DavidsDad has a Parking Rouge ticket for sale for a tenner here http://www.clubarnage.com/yabbse/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=3177

There are various Beausejour camping tickets floating about but if you hold fire, Bleu or Houx Annexe may turn up.
General Admission tickets can be bought on the gate.

Enjoy your first time at LM, you'll be back year after year.

Last year (and I can't guarantee it will be the same this year, Aston and all that)  we made the decision to go less than 14 days before the race.

I'd been watching ebay, dreaming, for a few weeks before and I realised alot of stuff wasn't selling.  So I kept an eye on stuff that was local to me (pickup rather than post) and when it didn't sell I contacted the seller and made a silly offer.

I ended up getting a Houx (we needed a reserved pitch as we wouldn't be arriving 'till Friday) pass for about £40-50 and a channel crossing for less than £100.

General admission tickets are available on the door, in fact you have to buy them at the campsite entrance if you haven't got them.

There was one two person five star hotel package that must have cost £1500 that attracted no bid at £500, I wonder what you might have got it for two days before departure.

If nothing else get a reserved parking place and sleep in the car the night of the race.  If two of us can sleep in a Sprite you can sleep in anything!

If you're not minted or you didn't book about seven years ago then BSJ will probably be your only option. I've only stayed at bleu before and apparently those tickets will come up nearer the time, location is good but campsite isn't great - atmosphere is though. I'm staying at BSJ because a) I booked too late, b) I haven't got the spare £150 for an MB ticket on Ebugger and c) by the time I get there on thursday the entirety of Maison Blanche will be taken up with JPC's mega village (unless they can squeeze us in)  

Campsites are pretty much what you make them and I believe Beausejour is as good as any apart from the hike.  Have a look at this thread for some opinions: http://www.clubarnage.com/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=2799;start=0

Point taken!!  But all together in one enclosure might be a little more obvious. Plus there will be other factors that make us easy to find. Two CA flags flying high being just one of them!!  

Hi again, and thanks for all the useful info.

While this thread is going, I wonder if someone could enlighten me about driving round the track on Friday.

Is it free? How much of the track is open? How long is it open for? Are there any sped limits? Is anyone sober enough? Does that matter?

The dilemma I'm in is that some of our group want to travel down on Friday night, while I and one other would be keen to get there sooner. If it's worth getting there for the track driving, then that'll swing it!

I know arriving on Saturday morning will stuff my chances of getting a decent campsite spot etc - but I'm buggered anyway by the choice of car. You can't fit much in a Healey 100 - especially with a boot full of spares - so I wasn't planning one of the large spreads described above!

So tell me - would it be worth making the effort to chuck the old Healey around the track?

Cheers!

Wocher Healey,
Yes Phil's right alright. Most of the track, and what Phil describes above is on (slightly modified) public roads, and on Friday it's a bit of a jungle, still good fun though. However, if you're getting there Friday, and the track thing is being used as leverage, then drop your kit off and when it gets dark get back out on the road. If it's late enough the road will be free from fans (they're all trousered by then) and you'll be able to give it a bit of stick. And have the added bonus of seeing what the drivers experience in the dark.
You don't want to see what Phil experiences in the dark...
H