Hello H
Cant't decide how I fel about your segue from spending a night in a ditch to enquiring of our journey plan. I wonder what prompted the question? It has to be said that preparation for the race weekend's festivities is comprehensively accomplished by lying in a ditch, covered in ones own vomit and piss. I speak from personal experience.
I 'had a bad pint' in the Stella bar in 1983 and in time honoured Captain Oates fashion, I announced that I was going outside and may be some time. I was rescued and dragged to the tribunes by my stalwart oppo Ricardo, ensuring that I got to witness the 110 car start and the rest is history.
Dave and I are meeting at the Delta Business Elite Lounge (my first Le Mans was by Volvoverland Coach Tours, so there's progress) at Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky International, on Wednesday afternoon.
We intend to make copious use of the 'gin button' on the Air France Overnighter to Charles De Gaulle, assuming the rest of it hasn't fallen over, in the meantime.
It will be interesting to see who draws the short straw and gets to drive the renter, once we've been poured off the plane.
Pussies that we are, we are spending Thurday night at Mater and Pater's gaff near Saumur - though this in itself requires a tough constitution, as it was Mummy and Daddy that taught us how to drink like bastards in the first place.
We collect our motorhome on Friday morning, get the shopping over and done with and hopefully rendez-vous with our UK based contingent on Houx at around mid-day Friday.
I'm very much looking forward to meeting the faces behind some of the most entertaining and downright bizarre word-craft imaginable, all provided through this forum. Hopefully our paths will cross - and we'll invite you to chance your arm (and colon) in the lucky-dip.
See you then. When are you heading out?
Matt
