I see it has strarted again.....

[jpchenet]

The other thing to bear in Mind Ressy, and I'm sure others will correct me, Is that teh general viewing areas of the circuit are more easily accessible from the campsites/laybys outside of the circuit (i.e. Masion Blanche, Tertre Rouge etc, than the inside ones. Although they are "outside" the circuit, they are still right by the track.

Here is a link to a viewing ares map that show this:

http://www.swr2002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/maps/viewingmap.jpg

Oh, and the "poo" bar is the Shampoo, or Champagne Bar. There is a Club Arnage gathering at 21.00 on the Saturday night, a great chance to meet other Club Arnagers, and enjoy a drink. Bottles of Mumm are sold there for about 40 Euros IIRC Most people buy Champagne or Sparkling Wine at the Hypermarket and take their own in a coolbox!

[gab]

Nothing wrong at all with bleu - I shall be there again myself this year! 

Fran

..that`s only where Fran`s tent is, she is most of the time on MB in our Golden Triangle Swim Resort 

[Piglet]

I'd guess that bleu is not much of a longer walk to the circuit than some of the far reaches of MB??

and Reesy if you're wife intends to sleep then bleu is further away from the noise and is (I'm guessing here) a little more refined than MB (present company excepted of course!!). 

It's a bit hypocritical of me of course because I don't want to be on Bleu but I think as an option it is significantly better than BSJ for getting to and from the circuit.

[Barry]

As an aside Reesy, Karting Nord, whilst inside the track, is these days full of Danish groups (thousands of them) and not the most hospitible of sites for individuals. I'd recommend you either stick with Bleu, try for Maison Blanche, or try for Houx Annexe, and thank your lucky stars that as a first timer you haven't been allocated Beausejour like most others!!!!

Would agree with JP, having stayed on Karting Nord, it is not the best for individuals or couples. As well as the Danish tour groups it attracts sound systems, the German one I was next to in 2003 was on from Wednesday lunchtime to Monday morning non stop 24 hours a day.
Although next to the track large sections are corralled off by groups arriving early or semi corporate groups.
Have been using Bleu Sud for the last 2 years and it is a good compromise especially if you or your wife need to sleep during the race, I would say that on race night you could only sleep on KN or MB if you are totally p*ssed.
We would be on Sud this year but have been allocated Bleu Nord, this we think should be similar to sud, and possibly even a shorter walk to the track entrance.
Hope this is helpful.

[Fran]

..that`s only where Fran`s tent is, she is most of the time on MB in our Golden Triangle Swim Resort 

And if i am not there in person i leave my soggy bathers as a reminder!.... i hope you are going to bring your women's shorts again this year gab!! 

[Lorry]

I would say that on race night you could only sleep on KN or MB if you are totally p*ssed.

If you can't beat them, join them

[BigH]

The Bloody ACO have gone and done it again, and messed my ticket order right up, it's just so frustrating, my whole weekend could be spoiled rotten.
I asked for about 20 Maison Blanche Camping, a sprinkling of Tetre Rouge and a dozen grandstand tickets. I've been a member of their lot since I can't remember when, although that could be this morning, and look what's happened! The buggers have sent me 8 tickets to see Cats, three tickets in row F of the Sidney Opera House for a recital of Carmina Burana by the New South Wales Scout Troup and Brownies, 5 General Entry tickets to some 'loveable old  trout' with an address in Chatham, and a Media pass to the new cyclotron in Berne Switzerland where some professor is planning to invent a new protoype by accelerating a Morgan up to near light speed and smashing it into an R8 going the other way.
Does anyone know how far it is from Chatham to the pit straight, and are there any bars on the way?
H

[Piglet]

Camping Bleu Nord for you as well BigH    It seems to be popular - maybe Camping Bleu will be the new Maison Blanche??     Fingers crossed we've traded our way off Bleu. 

[BigH]

Holy sh*t!! It's Strated Again! When will it Strop?
Just exactly how far Nord is Camping Nord then Piglet, is it as far as Camping It Up? And is Chatham on the way?
Actually, I reckon we could do with a fractured ice shelf and country sized floes down at the Old Bush & Maison Blanche, we need something to keep the beer chilled and the flatlanders quenched. I'm sure I saw, and may indeed have been part of, several beached pods looking for assistance from the coastguard, or Smerkies Recovery Service (SRS). It was a hot weekend for SRS and no kidding, there were lost children, hysterical mothers and jobbies rattling round perspex pipes like dislodged bobsleigh pilots down the luge, all waiting to be rescued, repatriated or shot, depending on their circumstances and our moderators mood. By the way, I hear he has access to 20 complimentary MB tickets, and the first people to ring him nearest to exactly 2:00 am (GMT) will win a prize worth having.
H
 

[Piglet]

Hmmm BigH - I've run your post through Bablefish and am non the
wiser as to of what you speak??? 

I think you're stuffed on the MB front, Paddy and the rest of Holland are tenth on the MB waitlist.  Robbo and SPS are 15th (I think) - my dear john letter didn't even tell me where I am on the list which presumably means they are  concerned for my mental health and fear for my sanity if they told me my position on the list

I have (thanks to the wonderful people on CA) secured one MB ticket and we'll carry the stuff from the rest of the bloody cars if needs be!!

Camping Blue Nord appears to be behind Parking Bleu - so just over the road from the Temple of Maison Blanche - probably not too bad, our colleagues at beermountain give it an OK review.   Obviously not the high class establishment that is MB but you know, class will always out 

There's a theory that we ought to be ordering GA tickets with camping passes as the ACO probably think we're all flogging them off on the unmentionable web site 

[Nordic]

Interestingly other items for sale include the giveaways from previous years.  Must have a look through the loft and see what can be found

I have been selling quite a bit of stuff, ranging from the baseball caps you get with a newspaper to a handful of old tickets from the 80's, which went for a suprising amount of money. Pretty much run out of stuff now though.

Its worthwhile and helps pay for the next years tickets.

[Stu]

I think this one takes the biscuit. I thought selling the free posters was bad.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8754756241&ru=http://search.ebay.co.uk:80/8754756241_W0QQfltZ9QQfromZR8QQfviZ1

[Ferrari Spider]

What a marvellous idea, it will help Doris reach her £5k target, do you know who laurenjf0 is Stu?

[Lorry]

Whatever next, and there's a bid on it.

Wouldn't a 2006 pass raise more money?

[jpchenet]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!! 

Outstanding!!!!