No Beer

[Welshbeef]

So will you show that to the grubby security guard and expect him to say ah yes ok instead of stripping the booze from you and into the skip so you have to spend more at the bars?

[Tyre Smoke]

I towed my caravan onto Houx last year for the thirteenth time full of glass bottles of beer, not immediately obvious, granted. But I also had glass jars, and other glass items in it.
The next day I returned from Carrefour with 80 bottles of wine in the boot of the Range Rover. No issue at all. I think it was pretty obvious they were for transport to the UK though.

[Welshbeef]

Tyre Smoke said:

I towed my caravan onto Houx last year for the thirteenth time full of glass bottles of beer, not immediately obvious, granted. But I also had glass jars, and other glass items in it.
The next day I returned from Carrefour with 80 bottles of wine in the boot of the Range Rover. No issue at all. I think it was pretty obvious they were for transport to the UK though.

80 bottles of wine to quoff over a Le Mans weekend is a strong performance

[Tyre Smoke]

I did take some home!

[//j17]

Tyre Smoke said:

I towed my caravan onto Houx last year for the thirteenth time full of glass bottles of beer, not immediately obvious, granted. But I also had glass jars, and other glass items in it.
The next day I returned from Carrefour with 80 bottles of wine in the boot of the Range Rover. No issue at all. I think it was pretty obvious they were for transport to the UK though.

Last time I entered the circuit from the Houx side the glass search wasn't being done at the campsite entrance, just tickets but by some bod at the foot route from the campsite to circuit proper, who was only checking for glass, not checking tickets.

[Tyre Smoke]

That is true. Always searched going in on foot. But so easy to circumvent, one of you goes through with an empty rucksack, your mate passes the drink through the chain link 100 yds further on, then goes through the 'checkpoint' empty handed.

Watched loads of groups doing this last year.

[SpiroT]

Welshbeef said:

So will you show that to the grubby security guard and expect him to say ah yes ok instead of stripping the booze from you and into the skip so you have to spend more at the bars?

I ask them that and the answer was yes.

[SpiroT]

Welshbeef said:

So will you show that to the grubby security guard and expect him to say ah yes ok instead of stripping the booze from you and into the skip so you have to spend more at the bars?

I ask them that and the answer was yes.

[Welshbeef]

SpiroT said:

Welshbeef said:

So will you show that to the grubby security guard and expect him to say ah yes ok instead of stripping the booze from you and into the skip so you have to spend more at the bars?

I ask them that and the answer was yes.

But on the day / weekend your stood there with agency security who speaks pigeon English or none and he’s saying non webpage not interested and on the day no one responding.

[chasingracecars]

Could someone do the chat in French and get the same response or a better one?

Then post that as I think your right it will not work in English.

[JT3K]

chasingracecars said:

Could someone do the chat in French and get the same response or a better one?

Then post that as I think your right it will not work in English.

That assumes some of them can read...

Judging by the patchy performance, random aggression and inability to follow basic logic (I'm looking at you, Bleu Sud guards that kept directing rare breed classics with odd tyre sizes over concrete strewn with two inch nails), I don't expect much.

[SpiroT]

chasingracecars said:

Could someone do the chat in French and get the same response or a better one?

Then post that as I think your right it will not work in English.

I asked for it in French and they sent it to me. Translated back into English it says -

According to the rules set by the ticketing service, visitors can come with 1L of beer per person.

[vincegail]

I liter of strong spirits OR 2 liters of beer/wine it was.

[chrisring]

I think that must mean per hour !

[phil633]

SpiroT said:

do you have a link so I can go direct to the source of the information?

This is a standard reply word for word that I received from ACO Email.
We were stopped every time going into BSJ last year.

[swanny1]

Welshbeef said:

You could try the age old tactic the deliberate find - cheap pack of Skoll whoops sorry sir there you go.


Keep the good stuff hidden

You could be adventurous and build fake floors in the boot and floor of the car so all appears normal on a look but there are 20 slabs of 24 cans hidden away

my old volvo estate had a hidden tray under the carpeted boot. could get loads of beer in there, took the spare wheel out too.