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We stayed on Tertre Rouge for 2003,4 5, couldn't make it last year but will be back this year from Tuesday afternoon. The main advantage of the site is being able to get a pitch with a view of the track, I reckon you'd want to be there by Wednesday to get this, maybe early Thursday. To get a decent view over the people stood on the other side of the fence you'll need a bit of elevation, we boarded out the roof rack of a Landy and sat on top. The campsite is convenient for the village etc, has a friendly atmosphere with many of the same people in the same pitches year after year. Exiting the circuit is easy via the gates next to Tertre Rouge corner making access to Carrefour, the Stella Bar and the Mulsanne easy. On the down side I wouldn't want to arrive any later than Thursday morning as the ground on some of the pitches is very rough, it's not exactly lush grass anywhere on the site to be fair and we've always had to scan the ground for broken glass left behind by Moto GP scoundrels before pitching.
There is plenty of noise from the track during the race as you'd expect. The first time we camped there I noticed the noice from the motorway behind the campsite early in the morning but I can't say it bothered me the other 2 times. I like the fact that the campsite is smaller than most, showers and toilets are fine, and the crowd are a good bunch, no thumping music all night, although it did get a bit interesting last year when some crazy Dutch threw boxes of fireworks onto their bonfire on the Sunday night. The campers are overwhelmingly British, some Dutch, Belgians and French.
There is plenty of noise from the track during the race as you'd expect. The first time we camped there I noticed the noice from the motorway behind the campsite early in the morning but I can't say it bothered me the other 2 times. I like the fact that the campsite is smaller than most, showers and toilets are fine, and the crowd are a good bunch, no thumping music all night, although it did get a bit interesting last year when some crazy Dutch threw boxes of fireworks onto their bonfire on the Sunday night. The campers are overwhelmingly British, some Dutch, Belgians and French.
Thanks Frederick for that review, very helpfull.
We have got four cars coming down, but won't arrive until Thursday AM, so hopefully we there will be some space left.
How many pitches are there, and is access to track for spectating easy enough, in case we can't see it from the pitch?
Are you going down in a group, or on your own?
We have got four cars coming down, but won't arrive until Thursday AM, so hopefully we there will be some space left.
How many pitches are there, and is access to track for spectating easy enough, in case we can't see it from the pitch?
Are you going down in a group, or on your own?
There'll be space left on Thursday morning, maybe not by the fence though. The campsite is inside the curcuit so you're only a couple of minutes from a view of the track either way, we've left it until 5 to 4 to wander trackside before now to see the start from the banking ovewrlooking the esses. I'll be in a group of 3 travelling down in a VW transporter, stick that up your Porches and TVRs.
The chaps on the gate will direct you to roughly where they want you to camp, then you have one white square (if it hasn't been washed away by last night's rain) for your tent, then they'll come round and moan at you for taking up too much space even though you actually have 4 camping passes, then you give them a beer, then they bugger off.
Edited by DJFish on Saturday 17th March 13:07
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