Spa 24hs - anyone going ?

[zo-fo]

Thanks - I've seen tents there.  I'll just have to do without the showers at Eau Rouge and take the opportunity to exercise my German.

[termietermite]

Having stayed at both Eau Rouge and the sites around the circuit, I'd say you're better off (certainly financially) at the sites around the circuit.  But avoid like the plague the one behind the bar/hotel in Francorchamps as the 8€ is a myth - they charge you that per day, and once for the car and once for the tent (double for a "large" tent).  A total rip-off.  Their ruse is to tell you to park and pitch your tent and by then it's too late for you to argue about the price!  They do have showers and electricity but that's extra too.  Humph.

[Martini...LB]

Having stayed at both Eau Rouge and the sites around the circuit, I'd say you're better off (certainly financially) at the sites around the circuit.  But avoid like the plague the one behind the bar/hotel in Francorchamps as the 8€ is a myth - they charge you that per day, and once for the car and once for the tent (double for a "large" tent).  A total rip-off.  Their ruse is to tell you to park and pitch your tent and by then it's too late for you to argue about the price!  They do have showers and electricity but that's extra too.  Humph.

I liked Eau Rouge campsite, sitting in the corner under the trees with the river behind you, beautiful. The friendly little bar, pleasant surroundings, even the chavs were polite.

Unfortunately I, and my brother, enjoyed Eau Rouge campsite too much... was there a race on?

We did see some but it rained a fair bit on the race weekend, I think, which did not warrant too much movement.

Absolutely beautiful countryside.

>Martini...LB

[Dangermouse]

Thanks for that........glad I'm going......and camping there

The young 'un will make sure I see more of the race than I otherwise would

[knetter]

It's a good little campsite, eau rouge, except if you are on the family part of it, the owner started complaining about the noise at 6 pm, cause we were laughing to loud. So we were wise enought to take our beer just outside the campsite and sit at the lovely little stream to get drunk and be as loud as we wanted! All in all not to bad at all, just af fair hike to the circuit!

[termietermite]

Don't get me wrong, it's not that we didn't like Eau Rouge, simply that it was too d*mned far from the circuit so we missed more of the race than I'd like in getting back and forth.  We'll be back to our original spot this year where we could see the circuit from the tent.

[Dangermouse]

I've heard it's within cycling distance......so we're taking our bikes.
Cycle over, bimble about, cycle back......feasible?

[termietermite]

Perfectly possible, I would have thought.  It's a steep old hill so will keep you fit (and happily downhill on the way back so it's the right way round.)

[Muzorewa]

The Eau Rouge website says something along the lines of "within walking distance of the circuit for the fit" which most definitely excludes Team Muz 

[LangTall]

And 95% of the other CA regulars.

[termietermite]

I don't resent the walk, just the racing time missed whilst doing it (if I see fewer than 20 hours of a 24 hour race I feel I've been diddled!)  A bike would seem the best solution to me.

[knetter]

Don't know if you can enter the track at stavelot, but if you can it will only be about 5 minutes by bike. You can take the bike onto the circuit, which makes it a lot faster to get to the paddock from stavelot. If you cannot enter at stavelot, you have to take the long way round, be carefull, people tend to drive like idiots there, cause it is the old track. So if you bike back at night, make sure you wear reflective clothing and make sure the lights on the bikes are in working order.

[Muzorewa]

You can access the circuit at the Stavelot corner, so it's easy from there.  There's also car parking on the side of the road.  But it's still a long way from the paddock on foot. 

[tn*c]

You can access the track at Stavelot but YOU CANNOT BUY TICKETS THERE! If you have not collected or had tickets sent you will need to go to the main entrance.

[termietermite]

You can access the track at Stavelot but YOU CANNOT BUY TICKETS THERE! If you have not collected or had tickets sent you will need to go to the main entrance.

This is true.  And what is more, even tickets via the post have to be exchanged for wristbands so you need to get to the main entrance to do this.  Not a problem on the Thursday though from what I remember from last year.