22/05/2012
Adelscott. Bière aromatisée au Malt à Whisky. 5.8% ABV.
21/05/2012
20/05/2012
MotoGP - Day 2 & 3
No photos this time as I used the Canon and the Sony cameras.
After breakfast Saturday we took the non-toll route to Le Mans. Woody leading as my TomTom was misbehaving.
At the track they affix a sticker to the headlamp and give you the other half. On leaving both have to match. They also want to see the biker's log book. French ones are small, our are four pages of A4!
We arrived in time for the Moto2 free session and all three classes qualifying.
All the commentary in French. A summary in English at the end spoken by a guy that learned English in a vacuum.
It drizzled all day. Rained hard at times. Almost trench foot.
Sunday. Up earlier, same route same rigmarole to park. Found a space near where we were yesterday. There are plenty of grandstands and about half of them are free. They were chock full.
We saw the warmup and then all three races.
Of course we were supporting the British riders with backups of Valentino Rossi in GP.
In Moto2 our riders Scott Redding and Bradley Smith were pressing for the podium and after a scare Bradders dropped way back and fought back to 8th.
Scott did better and as the last British rider to win a GP, got another podium.
Sadly in MotoGP we had a disappointment when Cal Crutchlow came a cropper when contesting for third with Rossi and Dovicioso.
The ride for James Ellison was more successful as he was first across the line to be the CRT class winner.
The weather looked up and it was drying as we left for "home", but it didn't last. Raining again for the last twenty miles or so.
We have been wearing waterproof over clothes for almost three days. Luckily trenchfoot hasn't set in
A brief dry spell in the evening meant we could go and get dinner but the rain soon came back.
Tomorrow we are looking at a WW2 monument near Argentan and maybe Camembert. Weather dependent of course.
After breakfast Saturday we took the non-toll route to Le Mans. Woody leading as my TomTom was misbehaving.
At the track they affix a sticker to the headlamp and give you the other half. On leaving both have to match. They also want to see the biker's log book. French ones are small, our are four pages of A4!
We arrived in time for the Moto2 free session and all three classes qualifying.
All the commentary in French. A summary in English at the end spoken by a guy that learned English in a vacuum.
It drizzled all day. Rained hard at times. Almost trench foot.
Sunday. Up earlier, same route same rigmarole to park. Found a space near where we were yesterday. There are plenty of grandstands and about half of them are free. They were chock full.
We saw the warmup and then all three races.
Of course we were supporting the British riders with backups of Valentino Rossi in GP.
In Moto2 our riders Scott Redding and Bradley Smith were pressing for the podium and after a scare Bradders dropped way back and fought back to 8th.
Scott did better and as the last British rider to win a GP, got another podium.
Sadly in MotoGP we had a disappointment when Cal Crutchlow came a cropper when contesting for third with Rossi and Dovicioso.
The ride for James Ellison was more successful as he was first across the line to be the CRT class winner.
The weather looked up and it was drying as we left for "home", but it didn't last. Raining again for the last twenty miles or so.
We have been wearing waterproof over clothes for almost three days. Luckily trenchfoot hasn't set in
A brief dry spell in the evening meant we could go and get dinner but the rain soon came back.
Tomorrow we are looking at a WW2 monument near Argentan and maybe Camembert. Weather dependent of course.
19/05/2012
More Rouen
Adjacent to the Gros Horloge is this pair of buildings and the narrow alley.
More Rouen
You can see where post 1945 the town rebuilt the areas where it was heavily bombed in the days around D-Day 1944.
But many still there in the area near the clock and the cathedral.
These interesting ladies adorn the wall of an adjacent building now an optician's shop.
Le Mans - Day 1
The train was packed with bikes all heading one way or another the 250 miles to Le Mans or thereabouts.
Our first stop was Rouen for lunch and a look around the old city.
The cathedral was being renovated and we were unable to see the statue of Joan of Arc.
We did see the old clock down a side street and went to have a look.
The final hundred or so miles off toll roads took us in a strange loop when we expected the N138.
We arrived at the hotel about 5pm. A quick change and we were out again to the supermarket to buy provisions for Saturday's practice day.
18/05/2012
TomTom
Why did I buy a TomTom. Bloody useless pile of crap. Three months old on only it's third trip out and is has gone wrong.
It was working on the bike all the here to Alençon. But when I came to set the route for tomorrow it was dead. Charged it and now when you turn it off it fires up again. The battery flattens in the case.
I had already logged a call with them for a rattle, some screw loose or something.
Now I am one day into the long weekend and it is not working.
Fantastic.
Paul Devall
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It was working on the bike all the here to Alençon. But when I came to set the route for tomorrow it was dead. Charged it and now when you turn it off it fires up again. The battery flattens in the case.
I had already logged a call with them for a rattle, some screw loose or something.
Now I am one day into the long weekend and it is not working.
Fantastic.
Paul Devall
Sent from my iPhone
Almost Rouen
Made reasonable progress on off/on drizzle.
More later.
Paul Devall
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More later.
Paul Devall
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At the Shuttle
Arrived in good time. Loads of bikes ranging from normal blokes to clowns revving the balls off their cock replacements.
Paul Devall
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Paul Devall
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