Club Arnage

So overdue to start this thread

I will be leaving Norway and Starting my trip down the friday a week before and be camping with the Liverpool boys in Blue Nord

cant wait  :)

Nick

5 or 7 of us driving down on Wednesday via the tunnel, hoping to be on site at Bleu Nord by 17:00:00, beers open by 17:00:01

3 more arriving from Luxembourg on Thursday

Departing BN late Sunday afternoon heading up to Chartres and staying there for a good sh*t shower & shave as well as a curry and beers.

Heading back to Blighty on Monday after stocking up with wine at Cité de Europe and dodging the migrants at Coquelles.

6 of us, 3 brits, 1 saffa and 2 yanks, and meeting 2 or 3 Frencies there. (Will be like the UN on our camp!)
Overnight Pompey to Le Havre Sunday 12th back on Monday 20th.

Staying on our usual BSJ just inside the Porsche Curves.

Stickered up Maz6, Mercedes Van and Peppermint coloured Fiat 600 (Yes the 1960 one!).

Watch out for the traditional fancy dress for Friday's drivers parade.

Flying Gherkin Motorsport.

Me and she out on the Tuesday night Pompey - Caen, staying Tertre Rouge until our Monday night return Caen - Pompey.

Renaultsport Clio 200 Silverstone GP

Stickers arrived, Euros stashed!

Out overnight 13/6 Monday Pompey/St Malo.
Back Chunnel 20/6 Monday afternoon.
Staying at Camp C'Arnage with Robbo's crew.
Fiat Grand Punto Turbo, aka 'the lemon drop'

Thanks Nick for starting this thread.
Once again looks like the Usual Suspects will be attending  ;D
Tom & I are giving the Chunnel a try this year.
A bit of a detour through Belgium and the Somme to pay our respects at some cemeteries/ battlefields.
Arriving BN Tuesday before sunset to join CampUN.
Phil

Tres Hombres Racing, me, AJW and Pete.
Wednesday night Holiday Inn, Folkestone
Thursday 08.20 shuttle, arrive Houx early pm.
Look for old school CA flag!
Depart Sunday after the race, overnight Kyriad Hotel, Calais seafront
10.20 shuttle back to Blighty on Monday.
Dark grey BMW

Odd - was only thinking about  the post the other day - top man

So - Evil Sam & Neil
Will be starting our run South
DFDS Ferry
out- Mon 13th June - Newhaven

back -Mon 20th June - Dippie

on Houx- Tue - same place as last year (all going well)

so all going well about a 1000 mile road trip

Me, Kelly, my brother Dave - BMW E91 325d Touring

Friends Tom & Matt (Matts dutch) - Astra Estate 1.9 cdti (Leaving toms track car a clio 182 at my mums house)

Will be arriving as below & camping with Mr Nopanic, DFH and the usual chaps as usual Oh we are on Houx

Thursday 16th June

Dover to Calais - 1255

Arrive at track friday morning as going to my mums for the night on route

Leave sunday as we are then off to the Nurburgring untill our Return Monday 27th June

Calais to Dover - 1755


** Oh we are on Houx **

DFH

Arriving Wednesday afternoon

Houx

Leaving mondaymorning

Stikkerd up RV with Bitburger Fridge behind.

I guess this makes me the early bird so far.

Arriving on Sunday June 12 at Expo for 10am campsite opening.

Leaving very early on Monday June 20 for train, ferry and home.

argh - no cold beers till Wed !!!!!!!


;)

Leave Friday with a trip to War Museum at Duxford.
Ferry Saturday - Newhaven - Dieppe, meal in Honfleur then stopping in Caen.
Sunday Omaha beach
Monday Pick up trailer then Blu Nord til the following Monday.
Ferry back Tuesday Dieppe to Newhaven

Can't wait

Please to see DFH are still committed.

Can you hire the trailers? - its worth the detour round Luxembourg from here.

An emergency supply of medicinal cold beers will be available in MB, but probably only Heineken

Myself and Andy, in the big black beast (see below).

Newhaven / Dieppe - Tuesday overnight.

Arriving in Houx Wednesday morning, loaded down with bacon.

Camping with DFH, Nopanic, Kev, Jules, Martini etc.

Dieppe / Newhaven - Monday early evening.

600 miles at 10 - 12 mpg.

Howdo.

Me and Newcastle Dave, Gil and Barnsley Mick in the funshine variety bus. Beer in the fridge and bikes hanging off the back.

Poole to C'bourg on the vomit comet Thursday morning (with epic hangovers no doubt after a night with a chap called Charlie who lives in Swanage). Should be on Eppinettes by tea time to.meet up with Dutch Bas.

Buggering back off home on Sunday evening Caen to Pompy

Taking ear plugs this year. Eppinettes isn't far enough from Houx to escape Martini's snoring :-)

Bradders and I in his Merc, out Newhaven / Dieppen Wednesday evening, Arrive BN about Midnight, Me CampUN with Smokie Phil Tom Etc, Brad to the Brethren. Back on night ferry from Dieppe Sunday / Monday.

Some driving up and some coming down camping in BJ free beer to all CAers. In the death star with assoiciated satelite tents with anti snoring devices fitted. Arrive wednesday leave monday.

On Condor to St Malo Monday lunchtime and driving straight to LM should be there 19.30. Or if it is raing will check into a hotel for the night as I do not want to set up a tent in the wet...!
On Houx with Neil & Gang, Steve & Gang, Kev & gang and DFH.
Leaving after race on Sunday to Combourg then leave lunchtime Monday to Guernsey.

Going to Greece for a holiday before that ;D

>Martini...LB

Heading down Tuesday in a blue daimler v8 supercharged saloon, on tunnel 7,20
Staying as usual in tertre rouge

Late flight into CDG Paris from UK on Friday evening. Train in to Le Mans Saturday morning.  Tram or taxi to circuit.

Staying in Houx with No Panic, DFH, Steve Pyro, Martini and Kev mk3.

Bringing my son Alex for his first trip to LM as he would have finished his last GCSE exam on the Friday afternoon. He can spend the Father's Day with me ;D

Return train to CDG Monday lunchtime.

Roll on June🤗

Team Booze n Tabs advance party on Sunday overnight ferry from newhaven, arriving on tertre rouge Monday morning to set up camp.
Rest of us getting Tuesday overnight ferry from newhaven, on site Wednesday morning. Hoping advance party have set up camp for us!!!!

Thursday morning Tunnel. (that sounds like a condition...)
BN for Thursday afternoon, Saveloy will probably be in the boot.
Sunday night in Le Mans centre.
Tunnel again on Monday afternoon.

Can you still buy GE tickets at the turnstiles/entrance?

Certainly could last year, haven't heard of any changes. Only slight issue was that late on Wednesday evening, about 10pm, the only ticket office open was the one up by the main entrance.

glad you asked as I need to buy one to for a member of our party

We're on the 08.20 Thursday. Will look out for you.
Steve

Me & the Missus in the Aston.

Depart Friday 3rd Overnight from Pompey to Caen

Return Tuesday 21st Evening crossing Caen to Pompey

Staying at our usual Hotel.

So, we'll be there for the test weekend, have a break, and then ready for the full race week!

Me and my lot + Elanman and his lot all arriving at various times, via various ferry routes, from Tuesday through to (I expect) Thursday.

For a variety of reasons, our English contingent are all on Epinettes this year, with French friends remaining on BN (so we can return there if the change proves to be unappealing).  It will certainly make the walk to (or rather back from) the Brethren party somewhat more of a challenge than usual!

All leaving post-race on Sunday, some overnighting on the boat back to Portsmouth, others overnighting near Neufchatel-en-Bray, then return ferry from Calais on Monday afternoon.

MG Mark 

I see from Google Maps that the annual roadworks in Rouen have started.  Google report no other works in Normandy.

No change there then  ;D  ;D

Sidney and my self to meet up with Lofty bloke and the rest on Wed staying in BSJ. Travelling down via the Chunnel and back again on the Monday.

First party are heading down on the Tuesday. That'll be Dad and his other half, hopefully in the Mk2 Jag but its still in the process of being rebuilt. They might be heading down with another couple but I don't know.

Second party are heading down on the Wednesday - Dover/Calais/LeMans via the old scenic route (non-peage) most likely...its been requested. That'll be me in the Quantum (as long as it passes the MOT in a couple of weeks), Two Rob's in a Bora, My brother and ?? in a Jetta, My other brother and ?? in ?? (possibly Mk1 Golf), and maybe Ben in his work van aka mobile fridge. But he might be meeting us there.

All will be wearing the 24H roundels, all staying on Epinettes, all heading back on Monday. Most planning on buying GE on the gate so I hope we can get them when we're there!

Say hi if you see/pass us!

Tristan (Mr T) and I will be travelling via Pompy overnight on Tuesday. Back Sunday.

We'll spend Tuesday on the Normandy beeches before I pass a paper map over and enjoy the scenic route.

We will be staying on Houx where I hope/will have a flag  ;D
Mr T claims to be busy next year (exams) so will need to get two years worth this year, so if you see him not dancing/drinking a beer, please help.

Aricus

Dover - Calais ferry  fri pm 17th
Back on the 20 th in time to get me ballot paper !!  ;D

Out on Tuesday night, Newhaven- Dieppe returning early Monday morning. Staying on Tetre Rouge. Honda CRV with 4 and the trailer tent. 4 others arriving later on motorcycles. Still raising money for charity but in a different format this year. Will post separately about that.

Team Pretzel (me and the other half) in the Cayman

Depart Pompey - Caen Wed 15th at 08:30
Staying: Hotel de France @ Chartre sur Loire (fantastic historical connections with Le Mans) and not too far to commute to La Sarthe.
Return Cherbourg - to Pompey Mon 19th at 17:00

Hoping to meet up with Neil, Tom etc. on Houx sometime during the period to share a beer or 2.

Getting close now and from what I've see so far, shaping up to be very interesting :-)

Pete

The official Zarse arrival, which most people will be able to hear since we will be aboard the Jeep 6.2litre Hemi, will be on the hollowed turf of BN from thursday afternoon. We will be last to bed as usual until sunday afternoon when we head back to Dieppe where we will probably be last to bed again. We have found a cracking new casino on Dieppe Plage which stays open on a sunday until 3am and where we have booked some very reasonable rooms...

Hope you have booked a late ferry Monday then.   ;D

Travelling with Toby etc on the Thursday. Staying with JDS on Epinettes

Travelling down with Lord Steve.
Camping on Blue Nord with my Dad.
Return on Thursday after the race.

Wow. Is it gonna take you that long to clean up on BN?

It looks a bit of a hike on the map, so why not drive? It will be fine.

Could do.

Received our camping pitches from Team Langoustine yesterday.

We're on rows 82 & 82.

However I have U82 & U83, then V82 & V83 plus W83 and T82 so not exactly a rectangular plot.

Just wondering if anyone has the pitches next to us and is there a swapsies opportunity?

It's just my OCD-ness wanting a nice 2 pitch x 3 pitch set up this year.

Thx

Paul

Ade is back. Welcome back mate!

Enlarged group this year with some returning after many years away all taking different routes.
Staying on Houx Annexe from Wednesday.
Various BMW, VW's and Audis
Hotel Sunday before Euro tunneling home (subject to migrant ingress)

Hi, does anyone have a 'this year's' plan for Bleu Nord

I'm trying hard to find our spaces (from TL) on the old 2014 one but the rows have been changed according to that

Rows 36 and 37 but 37 wasn't there that year 

Or I'm sleeping on the fire road!

Of course I expect it will be hidden away in Facethingy  :(

Or that other thingy

:(

We can only find the old map at the moment. Will keep looking.
New batch of CA flags have been purchased by many, so hopefully will be able to find a few more members.
Large group in normal spot, ish.

3rd row in from the access road is 36

Thanks Nick

Way too far from the Brethren though

:(

I'll send my number shortly

Epinettes for us this year - MB now fading into a 10 year history  >:(

No idea where, un-numbered pitches so hoping we may get the pick of the site arriving on the Sunday ......

Going over with my Dad in the RV, joined by my mate Spikey (3rd Le Mans) and two virgins.

We're going a day earlier than usual this year, sailing out from Portsmouth to Caen on Sunday morning, hoping to gain access to Garage Vert on Sunday evening, where we should have first dibs on unallocated pitches. All being well, we'll be in more or less the same position as last year where we will spend the next 8 days getting nicely sozzled before doing the return leg on Monday afternoon.

Advanced party leaving Monday arriving in Musee to setup the village get the beers cold enough for the rest turning up Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Leaving after the race and heading home. My son coming for the first time this year.

20 years and counting........