Real shame you had to go back home John, but if you felt that bad then you had no option.
You were missed (in a blokey sorta way
).
The weekend started off for me leaving for Dover on Friday morning and meeting up with the rest of the crowd in the 1st class lounge with the weather forecast for the channel as 'rough'.......
I think we all agreed that 'it was rough'....
No major problems on the way down to Spa, the weather was spot on and we made good time despite very heavy traffic on the ring road around Brussels - oh and there was that quad bike on the motorway and the tussel with the bikes (no problemo).
We found the Hotel and proceded to get to work on the 6.6% - 10% belgium beers
Up very early (and in darkness) to get to the track and register and to listion to the long foreign version of track etiquette and then the very abridged english version......
The parking was divided into the 3 groups.
Onto the track and jesus bloody christ................................ WHHHAHHHHHAYYYYYYYY.....................................
For me a couple of memorable cars, that 182 Clio that passed nearly everybody, Tims CSL, the VX220 that was all over the shop, the feckwit Toyota Corolla who should never have been on the track in the first place, passing the black Subaru and then seeing it peel off into the barrier !
Chatting with Tim whilst in the queue to get out on the track and seeing the red RS2000 and Tim saying, ''with that heap of <beep> out there it's the one to stay away from'' - next time we saw it it had a full frontal crush and was a total wreck.
Then there was the poor Elise with the unique 4 way steering.
And we can't forget the Scooby chucking out the oil and making a corner very very slippery indeedy.
My most unforgetfull moment was going off into the graveltrap and remembering NOT to steer out at high speed. One life lost there
Most memorable is coming out of the hairpain and shooting down Eau Rouge, up the hill and going over the blind crest - superb.
The ring was so difficult, Tim was kind enough to take me out in the CSL and showed me how much that car sticks to the track, sorry 'road'. Soooo many twists, bumps,ssoooooooooooooo many blind crests.
A great Bratwurst lunch watching motorcycle side cars and M5 Taxis mixing it with the rest.
An evening spent in the pub with a few locals and leaving (me & JohnW) at a sensible time.
Charlie with his optional reverse gear in the Lotus
Stories of that dodgy TV channel - Gordon did you really watch it the non-female activities!!!
Stories about fast Eddie !!!!!!!!!!!
A great quik trip back to Calais with some of us parting along the way to get back early.
And that awful return journey on the SeaCat - I was this far away from throwing up.
Lastly a big hug to Kelly. Phil's much much 'better half' for putting up with us (and him) for the weekend and for tolerating (as such) Tims favourite word.
Special thanks to Gav for offering me a switch on cars - next time buddy.
Certainly a special weekend for me, no doubt down to the superb people attending a most thrilling weekend.
Thanks boys and Kelly.
