Security / booze
Discussion
JackP1 said:
Bit hit and miss, Thurs/fri could take beer in a bag ( bag searched every time went out the camp)
Sat/sun no beer allowed at all even if you had one open and in hand ( although didn't bother taking any in the bag, bag didn't get searched
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The whole bag search thing is another thing entirely. Intoduced for terrorism, but morphed into booze check.Sat/sun no beer allowed at all even if you had one open and in hand ( although didn't bother taking any in the bag, bag didn't get searched
)Such rapid, basic checks that the system might as well not even be there in the first place. Because if I wanted to take a gun into the track, it wouldn’t be a deterrent.
Either do it full on, or don’t bother.
I last went in 2005 and the event then was like a stag night for 250,000 guys.
With bag checks and high prices for beers, this year’s event seemed to attract more families and partners and so felt a lot more normal.
People had gone to watch a race, rather than a serious drinking competition.
With bag checks and high prices for beers, this year’s event seemed to attract more families and partners and so felt a lot more normal.
People had gone to watch a race, rather than a serious drinking competition.
Was staying in Beausejour - where yes they were checking but TBH unless you were tasking the absolute Michael they were OK. We arrived, setup camp and then went out and bought supplies.
Took a v large coolbox, which we put about 50x33cl cans in plus ice on the Friday morning from a Carrefrour Supermarche, we then topped up on Saturday morning with a trip to the Lidl about 5km from Tertre Roge - bought 72 cans of 50cl lager, and bought 6 bags of ice from the Supermarket nextdoor.
Had no issues fetching any of it back into camp tbh.
When I'd asked on the Friday as I headed out - they said it was 2lt Lager and a 1lt bottle of spirit per person - but said if you were buying for a large group just to say so ...... smile
Took a v large coolbox, which we put about 50x33cl cans in plus ice on the Friday morning from a Carrefrour Supermarche, we then topped up on Saturday morning with a trip to the Lidl about 5km from Tertre Roge - bought 72 cans of 50cl lager, and bought 6 bags of ice from the Supermarket nextdoor.
Had no issues fetching any of it back into camp tbh.
When I'd asked on the Friday as I headed out - they said it was 2lt Lager and a 1lt bottle of spirit per person - but said if you were buying for a large group just to say so ...... smile
DS240 said:
The whole bag search thing is another thing entirely. Intoduced for terrorism, but morphed into booze check.
Such rapid, basic checks that the system might as well not even be there in the first place. Because if I wanted to take a gun into the track, it wouldn’t be a deterrent.
Either do it full on, or don’t bother.
Our bag checks were administered with the usual French lack of enthusiasm. On most occasions they vaguely groped the outside of the bag and completely failed to even locate the main pocket (where the 2L water bottles they could feel were located), meaning that we pretty much took in what ever we wanted.Such rapid, basic checks that the system might as well not even be there in the first place. Because if I wanted to take a gun into the track, it wouldn’t be a deterrent.
Either do it full on, or don’t bother.
Hilariously s
t.I get that BSJ has been a trouble site for a while but that amount of beer is just pathetic. Between us (14 people) between Tuesday night and Monday morning and not counting the beers bought at trackside we went through the following:
800x 330ml Kronembourg
96x 600ml Strongbow
3x 70cl vodka
1x 70cl gin
2x 70cl rum
1x ??cl "pastiche"
1x 70cl wine
3x 70cl champagne
1x 20cl blue curacao
I certainly drank 10 or so beers trackside too. That's an average of 10 beers per day per person and a couple of shorts, not insane over a 16hr day. Half beers left abandoned probably contributed to that looking bigger.
Frankly we weren't assholes, weren't loud, weren't aggressive. The only time I was anything less than insanely courteous (offering soft drinks and breakfast, etc) to the gate staff was when they kept directing cars over the hardstanding concrete which was covered in tens of thousands of nails - big shout to the bikers that burned stupid numbers of pallets there.
Just insane, frankly.
800x 330ml Kronembourg
96x 600ml Strongbow
3x 70cl vodka
1x 70cl gin
2x 70cl rum
1x ??cl "pastiche"
1x 70cl wine
3x 70cl champagne
1x 20cl blue curacao
I certainly drank 10 or so beers trackside too. That's an average of 10 beers per day per person and a couple of shorts, not insane over a 16hr day. Half beers left abandoned probably contributed to that looking bigger.
Frankly we weren't assholes, weren't loud, weren't aggressive. The only time I was anything less than insanely courteous (offering soft drinks and breakfast, etc) to the gate staff was when they kept directing cars over the hardstanding concrete which was covered in tens of thousands of nails - big shout to the bikers that burned stupid numbers of pallets there.
Just insane, frankly.
Edited by JT3K on Tuesday 19th June 15:06
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