RE: PistonHeads Pub at Le Mans

[XG332]

I'd like to have a beer in the Pie and Piston please.

[idiotgap]

burriana said:

James - you may have met this guy already.

Last minute chance of Le Mans, no car, gets on his bike! True spirit of PH. He should not have to buy a beer all weekend!

I should credit the photographer... JD PH
I've been very well taken care of!

Edited by idiotgap on Tuesday 16th June 10:00

[matc]

The PH pub got a mention on Eurosport coverage last night!

[glenrobbo]

Is there any beer left?

Wherever we ( TVR S Club ) go in France, they tend to run out, so we have to break out our back-up supplies.

[surveyor]

At their prices (aco set I hope) I would think so....

[Mark-C]

matc said:

The PH pub got a mention on Eurosport coverage last night!

They called it the “Cock and Piston”

[kib510]

Thank you for the opportunity to have a once in a lifetime tour of the Aston Martin garage on race day!
Absolutely Amazing 😜😜😜

[JD PH]

kib510 said:

Thank you for the opportunity to have a once in a lifetime tour of the Aston Martin garage on race day!
Absolutely Amazing ??????

Glad you enjoyed it!

[Organic1]

But there were no Pies...........missed opportunity........
let us design the bar next year please ..........www.grapesdesign.com

[JD PH]

Organic1 said:

But there were no Pies...........missed opportunity........
let us design the bar next year please ..........www.grapesdesign.com

It wasn't a missed opportunity, it was an opportunity that was taken away from us a few weeks before the event by the organisers. We'd planned for an array of pies, full English breakfasts and even a Sunday roast... But in the end we were only allowed to sell crisps, and even that was a battle!

As for designing it, we were on a shoestring budget and did everything ourselves - I literally built all the facade of the pub in my front garden, my wife made the hanging baskets and window boxes and the team and I packed it up, shipped it out and built it on site.

I hope this gives you an idea of what we went through to make it happen, and perhaps means you can forgive us for some of the foibles!

JD

[Alex]

JD PH said:

It wasn't a missed opportunity, it was an opportunity that was taken away from us a few weeks before the event by the organisers. We'd planned for an array of pies, full English breakfasts and even a Sunday roast... But in the end we were only allowed to sell crisps, and even that was a battle!

As for designing it, we were on a shoestring budget and did everything ourselves - I literally built all the facade of the pub in my front garden, my wife made the hanging baskets and window boxes and the team and I packed it up, shipped it out and built it on site.

I hope this gives you an idea of what we went through to make it happen, and perhaps means you can forgive us for some of the foibles!

JD

In that case, it was an excellent job!

IMG_20150611_231740 by Loconinja, on Flickr

IMG_20150611_231728 by Loconinja, on Flickr

[Andy Pandie]

JD PH said:

It wasn't a missed opportunity, it was an opportunity that was taken away from us a few weeks before the event by the organisers. We'd planned for an array of pies, full English breakfasts and even a Sunday roast... But in the end we were only allowed to sell crisps, and even that was a battle!

As for designing it, we were on a shoestring budget and did everything ourselves - I literally built all the facade of the pub in my front garden, my wife made the hanging baskets and window boxes and the team and I packed it up, shipped it out and built it on site.

I hope this gives you an idea of what we went through to make it happen, and perhaps means you can forgive us for some of the foibles!

JD

Good effort, we sampled a couple of beers each on Friday night, sat watching the Audi parade going round the block several times. Noted the only one in the VIP area was a Jack Russell terrier, should we know him/her from somewhere?

[FartKong]

We enjoyed a few pints in the pub at various times throughout the weekend and appreciated the effort in setting it up.

[blueST]

Was a lucky winner of the Aston garage tour during the race. Absolutely fantastic! Saw a full stop and driver change from less than 10m away. The chap from Aston that took us round was more than happy to answer any lame questions I could think of, and not a rushed quick look. Got as long as we wanted.

Thanks PH!

And as LM bars go the Pie and Piston was great, accounting for the stupid ACO imposed restrictions. Had a nice stretch out on the grass with a cold Kronenbourg.

[bud_bongo]

I was also a lucky winner and agree with all the points made above by BlueST.
Had a fantastic time and thanks again PH and Aston Martin for organising a superb prize.
I'll post some of the pics I took inside the pits soon

[idiotgap]

Have you seen the video of the tour?

http://www.pistonheads.com/tv/film/video-aston-mar...

It's from one they did the following morning for the ph film crew.

[Asterix]

idiotgap said:

Have you seen the video of the tour?

http://www.pistonheads.com/tv/film/video-aston-mar...

It's from one they did the following morning for the ph film crew.

Good stuff

[Some Gump]

Were there many winners that weren't there for the draw?

[JD PH]

Some Gump said:

Were there many winners that weren't there for the draw?

Ha, good spot. That is a mix of staff, crew members, commercial partners and various other "PH family members" including Mr Idiotgap, who got a garage tour as a reward for cycling to Le Mans! This was on Sunday AM instead of Saturday PM as we delayed it for filming purposes.

The competition was for 6 people, and all 6 of those spaces were won, claimed and I'm pleased to say attended too.

Cheers

JD

[School boy]

The beer was nice and cold which was a treat. Liked the pub garden as well. Nice job on building it all with limited resources too!