Le Mans 2015

[Advikaz]

@JamesBryan I'm pretty sure we are staying at Maison Blanche site....

Providing my bro in law pulls his finger out.

 

[JamesBryan]

@JamesBryan I'm pretty sure we are staying at Maison Blanche site....

Providing my bro in law pulls his finger out.

Done well to get that at this stage mate, usually full up by now.

Considering the ACO made the site even smaller this year IIRC

 

[Advikaz]

Done well to get that at this stage mate, usually full up by now.

Considering the ACO made the site even smaller this year IIRC

As I say bud, my brother in law is sorting it, I have complete faith in this not being a balls up.

LOL. Sleep in a ditch if I have to.

 

[JamesBryan]

As I say bud, my brother in law is sorting it, I have complete faith in this not being a balls up.

LOL. Sleep in a ditch if I have to.

LOL. There is actually French people who set their tent up at the side of the road!

 

[Advikaz]

LOL. There is actually French people who set their tent up at the side of the road!

haha you going up in the clio?

 

[JamesBryan]

haha you going up in the clio?

Yeah mate, that's the plan.

Will be on Houx Annexe again with a fair few off here.

 

[Advikaz]

Yeah mate, that's the plan.

Will be on Houx Annexe again with a fair few off here.

If our plan falls through I'll suggest that.

 

[JamesBryan]

If our plan falls through I'll suggest that.

If there's only a couple of you, there shouldn't be a problem getting on.

 

[Advikaz]

If there's only a couple of you, there shouldn't be a problem getting on.

Thing is, there's going to be at least four cars & a motorhome. Plus two bikes haha.

 

[JamesBryan]

Thing is, there's going to be at least four cars & a motorhome. Plus two bikes haha.

Ahh s**t! Might only be a handful of spaces left.

 

[Advikaz]

Ahh s**t! Might only be a handful of spaces left.

Hopefully he sorts his life out.

 

[JamesBryan]

Hopefully he sorts his life out.

Haha yeah!

Looks a decent site that Maison Blanche, nice and close to the circuit where the big ferris wheel is (if you've seen pics of it).

 

[Advikaz]

Haha yeah!

Looks a decent site that Maison Blanche, nice and close to the circuit where the big ferris wheel is (if you've seen pics of it).

Yeah, I'm not sure on the sites as I've never camped before there. But hopefully there will be a fair few CSers there to get wobbly with.

 

[JamesBryan]

Yeah, I'm not sure on the sites as I've never camped before there. But hopefully there will be a fair few CSers there to get wobbly with.

You can always walk over and meet up with us. We usually meet up with the Failsport lot too on the 'Mad Friday'.

 

[Advikaz]

You can always walk over and meet up with us. We usually meet up with the Failsport lot too on the 'Mad Friday'.

Sounds good mate.
We are going up on the bikes on Thursday by the looks, the four wheeled boys are heading up Wednesday.

 

[Gavin.]

There's a brand new site with 1500 spaces called Epinettes close by Houx Annexe and Houx, I'd try for that.

 

[JamesBryan]

Sounds good mate.
We are going up on the bikes on Thursday by the looks, the four wheeled boys are heading up Wednesday.

We usually travel down to Ashford on the Tuesday and stay over, then get the ferry Wednesday morning.

 

[JamesBryan]

There's a brand new site with 1500 spaces called Epinettes close by Houx Annexe and Houx, I'd try for that.

O RLY? Not heard about that one.

 

[Gavin.]

O RLY? Not heard about that one.

Aye, it's only been mentioned this last few weeks or so.

 

[JamesBryan]

That looks decent!

 

[Advikaz]

We usually travel down to Ashford on the Tuesday and stay over, then get the ferry Wednesday morning.

I can crack Ashford in no time, I'm only Junction 4 of the M20.

 

[JamesBryan]

I can crack Ashford in no time, I'm only Junction 4 of the M20.

Where are you then?

 

[Advikaz]

Where are you then?

Village called West Malling.

 

[Gavin.]

I can't wait for it next year, in fact I'm off to look at ferry and hotel prices

 

[JamesBryan]

Village called West Malling.

Ahh not far from where we used to stop at Maidstone.

 

[JamesBryan]

I can't wait for it next year, in fact I'm off to look at ferry and hotel prices :smiley:

Good shout!

 

[Advikaz]

I can't wait for it next year, in fact I'm off to look at ferry and hotel prices :smiley:

When I looked on P&O the other night it wouldn't bring up the prices...

 

[JamesBryan]

When I looked on P&O the other night it wouldn't bring up the prices...

They're available now mate. Probably going to wait till they come down in price, looking at about ~£90 at the moment.

Usually about ~£70

 

[Advikaz]

They're available now mate. Probably going to wait till they come down in price, looking at about ~£90 at the moment.

Usually about ~£70

Father in law guessed at about £75. So not bad aye.

 

[Gavin.]

God damn it, why does it have to be 6+ months away!

 

[daveski]

Who are you guys booking with? 1st tickets are telling me they don't have their allocation yet. I don't want to miss out.

 

[Gavin.]

1st Tickets for us but we already had our plots from last year offered to us again. Brian's a good lad he'll sort you out when they have their allocation.

 

[daveski]

Cheers Gavin. Never been before so want to make sure it's all sorted.

 

[Gavin.]

This came on an email from 1st Tickets the other week for anyone looking for info:

Our preparations for next year’s race are well underway and we have requested a good allocation from the circuit for all campsites. There are significant changes to Maison Blanche, which have an impact on the amount of camping spaces available. However, the circuit have also introduced a new campsite (Epinettes) which increases the total number of camping spaces available.


The Porsche Experience Centre building work is well underway and is due to open in June 2015. It is on the site of the Maison Blanche paddock and pit boxes used for driving experience and track days. The development involves a three storey building and changes to the layout of the 2.9km Maison Blanche track, covering an area of over 3,000m2.


The ACO have formally informed us that the changes to the track layout will have an impact to camping on Maison Blanche and that they are “...obliged to initially cancel about 300 pitches until we know if we are able to use some of the rehabilitated areas. Unfortunately we won’t be able to switch your lost pitches to high level campsites such as Houx, Tertre Rouge”. This represents about a 30-35% reduction of Maison Blanche. As a consequence, we expect our allocation to be reduced by a similar proportion and may not be able to meet all of our provisional bookings. Once we receive confirmation of our ticket allocation we will then know the full extent of the impact.


On a positive note, a new campsite called Epinettes, will be available in 2015. This campsite is opposite the Houx Campsite and accessed via Chemin aux Boeufs. It adds a further 1500 camping spaces to the circuit, amply covering the reduction of spaces on Maison Blanche.


We are due to receive confirmation of our ticket allocation before the end of November 2015 and tickets will go on general sale at the beginning of December 2015. However, there is still time to pre-register with us by completing our online enquiry form (click/tap here).Once our allocation is confirmed, we will offer all customers that have pre-registered the opportunity to book your groups camping, parking and grandstand tickets before we open for online bookings.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Epinettes was there last year, albeit in a smaller format. It got in the way of our venture to Mulsanne at 1am.

 

[Mr Burns]

What's the traveling time compared to the 'Ring? Shorter journey or similar?

 

[JamesBryan]

What's the traveling time compared to the 'Ring? Shorter journey or similar?

About 4 hours if non stop, 5 taking it easy.

 

[Advikaz]

With all the stops I'm going to need to take to rest my poor cheeks whilst avoiding motorways I reckon it'll take 8 for us lol.

 

[Gavin.]

It's about 10 in total from up norf

 

[JamesBryan]

The trip home is the killer isn't it!