Title: Reims
Post by: vqdave on April 24, 2006, 01:41:29 pm
Hello all, back from Champagne country last night and well worth the trip.
Thanks to all who pointed me to places in my info on reims post last week.
The old GP grandstand etc is well worth the trip, brilliant, crumbling fading splendour.
(http://vqpix.bravehost.com/ghrames.jpg)
Not that you are really allowed but you can climb up into most of it and have a good old wander round, the big metal 'TOTAL' sign thing (pic above) does wobble some what though when up there at the ends! :-*
I would say if you want to go, be quick as there were a couple of chaps there when we were re-painting the building, which in my eyes is over restoring it, it looks cool in its faded elegance.
There is going to be classic racing there this july, hence the repaint i guess, any ways if you are interested my photos are here:
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/davecollins1974/album?.dir=6a61re2&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
Ignore the screen name it is me under my nonspam registering for stuff email account.
You can ignore the ones which are champagne tasting etc, plenty of teh circuit there for you to look at though.
Reims, or GHGHGHRAMES as the locals pronounce it was nice, but a dissappointing lack of quality arse :'( see here:
http://pub47.bravenet.com/forum/3979148106/fetch/659844/
Thanks to all who pointed me to places in my info on reims post last week.
The old GP grandstand etc is well worth the trip, brilliant, crumbling fading splendour.
(http://vqpix.bravehost.com/ghrames.jpg)
Not that you are really allowed but you can climb up into most of it and have a good old wander round, the big metal 'TOTAL' sign thing (pic above) does wobble some what though when up there at the ends! :-*
I would say if you want to go, be quick as there were a couple of chaps there when we were re-painting the building, which in my eyes is over restoring it, it looks cool in its faded elegance.
There is going to be classic racing there this july, hence the repaint i guess, any ways if you are interested my photos are here:
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/davecollins1974/album?.dir=6a61re2&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
Ignore the screen name it is me under my nonspam registering for stuff email account.
You can ignore the ones which are champagne tasting etc, plenty of teh circuit there for you to look at though.
Reims, or GHGHGHRAMES as the locals pronounce it was nice, but a dissappointing lack of quality arse :'( see here:
http://pub47.bravenet.com/forum/3979148106/fetch/659844/
Title: Re: Reims
Post by: vqdave on April 24, 2006, 01:57:28 pm
sorry just updated it so the photo works!!
