there should be a convoy of 3 cars going from the airport on Wednesday afternoon if you want to join that? :)

[janneppi]

Which airport, Helsinki-Vantaa or Pirkkala?

[Daniel]

Vantaa I would assume. We are arriving on the Tuesday so I'm flexible. But I think RB, Jamie and his brother are arriving on the Wednesday and I'm assuming they'll be arriving at Helsinki-Vantaa so we'll probably leave from there :)

[janneppi]

Yeah, that's what I thought, I live in Tampere, which shouldn't be in your route. :)

[Daniel]

Yeah, that's what I thought, I live in Tampere, which shouldn't be in your route. :)
Oh. Stupid me :mark:

:p

[Mixa]

Oh Janneppi you live in Tampere :) . Thats nice to know. Anyway what comes to those places I have seen both in vids for different years but unfortunately cant call out where exactly are these places and cant even be sure what stages :( . Jamie´s place might be one of the jump straights in Mökkiperä (not the most famous one what didnt was there last year) and Celms place Im not sure but it must be from saturday last year.

[Kollo]

:arrow: Celms: I think that place (2.13) is in Ouninpohja.

Same place where Hannu Mikkola rolled his Volvo Amazon about 197?.

Kosti Katajamäki made too long jump about 2003 and broke his VW Polo`s rear axle.

Martin Stenshorne made VERY long jump about 2004 and rolled his Mitsubishi Lancer.

[Koppomsbo]

wow, that Gigi video is awesome. like the sound of the rev stop at every "yump" :D

[Micke_VOC]

Today i booked my ferry tickets. Gonne live north of Jyväskylä, Kivelä in Järvilinna area .

are that any stages north of Jyväskylä ?

EDIT:
Found the stages map now under rallyguide 2 on official webpage.

[[WRCRR]]

So it is again time for Neste Rally. I have been to the event so many times, but still I am always coming back. Although lately I have noticed that the feeling I used to associate with the rally is not the same anymore. Don't really know if it is because of the event changing or me getting older and more interested in other stuff than rally...go figure.

NORF is a great event, one of the best WRC events (if not the best) in my opinion, although I might slightly prefer Catalunya nowadays. Ireland is of course gonna be great too, looking forward to that.

This year there are gonna be lot of new and "new" stages, so I expect lot's of suprising spots to spectate in...I know I am gonna be in few of them :)

I hope everybody will have great time in NORF07 - see you at the stages!

[Viktory]

Hey , are u leaving with Sas from arlanda at 1040??? If so.¨, see you there ;)

sorry for not replying, on holiday in the US at the moment :p Yeah, that's the flight I'll be taking if my flight from Karlstad goes smoothly (in 2005 on my way to NORF the right engine wouldn't start on the plane and we were delayed several hours...) Look for to guys, I'm 18 and my brother 16, we'll be wearing rally hats and probably be very hard to miss. Say hello if you like :p

Anyone else staying in tents by the stages?

[Mixa]

Not a long way to go.. I havent checked too well the earlier pages so any special meeting points? As I said earlier I can come to Tampere airport to meet fans if someone wants to as I live just a few KM´s away from it :)