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We're going to this next yer. Need help on the following:
Accommodation, don't mind driving c20 miles. Twin room with breakfast ok. Found hotel de la source but sold out. Ideas?
Tickets, looking at gold 1 for best view, suggestions? Also what's the cheapest site.
Is the gold seating numbered?
Thanks
Accommodation, don't mind driving c20 miles. Twin room with breakfast ok. Found hotel de la source but sold out. Ideas?
Tickets, looking at gold 1 for best view, suggestions? Also what's the cheapest site.
Is the gold seating numbered?
Thanks
Most people if not camping stay in Liege.
In fact over the weekend it's full of people simply to see the race.
We coached in from there, leave early!
GA tickets are good - I'm not a fan of being fixed to a grandstand seat.
Les Combes is great for 215mph braking to 60.
Pouhan get coverage of two corners - although most of Europe were perched there!
IMG_0515 by simes205, on Flickr
In fact over the weekend it's full of people simply to see the race.
We coached in from there, leave early!
GA tickets are good - I'm not a fan of being fixed to a grandstand seat.
Les Combes is great for 215mph braking to 60.
Pouhan get coverage of two corners - although most of Europe were perched there!
IMG_0515 by simes205, on FlickrEdited by Simes205 on Wednesday 24th December 20:58
Would suggest as late as possible that will allow you to complete your journey on the UK side. If you are lucky & arrive early Eurotunnel will allow you to travel earlier if space available & the departure is in the same price band (or if not, if you are willing to pay the extra if applicable )
How quickly you get out of the parking is totally dependant on which parking/your position in the parking/how much mud you have to negotiate perhaps aided by a tractor.
Your progress towards the Tunnel is decided by the scenic route the local cops choose that year / how many roadworks you encounter. . . . there always seems to be a couple of stretches / the timing of the finish of the school holidays.
In any case, the traffic on a Sunday night is never too good, with people coming back up that way to Brussels /Holland etc after the weekend away.
What I can say for sure is that I have stayed locally these last few years on the Sunday night & driven home on the Monday, this decision taken after one too many exhausting traffic jams.
How quickly you get out of the parking is totally dependant on which parking/your position in the parking/how much mud you have to negotiate perhaps aided by a tractor.
Your progress towards the Tunnel is decided by the scenic route the local cops choose that year / how many roadworks you encounter. . . . there always seems to be a couple of stretches / the timing of the finish of the school holidays.
In any case, the traffic on a Sunday night is never too good, with people coming back up that way to Brussels /Holland etc after the weekend away.
What I can say for sure is that I have stayed locally these last few years on the Sunday night & driven home on the Monday, this decision taken after one too many exhausting traffic jams.
Edited by the other me on Thursday 25th December 12:26
Possible depending where you are at the circuit and where you are parked.
A couple of years we were in a grandstand at La source, left immediately after the race. Our car was parked at the far end of francorchamps and we had a prepared route out via the back roads to Liège. Keep my foot down. No queuing at the tunnel, was home (just outside Reading) by 10pm.
It took some doing, but possible.
Simon
A couple of years we were in a grandstand at La source, left immediately after the race. Our car was parked at the far end of francorchamps and we had a prepared route out via the back roads to Liège. Keep my foot down. No queuing at the tunnel, was home (just outside Reading) by 10pm.
It took some doing, but possible.
Simon
BobToc said:
Appreciate the uncertainty around travel, but is a 10pm Chunnel back from Calais feasible on the Sunday night? I need to be in work on Monday morning.
If you allow three hours to Calais, which is pretty comfortable, then you can be home at a very sensible time. Given that the race will finish around 3:30 you have plenty of time even if you you hang around a bit after the race and wait for the traffic to die down a little.Traffic can be busy as far up as the E40 interchange, but from there on it's a piece of cake.
MrsKipling and I went a couple of years ago. It's utterly fantastic - a great choice of race.
Take some camping chairs with you and invest in some really excellent weather gear, including decent waterproof trousers. The rain will astonish you. We watched from Eau Rouge (ish - it's not ideal with no grandstand ticket), Rivage and 'No Name' during qually, then camped out at Les Combes for the race. We arrived before the gates opened. It was a good view...
Take some camping chairs with you and invest in some really excellent weather gear, including decent waterproof trousers. The rain will astonish you. We watched from Eau Rouge (ish - it's not ideal with no grandstand ticket), Rivage and 'No Name' during qually, then camped out at Les Combes for the race. We arrived before the gates opened. It was a good view...
Don't allow the promise of a "covered grandstand" to lull you into not bringing wet weather gear. The rain can be horizontal, or that light drifting stuff that means (unless you are smack in the middle of the stand) you will still get wet . . . and of course there is the walk to/from the stand.
the other me said:
Don't allow the promise of a "covered grandstand" to lull you into not bringing wet weather gear. The rain can be horizontal, or that light drifting stuff that means (unless you are smack in the middle of the stand) you will still get wet . . . and of course there is the walk to/from the stand.
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