On the contrary, I could easily be tempted. But I just know what it's like getting around the circuit on Friday trying to avoid clowns dripping in Elizabeth Duke half sovs, thinking it's Little England and playing Billy big balls because daddies stood beside him half cut and sun burnt. I'll see how things plan out.

I have to say I see these comments every year and yet every year I drive around all day on Friday without a problem. Most of those years have been in a Smart Roadster with the roof down too which surely is asking for trouble?

In my personal experience things are fine until early evening, by which time this meet will be long over and everyone safely tucked up back at their campsites.

I quite agree!

Well, we'll hopefully see you there as we only put these meets on for you guys to enjoy* and we are very excited to be able to arrange a larger (not lager!) PH meet overseas.

• we might enjoy them too.....a bit

fatboy, you should be able to run the backroad from Arnage (or the main road for that matter) to get in and out.

Later in the afternoon it gets busy towards the circuit entrance with people (down last year thanks to the authorities) but unless in Tecnopark (sp?) it's easily avoided if needed. The route to Arnage is busy, but sensible due to police presence, so should be a simple run with regards to avoiding idiocy. At least, thats been my experience over the years.

We chose this field for the easy routes in and out, another they offered was right in the thick of it and was declined for that very reason.

Unfortunately, that roundabout is where a lot of the really mad stuff has tended to happen in recent years - close the the Danish mob in the local camping site seems to be a factor.

There was something about this on the 'Mad Friday' thread...

I know that road well, and 'Le Ditch's' (fell off the bicyclett, into Le Ditch)


.......Bloody French Beer

It wasn't that roundabout, it was the next one over (inside the circuit).

Going to try and get along. There are pros and cons with any site. That location can be very congested, but it is a good central location to the circuit.

Generally found during Friday morning and afternoon the roads around the circuit are reasonably quiet.

In fact, I thought the circuit was absolutely dead when I went down for the pit lane walk.

I think the worst of the problems around the circuit roads is later on in the evening.

Perhaps I was in a slightly bad mood last night and wasn't completely fair in my reply.

I do think you're painting all of us who would prefer to attend "a pied" with slightly too broad a brush though. I appreciate that you clearly do get some people around on a Friday who are can be a bit of (or a lot of) a penis. However, the vast majority of us are still the same car enthusiasts who usually bring along their own cars so the inherent respect is there.

But, equally, we're on a bit of a holiday and wouldn't mind enjoying a couple of beers and not having to worry about having to use our legally required brethalyser too soon.. We'd still just like to walk around, take pictures of, talk about and enjoy some nice cars like we normally do at PH SS. I'd imagine 99% of the pedestrian attendees can manage this whilst having a few beers and not feeling the need to engage in anti-social behavour or otherwise.

As for the 1% that perhaps cannot, it sounds like Garlick and PH have the appropriate safeguards in place to counter this

I personally look forward to attending and hoping that most people do also

There's gonna be countless impressive motors to look at in and around the circuit during the week so I don't see why the PH carpark should attract any more aholes than anywhere else? Surely it will mainly be PHers who want to get a closer look at each others cars even if they don't bring their own?