Spa 24 HR?

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Saturday 5th July 2014
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Anyone going?

Any recommendations for 'sane' campsites :-)



durbster

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221 months

Saturday 5th July 2014
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Hoping to go as we couldn't make it to Le Mans this year, but nothing actually booked yet due to our incompetence. It's been surprisingly hard to find somewhere to stay; there seems to be very little information online.

Therefore, we're winging the whole thing so I can't make any recommendations. wobble

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Original Poster:

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Saturday 5th July 2014
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lol - I'm in the same boat :-)

MrVert

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238 months

Sunday 6th July 2014
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Try the Racing Hotel about 500 yards from the track.

It's basic, but ok.

FredericRobinson

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231 months

Sunday 6th July 2014
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There's a thread in the GT racing forum, not a lot of info though, we're staying at Eau Rouge campsite

JamesHayward

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163 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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I'm going. We stayed at Camping Eau Rouge last year and that was great. Close enough to walk to the track, nice friendly dutch owners, was just really pleasant and decently priced. 100% recommend it.

We are a bigger group this year so we are staying in a rented house.

gruffalo

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225 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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The Pitlane Lodge Hotel is good, owned by a complete petrol head and has a garage for customers to use.

FredericRobinson

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Wednesday 9th July 2014
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JamesHayward said:
I'm going. We stayed at Camping Eau Rouge last year and that was great. Close enough to walk to the track, nice friendly dutch owners, was just really pleasant and decently priced. 100% recommend it.

We are a bigger group this year so we are staying in a rented house.
How long to walk from Eau Rouge camping to the circuit?

JamesHayward

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Thursday 10th July 2014
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20 - 30 minutes?

Great Dane

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Sunday 13th July 2014
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We have stayed at Spa D'Or for WEC for a number of years - a really nice, well run campsite. Several people in our now extended group have used the place for their main family holiday later on

FredericRobinson

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Monday 14th July 2014
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JamesHayward said:
20 - 30 minutes?
Ta, is that to the gate at Les Combes?

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Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Looks like I'm heading to Spa D'or, haven't heard back from Eau Rouge.

Found this site very useful: http://www.eurocampings.co.uk the ability to search on a map cannot be beaten.


FredericRobinson

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Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Another question, Belgian motorways, tolls?

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Wednesday 16th July 2014
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FredericRobinson said:
Another question, Belgian motorways, tolls?
Free and most of the time when in BE, I wonder why I'm not charging them. IMHO BE has some of the worst roads in the EU ( Brussel's tunnels aside ).

There's a cracker of a bumpy road between BE and DE. I had to stop for a rest, it was like a concrete washboard.


kel176506

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186 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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Always been tempted by the Spa 24Hr, after the weekend if some of yours guys that went camping or staying in accomadtion could post some stories/advice it would be appreciated.

durbster

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Tuesday 29th July 2014
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Got back last night. It was really hard to find any information before we went so I'll post a bit when I get chance for people thinking of going next year.

In short, it was my first trip to Spa and it lived up to very high expectations. Magnificent track and location, great atmosphere and it seemed a good race but the lack of coverage meant we had almost no idea what was going on most of the time. smile

Great Dane

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Tuesday 29th July 2014
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That is the only gripe.. even when you understand a bit of French and quite a lot of German the commentary is appallingly poor and this was the same at the WEC

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Tuesday 29th July 2014
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I'm sure I saw a whoosh parrot perched on an Audi door mirror for at least 24 hours.

kel176506

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Wednesday 30th July 2014
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I found this to be the same as at the Nurburgring 24Hr that we attended this year. Great event but with no Radio Le Mans being broadcast on a FM signal it's hard to keep up. At times it can almost seem like a track day and I think in future an internet connection will be used to stream the race cove erage from Radio Le Mans.

I'll pencil Spa 24Hr into the calendar as they have already released the dates. Was it easy to get round the circuit? Or is it similar to Le Mans and Nurburgring where you can't see the entire circuit due to size?

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Thursday 31st July 2014
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kel176506 said:
I found this to be the same as at the Nurburgring 24Hr that we attended this year. Great event but with no Radio Le Mans being broadcast on a FM signal it's hard to keep up. At times it can almost seem like a track day and I think in future an internet connection will be used to stream the race cove erage from Radio Le Mans.

I'll pencil Spa 24Hr into the calendar as they have already released the dates. Was it easy to get round the circuit? Or is it similar to Le Mans and Nurburgring where you can't see the entire circuit due to size?
Its only 4KMs in length, so its a nice walk and you get to see nearly all of it.