Don't get me wrong Andy - I really appreciate the thought and advice. You'd have figured that after more than 20 years of going to this frickin' race, we'd have figured it out by now.
This happened to us last year (although I remained in blissful ignorance of it) then, in May they said, "It's OK, we've got you on Houx, as usual, after all", so who knows?
The guys we're going with need bogs and showers (because there is no way in hell that Dave and I are paying $$$$ for those dudes to befoul our sleeping accommodation), so a lay-by won't really cut-it.
In an ideal world, we need 4 x pitches, all together on either Houx, The Annexe or anywhere else really, that is on level ground and not miles and miles from the action. Frankly, I'm not going to sweat-it - like most folks, there are much more important things in my life, to lose sleep over!
Oye, Smokie - warm beer? Nooooooooooo!!! (apologies to Harry Enfield)