Le mans

[mark.h]

ok, so i have 3 weeks holiday to take before july end an all this talk about lemans has got me thinking... whats the crack with it? sounds like fun...how much can i do it on? Is it too late to organise it because everywhere is booked up?

any advice welcome.

[v15ben]

Check the Le Mans forum for tickets. I'm not sure you'll be able to get a ferry this late, but there will be odd camping tickets knocking around. I've done it late, not this late though, but it is possible and 100% worth it

[mark.h]

yeah, im just spitballing, think ill look to see if anyone gets a dropout at the last minute and needs a co-pilot... not too keen on taking my car.

[C2look]

blackcab had a seat going spare, unless he's filled it with a Jonty?

[burriana]

Mark ... Ron (blueyonder) has a spare seat in the Chimaera and tickets also.

[mark.h]

are they in anyones names or are they generic?

Blue Yonder...Blackcab... what say you?

[burriana]

Generic ... although you would obviously need to be in the same car as BY. Each camping pitch comes with two general admission tickets and of course the tunnel ticket is per car.

[mark.h]

well if they will have me i will obviously pay my way and chuck in some beer too!

[The_Doc]

I have a spare seat going in my gang. Coming from Halifax way aprox. Thursday 7am Speedferry - Houx Annex.

[burriana]

Half of Ron's costs with the "Race? ... What Race?" crew would be around the £270 mark. That includes gen admission, grandstand ticket, share towards camping pitch plus £100 towards the cost of the massive Denon motorhome and provisions. Put it this way, you won't need to worry about taking beer with you! Not quite sure how much the tunnel ticket was.

But ... if you're not good at remembering "rules" and you're a lightweight drinker, er, ... aaah you'll be fine!

[v15ben]

burriana said:

But ... if you're not good at remembering "rules" and you're a lightweight drinker, er, ... aaah you won't remember the weekend!

I remember spending all of an hour in their camp a few years back looking over Jason's Ford GT, drinking several beers and using various French words in order to keep to some rule or other while only using my left hand to hold beer (which I wasn't allowed to call a beer) and not pointing at anything, ever

[blueyonder]

mark.h said:

well if they will have me i will obviously pay my way and chuck in some beer too!

Mark..I have replied to your e-mail from work

[mark.h]

right back atcha!

[burriana]

I love it when a plan comes together. It looks like there is a grandstand ticket spare for you also if you so wish Mark.

[millband]

There's a month to go, that's LOADS of time. I pulled my trip together about 2 weeks before departure last year

Sound like you've sorted something Mark, but ferry tickets ARE still available outside of peak times and camping tickets will go at face value on eBay 2 weeks before the race. Nothing to worry about.

Steve

[blueyonder]

mark.h said:

right back atcha!

Cool! I'll pick it up at work tomorrow.

[snotrag]

Mark - you should have mentioned this last night, I could have told you all about it.

I will summarise what I would have told you in one easy word.

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