Le Mans 2011

[Kieran Williams]

Hi everyone,
Unfortunately i will not be able to make it this time..... i have a good reason though!

Lynn is due to give birth to our first child

bit of bad planning on my part(should of kept it in my pants for a bit longer ) on the timing but we will come along in 2012, i hope you all have a great trip, will be thinking of you.

Have a good xmas all

Ki + Lynn

[toxo]

Sorry, Mike and Jo have already used that excuse, you'll have to come up with another one

Congratulations to the pair of you

[Kieran Williams]

Cheers buddy, hope the cars all good

Ki

[unowho]

Hi everyone,
Unfortunately i will not be able to make it this time..... i have a good reason though!

Lynn is due to give birth to our first child

bit of bad planning on my part(should of kept it in my pants for a bit longer ) on the timing but we will come along in 2012, i hope you all have a great trip, will be thinking of you.

Have a good xmas all

Ki + Lynn

Mega congratulations to you both xx

[blue2]

Just found this video on youtube, cant wait for LeMans 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEkYdvYxEMQ

215mph down the Mulsanne Straight!
Enjoy

[Tiamat]

Can confirm I am going to Le Mans this year, but will be out with a team/drivers/client. I will try and make sure I get numbers etc so I can pop over and say hi. The way I am going should include entry into the drivers lounge etc.

[blue2]

Hey you get to go in the drivers lounge? That sounds amazing!

[toxo]

Finding a cheap ferry is proving problematic. LD Lines don't operate the Dover -> Bolougne route anymore, so I've been looking at Dover -> Calais. P&O have an offer on if booked before 22:00 today if you sail on the 'spirit' ships (i.e. Spirit of Britain or Spirit of France) of £30 each way which is the cheapest I can find it. Saves about £36 in total.

I am looking at
Outbound:
Wed 8th June 2011 08:10
Spirit of Britain

Return:
Tue 14th June 2011 16:00
Spirit of Britain

Today that's £60, tomorrow it's £96. Seafrance is something like £85 and Eurotunnel is £127!

I have booked my ferry, race/parking tickets and accommodation at the Chateau today.

[Tiamat]

When I went to the classic I went from Portsmouth - Le Havre (think it was Le Havre ).

Might be worth a look as it will be quicker for you to get there then to Dover, less fuel and you arrive much closer to Le Mans.

[toxo]

I checked out Caen, but it's like a 6hr ferry. I'd rather spend the 6hrs driving! Belting down the toll roads is part of it for me, as long as I don't get done for speeding again.

[bigcw]

Just spotted this thread, hadn't realised there was an IMOC trip planned.

I'm going in a 20-strong crew this year. I wussed out of taking the MR2 this year as the weather looked a bit dubious, but I'm planning on taking it this year to make up for it.

This is the best view of the race, by night, crouching behind the armco, on the Mulsanne straight, with a crate of beer. http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video. ... 4540995659

We're on Houx again this year, will have a marquee with beer and TV (showing the race of course!). Look out for a 'South Bucks Crew' banner and my MR2 parked up close by. Any IMOC people are welcome to stop by!

Cheers, Chris

[sloopeh]

John, good to see you will be attending next years event along with Nanna Thom.

Anyone got any good pics of this years event we can add to wet the appetite?

Debs gonna easily need 3 pitches, possibly 4 this year. FYI 1 pitch accommodates 5 people, let us know early so Debs can organise pitches with the chateau.

i am going to try to come again this year and would encourage everyone who is thinking about it to come.

Providing i can get a new car worth the trip i'll be there will let you know asap going to see a nice turbo this weekend.

as requested pics from last year at the bottom of this post. for anyone who has never been before it is a great trip - you spend the whole time surrounded by glorious cars. i went having never been on any kind of car event before and i loved it. i went on my own and everyone made me feel welcome.

mad friday was a bit rubbish but in the morning of the same day we went to st saturnin which was awesome

a club member let me drive his supercharger which was also a highlight for me.

i didnt fancy the idea of the crowds of the race itself so i went and watched from 2am to 6am and it was brilliant.

pit walk was pretty cool but mostly i liked the chateau, fishing, swimming etc.

everyone forced me into entering my battered old mk1 into the show at the site too so having a bunch of people you dont know help you clean your car was pretty awesome...

i still laugh about my stupid speech as i did the drive through in my car whilst having just downed a bottle of rum with jason and kiran.

st saturnin website which also has pcis of 2010 http://www.classicbw.org/

various pics i took - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sloopeh/se ... 155912971/

me completely off my head driving (i only drove a few yards across the grass... )

[toxo]

everyone forced me into entering my battered old mk1 into the show at the site too so having a bunch of people you dont know help you clean your car was pretty awesome...

i still laugh about my stupid speech as i did the drive through in my car whilst having just downed a bottle of rum with jason and kiran.

That was hilarious! Thanks for the pics

[sloopeh]

hopefully see you again this year jon

[toxo]

hopefully see you again this year jon

Of course, but Nelson can p1$$ off this year!

Providing i can get a new car worth the trip i'll be there will let you know asap going to see a nice turbo this weekend.

Is the £100 MK1 not up to the job then?

[sloopeh]

no i sold it. looking to splash out on on something special for this year - got £250 in the budget so should get a minter...

[toxo]

lol!

I just had a look and the chateau people have put up their photos from last year: http://picasaweb.google.com/10953636826 ... DuMans2010

[unowho]

It saddens me to put this post up, and I never thought I would say it ..........but unable to make this years trip

[sloopeh]

it's a shame you are not coming.....

on a positive note - put me down for a 100% definite..

[toxo]

it's a shame you are not coming.....

on a positive note - put me down for a 100% definite..

That's good! 2 friends from another club have confirmed as well so that's 4 of us, plus Jason and Sheryl... so it's not going to be a quiet one!