Club Arnage

Received this yesterday from Andy@Team Langoustine:

DfH want 6 to 8 tickets at the moment, don't know the exact amount yet. Will let you know a.s.a.p.

Robbo, are you volenteering to corelate all the orders? If so put me down for 4 tickets. If not I will contact Andy directly.

Yippee!!! ;D

Camp C'Arnage Mk2

Andy at TL indicated he would be willing to handle the cash, but suggested someone from CA might like to allocate pitchs/distribute the tickets.

4 for us.

Gents and Ladies
Forgive me for not responding to all your emails straight away. They are all being dealt with, but I am away in Scotland at the moment.
As soon as I get back, I will make sure that all of your requested places are allocated.

It is probably worth me giving the pitch numbers to a nominated CA member or even giving the complete order to an individual and you can decide between you, who goes where.
We will handle the bookings individually. Which ever way suits you.
Also, what about allocating a couple of pitches just for your facilities, marquee etc These would have to be bought by the CA group, but once you decide where to put the marquee, it will make the rest easy.

I will be in touch in due course.

Regards
Andy
TL

12 tickets for Team LeMansZone, please

Cheers,

Werner

Well done guys! Oh and two BN tickets for the Zarses please!

I will be in contact with Brethren HQ tomorrow... Its been a rather strange few months ::)

Only two? You gonna need two spaces for Brad Zarse alone

Better put me down for three please.

Sorry for being a bit slow off the mark with the orders we have received so far.
There is no problem and I have allocated places to all those that have been in touch accordingly.
The individual confirmations will be emailed later this week.

Thanks
Andy
TL

Can we start a list of those of us staying on BN

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.

Pantyspider Tours. That's me and eight other fuckwits

Let's do this in the traditional way Bob,

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me and eight other f**kwits

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me BobU and eight other f**kwits
3. DrinkingforHolland. You know who we are, at the moment about 17 people.

Andy - best make that 3 - I'm bringing the rollerskate down I think?  Unless I've been officially struck off the Zarse register, in which case, can someone be my friend?

I assume therefore that you'll be getting 8 tickets so we can errect the required exclusion zone?

I Trust that includes me sonny boy?

Gents
I am only processing orders that we receive at TL, not from the CA forum. So if you have not sent to theguys@teamlangoustine.com
please do it ASAP and dont forget to say you are a CA member.

Formal confirmations of orders received will go out later this week.

Thanks
Andy

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me BobU and eight other f**kwits
3. DrinkingforHolland. You know who we are, at the moment about 17 people.
4. Team JPC, together with a certain fruity drink!
5. Team YFDS will be making it across The Pond again for another of Delboy's lighters!

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me BobU and eight other f**kwits
3. DrinkingforHolland. You know who we are, at the moment about 17 people.
4. Team JPC, together with a certain fruity drink!
5. Team YFDS will be making it across The Pond again for another of Delboy's lighters!
6. Team Phat Phuk (previously Team Robbo) 11 of us!

Who knows, you may end up with more friends... ;D

>Martini...

Hi Andy,
e-mail already sent last week


Cheers

Werner

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me BobU and eight other f**kwits
3. DrinkingforHolland. You know who we are, at the moment about 17 people.
4. Team JPC, together with a certain fruity drink!
5. Team YFDS will be making it across The Pond again for another of Delboy's lighters!
6. Team Phat Phuk (previously Team Robbo) 11 of us
7. Barry & Andy, Landman plus 3 others from Smaxoc.

Hi Andy,

Can you put me down for four Places.

Regards,
T.

REMINDER of Andy's post somewhere above...

Ladies and Gents.
I will be sending confirmation emails this evening.
In case you are at all concerned, here is a list of those booked in.

Derek Appleyard
Peter Catchpole
Barry Redford
Werner Kirschman
Chris Bauer
Marius Longtall
Paul Robertson
Bob Underwood
Mark Every
Kenn Korsarger
Paul Nicholls
Tom Gamble

78 places of the 90 have been taken up.
Andy
TL

Andy, you have mail!

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me BobU and eight other f**kwits
3. DrinkingforHolland. You know who we are, at the moment about 17 people.
4. Team JPC, together with a certain fruity drink!
5. Team YFDS will be making it across The Pond again for another of Delboy's lighters!
6. Team Phat Phuk (previously Team Robbo) 11 of us
7. Barry & Andy, Landman plus 3 others from Smaxoc.
8. Team Robspot - Hopefully sharing my 3 pitches with my CA friends unless my "real" friends actually come. Which would be disappointing.
9. 3 Liverpool Boys,Me,Mike C and Scott plus Stu and Norway Nick. We have quite a few MIA next year. Not in the CA camp but on Blue Nord all the same.

Gents
I promised to send confirmations out today, but have a few issues to resolve. We may have a couple of bookings from non CA members.
If this is the case, they will be cancelled. If you have booked and you are members, then your places are secure. I will get back to you all when these issues are resolved. Bear with me.
Andy
TL

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me BobU and eight other f**kwits
3. DrinkingforHolland. You know who we are, at the moment about 17 people.
4. Team JPC, together with a certain fruity drink!
5. Team YFDS will be making it across The Pond again for another of Delboy's lighters!
6. Team Phat Phuk (previously Team Robbo) 11 of us
7. Barry & Andy, Landman plus 3 others from Smaxoc.
8. Team Robspot - Hopefully sharing my 3 pitches with my CA friends unless my "real" friends actually come. Which would be disappointing.
9. 3 Liverpool Boys,Me,Mike C and Scott plus Stu and Norway Nick. We have quite a few MIA next year. Not in the CA camp but on Blue Nord all the same.
10.  Team Delboy.  Much reduced party of only 3 this year!!

Peter/FS,

I see that you are included here, but I have read elsewhere that matron will not give you a pass?
I sincerely hope that matron is feeling generous............

1. Team Messy (ex) HA-ers. Toby, Perdu, Nick (probably) and Garyfrogeye.
2. Pantyspider Tours. That's me BobU and eight other f**kwits
3. DrinkingforHolland. You know who we are, at the moment about 17 people.
4. Team JPC, together with a certain fruity drink!
5. Team YFDS will be making it across The Pond again for another of Delboy's lighters!
6. Team Phat Phuk (previously Team Robbo) 11 of us
7. Barry & Andy, Landman plus 3 others from Smaxoc.
8. Team Robspot - Hopefully sharing my 3 pitches with my CA friends unless my "real" friends actually come. Which would be disappointing.
9. 3 Liverpool Boys,Me,Mike C and Scott plus Stu and Norway Nick. We have quite a few MIA next year. Not in the CA camp but on Blue Nord all the same.
10.  Team Delboy.  Much reduced party of only 3 this year!!
11. Team LeManszone - approx. 16-18 latest count . Cooling Trailer + sat equipment for the footies

Sorry guys, but why don't I see Team Brethren, Team Melans and Team Zarse in here? ???
:(

Team Murvi will happily relive you of three pitches if any are still available ?

I also wonder about this - other plans?

No other plans as far as I'm aware. Probably, like me, they didn't order them direct with TL. I've been told it's full so far, pending the non-CA issue being resolved or more allocation obtained.

a number of things I suspect...organisational, monetary, and a variety of other things I suspect.

I'll have a chat with Andy when I get a moment - I have a bit of time off at the moment, so can probably organise things :D

Panic Not!!!!!!!!!!!  :)

The Brethren have an order in place, and that covers the requirement of Team Zarse and The Melans as well!!

Rusty is skiing in Italy at the moment (together with Clive, Jim, Trayboy and Andy Zarse........god help Italy!!!) but I've confirmed with Andy at Team Langoustine that all is OK!!

Robspot, I've got you covered, as well as Vegas!

There do appear to be a couple of names in the list that none of us recognise. Does anyone have any idea who Chris Bauer or Kenn Korsarger are??

FYI, I have agreed with Andy at TL to help co-ordinate the allocation once we have the pitch numbers and (alleged) layout. There are several groups I know will want to be next to each other, and similarly there will be some who would prefer a quieter pitch so if anyone has any personal prefernce please do let me know!  :)

I can't locate people that might match those names in the membership list.
Can you give me email address for them?  (Please send via PM or Email.)

t.

Andy at Team Langoustine is asking them for their CA Names to clarify who they are. I wouldn't expect him to share information like email addresses with us due to data protection issues!

Chris Bauer I can vouch for as he is a member of my campsite group which includes several Club Arnage members.  He is contacting Andy with my my membership CA details as he is sorting out our camping tickets for our party as he has the money to pay for the tickets for our group right now, whereas I don't at the moment.

So nothing to worry about there people.  As for Ken Korsarger I can't help you there.

Yep! no problem.   I'll not comment further in the interest of preventing thread creap.   :angel:

t.

How many of you are there Chris?

Six pitches requested, hopefully 3 back to back if possible. Group includes at least 4 Club Arnage members. I have also e mail Andy at TL to explain the reason for Chris Bauer applying on my behalf.

Kenn Korsager? http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3049 (http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3049)

Ade

This is one of his posts a while back

HI
 
I am organising a trip to LM2010 for the Personal commity of my compagni and it seams we will be needing app. 25 laybys. Any idear where i can get that amount of places together without having to pay a massiv overprice?
Was thinking Houx or MB or Bleu

Any advice is welcome

Kenn

If everyone else is catered for then fair enough, otherwise I would say that longer standing members should have priority.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the idea of the CA Camp was for everyone who knows each other to camp together in one big group  ???

Now Kenn and his company are probably very nice people but given that no-one has met him and he's ordered 20 tickets which is over 20% of the total allocation we have then I'm sure regular CAers would be disappointed if they were told there was no room left for them.

Of course I may be wrong. Club Arnage may now just a non-profit making cog in the great ticket allocation wheel whose only role is to make sure that Team Langoustine sell all of their allocation  >:D

It's all irrelevant really as Mark has sorted my allocation for me  ;) Hey, who knows, Kenny Korsarger might be the new Paddy Slabbekorn  ;D

I'm not in the CA/TL campsite (although we're on Bleu) but I agree with Robspot - it's a CA camp, not a cheap way to get onto BN.  How about first come first served but with a minimum no. of posts - say 100 - for at least one member of the party?   Then after a month if all the pitches aren't sold to regulars then open it up to newbies?

That is just about the most sensible thing ever suggested by a member of this forum.

Thats what I thought; a way of trying to make sure that everyone was en mass to spank liver and kidneys like never before! Me and the messy houx folk are sorted but if I am allowed to express a preference then I would rather see the usual suspects from the forum being given priority over others; if you can be arsed to post throughout the year (and in other years) then that should be recognised!

Hey, just my 2$

As I said - doesn't affect me at all but I'm not sure that I detected any squabbling, just a little surprise that the CA camp might not be what it says on the tin.  But as I won't be there, I don't care either way.
I'm sure everybody's really grateful to TL for their help, whatever.

I understand what you're saying Peter but with tha amount of lurkers that we have  how easy would it be for one of them to claim to be a long standing member of CA,take advantage of Andy's good will to us, buy up a mass of tickets and stick them on e-bay. It would be so easy to make a killing especially as Andy is not insisting that we buy overpriced GA's from him
I'm not suggesting for one minute that Kenn would do this but I think that there should be a modicum of policing to ensure that no-one takes advantage of TL and emmbarises CA

Hear, hear

Surely we can just limit the number of tickets any one person can purchase??
Some of us have put time & effort into getting this camp on BN via TL sorted and it would be a shame to see it fall apart!

Hi Guys,
I think it is time for me to write a little on this tread as well. As some of you already have figured out I am behind the “Kenn Korsager” booking. It has been quite interesting to follow the debate on the subject. I know that it can be a bit of an invasion if a large group of outsiders comes and wants in, but I really don’t feel that we would be that different from the rest of you. My group will be a group of colleges (app. 60) both Le Mans veterans and Le Mans virgins. As some of you have mentioned it could look like a way to get cheap access to BN to book via TL/CA. this has never been intended, but as you all know the ACO can be a pain in the a…. That’s the reason I contacted Andy at TL to see if he could help me out. He asked if I was I CA member, and according to the truth, answered that I was.
If I should have some extras, the plan has been to sell them via the “sell or swop” forum on this site, as I find those who want to profit on their tickets to be bastards.
As I hope this has spread some light on who my group and I am I hope you will remember that a stranger often is friend you haven’t meet yet. First round will be on us… :)
Yours Kenn Korsager

Have all the pitches been taken yet, may require 10, for our party of 30 from Belfast.

Thanks Mark, you put our minds at rest whilst we were skiing, the fact that we might not have any tickets nearly made us turn to the drink... ;)

Kenn, thanks for your message and your honesty. To be fair that is a very large party and I'd say that you'd be less like guests and more like hosts as you'd be easily the largest group. 60 people is a huge number and inevitably you guys would dominate.

The original arrangement with TL was so that some regulars on this forum, who are all close friends (and their connected parties), could get a decent pitch. I understand what you are saying about LM friends just being people you haven't met yet but meeting your ticket requirement really isn't what the original allocation was designed for. I would be surprised if there are anything like enough tickets left for you.

Bloody ACO, they couldn't organise a shag in a brothel.

Good luck,

Andy

Well I was too slow to respond to the TL offer, and hence will not be on BN this year  :'(

Time to think of a plan B........  ???

If someone who has been a member of CA since 2003, with over 600 posts, can't get tickets because 25% of the allocation have been taken by a relative newcomer, then somethings gone badly wrong somewhere. :(

Well, Peter, that would be the same for the brethren then and team JPC etc. etc. I am not offended in any way by your remark and do understand your point. However, the people from our group not posting on this forum are friends with almost everyone who does post here from all te various CA groups that do join in at Le Mans. Policing this issue would be very difficult!

I'm sure that Kenn and his pals are delightful and I hope to meet you all, but I tend to agree with Barry - it's a crying shame when people we don't know are catered for and Christopher and his like are not.  Was this the original point of the block booking - I thought it was so you could be all mates together, was it not?

Like all things in life, there is never going to be a way that is fair to everyone as everyone has different views. If it was a fair world we would all be able to buy the tickets that we want from the ACO and not have to endure the lottery system that they have now.

So basically a first come, first serve system is going to have to be the fairest way for such things. So long as your group contains a Club Arnage member, then they are ok to buy pitches on the Club Arnage site. It would be wrong to put a restriction on who can apply for a pitch by the number of years they have been a member or number of posts.

That would be being elite ist and then who would decide where to draw the line, as Club Arnage is a forum for everybody, its not an army or organisation with a pecking order.

Lets not lose sight of the fact that the camp site isn't ours, its the ACO's campsite and we or in fact Team Langoustine only have an allocation for pitches on the site which they chose to offer via the Club Arnage forum first. So it should be up to Team Langoustine to ultimately decide who they accept applications from, so long as they meet the critetia of being a Club Arnage member or part of a group which includes Club Arnage memebrs.

Some members for example have been registered on the forum for years, but for their own reasons have chosen not to post on the forum but do read and keep up with whats going on, on a daily basis. The reasons they don't get invloved with posting is because of all the silly bickering so they would preffer to keep their distance.

It also tickles me to think that it was only 3 years ago that alot of people on this forum looked down their noses on the Bleu Nord campsite and were disgusted at the prospect of being put on there instead of Maison Blanche.

For some of us, Bleu Nord has been our campsite of choice for over 10 years because we wanted to be on there, but now that Maison Blanche is not longer available and everyone else has been trying to get on Bleu Nord as the only alternative its made our life more difficult.

It would be interesting to know how many people that are on BN now would bolt at the first opportunity and go back to MB if they were offered tickets.

Jesus. What have i missed. Well, about 3 months i think. New houses, you got to love em . . or paint, strip, re-paint, re-plumb blah blah blah.

All this comes back to one thing. The ACO are sh*t. What on earth happened to asking for a sensible amount of tickets from them, and then using them.

Thanks should go to Andy at Team L for even offering these tickets.

But stop the moaning. Anyone can put on 100 posts quickly, and just write complete rubbish, or talk long and old tales of bull pooh.

Those who are organised enough to ask ealy, should get tickets. Those who aren't  . . . . .

I best go back to lurking or having a few months off from posting now.

Still got to sort the garden . . . .

Robbo out.

Gents
I hope we can put this to bed with a little good news.
Firstly TL is just like CA. We are a group of guys who found that to get the sites and stands we wanted without the ACO lottery, we had to go about it in a commercial manor. This is primarily why we have allocated our entire Bleu Nord allocation to CA. So I totally understand the disappointment when some of the CA regulars are unable to join the majority in BN.
All of the members who have approached me for places have been allocated on a first come first served basis. as far as I am concerned, this is the fairest.
One regular group in particular has missed out. This was due to a error on my part. One of your members ' Pedersenkorsager ' has been kind enough to reduce his request to enable this group to be given their original requested number of passes.
We still have a request in place for an increase with the ACO, but until I hear from them, here is a list of all those allocated places.

Derek Appleyard   3
Peter Catchpole   2
Barry Redford   4
Werner Kirschman   12
Chris Bauer   6
Marius Longtall   8
Paul Robertson   4
Bob Underwood   4
Mark Every   10
Kenn Korsarger   12
Paul Nicholls   1
Tom Gamble   4
Russell Pearman   20

You will each receive an email confirming this, but I hope you can now start planning for 2010.

Andy
TL

I have been emailing with Andy at TL, and to meet the demand from other CA users we agreed that I will be holding 12 tickets instead of 20. This should meet the demand at the moment. I hope that TL will be able to get some extra pitches, or we just have to move closer together. (This might not be bad, as there might be a few girls…..)
I am sorry if any of you have had the feeling that I was pushing you out. As said earlier this has never been intended.
I think the debate on the subject of who and how many tickets can be obtained by a member has been constructive, and I think that it would be a good thing to write up some guidelines for next year. (Even if this means that I might not be able to buy tickets this way)
See you in France
Kenn

Peace has returned and good sense prevailed!

ups, can see that Andy is typing faster than me ;)

Hi Kenn you might have been a bit more welcome if you had said earlier that you were bringing girls along :-)

I am not bothered either way as I am not going... BUT, does anyone have spare MB for the Classic as myself and Dr Sconefinger and gang are without... thanks if you can help or have info.

Hope you all have a wonderful June anyway.

>Martini...LB

Just a thought.

Seeing as pretty much everyone is on BN next year what are the chances of the Friday Night Party happening again  ??? ;D

I know my brain was in meltdown, but didn't it happen this year?
Prehaps it was just a dream?

There was some kind of partying going on this year on fridaynight, but not as big organised as in previous years. This was partly due to lack of funds on our side, but also the unsurity in security for the gear we would have to bring down for it. And by the way things are looking at for 2010, we won't be able to pull it off also then. But big party/small party, we'll have a great time anyway.

Crikey i havent been on CA for a couple of weeks and its all gone BN crazy!

Unfortunately Est and I wont be able to make it to LM next year as we have to work at another race but if for any reason this changes then we'll be there with bells on  :D

Hope you all get to camping passes you want  :-* x

Thanks for the support Debs and Barry, and I generally agree with Chris24.

I have been on BN for several years now, and in the past BS, KN, Houx and HA. In fact, one of the few I have not been on is MB! So not sure I would be making a bolt if it was offered.

Anyway, I understand the principle of first come first serve. Obviously our group were slower to decide if LM 2010 was a goer or not, hence we lost out.

As I said, time to think of a plan B..... ??? Something will hopefully present itself.

I certainly did not want to be the one to start another heated discussion on here.

I booked the moment I saw Barry's post about this but still got BN - maybe we'll all be there for that also?

I hope this is one of them and that she has lots of friends. Whilst following this young lady it took me longer than ever before to walk from Dunlop to tertra Rouge ;D This has to be the best positioned Danish flag ever.

Hi Marius,

IMHO for a DfH Friday party a lack of funds should not be a killer. I'm close to 100 % sure that if you announce a DfH Friday party and ask for pre-payment - like you did 2 or 3 years ago by selling these orange Party-hats (if I remember correctly) - many  of the CA regulars would happily jump in. Pre-payment from my team LeMansZone would not be an issue . We enjoyed he DfH Friday bash very much and appreciate the effort you have put in it. If Team LemansZone can be of any help in the organisation of a Friday Nite Big Bang - lets get in touch by email.

Cheers

Werner - who is looking forward to the 5th edition of the CA LM Guide, his 24th Le Mans, the 2nd BN CA Camp and hopefully a Friday Nite Bing Bang

Thats what I was meaning. Mobile bar and all that jazz  ;D ;D ;D

Wonder where her pass is??

I can see both of them   ;D  ;D

I am sure that with so many CA people on one site, it should be possible to do this, but it will take a truck to get the equipment down to le mans. It also takes lots of effort to construct everything on site. With fewer people in the group that takes a higher toll, also arriving on wednesday means constructing everything on that day, while on MB we always started on monday. I think it can be done, but it would mean more effort from the other groups then just supporting the cause with funds!

Well, since DFH will be on BN, that would be where it should be erected. It does however take considerable planning, which will need to include a general CA area. This would mean that all big groups should sacrifice a pitch, (four should do it, in total that is). That is why I mentioned that it will take a lot more effort then just money!

This is just my view on things, I am not attending 2010 so I don't have a say in it anyway, but in my opinion it would take a well coordinated CA effort to achieve a friday night party like we used to throw on MB. And to be fair, coordination is not a strong point of CA, lol.

She didnt need one. classic distraction technique.

We use it every year ourselves!

Coordinated and CA in the same sentence???  :P :o ;D

Greetings one and all. It's been a long time since I have posted on here as I still can't get access on my home system for what ever feccking reason that is.

I can confirm that the Brethren will be on BN in force again along with the Zarses and a depleted Melans squad ( sadly ). Mark is also bringing his'68 Charger down for the first time so bring your earplugs. ( check out the  "one of these days thread.." if you haven't seen the vid, it's fecking awesome. )
JPC, thanks for the tip off regarding us missing off the list whilst we were drinking, I mean skiing. Andymac sorted that out for us. Very strange as I had put my original request in with him many months ago, oh well, all sorted now.

Still not sure about the Popemobile as I believe Rex is now using it as a chicken coop or S+M dungeon or somefink, so it'll need some serious work done and fast if it is going to make it. I've booked the usual transit as a precautionary measure and we'll be stopping in Rouen on the Sunday again for a bit of r+r after another week of debauchery.

I must get this nonsense with my home system sorted soon so that I can get on here more often. Evrything other website works except CA, very strange business indeed.

All the best everyone.

Rusty

One of these days thread.....

http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=9945.0

Andy @ TL has two spare tickets come available within the CA camp
email him: theguys@teamlangoustine.com

Now sold.

Thanks

Hi guys, I've just managed to get the two spare tickets from Andy, and this year will be my first with Club Arnage. I normally get independent tickets but the ACO are just getting worse, can't say more due to the bad language rules, !"£$%^&*() gits. Hope to see what CA has to offer and meet some new motorheads.

p.s. Thanks to redstu for the heads up.

BN Tickets now appearing on Eb*y,if your in the sh*t

Just wondering if there is any more CA Camp plots left

After 2 weeks of broadband hell I am back!!! >:D
The last few months have been sh*t but things are moving again....... Those that doubted the arrival of a legendary show piece should ......
xx

Good to see you back, Your Lordship.
Thought it had been quiet recently, with no news from Pigpen Towers.

Does this mean that we'll be seeing......  :o the Popemobile in June.

I was starting to wonder if it was being treated like a piece of fine art and had been locked up in bank vault ;D

 I ve made up my mind and I won't to go and sleep rough this and camp it. This is my first time camping @ Le Mans I've always gone with a organized trip on my own. Now I won't to meet up with the CA Camp and get the true le mans atmosphere in me. So for 1 how much is it to camp and 2nd how many people from CA camp on average every year. Also how secure are your valuables like Passports etc in the campsite.

Hi there,

if you've never camped on your own at LM have a look at the 2009 edition of the CA Guide, you can downlaod it at http://www.clubarnage.com/caguide/caguide2009.pdf. There's a lot about camping in there. As far as campsite tickets are concerned you're a little bit late, but it always worth to have a look at the sell and swap section of this forum.

Cheers

Werner

Full steam ahead.... more coal in the boiler smithers!  Here we come!! ;D ;D ;D

 i've got a ticket off delboy

Just managed to get 5 T23 grandstand tickets from the ACO-website, now still trying to find some space on Blue Nord ... 
If anyone has some spares for BN of even better the CA-camp, pm please ... Could do with 2 (arriving on Monday) and buy parking space on Blanc for those who arrive later in the week.

I suggest earplugs and wet suits............ things are moving....... Its gonna be sexy! And I mean real sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:D>:D

Airline booked.... See ya in June. Cheers!!!!

I spoke to Robspot today, subject to permission from head office spot he could with us for a whole week. That is "Subject" to approval and I believe he has  3 Rob spots......... and now he is half the man we knew.... the Gimp better watch out, he may have competition!!

Ladies and Gents
I am not sure if this post is against CA rules, but it is a genuine offer to CA members only.

The ACO have given TL a second allocation of race tickets. These include blocks in most stands and we would like to offer CA members a block of seats together.
I recommend Sommer T16. It is in my opinion the best stand for views. At the exit of the pits, opposite a large TV screen and excellent view of the Dunlop chicane.
£90 per seat or £150 inc GE pass. We can also supply GE passes only at £60.
This is pretty much cost and covers postage.

If you fancy other grandstands, please give me a call.

I might well take three off your hands Andy.  If they cost more (ironically) to send to France, let me know.

Thanks Termietermite.
Anyone else fancy a decent spot to watch the race without the argy bargy?

Hi Andy.

Three for me please, I will pm you

gary

Well thats done it!!
Ferry Booked Pompy Le Harve, Wednesday 8.30 and back Monday 18.30 wit Motorcycle, a fine spot in the company of Mr Underwood and Co booked,  Blo*dy Tally Ho, Looking forward to it, startin to get excited!!   ;D ;D ;D

Great to see other CA's in the stand ;D, it's a great location, had seats in the there for the last 5 races.

And by all accounts we're in a block together so can we can all hold hands too. ;D

if youse lot are trying to make me feel bad...

it's working

have a great time chaps and chapesses

I'll be there next year honest

"bloody grandstand tickets now, what's the world coming to? doillies at tea? Silver cake stands?"

Haven't you ever been to Expo Bill?  Its all of that and more!   ;D

F

Anyone in the CA Camp going to have access to TV for the England/USA footie? My better half wont come without it being shown. She was disappointed enough that Bill's not coming, not having the football would be enough to make her stay at home - Grandstand ticket or no grandstand ticket!

Going to have a word with Paddy - I have just bought a projector which would be good for showing the game if used in one of his massive army tents, I'm sure I have a Sky dish at my folks place - and I have a freesat sky + box which could be used - we should be sorted then.

We can do something Brad, but I'd speak to me about it instead of Paddy. ;) He's not that technical you know. ;)

And we're not bringing armytents anyway, first and last time we did that was in '06!

Emailed you Marius

Might have missed something on the thread but do we know where on BN the marvellous encampment is going to be?  I haven't booked via the thread, as our usual BN allocation has put us in Zone B this year - just interested to see how far I'll have to stagger to be amongst friends  ;D

MG Mark 

Believe we will find out at the end of the month.

ITS OFFICIAL !    :o

FLIGHTS BOOKED !   ;D

I AM ON MY WAY !  8)

Hurrah!!!

It will be good to see you this side of the pond again.
Are you camping at Camp C'Arnage?
If so get your name on the liver transplant list before you leave, it will save time when you get back. ;)
I believe the 2 Sommer grandstand tickets I have are yours, which I will deliver with a cold beer, or a pint of fine English ale in 47 days time.

Camp CA it is.Should be there Weds. afternoon,that is unless Pieter gets lost again.
I am absolutely pissing myself with anticipation ! ;D
Yes,2 sommer grandstand tix are mine.Thanks Wooley !    NICE ASS !

Good to hear Randy. Don,t forget we have a dinner date on saturday evening ;)

Pieter has an unbraekable system of getting there

Follow the black peugeot of some friends in front of him.

Problem was that after a toll gate he started following a black peugeot with a france number plate instead of a dutch plate.

Tom Tom wil help.

Hey Randy, thought you were sandbaging, great news, look forward to seeing  you there!

Thats great news and looking forward to seeing you twice in one year again. Be great to see you and any other sebringer's at this side of the pond. :)

Good news Randy.  Be sure to fill up your luggage with old skool Pontiac V8 and Chevy LS1 speed parts  ;D

We were already concidering a Convoy from the Netherlandss, might be wise to guide Vrong Vay.  ;D On the other hand, he claims to have Satnav nowadays.  :P

Has SatNav now,  sounds fun.  

Like some people I know, they don't know how to program it, or even have Europe map on it and does not even listen or look at it!

But as they say, looks good on their dashboard  ;D

Great.  Americans.  ::)



 ;D

See you there, Randy!  :cheers:

Who needs a satnav to ge to Le Mans, man I could drive that blindfolded and drunk!

don't you do that every year? :D

Anyone know when the campsites will be open ?  Mondaymorning or already on Sunday with the first day of scrutineering being then ?
We're thinking of leaving here on Saturday night, so we can get to both scrutineering days like last year.  If campsites only open untill Monday, the parking at the Carrefour will do  ;D

MB on monday morning they open the gates.

BN also on monday morning. They always dump a pile of mud in front of the "gate" and remove it on monday morning.

Ladies and gents.
Your CA campsite passes in Bleu Nord have arrived here at TL.
Rusty is helping us sort who goes where, (so be nice to him) then I expect the ticket packs to be in the post next Monday.
However, some of you will be meeting at the 'Three Frogs' in Wokingham on the 28th and I intend to be there to give out as many ticket packs as possible.
So, I need a list of those with a booking with us who are likely to attend the Frogs.
A little bit of personal service ( and saves me the recorded delivery fees).
Andy
TL

Me for 4 camping tickets please!

Hi Andy,

just in case you or someone from TL is in Spa for the LMS next sunday then I could pick up my tickets there

Cheers

Werner

Sorry Werner
Stuck in Blighty!

Hi Andy

I will definitely NOT be at the Frogs, so wouold like my tickets mailed please.

Thanks
Del

Will collect my 4 at the frogs. Cheers

Hi Andy

Barry and I will be at the Frogs we'll collect there
Thank you

Andy,

I'm there, but my tickets are part of Barry/Andy's order, but it'll be good to meet in any event.

Paul/Landman

Just as a matter of intrest, were is the CA camp on BN. Just so I know how far I have to struggle home to our camp,when I've had a drink or two. We are also on BN.


Mike.

Hi Andy,

I'll be @ The Three Frogs.

t.

Rusty is still having problems logging onto this site from home, so here is the map of the CA Camp allocation for Bleu Nord for thsioe of us that ordered via Team Langoustine (Thanks again Andy!!!)

Please note!!!!! The numbers on the camping pitches themselves do not match with the reference numbers along the top of the map! We've asked Andy to check with the ACO which numbers are correct. The allocations therefore may be subject to alteration should the map not be accurate!

If you have any questions or problems, please direct them through me as Rusty won't be able to pick messages up!

MAP REMOVED AS IT WAS WRONG!!!

Damn Mark, you're way to close again!  ;D

Looking forward to it already!

is there anyone who has a map showing where the camps and track is. Cant orientate the small sitemap.

Kenn

It's between the airfield & the track.

Airfield to the west, track to the east.

south side of the camp is Route de la Heronierre.

Does this place the pitches closer to the road or at the back of the nord?

if its the same as last year, closer to the road, airfield is other end.  But there is still a big carpark before you get to the road, so was OK.

The small portion of the map that we have does lookm like it's the same layout as last year so the top of the map will be nearest the airfield and the botton of the map nearest the piece of Bleu parking that we would walk through to the entrance at Maison Banche. Last year there was a pathway straight through our area that worked rather well  :)

I feel like we will have a few early mornings hangovers coming on.........  >:D

Nothing new there then Andy!!  ;D

F

Last years map showing all of BN: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rvNu8cTjn0qphOgdsVFK6rg&ui=2#gid=0 (http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rvNu8cTjn0qphOgdsVFK6rg&ui=2#gid=0)

No Rick? Presumebly he didn't get the 4 tickets he was after.

He has Robspot's 3 and the odd yellow one of mine giving him a cluster of 4 next to you and I Bob!

Good news. I'm glad he is sorted.

Mark - can you please see that I get the spot farthest to the East so that my walk to/from the tram is shorter?  ;D

IGNORE THE MAP!!!!!!

Just heard from Rusty! The ticket numbers have actually been allocated somewhere different!

We're getting the new map and looking at what tickets are available where, but it sounds like they are actually in two seperate blocks!!

More to follow as wqe know it!!

For those with a Foorball intrest during Le Mans, spoke to Werner, he's bringing a beamer and anything to goes with it, and we can watch footy at TeamLeMansZone. Just bring a few beers over with you, and see if you can get them as wobbly as they where last saturdaynight. ;D

Well that saves me doing it :) I might bring my beamer just to make sure - the last thing you want is 300 football supporters waiting on a broken projector :)

Hi Brad

We'll bring all what's needed: Canvas, a beamer, a 60 cm sattelite dish and a digital sat receiver. Having your beamer as a back-up in case ours breaks down would be excellent. What outputs (e.g. DVI, HDMI, cinch) does your beamer have so I can bring the right connecting cables?

Cheers

Werner

Just a quick update from me as I can actually get on here at the moment.

As Mark has already mentioned, the original map I was supplied by Andy at TL turned out to be last year's pitches when he check all the numbered tickets he has against the initial layout I was proposing. So it has been back to the drawing board unfortunately.

Mark is quite right in saying that it turns out that we now have 3 large blocks, 2 together but the third one is now seperated by a couple of fire breaks from the others, not a disaster, more a bleeding nuisance. ( typical ACO the cry goes ). Anyways, not a lot we can do about that unfortunately so Mark and I are getting a few thoughts together to sort the allocations out and will post again in the next day or so.

Andy at TL is looking to send out the tickets to those who what them posted at the end of this week so we have a little time to make the layout work for everyone hopefully, the rest he'll distribute at The Three Frogs on the 28th.

Rusty

We're also bringing some kit - so between us we'll have a backup and a main meeting point. 
Details to be revealed in plenty of time for England games - this is going to be real special though :)

My beamer has (from memory), VGA, SVHS/S-Video and component inputs -- but im not sure the component inputs work - so stick with plug and play

We'll be up and running with satellite/tv as well Brad, so you can plug your beemer into any of the available holes.

 :o

On a serious note though, Wooly and I have been hatching a plan - we're going to give it a trial run at the weekend - so I'll see you then anyway.

I think it's safe to announce that the camp will have a Bretheren World Cup football party on Saturday though, followed by the midnight gathering at the Porsche Curves, followed by....well...whatever you like really....

sweet

excellent developments!

can't wait ;D

Ladies and gents.
Would you all mind making it easy for me and complete the following table.
Next to your names, could you write Frogs or post so that I know what to do with your packages. Also, if you have selected post and you have not confirmed your postal address, now is the time to send me an email. Thanks in advance and see you in France.

   Derek Appleyard
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford
   Werner Kirschman
   Chris Bauer
   Marius Langtall
   Paul Robertson
   Bob Underwood
   Mark Every
   Kenn Korsarger
   Paul Nicholls
   Tom Gamble
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus
   Ben Harris

   Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford
   Werner Kirschman
   Chris Bauer
   Marius Langtall
   Paul Robertson
   Bob Underwood
   Mark Every
   Kenn Korsarger
   Paul Nicholls
   Tom Gamble
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus
   Ben Harris

   Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford
   Werner Kirschman
   Chris Bauer
   Marius Langtall
   Paul Robertson
   Bob Underwood
   Mark Every
   Kenn Korsarger
   Paul Nicholls
   Tom Gamble - Frogs
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus
   Ben Harris

   Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford
   Werner Kirchmann - Post
   Chris Bauer
   Marius Langtall - Post
   Paul Robertson - Frogs
   Bob Underwood - Frogs
   Mark Every
   Kenn Korsarger - Post
   Paul Nicholls
   Tom Gamble - Frogs
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus- Post
   Ben Harris

   Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford
   Werner Kirchmann - Post
   Chris Bauer - Post
   Marius Langtall - Post
   Paul Robertson - Frogs
   Bob Underwood - Frogs
   Mark Every
   Kenn Korsarger - Post
   Paul Nicholls
   Tom Gamble - Frogs
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus- Post
   Ben Harris

Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford   -Frogs
   Werner Kirchmann - Post
   Chris Bauer - Post
   Marius Langtall - Post
   Paul Robertson - Frogs
   Bob Underwood - Frogs
   Mark Every
   Kenn Korsarger - Post
   Paul Nicholls
   Tom Gamble - Frogs
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus- Post
   Ben Harris

Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford   -Frogs
   Werner Kirchmann - Post
   Chris Bauer - Post
   Marius Langtall - Post
   Paul Robertson - Frogs
   Bob Underwood - Frogs
   Mark Every
   Kenn Korsarger - Post
   Paul Nicholls - Post
   Tom Gamble - Frogs
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus- Post
   Ben Harris

Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford   -Frogs
   Werner Kirchmann - Post
   Chris Bauer - Post
   Marius Langtall - Post
   Paul Robertson - Frogs
   Bob Underwood - Frogs
   Mark Every - Frogs
   Kenn Korsarger - Post
   Paul Nicholls - Post
   Tom Gamble - Frogs
   Russell Pearman
   Rob Walston - Frogs
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus- Post
   Ben Harris

Thanks Everyone.
I have your details now. Unless you have opted to collect from the Frogs, your passes will be issued within the next 48Hrs.

Hopefully I'll find time to pop over and have a beer with you and feel free to do the same.
Regards and have a great LeMans.

Andy

Thnx Andy!

Thanks very much Andy, that's very much appreciated. Can't wait now...

Excellent service. Thanks Andy. ACO, watch, take notice and learn.

They won't Bob U, as you have missed something - They are   FRENCH  ::)

thanks Andy

any chance of at map over the campsites like the last time?

would be fun to see where everyone is

Kenn

Hi,

Found extra BN tickets on dutch e-bay.

Zone H Row 1 number 67 / 69.

They ar selling one of these 3 tickets for 57 euro's.

They only need 2.


I dont know if these numbers are near / connected to our places.



.

Just got mine delivered (thanks Andy).

I'm on Zone D rangs 3,4,5, Place 64

 Del

Tickets have safely arrived - Thanks a lot, Andy!

We now have Zone D Rang 10-15, Place 64 and 65 each Rang

Is this nearer to the toilet blocks / water supply than last year - I remember we were in Zone C then - ?


Cheers

Werner

Gents
Speak nicely to Mark or Russell and i'm sure they will post up the site plan of who is where etc.

Here you go!

Thanks Mark,

strange though  - I thought we would be placed all together in one area...

Cheers

Werner

Yes, but unfortunately the ACO move in mysterious ways!!!!!

Maybe so, but also thought it was going to be a complete CA encampment - who has the brown placements in the centre 78 to 92?

Me too, thought there would be some kind of area exclusive for CA ...

Dont kill the messenger.

We appreciatte the time and effort stuck into it.

Now we have 2 bloks. No problem.



.

The brown area is where the pitches were last year, which is what Andy at Team Langoustine thought we would be getting again this year! Just thought it would be useful for people to see where they are this year!

Thanks for the clarification Mark, Just goes to show, there the the best laid plans of Men and Mice...and then theres the ACO!

Shame we won't be on the other block's doorstep but I'm sure we'll hear them from where we are and vice versa. Dare say we may even run into each other for a beer once or twice  ;D

Dare say.
I agree,and meet and have beers with everyone in between. ;D

Fire lane 97 In between Bretheren and DFH wil be blocked for trafic i suppose.



.

Team JPC I notice is where we were last year.  Beware in that every passer by thinks this is the loo as there is a "convenient" lamp post on the corner (why do guys always need something to pee against?) so it smelt like a sewage farm (no, they didn't stop at urinating) by Sunday night.  I did my best Froggy fishwife act several times over the week but it didn't work very well with the Brits..... ::)

Might I suggest that you make sure you bring some tape or something to keep people away from said post?  Or even wire it up to a genny or something so it's live....

Now that I would pay to watch ;D

Just leave mark on the corner....when they hear the noise coming out of his mouth they won't even think about peeing anywhere near :)   :P

Pot.

Kettle.

Black.

I just received an envelope from England. :)

Thnx guys!

Thanks for the warning!!! Although it could also be quite handy if we can get Werner to tap into the supply for us!! :-)

Now, how to rig an electric fence........

Hmm,

My neighbour has some fencing that he uses to keep the foxes away from his chickens.

Works off a 12V battery.

Is 12v direct to the penis should work, shouldn't it?

Maybe I should talk to him and borrow the fence again?  ;D

You could always try it out later :o

I can see the conversation now:

Geoff: "i'm just popping up to Landmans house to test the new fence darling"

Wife: "the what?"

Geoff:  "the new fence - we're going to see if we can electrocute each others genitals with it"

Wife:  "pardon me?"

Geoff:  "yes - I'm going to my friends house to fiddle about with his penis and see if I can shock it"

Wife:  "I'm going to see our solicitor in the morning"......

Just don't mention the chickens, eh?  :P

I did say you not we  btw.... 

Mark, may I suggest you contact Brian Sheehan at 1st Tickets next year as he will be able to get you all together!! I gave up with the ACO a few years ago because of the hassle with campsites/pitches, we now use 1st Tickets each year and get exactly what we want every time, along with excellent service and competitive price. This year they have sold over 1,000 campsite tickets so a bit a clout with the ACO compared to you or I buying 50 here and there.

Just a thought as I am sure they will be able to help you and get the allocation for CA altogether.

See you in Blue Nord, we our located in zone E rang 27-35 place 55-56 (18 places)

Simon

Hi Simon

We all actually moved to a small agency, Team Langoustine, this year. They have been really helpful, excellent with communication and reasonably priced for the camping tickets. They have also let us buy the camping passes without the need to purchase GA's at inflated prices too!

Unfortunately however, the ACO let them down with their allocation, hence the 90 pitches being seperated!

See you there in a couple of weeks!!! :-)

You get used to it....
H

I'm not sure we will all get a re-mortgage to pay for the GA's!!  ;D

first, I understand you don't have to buy GA's from 1st tickets to get the campsite pass as we have done exactly this in the past, secondly the last couple of years we have also purchased the GA's from 1st tickets at a very reasonable fee, and lastly we are all together in exactly the place where we want to be, so all round an excellent service, that's priceless!!

Derek Appleyard - Post
   Peter Catchpole
   Barry Redford   -Frogs
   Werner Kirchmann - Post
   Chris Bauer - Post
   Marius Langtall - Post
   Paul Robertson - Frogs
   Bob Underwood - Frogs
   Mark Every - Frogs
   Kenn Korsarger - Post
   Paul Nicholls - Post
   Tom Gamble - Frogs
   Russell Pearman -Frogs
   Rob Walston - Frogs
   Hedley Watson
   Deborah Dudley
   Gary Lazarus- Post
   Ben Harris



See you guys in Wokingham on Friday    ;D.

Gents
I will be at the Frogs at 8ish with your envelopes.
I am afraid I cannot stay very long, but long enough for a pint and a chat.

See you there.
Andy

Boss of the Brethren visiting the sticks?
We better be on our best behaviour then. ;D

 ;D

Just received my tickets !
BN Zone D Rang 19 Pl 64-65

8 days 'till lift-off  ;D

Good time to test that fence wire then  ;D

>Martini...LB

First test run

Bleu Nord - Streetly Annexe


ready to rock'n...weep

 :'(

have good times chaps

all I'll be able to do is TV for LM updates tent and sleeping bag

and England - USA

and Canadian GP

and gallons of Tesco Lager at cut prices

( I think I'd swap all for some lukewarm Kronenburgs, lungs full of dust and the best company around)