Why is Tetre Rouge so expensive?

[ceecee]

Hi all

We've been to Le Mans for the last 2 years and ended up staying in Beau Se Jeur both times (first time because it was all that was left when we tried to book the tickets and this year because we'd booked camping at Bleu Sud but it appears that turning up at Thursday lunch time is too late as the Lotus 7 guys had already decided to corner off everything that was left of the campsite and declare it their own, although they didn't fill the space they had taken all weekend, not very sporting or at all in the spirit of the weekend, so we had to blag some free replacement tickets for Beau se Jeur, anyway rant over!).

However, we'd like to stay somewhere else next year. We quite fancy Le Houx as it's pretty central and close to the friday antics but we hear that Tetre Rouge is good and looking at the ticket prices it must be something special.

Why is it so expensive, what goes on, is it worth it, how long does it take to get to the grand stand etc? Any other campsite recommendations would also be apprecciated.

Cheers

Ceecee

[Blackhawk1969]

I used this site at the classic, It has great views over the track. However as a campsite it is crap. The ground is full of rocks and it is very very dusty and sandy there is no grass.

[L100NYY]

Blackhawk1969 said:

I used this site at the classic, It has great views over the track. However as a campsite it is crap. The ground is full of rocks and it is very very dusty and sandy there is no grass.

Sounds like a bit of a catch 22 then really. Where is tetre rouge located then, I'm sure I must have seen it or walked past it but can't picture it?

I'm a houx annexe resident myself although the 'chav invasion' ( www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=281547&f=25&h=0 ) this year has put me off staying there again unfortunately, we're even considering a hotel option for next year just for a change really.

edited to add -

Edited by L100NYY on Saturday 15th July 11:22

[Blackhawk1969]

It follows the stretch of track after the Dunlop bridge

[A10ARF]

Stayed in Houx ( not annex ) for the last two years and find it a very good one.
The reserved spaces & power points make things a lot easier

mind you, Some of the showers are ice cold but that just means a 5-6 min walk to another cubicle, so no big deal.

Got fed up of the other' free-for-all site's ' being taken over by Olympic sized pools and guys roping off huge areas that were just unreasonable for their needs...

[Piglet]

Getting tickets for Houx is tricky and because of the numbered pitches it's harder to pick up other's unwanted tickets if there are a group of you and you want to be together. I'd imagine that you are already too late to book for Houx unless you're booking through one of the car clubs who block book.

If you want to camp but don't want to be on the circuit campsites consider the municipal campsite at Spay, we've not been there for the Le Mans week but OH stayed there for the pre-qual weekend and then for the next week until we could move onto MB. It's a nice campsite, good loo's, showers and washing up sinks etc.and it borders a lake. Spay is I think 3 miles from the circuit (not quite sure). It's a good alternative if you're not worried about being on the circuit.

The village of Spay has I'm told a nice bakers with cute girls who sell croisants!

This is the village website www.ville-spay.fr/html/PagesNiveau2/Accueil/FrameHoussayPage.htm

[A10ARF]

Piglet said:

Getting tickets for Houx is tricky and because of the numbered pitches it's harder to pick up other's unwanted tickets if there are a group of you and you want to be together. I'd imagine that you are already too late to book for Houx unless you're booking through one of the car clubs who block book.

Have always booked ours for Houx through MRI with no problems , you have to book in Jan/Feb through!

Not the cheapest, but all done in one easy package

[//j17]

Can't say why it's expensive, but it won't be there next year!

Don't panic if you have booked tickets though, it's just being moved as part of the re-mapping of Tetre Rouge corner. The corner is going to eat in to the bank, with bigger run-off areas eating further. This will open up more land inside the circuit at Tetre Rouge and this is where the camp site it due to move.

Houx is very dusty too.

[FredericRobinson]

Where have you heard this from J17? Given that Tertre Rouge camping overlooks the Esses rather than Tertre Rouge corner there's no need to mess with the campsite surely? Hopefully

[//j17]

It was 2 sources - one someone who was organising the mass Triumph decent on the Le Mans Classic, including negotiating a 'provate' camping area (Tetre Rouge) and also an article on one of the ACO web sites (which I always had a badger of a time finding and seems to have been hidden for god at the moment - cheese eating surrender monkeys).