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Chrisgr31 said:
Truckosaurus said:
gt6 said:
Not sure if it was just me but got an email from the ACO....
I've just checked my email and I did have one from the ACO, but it was just an advert for baseball caps.Edited by LM240 on Thursday 9th July 06:58
LM240 said:
I’ve been sent one yesterday with a survey attached. It’s asking whether you will attend, whether you’ll use member spaces on certain days, grandstand seating numbers allocated (T18/18) and your ACO membership number.
Just realised there is a survey attached which Indidnt spot. Doesn’t help it’s all in French!Surely they know what tickets members have bought, otherwise why bother giving membership number?
Chrisgr31 said:
LM240 said:
I’ve been sent one yesterday with a survey attached. It’s asking whether you will attend, whether you’ll use member spaces on certain days, grandstand seating numbers allocated (T18/18) and your ACO membership number.
Just realised there is a survey attached which Indidnt spot. Doesn’t help it’s all in French!Surely they know what tickets members have bought, otherwise why bother giving membership number?
On the one hand they don't want a huge queue of grumpy members being told they can't get in because covid rules mean capacity is limited, but equally they don't want to give individual members specific times or 30min limits on how long they can use facilities only to have grumpy members pointing out there are only 3 people in there.
Powerfully Built PSC Director - Outside IR35 said:
LOL...
After 2017 LM, I decided not to head back with the lads on the Monday. They headed to Dieppe for the ferry back to the UK whilst I headed down to Cote d'Azur in the South of France for a "recovery week". I found a campsite and dug in, with the Panzer, for the week...awesome way to recover from a week at the LM24 (even though I had forgot about the swear words and penis art work on my bonnet, my neighbour pointed them out and I soon washed it all off LOL):
That looks very cool. Not sure how I'd feel going on holiday straight after LM - my issue is that the real world seems really boring after a major motor racing event, I have suffered it for years after the TT races. But on your own in a place like that - that would be pretty cool.After 2017 LM, I decided not to head back with the lads on the Monday. They headed to Dieppe for the ferry back to the UK whilst I headed down to Cote d'Azur in the South of France for a "recovery week". I found a campsite and dug in, with the Panzer, for the week...awesome way to recover from a week at the LM24 (even though I had forgot about the swear words and penis art work on my bonnet, my neighbour pointed them out and I soon washed it all off LOL):
Edited by Powerfully Built PSC Director - Outside IR35 on Wednesday 8th July 18:40
Before I met the wife I had contemplated going from Le Mans on a bit of a European road trip finishing up at the Assen TT (motogp) - that is the event to help you climb down from Le Mans, the maddest thing you could ever go to, a brilliant event and race, worth every penny. I've been 4 times, but always direct from the UK.
Incidentally - most say Le Mans is the biggest motor race in the world - however, looking at numbers, I think Assen TT is the same and some years bigger (Barry Sheene / Will Hartog era had in excess of 300,000 spectators I believe). Like Le Mans you wouldn't even know of its existence if you watched the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation News, thank God, keeps the d1ckeheads and trendies away (they all go to Silverstone instead for the F1)
Edited by wsn03 on Thursday 9th July 10:43
wsn03 said:
There is a big area of trees somewhere just around there, it was so hot we just had to shade from the sun...bloody hell it stank.
Ah, the infamous Le Mans "stale sperm tree", as identified by the ladies and gay guy in our group one year. Catch a hot snap in mid June and one of the liberally planted trees comes in to full pollen. One of those that's so thick you taste it as much as smell it - and it doesn't smell good 
There are a couple of copse that stand out for those trees. The forest esses through to Tetre Rouge, outside the circuit. The path from Houx to the bridge over the Bugatte circuit. Chemin aux Boeufs between Houx and the tram stop.
gt6 said:
Camping against the fence in TR looks great when you turn up, however it has disadvantages as mentioned and when you actually want to watch cars going around all you can see is a sea of other peoples backs. Obviously all those people where not there when you set up camp thinking you would have a clear view.
The guys who booked everything set up the tents - I think they went to the same spot every year. Track side was cool to wake up to seeing the cars on Sunday morning, with no people blocking our view, that was a proper treat - however the rest of the time I was out and about and found the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.My friend tried managing things after 2012 - I now remember why I had such a long gap between trips - 2013 his wife was meant to book things and never somehow managed it (Tertre Rouge). 2014 again she failed. Somehow it fell off my radar after that until seeing the 2016 race on TV, hooked from then onward.
So either Tertre Rouge was difficult to book, or she was incompetent - I'm suspecting a mixture of both.
I booked Beaujesour on my 2017 return because I didn't have much of a plan, then decided I wanted to be other side of the circuit. A drive past around my favourite area led me to some people with caravans, and my paradise site near to Tertre Rouge. Tertre Rouge is probably the best spot, the only reason I prefer where I am is because it is so quiet and I like all the trees where we are. Be nice to have a shower that is more than a hose pipe though. Still, next year we are apparently getting a flushing hole in the ground toilet...proper glamping!
Edited by wsn03 on Thursday 9th July 11:01
Powerfully Built PSC Director - Outside IR35 said:
gt6 said:
That is the solution, but we prefer to camp the other side of the site and have a little more privacy, i think we have been in almost exactly the same spot for 10 years now after slowly drifting from the stage end of the site to close to the main entry.
We superglue 1 and 2 euro coins to that path in front and then water pistol anyone who tries to pick them up...all good fun //j17 said:
Ah, the infamous Le Mans "stale sperm tree", as identified by the ladies and gay guy in our group one year. Catch a hot snap in mid June and one of the liberally planted trees comes in to full pollen. One of those that's so thick you taste it as much as smell it - and it doesn't smell good
There are a couple of copse that stand out for those trees. The forest esses through to Tetre Rouge, outside the circuit. The path from Houx to the bridge over the Bugatte circuit. Chemin aux Boeufs between Houx and the tram stop.
I think those trees drop seeds around that blow to various spots, usually to wherever i decide to sit down with my lunch. I can smell urine for days afterwards sometimesThere are a couple of copse that stand out for those trees. The forest esses through to Tetre Rouge, outside the circuit. The path from Houx to the bridge over the Bugatte circuit. Chemin aux Boeufs between Houx and the tram stop.
Powerfully Built PSC Director - Outside IR35 said:
The only thing I took note of was how rough the overnight crossing was from Portsmouth to St Malo - I got lobbed out my bunk at around 3am. It was the same coming back from Dieppe on the Sunday which saw me hide in the empty kiddy's soft play area...damn...those were some rough seas!
My mate came over from St Malo Thurs night 2018, he was flung out of his bed as well - we ourselves had a very rough Dover / Calais crossing too on the Thursday. He is booked on the same crossing this year, whereas I'm waiting until about a week beforehand so I can get a half decent tidal forecast - just can't cope with a rough overnight crossing. Means I might miss on a cabin, but I can't see it being that busy with the virus and totally out of season - worst case we get a 4 berth or use a lounger and borrow my mates shower in the morning (one of us will use his spare bed I suppose).Powerfully Built PSC Director - Outside IR35 said:
I actually started going to Le Mans because of my time at the BBC. I had a contract there and was talking to one of the managers about the C63 I had just bought. He then said “hey, you should come with us to Le Mans, we go every year”...and the rest, they say, is history lol
Did you not think to ask them why the most historically significant motor race in the world never even gets a 10 second mention, yet some Rugby League game with 20 spectators gets a proper review. Considering it must have the biggest migration of British sports fans of any event in the world, and is a very British affair, I'm staggered (and relieved) that it never gets a sniff of a mention, very odd.wsn03 said:
Did you not think to ask them why the most historically significant motor race in the world never even gets a 10 second mention, yet some Rugby League game with 20 spectators gets a proper review. Considering it must have the biggest migration of British sports fans of any event in the world, and is a very British affair, I'm staggered (and relieved) that it never gets a sniff of a mention, very odd.
Good question. I guess all they care about is anything which involves a ball.FARP said:
Anyone remember when the initials BBC stood for the British Broadcast Company, I haven’t a clue what the initials stand for now
What, the name they used before 1927 when they were given their royal charter as the British Broadcasting Corporation? Probably a few, but not many as they would be pushing 100 years old.FARP said:
Anyone remember when the initials BBC stood for the British Broadcast Company, I haven’t a clue what the initials stand for now
Brussels Broadcasting Corporation?Edited by FARP on Thursday 9th July 11:57
Biased Broadcasting Corporation?
British Bulls
tting Corporation?These are all the names I've heard it called.
I'm not impressed, their sport coverage seems to be focused on glorifying tennis, golf, Rugby, Cricket,..the straw hat brigade sports...and for some very strange reason Rugby League , and of course horse racing is very British...with lots of news on football. Further down the pecking order is F1 (British GP). Moto GP never gets a mention - that stopped after Barry Sheene lost his crown, yet Rossi is one of the biggest celebrities in the world, and for years was actually living in London whilst at the top of his game; its the same with every other Motorsport.
Not a word about Le Mans ever, even though as an event it is bigger than any other car race, not even when Jaguar had their win back in the day.
Their lack of impartiality over Brexit was shocking, though they claim they did a fair job. Worst thing I ever heard was a BBC reporter saying on air "obviously the majority of the population would not have voted Brexit if they knew what they know now" or something to that effect - about 5 months later Johnson got a landslide....err....
I wouldn't mind but we are made to pay a licence fee.
N Ireland BBC is very good, they cover motor-sport in depth, albeit motorbike road racing because that is the big thing over there, along with a whole cross-section of sporting news. Anything with Irish success gets lots of coverage. Don't know why London has to be so different.
Edited by wsn03 on Thursday 9th July 15:05
Edited by wsn03 on Thursday 9th July 15:07
Because to work in the BBC you must live in islington, where life is very different, cars? who can afford a parking space, sport is what they think "Real" people watch so Football mainly and golf because that is what they all play when they go to the countryside. The BBC classified the bottom 33% of the population this morning as living in poverty, but then those people think that you must have at least 2 nannies otherwise who looks after those horrid little things when nanny has a day off. Time the BBC was defunded rather than the Police IMHO. Sorry for rant.
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