Brace for more pictures! And some commentary.
The roadtrippers arrived on Thursday, but it was late and I didn't take my camera out. First pics are thus from Friday, when we went to see the rally cars.
This is the view from the other side of Adu's
cameraception pic
Tobias eyeing the transmission that is being carried
Hiding from the sun
A few random shots of cars driving past
Dem lights...
Look closer
Ice posing for the photo
Metal fork for Adu \m/
"Yes, I have curry on my face and I'm not ashamed!"
Friday afternoon, more people arrived
The cult of the spare tyre
Viper's being passed around
Taking a pic with the new lens of Adu testing his new lens
Thomas' new BMW. I think we found the second turbo
Kip's deathtrap
The chairs have a very convenient Viper pocket
Ice is leaving quietly with MWF for a private date
Reviving the failing grill with some forced induction
Beer. Before the tide.
Speedtouch setting up his tent.
Next shift taking over to fix the grill
At the moment it seemed like a hilarious idea
Friday ended suddenly with a massive rain storm. On Saturday some people (Sued and DaBoom I think) went to see the rally, while others went to look at the Caterham races at the GP track. Somehow we separated into 2 or 3 groups, and watched the race from different spots.
Sad rollercoaster is sad
Not a bad trailer. Not bad at all.
German Caterham Club was there to see the races, presumably
Not sure if taking picture of fixing his hair
Umbrella + bungee cord. Hmm.. taking notes here
Then we went to the back straight to watch the race
It was great racing and hilarious commentating. A lot of overtaking happened at the chicane in front of us
The waving wing
The hotrod
These two changed places on almost every lap, fighting for 1st
Red car was dragging the exhaust on the ground for a couple of laps, and finally lost it after hitting cones in the chicane
After the race we had a small lunch and went to see the cars at Breidscheid. It was some boring race (or practice?) without any action. It was also raining. Everyone looked excited
As the rest of the people were apparently at the ringwerk, we went there to meet them. But they were gone! As was everyone else, apparently. Somehow reminded me of the Langoliers, huge mall (airport) at what should be rush hour with nobody inside
Fiddling with settings on his segway for what seemed like a couple of minutes, while standing on the road.
The rest were found at Br?nnchen.
We didn't stay there, but instead decided to go uphill to the exit of the corner and see tourist drivers fail on the wet track
Public is not amused at the prospect of taking the shortcut. We went the long way round instead.
We waited, and we waited... They finally opened the track like an hour late, just before we were supposed to head out to the restaurant
Then we ate at the restaurant, then was the beer rescue mission, the party tent, etc.. I have no photographical proof of any of those events, but others seem to have
So Sunday morning
We are leaving the campsite with the cars and going to the ring to watch and do laps. Some are packing, others are standing around doing nothing. DanRoM is getting annoyed at very little progress towards packing and payment
.. and others are playing Kangoo frisbee. Why the fuck did they have to stand right behind my car to throw the bloody saucer I can't understand. But the bodywork took a few hits from the return throws
850 was also less than ideally parked
After a very long while, people finally went to settle the payments
Some like to camp in style
Nice parking there, Dave
The Kangoo convoy getting lined up for the lap
Some returned much sooner then others
A few randomly interesting / weird sightings:
This dude got a ticket for overtaking under yellow flags and was dissatisfied. Got yelled at
Yes, you need a ticket to go on the ring
The wheels
I need that (half)roof! And storage box in the spare wheel carrier looks very interesting
:lol: Yes, they went on the ring. And I think he was still asleep when they came out.
Flappy paddles!
The car that Adrian got a lap in later on
And that is all that remains of the black Stig
850 with battlescars
But nothing a few zipties and duct tape can't fix!
That was close! And I mean the bonnet of the Noble swinging over my car
Cool sticker
A TVR
Adrian hitching a ride in what seems to the a 599 GTB 60F1
ROCKET! No, wait a minute, that's not what the plate is! Clever screwcap placement, huh?
Subaru engined Beetle with a bunch of Porsche accessories
Found something on Ice's wheel
Camping right at the ring parking?
That was the end of the ringmeet. Me and DaBoom headed to Adenau to stay in the hotel until Monday, when we drove back north and took a ferry to Finland. At the hotel they offered me a garage for no charge, so I took it
Not a bad view from the window
That concludes my report. Until the next year.
