2025 UK Owners Club Annual Meeting

We have an exciting proposal for our annual meeting this year.  How do you fancy a visit to Northern Ireland?  It is somewhere I have always wanted to visit but never have, fortunately for our club a handful of our members are resident in Northern Ireland.  So here is an opportunity of a guided tour around an outstanding area by local “experts.”

It is only fair to say that this trip will have the added expense of a ferry crossing.  I have looked at the Liverpool (Birkenhead) to Belfast route and that is likely to be about £440 return.  Three other routes are available to Ireland from Wales and Scotland all are at about that price.  The Proposals, although quite expensive, offer a unique and exhilarating holiday that is not otherwise available.

Our Members Steve & Carol Skelly (NI) have been liaising with Dave & Sue Skelding and some preliminary work has been undertaken, they have secured the co-operation of our other members in NI.  

The purpose of this message is to gather expressions of interest so that detailed planning can proceed.  Please express your interest via info@fiatbarchetta.uk 

Martin Garrad


NORTHERN IRELAND JUNE 2025 THREE NIGHTS IN A FOUR STAR HOTEL

We invite UK Barchetta Owners’ members to join us in Northern Ireland, a region of the UK rich in outstanding natural beauty.  Rather than limiting ourselves to one county of the six available we suggest that The Club explore a larger area of the province and we showcase just a few of Ulster’s attractions as follows:

DAY 1   Antrim Coast, Glens of Antrim, Giants Causeway.

DAY 2   Kingdom of Mourne, Newcastle, Silent Valley, Downpatrick.

DAY 3   Ards Peninsular, Mount Stewart, Portaferry finishing with a light lunch.

We would stay at The La Mon Hotel where we have negotiated terms for about a dozen vehicles as follows.  Dinner bed and breakfast per couple per night to include three evening meals which include teas/coffees, and three breakfasts. £170 (approx).  There is a supplement for single occupancy and it is possible to book a room for a night before and a night after the event. This means that the ferry and three nights accommodation will be about £950 and with an extra hotel night £1120. 

The proposed dates of this trip are 1st to 4th of June 2025.   

Steve & Carol Skelly