YES! Only 3 weeks to go!

[adamdsc]

Only 3 weeks to go till big sweaty hangovers and that strange rumbling, humming sound that lasts 24hours.

I cant wait!
Definitly getting down there earlier next year.

[NELLY]

To true, going Thurs morning next year!

Can't wait.

[adamdsc]

Nelly, We should arrange a good place to stop for lunch and need to tell the rest of the convoy. Lets try and make it somewhere better than the usual MacDonalds.

Can anyone suggest a good lunch spot? There are 20 cars in our convoy so it needs to be on route and with a big carpark! We are on the Friday am Seacat, Portsmouth - Cherbourg.

Also I know its still 3 weeks but apparently the weather forecast for June is very good.
I wanna go now! I cant wait!

[NELLY]

adamdsc said: Nelly, We should arrange a good place to stop for lunch and need to tell the rest of the convoy. Lets try and make it somewhere better than the usual MacDonalds.

Can anyone suggest a good lunch spot? There are 20 cars in our convoy so it needs to be on route and with a big carpark! We are on the Friday am Seacat, Portsmouth - Cherbourg.

Also I know its still 3 weeks but apparently the weather forecast for June is very good.
I wanna go now! I cant wait!

Lets hope you haven't jinxed the weather!!!

I hear that Burger Kings car park is slightly bigger!

[charlescrawley]

Lets hope you haven't jinxed the weather!!!

Well, I think we're in for a wet one this year... It's been hot then wet each alternate year since I've been going:

98 - Hot
99 - Wet
00 - Hot
01 - Wet
02 - Hot
03 - Wet?

Though, if the weather forecast is good, I'll keep my fingers crossed... Dunno, we'll see soon enough...

Cheers,

Charles


>> Edited by charlescrawley on Friday 23 May 15:30

[liszt]

Was 99 wet. I was there but don't remember it being wet. Was hot wasn't it? Has someone planted false memories?

[Tony_996hasgone]

Checked photos, no rain in '99 on Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun.

[charlescrawley]

Tony_996hasgone said: Checked photos, no rain in '99 on Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun.

Ahh, must've been lied to... That was the one year I didn't go and a mate who did claims it did... But he's notoriously crap... Sorry!

[TdF]

WET bugger hadn't aloud for that scenario, better check that the tents been waterproofed..... Cant warn the wife either the boots already bulging..

[beemer]

I remember '99 as a scorcher too, so that makes the sequence......

97 Hot
98 Wet
99 Hot
00 Hot
01 Wet
02 Hot
03 Hot?

I'll be packing the shades........

cheers
sean

[charlescrawley]

Have to say, when put like that it looks loads better! Woohoo!

Edited to add: I must've got my recollection of 98 wrong... As it was my first year, the lack of blazing hot weather was probably not noticed!

>> Edited by charlescrawley on Friday 23 May 16:31

[raceboy]

mungo said: I remember 99 being a scorcher too

Yep 99 was fine, we didn't even have a tent that year, slept by the side of the coach, as when we got back to it, it was already full of people crashed out asleep, bunch of lightweights it was only about 3am

[littlegearl]

only 18 days now until i'll be in france...

getting really excited now

[patrick]

94 V V Hot
95 Wet !
96 ok
97 Hot
98 wet
99 hot
00 Scorchio !
01 Mucho Wet floating tents !
02 hot
03 hot ??
For the 2000 race I worked on the seven year weather cycle -- It worked -- both years (94 & 00) I got sun stroke -- so that suggests it'll be hot as in 97 ?
Blind faith worked then

[adamdsc]

Just to stop all the arguements cos everyone was too drunk to remember the weather, check the historical data here;
www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=le+mans

[adamdsc]

Gonna be a full moon on race night! Cool!

[rev-erend]

Lunch on the way down - try GACE and make sure
you drive on the D979 on the way to it.. it's
a brilliant road !

[Buffalo]

"T MINUS 9 DAYS AND COUNTING"