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paulyv said:
Derek Smith said:
Silverstone can be much worse.
After previous experiences of the toilets, I took a toilet tent with a chemical toilet. The idea of privacy and my own loo was a pleasant thought.
Except: on returning to my tent one evening there was a queue outside my toilet tent.
They were reluctant to clear off, one stating that he was only going to have a pee.
This is the funniest post I have read on this forum!After previous experiences of the toilets, I took a toilet tent with a chemical toilet. The idea of privacy and my own loo was a pleasant thought.
Except: on returning to my tent one evening there was a queue outside my toilet tent.
They were reluctant to clear off, one stating that he was only going to have a pee.
fatboy18 said:
I got an applause from some grumpy English campers near me... on Tet Rouge.
About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way 
As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
I *think* I went past you on the A28 on the way to Calais yesterday. I was in a blue spider. For what it's worth, the car sounded lovely... Not sure I would've complained if it had been started near me!About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer
When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
AlfaRSpider said:
fatboy18 said:
I got an applause from some grumpy English campers near me... on Tet Rouge.
About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way
As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
I *think* I went past you on the A28 on the way to Calais yesterday. I was in a blue spider. For what it's worth, the car sounded lovely... Not sure I would've complained if it had been started near me!About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer
When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
Another Epinettes person here, The first of our team on site decided he didn't like the pitch allocated by staff, partly as it was on the only slope in the field, partly because it was soaking wet, but mainly due to the noisy neighbours.
So once the stewards moved he decamped to adjacent the velodrome or whatever it is. Generally good although we were woken up about 3am by swiss arriving on the Thursday morning. They were shouting at each other then built and tested mimi motobikes etc. They did apologise later when we commented and they realised they hadnt been the best neighbours.
They did take one of the young lads in our group down to BSJ roundabout about midnight on Friday night. Apparently there was quite a bit of action down there, but well behaved.
So once the stewards moved he decamped to adjacent the velodrome or whatever it is. Generally good although we were woken up about 3am by swiss arriving on the Thursday morning. They were shouting at each other then built and tested mimi motobikes etc. They did apologise later when we commented and they realised they hadnt been the best neighbours.
They did take one of the young lads in our group down to BSJ roundabout about midnight on Friday night. Apparently there was quite a bit of action down there, but well behaved.
t. His mate with the small horn would sound off them a short while later the loud one would sound. I was on maison Blanche camped near the Gloucester boys with the st George caravan, on Sunday night they had people asking them to turn the music down, no idea what the time it was when it stopped but it was pretty loud
Personally it didn't bother me as it was chilled 60s music
I could understand how it would have wound some people up though
Personally it didn't bother me as it was chilled 60s music
I could understand how it would have wound some people up though
fatboy18 said:
I got an applause from some grumpy English campers near me... on Tet Rouge.
About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way
As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
This one?About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer
When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
It sounded beautiful, you should've left it running for the entire weekend!
The biggest complaint I had from my campsite was the volume of the dawn chorus. It was deafening.
Drivers kept revving their cars at the Concours D'Elegance on Friday evening, but we were egging them on. And there were a few cheers from people watching the footie. Other than that, it was blissfully quiet. And no need for our own toilet - they were spotlessly clean!
Drivers kept revving their cars at the Concours D'Elegance on Friday evening, but we were egging them on. And there were a few cheers from people watching the footie. Other than that, it was blissfully quiet. And no need for our own toilet - they were spotlessly clean!
So, to be clear... you picked a cheap campsite, synonymous with chavvy, antisocial behaviour?
And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
fatboy18 said:
I got an applause from some grumpy English campers near me... on Tet Rouge.
About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way
We walked past when you had it running parked inside a canopy. We were all very taken with it!About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer
When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way Our neighbours decided to have a fight on Sunday night - some sort of drink-fuelled father-son issues - and then left first thing without clearing up. Very unimpressive and embarassing when our neighbours the other side were a nice couple of French chaps who could've seen that and tarred us all with the same brush.
Edited by PistonBroker on Wednesday 22 June 10:43
C70R said:
So, to be clear... you picked a cheap campsite, synonymous with chavvy, antisocial behaviour?
And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
Our Houx neighbours this year slowly morphed into a bunch of p*ssed-up noisy chavs by Sunday night, so you still roll the dice whichever site you are on...And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
Le_Mans said:
C70R said:
So, to be clear... you picked a cheap campsite, synonymous with chavvy, antisocial behaviour?
And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
Our Houx neighbours this year slowly morphed into a bunch of p*ssed-up noisy chavs by Sunday night, so you still roll the dice whichever site you are on...And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
We were on Houx, and had an absolutely stand-up bunch of neighbours. We exchanged a Sky hookup for a couple of pints of their hand-pulled ale, invited all and sundry along to watch football/rugby/racing on our TV (think we had 20-something guests for the England-Wales game) and chatted cars over a few beers. All in all, very civilised (although we were probably playing music until 2-3am most nights, without complaint).
DJFish said:
fatboy18 said:
I got an applause from some grumpy English campers near me... on Tet Rouge.
About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way
As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
This one?About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer
When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way As for the Tosser who was revving his 4 cylinder engine the night before redlining the thing over and over, I wish I could have found your tent, I would have backed up the viper to it and let you have the full 127db
It sounded beautiful, you should've left it running for the entire weekend!
Thanks for the complements Chrisgr31 said:
Another Epinettes person here, The first of our team on site decided he didn't like the pitch allocated by staff, partly as it was on the only slope in the field, partly because it was soaking wet, but mainly due to the noisy neighbours.
So once the stewards moved he decamped to adjacent the velodrome or whatever it is. Generally good although we were woken up about 3am by swiss arriving on the Thursday morning. They were shouting at each other then built and tested mimi motobikes etc. They did apologise later when we commented and they realised they hadnt been the best neighbours.
They did take one of the young lads in our group down to BSJ roundabout about midnight on Friday night. Apparently there was quite a bit of action down there, but well behaved.
They weren't in the van that got bogged down as it arrived were they? I think the French loud camp moved along a bit as well after presumably realising they were sinking!!So once the stewards moved he decamped to adjacent the velodrome or whatever it is. Generally good although we were woken up about 3am by swiss arriving on the Thursday morning. They were shouting at each other then built and tested mimi motobikes etc. They did apologise later when we commented and they realised they hadnt been the best neighbours.
They did take one of the young lads in our group down to BSJ roundabout about midnight on Friday night. Apparently there was quite a bit of action down there, but well behaved.
C70R said:
So, to be clear... you picked a cheap campsite, synonymous with chavvy, antisocial behaviour?
And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
Which cheap campsite are you referring to? BSJ and HA are the only lively ones, but to be fair some of the operators aren't necessarily going to tell you this.And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
PistonBroker said:
fatboy18 said:
I got an applause from some grumpy English campers near me... on Tet Rouge.
About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way
We walked past when you had it running parked inside a canopy. We were all very taken with it!About 10AM on the Thursday I gently started the car up and had it running on tickover for about 45min drying everything out, had the bonnet up and we dried our towels, jeans, shoes etc, then I dried out the friendly Danes towels towels next to us, the Viper Engine makes a great dryer
When we finally turned the engine off the muppets near us then sent up a cheer and applause in a sarcastic way Our neighbours decided to have a fight on Sunday night - some sort of drink-fuelled father-son issues - and then left first thing without clearing up. Very unimpressive and embarassing when our neighbours the other side were a nice couple of French chaps who could've seen that and tarred us all with the same brush.
Edited by PistonBroker on Wednesday 22 June 10:43
the 87 year old Grandma and her French family opposite me had a great time with us swapping Cheese and Wine during the few days we were there, they gave me a leaving present of some distilled rocket fuel moonshine called Prune! One sip and you feel it go through your pipes! Brilliant.
eps said:
C70R said:
So, to be clear... you picked a cheap campsite, synonymous with chavvy, antisocial behaviour?
And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
Which cheap campsite are you referring to? BSJ and HA are the only lively ones, but to be fair some of the operators aren't necessarily going to tell you this.And now you're complaining that your neighbours were chavvy and antisocial?
Why not camp at one of the many other sites (like Houx, TR and MB) which aren't known for exploding gas canisters and drift arenas?
You pays your money.
My second time at Porsche wasn't much to complain about, considerate campers, good viewing, good security - I even left my car running with the doors open for an hour to charge phones and nothing came of it.
My biggest gripe was after the race, once the public road to the side was reopened, some trio of cretinous mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging amoebas decided that it would be top fun (in a Civic Type-R, Mazda RX8, and a Renault Megane) to repeatedly (lost count at 15) drag race 100 feet along the open stretch of PC.
The only outcome was some blue smoke from the Mazda, and about 3-dozen shaking heads from the campsite as people watched his clattering incompetence and very DIY-sounding launch control...
Also the weather, and my tent wasn't 100% waterproof.
My biggest gripe was after the race, once the public road to the side was reopened, some trio of cretinous mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging amoebas decided that it would be top fun (in a Civic Type-R, Mazda RX8, and a Renault Megane) to repeatedly (lost count at 15) drag race 100 feet along the open stretch of PC.
The only outcome was some blue smoke from the Mazda, and about 3-dozen shaking heads from the campsite as people watched his clattering incompetence and very DIY-sounding launch control...
Also the weather, and my tent wasn't 100% waterproof.
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