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UK F3K Eurotour - Saturday 8th May 2010

Flying field with view of Dedham church

The 2010 UK F3K Eurotour will be held
at Lawford, near Manningtree, Essex.

To register for the competition please click here - FlyQuiet

Friday will be a practice day, Saturday the Eurotour competition, on Sunday there will be flying of various kinds including a Multi-Launch contest run to the new BARCS multi model rules. See FlyQuiet for more info.

Camping is available at the competition field,
water and toilets are provided.

A barbecue will be organised for Saturday night and will probably be fired up for Sunday lunch too. Costs will be advised, likely to be around £7 as last year. We have a large choice of restaurants, pubs, cafés & take-away food places, many that will deliver to the field.

A Full English breakfast is available at the Station Buffet from 8am. The station is either a 2km drive or 1.5km walk on paths through the fields.

Other places to stay:
Robins at Marsh Barn self catering - 3.2km
Emsworth House bed & breakfast - 7.5km
Dairy House Farm - 8km
The Granary - 2.5km
Dedham Sun - 4km
Premier Inn Motels - 9km, Ipswich Road, Colchester,CO4 9WP
Strangers Home Inn Campsite - 8km

Manningtree is just 20km from the ports of Harwich and Parkeston, 200km from Dover and 70km from Stansted Airport. There are good transport links from Stansted to Colchester by coach and on to Manningtree by train.

Visit Manningtree - Details about Manningtree
Manningtree A-Z - more details for Manningtree
Constable Country - Information about Dedham
Dedham - more info. on Dedham

Details of the prehistoric round barrow in the field that the competition takes place, dated 2350BC to 701BC.

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