Booking Sentinel Car Park

[Stijn Laenen]

I've been trying to get hold of the Sentinel Car Park on 058 713 5071 to book the hut for the start of our race. It just rings and rings and rings... Anybody have a better number?

I'd like to book the whole hut for the nights of Thurs 6 Nov & Fri 7 Nov as we'll be starting on 8 Nov @ 4am.

[Andrew Porter]

Stijn, I will be going down to the Sentinel in 10 days time for some climbing. If nothing else comes up, I can book it then. I think it a good idea to book the hut.

It could be rather busy the night before. Any ideas on how to 'best' book/allocate the available beds? I would like to suggest that the parties who register early get first choice...

[Stijn Laenen]

I was going to go with first come, first served. If you're there from the Thursday night already, it's going to be annoying to have to move all your stuff into a tent outside on the Friday night just because you weren't part of our little online forum.

IMO, if you've made the effort/taken the leave to get there a day or two early, then you have a right to the best accommodation. Now don't go and send your retired grannies up there for weeks in advance to shotgun your spot ;-P

[Stijn Laenen]

Right - I finally got through and the hut has been booked for the nights of Thurs 6 Nov and Fri 7 Nov under my name. There are bunk beds for 12 people inside the hut @ R15pppn (!) and the rest can camp outside...

[Andrew Porter]

The Sentinel carpark and road leading up to it are taking on a face lift. The car park is paved as is the 200m of road immeditately leading up to it. I take it that by November, the paved road will have extended further down the hill.

This of course means that the camping will be on a hard, flat, dull surface.