What to take with me?

[DirkDiggler]

so i'm a le mans virgin, and just to compound matters i'm taking my brother as a birthday surprise (he thinks he's going down to the coast for a spin) .

over to the experts - What essentials do we need to take with us?

cheers


Rich.

[gemini]

Try a search on " what to take with me"

Done and done and done!

[simes205]

Try here.

Beer Mountain survival guide www.beermountain.com/what_to_pack.htm

[Mark B]

Tickets, Passport, Money for food and beer, sorry, beer and food.

- Sorted!

I suppose you could also take a tent and a sleeping bag, maybe a can of deodarant!

Oh and fireworks!

[keitht1]

Or here:

www.teamsquack.com/pack2.html

[rsvmilly]

Mark B said:

Tickets, Passport, Money for food and beer, sorry, beer and food. - Sorted! I suppose you could also take a tent and a sleeping bag, maybe a can of deodarant! Oh and fireworks!

Beer IS a food!

[Mark B]

rsvmilly said:

Mark B said: Tickets, Passport, Money for food and beer, sorry, beer and food. - Sorted! I suppose you could also take a tent and a sleeping bag, maybe a can of deodarant! Oh and fireworks! Beer IS a food!

Good point, tickets, passport and money - sorted.

[door]

More money and just in case an extra WAD to bribe the french police. Oh yeah and some more money would be a good thing too.

[M@H]

E111 and green card.

[richardthestag]

Check out my site

www.blokesatlemans.co.uk

what to take
www.blokesatlemans.co.uk/checklist.htm

what to leave at home
www.blokesatlemans.co.uk/leave.htm

[DirkDiggler]

Thanks everyone. The general concensus seems to be beer and cash .

Matt - i knew about the E111, but what's this green card business?

counting down the days now......

[Tuscan_Tel]

Car

[steve_D]

DirkDiggler said:

Thanks everyone. The general concensus seems to be beer and cash . Matt - i knew about the E111, but what's this green card business? counting down the days now......

Green card is issued by your insurance company to prove you have insurance cover for forign travel. It is also in a standard format so forign plod only has to know what all the boxes mean.
You may be charged extra for this insurance.

Steve

[antnie]

Don't you only need a green card is you are travelling to a none EC country? Or are you just saying it makes it easier if you get stopped when you have green card rather than just having your insurance cert'

[steve_D]

antnie said:

Don't you only need a green card is you are travelling to a none EC country? Or are you just saying it makes it easier if you get stopped when you have green card rather than just having your insurance cert'

Sorry don't know.
I tell my insurance i'm going to France and they give me a green card.

Steve

[rsvmilly]

(Prepares to get shot down in flames)

I believe that all UK insurance policies give automatic cover in France, EU etc.

I *think* it used to be the case that this was only TPFT cover but I'm pretty sure this is not the case now.

The odd times I've questioned my insurers in the past, I've always been told I'm fully covered (generally for 31 days IIRC)

[Piglet]

For EU countries your UK insurance policy will automatically give you the minimum cover required in the country that you are travelling to. This is usually equivalent to Third Party Only. Your ordinary Certificate of Insurance is legally sufficient to confirm this although you may sometimes have a problem convincing a local BiB of this.

If you want to extend the minimum cover to either TPF&T or comprehensive you need to tell your insurers and they need to extend the policy, this is usually expressed as Green Card cover although you don't now have to have a "Green Card" in your hand as your certificate confirms you have the minimum cover required.

Some insurers give you an amount of days for free, some charge for each trip. Even if your policy tells you that you have 30 days free cover you will need to tell the Insurers when you are going so that they can extend the policy.

I'm never very bothered about having the Green Card in my hand but I have heard stories about people having problems without it so it's probably worth notifying your insurers in time for them to actually get the document to you.

With regard to E111 - whilst they are useful, don't forget that this doesn't give you the same protection as travel insurance. Make sure that you are aware of the limitations of E111.

Can't wait to go to Le Mans!

[srebbe64]

Here's my list from last year, if it's any help:

Batteries
Bed
Blankets
Chairs
Clean Clothes
Comp
Compass
Cooker
Cooking things (cooking oil / pots)
Food & drink
Gas
Gas lamp
Guy ropes
Groundsheet
Inflator / Pump
Knives & Forks
Lamp
Little Table
Mallet / hammer
Map
Matches
Mini TV
Mobile Phone
Money (credit card)
Passports
Pegs / Poles, etc.
Pillows
Plates (cups / bowls, etc)
Pyjamas
Radio
Shoes (spare)
Sleeping bags
Sun screen
Tent
Tea towels
Tickets
Tools (screwdriver / spanner / pliers)
Torch
Towels
Umbrella
Water container
Washing-up stuff (bowl, detergent)
Wash stuff (toothbrush, shampoo, shaver)

[Piglet]

You definately need a radio with headphones to listen to Radio Le Mans

[ART R6]

In regard to insurance, my comp cover applies to all EU COUNTRIES. Green card is only needed for non EU countries.

Also, Make sure you fill up your tank in normal 'daytime hours ' when you can, as you'll find most late night fuel stations only work with french 'chip & pin ' cards, and there's no forecourt staff to help.
Not a good thing to discover at 2 am ,with only a teacup of 98 octane left in the tank!

P.s. and don't forget a roll of masking tape to attach the camping permit to the windscreen. The glue they use on the ticket has been known to be a bug*er to remove....

>> Edited by ART R6 on Monday 2nd May 16:59