Have a good time everyone and travel safely!

[Andy Zarse]

I feel for you and anyone else who's not going mate. I missed last year through some "local difficulties" and it was torture. Add to that getting a ticking off on here by Andy Zarse for missing the best race in years and reading reports from everyone on their return really hacked me off.
Keep Eurosport on, don't go to bed, drink yourself stupid and demand regular texts from those there.
Chin up and make sure you are with us next year.
Steve

Steve, I do hope you don't feel I singled you out last year.  This year there's so many "no shows" it would have been a waste of breath berating them all. Most folk have perfectly plausible excuses, teacher's notes etc, although some people, mentioning no names like KevMk3  , are nothing short of lilly livered wimps who just can't hack it.

As you rightly say, last year was the best for ages, so this year's likely going to be complete crap. Thinking about it, I'm not even sure I can be arsed to go myself. 

Keith and Althea, hope you have fun in the garden guys! 

[Fran]

so this year's likely going to be complete crap.   

Good to see the spirit of Victor Meldrew Zarse lives on even if he can't be arsed to turn up himself.

F

[Lord Pig-Pen]

I'll tell you how it feels not to be going.

IT SUCKS!

The Melans will miss you 

Myself, Claire and Alex will have a drink for you. Infact we will have several drinks for you..... every day!

[SimonH]

Have a ball everyone, but be safe. This time next week I'll be in Chicago at the Blues Festival (or will I still be in bed? Haven't worked out the time difference yet!). I'll see if I can find LM on Speed over the weekend.

Smokie,

Dad's in Florida so missing the race this year. He sent me a link to let me know he'll not miss the race, Speed have some coverage on the TV and the rest is online from the looks of it....times are all Eastern,

Saturday, June 13
8:00 a.m. - Le Mans Pre-Qualifying on SPEED*
8:30 a.m. - Noon - Le Mans 24 Hours on SPEED (Live – The Start)
Noon - 4:30 p.m. - SPEEDtv.com streaming coverage with RadioLemans.com
4:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. - Le Mans 24 Hours on SPEED (Live – Day Into Night)
10:00 p.m. – Midnight - SPEEDtv.com streaming coverage with RadioLemans.com

Sunday, June 14
Midnight – 10:00 a.m. - Le Mans 24 Hours (Live – The Finish)

*Denotes Tape Delay

Hope that helps.....

[smokie]

Thanks Simon, now all I have to do is work out the time difference... 

[gturner]

It's 5 hours behind Britain, so the Speed coverage would start at 1:00pm.

[gturner]

I do feel bad for anyone who has to miss this year.  I remember the first year I decided to skip the Canadian GP; I spent the week trying to follow the Montreal papers to see the off-track activities and basically throwing mini-tantrums about where I was "supposed" to be.  Then the race ended out being the crazy one with Kubica's giant crash and the field all jumbled.

[Doris]

Thanks Simon, now all I have to do is work out the time difference... 

Smokie,

Stop trying to pretend you're actually going to watch some of the race while you're in Chicago.  God knows you never do when you're actually at Le Mans!   

Dx

[Bob U]

Or Florida

[smokie]

Hmmm - you have a point there 

At least I now know the time difference and didn't have to look it up 

[Piglet]

Well, I sent KK to Tesco yesterday to buy six boxes of Stella - that should be enough for the two of us I think? (on top of the stack we already have anyway!   Haven't got any Leffe though so that might be a mistake, we do have a couple of cases of Samour so that might balance things up.   

[Lord Steve]

Have a ball everyone, but be safe. This time next week I'll be in Chicago at the Blues Festival (or will I still be in bed? Haven't worked out the time difference yet!). I'll see if I can find LM on Speed over the weekend.

Smokie
About 5 years ago I found myself, albeit a little sloppy, in Blue Chicago. I can't remember the name of the band but the average age of the band must've been 60. The lead singer was an elderly lady who sang a song for "the very drunk Englishman". The slowest, heaviest, electric blues I have ever, ever, ever heard.
You enjoy it mate - a part of me wishes I was there as well. (To be honest, that's B******s,  I'll make do this year with the sound of the Astons)
Cheers
Steve

[Lord Steve]

I feel for you and anyone else who's not going mate. I missed last year through some "local difficulties" and it was torture. Add to that getting a ticking off on here by Andy Zarse for missing the best race in years and reading reports from everyone on their return really hacked me off.
Keep Eurosport on, don't go to bed, drink yourself stupid and demand regular texts from those there.
Chin up and make sure you are with us next year.
Steve

Steve, I do hope you don't feel I singled you out last year.  This year there's so many "no shows" it would have been a waste of breath berating them all. Most folk have perfectly plausible excuses, teacher's notes etc, although some people, mentioning no names like KevMk3  , are nothing short of lilly livered wimps who just can't hack it.

As you rightly say, last year was the best for ages, so this year's likely going to be complete crap. Thinking about it, I'm not even sure I can be arsed to go myself. 

Keith and Althea, hope you have fun in the garden guys! 

Andy
I deserved the beration (is that a word) last year because my non-attendance was my fault. However I intend to "go large" this year to make up. I'm travelling with Ade (ajw) and staying on Houx with Bas so, for the most part, I'll be wandering about free to experience the things I might have missed in my previous 13 trips.
Looking forward to a beer with you on Saturday night at the Courbe.
Steve