As we had arrived quite late on the Friday night, we had to make camp in an extension field of the Carte de Nord campsite.
The death toll on the local insect life had been particularly high the night before on the drive from St. Malo to Le Mans.
Ow and by the way this is my other car... I wish!
His was one of the favourite uses for all the empty beer bottles in the British camps around the circuit. The competition to have the biggest mountain was fierce. These guys we later found out had cheated and had used silicon sealant to keep it all together.
We looked quite basic with our cooking set up compared to some of the other seasoned Le Mans goers. Some had brought every mod con. For them it was not so much camping as living in a temporary house.
The view from the main stand of the start/finish straight.
These pictures were taken during the race at diffferent points around the circuit.
After a long day walking round the race track and watching the cars from different points, we all chilled out after dinner.
From left to right, Matt Colman, Simon Smith, Matt Smith, Nick Vibert, David Priddis
It's amazing what you do when you are board.
Who's watching who?
As soon as the race was finished most of the people from the main stand invaded the start/finish straight. This gave us a great view of the trophy presentation and a closer look at some of the cars.
As we were leaving the Le Mans site on the Monday, we were stopped and asked to help out with some filming. As it turned out these two were doing filming for a computer game show called Game Pad. We are not even sure if they used the shots they took, but it was fun to do.
It's strange what you sometimes see on French motorways.
