Ringmeet 2021 in the history books, let's share some photos.
First was meeting a certain Fin at FRA on Thursday morning... Or employing a foreigner to carry my luggage.
Then a short drive from FRA to the new campsite
Once there, we got daun to business.
Not too far from our camp site was this lovely campervan an older gentleman had. Sadly he only stayed one night because opposite of this was some BMW enthusiasts who decided that 3-4AM was the time to start revving engines. This guy wasn't a fan and left early.
The next morning, I walked from my hotel to camp and as it was a solid 15 minutes, had some views along the way.
Plan was to see the Berg castle, but with a wait time of 1.5-2 hours in 28+C heat, it was decided by most of us that the 1-2km walk was enough...
So, the group of folks I was with, @Galantti, @DaHitch, @Tram, @Adrian and others I forgot, we first went to CockPit for some libations of currywurst and spezi, then walked over to the track and watched a trackday.
After that we went up to the track entrance, during our transit up the track was closed for a brief period, but we were entertained in the parking lot when one of the track day teams got their van stuck in the grass.
I don't have more photos of Friday but it was a great moment of how the Ring affects us. As we had been wandering around all day in the heat some of us were exhausted. @Tram for example was ready to go back to the campsite to get out of the sun and such. Then @DanRoM asked if one of us wanted a ride and we all pointed to @Tram. Once he came back after the lap, he had the biggest smile.
This was also the time that @leviathan missed 6 FG people going on the track and each time he was like "did so and so go on yet?" He seemingly always had his back turned when one of us went out.
Saturday was nice and had some good views.
After some sight seeing of cars, @lip wanted to take the barkwagon on the track and I was passenger while @DaBoom guided him through.
Seems the barkwagon had wider tires installed and this didn't bode well for suspension compression. During the dips and fast cornering the tires would rub and reflected such when we got off and parked.
After that, standing around by the entrance was done, but not without getting a lap in @Adrian's M5.
This was pretty relaxed, after that I went out with @DaBoom in his rental Swift, but I didn't get many good photos.
Then we went to Adenau for some ice cream. I of course had to get my usual, Spaghetti Eis.
That evening we went to the Harmony restaurant.
There was not enough space on the terrace, so we had the riff raff daun below.
Much of the same the next day for me. I think this year I spent most of it at the entrance or riding with people doing laps.
Spent a little time at Brunnchen.
First was meeting a certain Fin at FRA on Thursday morning... Or employing a foreigner to carry my luggage.
Then a short drive from FRA to the new campsite
Once there, we got daun to business.
Not too far from our camp site was this lovely campervan an older gentleman had. Sadly he only stayed one night because opposite of this was some BMW enthusiasts who decided that 3-4AM was the time to start revving engines. This guy wasn't a fan and left early.
The next morning, I walked from my hotel to camp and as it was a solid 15 minutes, had some views along the way.
Plan was to see the Berg castle, but with a wait time of 1.5-2 hours in 28+C heat, it was decided by most of us that the 1-2km walk was enough...
So, the group of folks I was with, @Galantti, @DaHitch, @Tram, @Adrian and others I forgot, we first went to CockPit for some libations of currywurst and spezi, then walked over to the track and watched a trackday.
After that we went up to the track entrance, during our transit up the track was closed for a brief period, but we were entertained in the parking lot when one of the track day teams got their van stuck in the grass.
I don't have more photos of Friday but it was a great moment of how the Ring affects us. As we had been wandering around all day in the heat some of us were exhausted. @Tram for example was ready to go back to the campsite to get out of the sun and such. Then @DanRoM asked if one of us wanted a ride and we all pointed to @Tram.
Once he came back after the lap, he had the biggest smile. This was also the time that @leviathan missed 6 FG people going on the track and each time he was like "did so and so go on yet?" He seemingly always had his back turned when one of us went out.
Saturday was nice and had some good views.
After some sight seeing of cars, @lip wanted to take the barkwagon on the track and I was passenger while @DaBoom guided him through.
Seems the barkwagon had wider tires installed and this didn't bode well for suspension compression. During the dips and fast cornering the tires would rub and reflected such when we got off and parked.
After that, standing around by the entrance was done, but not without getting a lap in @Adrian's M5.
This was pretty relaxed, after that I went out with @DaBoom in his rental Swift, but I didn't get many good photos.
Then we went to Adenau for some ice cream. I of course had to get my usual, Spaghetti Eis.
That evening we went to the Harmony restaurant.
There was not enough space on the terrace, so we had the riff raff daun below.
Much of the same the next day for me. I think this year I spent most of it at the entrance or riding with people doing laps.
Spent a little time at Brunnchen.
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