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Old 4th August 2021, 20:36   #11
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Hi Andy. I have done Le Mans twice. Once with my brother in his Audi, with his son in a Jaguar and-me in my Rover 220sd.We travelled overnight by ferry , and arrived around 4.30 am on the Thursday.. Camped on the site not far from The ‘straight’ . We had a ticket to enter the area from the Thursday, so watched the cars practising during the day and the night. You could see the brake disks glowing red hot when they passed you. There is a good vibe in Le Mans on the night before the race starts, with classic cars taking place.The atmosphere was electric on race day with fireworks being set off, mostly by the English.There is some fun on the roads around the camping area, with different cars being shown off by their owners which the police try to stop to no avail. In fact the police were drowned by some ofte ‘gang’, mostly English of course. Don’t expect to get much sleep because of the cars going round all night and then the partying. I think we had around 10-12 hours in the four days we were there.
Second time, my son who lives in Germany, hired a motor home and dove from Koln to Calais to meet us. Spent the night in the ibis hotel, and drove down next day. Much more comfortable than driving down during the night . All in all a really enjoyable event, except for the fact that they found an unexploded bomb from the last war under the main walkway which you went down to get in, after the race, during redevelopment of the site. Go and enjoy he experience.
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Old 5th August 2021, 07:49   #12
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Best I apologise for the incorrect age guess.

Delighted to hear that it was wildly out, but does that mean that you missed the great era in Rock n Roll.

10 years old in 1957, so I missed a few of them myself.

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Sadly, yes, I missed the Rock & Roll years . I blame it on my parents
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Old 5th August 2021, 08:33   #13
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Sadly, yes, I missed the Rock & Roll years . I blame it on my parents
At least you got to enjoy silent movies
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Old 5th August 2021, 10:36   #14
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I don't know how big your birthday is, but should it be 70 then the standard 70+ driving licence will limit you to a less than 3500KG vehicle.

I say standard 70+, because I think that there is a way to carry forward some categories, particularly mini buses.

Sounds a nice idea though, hope it all fits.

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I had a HGV medical when I had to renew my licence at 70 in order to keep my higher category enablement for 7.5tonne vehicles, larger motorhomes etc only to find that at over 70 very few hire companies will rent anything to you.
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I have one you could borrow Ian.

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Old 5th August 2021, 11:43   #16
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I have one you could borrow Ian.

If it comes with the driver I'll book it for next seasons BSB round at Knockhill...lol
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Accommodation or race entry?
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No, Ian can use his Norfolk contacts and get something higher tech.

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