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The Road to Le Mans 2021
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D Walker
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Yep. That was bad luck. There is another “ladies”
Team tho. She was a total passenger. The guy that hit her, 2nd accident, had an interview with stewards.
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Yes I’m from Aarhus in Jutland. Used to get the Esbjerg - Harwich ferry back and forth with various motors several times a year. Shame DFDS stopped sailing that route..
Good to hear you are enjoying yourself.
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Eeet eees nooorrt eazee.
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GeoffCapes
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Eurosport on Sky is in English.
outrun
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I've been to Aarhus, nice place. Did a bunch of work with the fish feed giant, Biomar which is based there. I like Denmark too, nice people, very chilled out and easy to work with.
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Yep. I’m told a ferry used to go to Newcastle or Teeside too. Would have been ideal for me.
Apparently they went from the quayside
From the office. Would make life so
Much easier for me.
Not been to Aarhus yet. On the list.
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Yeah me too not just because I have a crush on Sofia Floersch!
I noticed when I went to Le Mans in 2019 that the drivers do not really slow for yellows. They drive up to the incident at nearly full chat then hit the brakes last minute for the incident. I thought it was dangerous when i saw it with my own eyes but really it does bread incidents like the one that Sofia Floersch was in.
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All the hoops jumped through and on the cue for the ferry. Another LeMans chalked up and many thanks to Matt in particular for his relentless reorganisation in making it happen and for Martin for putting up with me. Great fun as ever and great company as ever. So glad to get time with Phil W of this parish, hope you get the garage sorted soon and back into a Maserati sooner!
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And don't ever let it be said that the SM delegation to Le Mans is not house-trained. Our fridge contained all the nutritious essentials.
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How’s the rear end…Better now I hope ?
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You had to ask, not sure we need too much detail.
Must admit as much as I missed from talking to people that did a lot of what makes Le Mans was missing this year but next year hopefully will be different
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Having witnessed Newton's anguish first hand I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I thought he was indestructible.
What a Great couple of day's though
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Having witnessed Newton's anguish first hand I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I thought he was indestructible.
What a Great couple of day's though
I will admit to being a tough old bu99er but I’m not infallible. I’m pretty happy it was not food poisoning or anything I ate, I believe it was IBS and a rather acute bout at that. It being stress related for me. The causal stress was an autistic meltdown from the incredible sound on the start strait/pit lane being trapped between the near empty grandstands on both sides. The three of us were sat there for probably an hour and a half. My regret is I should have realised I was in (for me) overload city! With Aspergers, I am at the high functioning end of the spectrum and can easily communicate my predicament and generally can move rapidly away from a trigger. I have only ever had a few sensory
overload meltdowns in my whole life and they have almost all been noise triggered. One a few years ago was lights alone.
I feel for kids and adults with severe autism who are either unable to communicate their predicament or are in a constant stage of hypersensitivity; it is not a nice place to be.
Anyway, I have the dial back down to 9.5 again and I appreciate the understanding and support of all that helped/witnessed it. Particularly Martin for getting me back to the gite in one piece and Phil for understanding.
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I was sat in the empty stands at about 2am at the Classic in 2010 and it sure makes a racket. I only lasted probably 15 minutes before heading up towards the Dunlop Bridge end where the noise had some chance to dissipate.
Not a nice experience for you by the sounds of it, yet also a great example of what friendship really means.
I hope the rest of the trip was good.
Not a nice experience for you by the sounds of it, yet also a great example of what friendship really means.
I hope the rest of the trip was good.
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Day 2 test done and sent off.
The covid admin was a pain in the crackers but we coped. The number of people turned back at Caen because they hadn't done the necessary was a nuisance because instead of sailing through (boom!) quickly they took up time and space. Must have been frustrating for them but it's not like the rules are hard if you bother to read up.
The covid admin was a pain in the crackers but we coped. The number of people turned back at Caen because they hadn't done the necessary was a nuisance because instead of sailing through (boom!) quickly they took up time and space. Must have been frustrating for them but it's not like the rules are hard if you bother to read up.