My Le Mans Trip 2008 Not for 56k Sorry! - 18th Jun 2008 2:59pm
DAY 1
Before I left the Wirral I Cleaned the car, Had it serviced and refurbed a wheel. Unfortunately I snapped a wheel bolt when swapping my 17s to 19s. Turing the packing on day 1 I then locked my keys in the car near Stanstead ...So there would be no Vec in the convoy.
We set off at 07:30 for the Chunnel. The convoy was to consist an E class merc, C220d Merc and CLK and a BMW Z4.
When we arrived at the Chunnel, the car park was full of hardware to make any man drool:
One of our group took a shine to this:
My Favorate:
This was to be my ride:
And I wouldn't recommend it!!!:frusty:
We were delayed for 2 hours in Folkstone, But eventually I got my first ride on the Chunnel :rockon: I couldn't get over how fast it went through the tunnel!
Disembrking
The first thing just about every one did when we reached France was to stop for fuel:
Then we set off.
Our delay meant it was unlikely we'd make mad Friday and the Driver parade through the town so wer stopped for some supplies in Rouein(?)
It was dusk as we approached Lemans:
It was dark by the time we reached Le Mans and the beer was well and truely flowing. Unfortunaltely it meant there were alot of idiots around the campsite who wanted us to do donuts and the like. We Were'nt in the mood for that. By Midnight we had the tents up and had a first view of Le Mans
The partys were loud and the beer was free flowing. We did a rece of the site and found some potential viewing spots for the race. Fireworks were going off left and right. Eventually by 3 am it quietened down.
Before I left the Wirral I Cleaned the car, Had it serviced and refurbed a wheel. Unfortunately I snapped a wheel bolt when swapping my 17s to 19s. Turing the packing on day 1 I then locked my keys in the car near Stanstead ...So there would be no Vec in the convoy.
We set off at 07:30 for the Chunnel. The convoy was to consist an E class merc, C220d Merc and CLK and a BMW Z4.
When we arrived at the Chunnel, the car park was full of hardware to make any man drool:
One of our group took a shine to this:
My Favorate:
This was to be my ride:
And I wouldn't recommend it!!!:frusty:
We were delayed for 2 hours in Folkstone, But eventually I got my first ride on the Chunnel :rockon: I couldn't get over how fast it went through the tunnel!
Disembrking
The first thing just about every one did when we reached France was to stop for fuel:
Then we set off.
Our delay meant it was unlikely we'd make mad Friday and the Driver parade through the town so wer stopped for some supplies in Rouein(?)
It was dusk as we approached Lemans:
It was dark by the time we reached Le Mans and the beer was well and truely flowing. Unfortunaltely it meant there were alot of idiots around the campsite who wanted us to do donuts and the like. We Were'nt in the mood for that. By Midnight we had the tents up and had a first view of Le Mans
The partys were loud and the beer was free flowing. We did a rece of the site and found some potential viewing spots for the race. Fireworks were going off left and right. Eventually by 3 am it quietened down.