Le Mans Thread Ghost Town

[up-the-dubs]

Wow, this place really dies after the race. There was so much build-up, and an explosion of comment after the race. But now nothing! Scrub brush blowing around, as if prohibition had been re-enacted.


Weird.



And it's a whole year away again :(

[rsvmilly]

We usually travel home on the Monday and the contrast between Saturday and Sunday evenings is amazing.

[London Irish]

Not for long though. IIRC things liven up as soon ferry bookings start at the end of October.

Will post some pics from this years event later in the week.

A

[baron bashoneov]

We stayed Sunday night this year (houx annexe)
and had a great time - went to Arnage village for dinner and it was heaveing.
then off to tete rouge for a jar or two.
back to the camp site to finish off the beer and enjoyed the two hours of constant fireworks that
just about finished of a great weekend.
So dont dash back and get stuck in traffic
stay Sunday night because you may as well make the most of the weekend because it reduces the waiting
to 363 days.

[jvaughan]

a few years ago we went south. we came back though Le Mans on the Thursday after the race. We went shopping and then went around the town. it was most surreal... the circuit was desolate, there were no police, carefore was quiet, and well stocked, and the town was once more sleepy.

[foster3jd]

I don't think my English brethren have tuned into your Gaelic humour

[up-the-dubs]

UMMMmm? Nah. No-one? Sorry.

I ment in here, not the actual town of Le Mans.

[littlegearl]

normally we leave on the monday so we can have a wee dram after the race on sunday...

this year we couldn't get a ferry back until tuesday so spent monday driving the circuit (we normally do a lap before leaving anyway), vistied the museum again and exploring the town...

tbh, its a bit of a dump apart from the old town round the cathedral with is quite attractive, the cathedral is very impressive too... well worth a visit one year...

[rsvmilly]

baron bashoneov said:

We stayed Sunday night this year (houx annexe) and had a great time - went to Arnage village for dinner and it was heaveing.

We've gone into Arnage on the Sunday in the past and the place was deserted. The restaurants were generally closed or were out of food!

Last few years we've been going to the Buffallo Grill - yeah, like we need more meat!

[London Irish]

up-the-dubs said:

UMMMmm? Nah. No-one? Sorry. I ment in here, not the actual town of Le Mans.

Hello!

Roll on next year.b

[London Irish]

up-the-dubs said:

UMMMmm? Nah. No-one? Sorry. I ment in here, not the actual town of Le Mans.

Hello!

Roll on next year.

[foster3jd]

Oh my god, does anybody read around here... it was ironic

ps. London Irish, I'm guessing you're not English, hence my earlier remark does not include you... and besides, you're obviously with the programme!

[rsvmilly]

up-the-dubs said:

UMMMmm? Nah. No-one? Sorry. I ment in here, not the actual town of Le Mans.

If you take a step back and carefully read what you initially posted you can see how ambiguous it is.

[supaspark]

It'll be a dirfferent story in here come chrimble time!!!!

[combover]

Does noone watch the Le Mans Endurance Series?

[foster3jd]

combover said:

Does noone watch the Le Mans Endurance Series?

Yes, and the ALMS... but most people are here for the LM experience!

[panclan]

combover said:

Does noone watch the Le Mans Endurance Series?

I'll be at Silverstone in August.

[London Irish]

foster3jd said:

Oh my god, does anybody read around here... it was ironic ps. London Irish, I'm guessing you're not English, hence my earlier remark does not include you... and besides, you're obviously with the programme!

I'm not often with the programme! Woo Hoo

Waiting for the first Le Mans was a pain. Waiting for the second is far worse. You know so much more but feel the need to correct the mistakes you made last time!

[up-the-dubs]

Theres a race series. I know that the Corvette and Astons were battling before Le Mans but I didn't know how!!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again, Not the brightest, me!

Proved by the ambious origional post. I've read it several times and I'm not sure! But I'll go with what I ment

[zevans]

Hello chaps, first post - Le Mans kind of prompted me to get around to using this forum since I saw a few of you wandering around...

Ghost town - yeah, I noticed that too!

Luckily I didn't drink on the Sunday (too hot and too hung over) so come very quiet tea time I went round the road circuit in mine, and then me mate went round it in his, and then he went round it in mine... Kerbs and bits of rubber still there round Arnage so we got the full experience