Well, we made it back in one piece, without a hangover and full of plans for next year.  My old Porsche did us proud not missing a beat there and back and returning a respectable 24 miles per gallon, not bad for a 27 year old mota!  Dave, our Creative Director, was happy to be a last minute stand in as my arranged passenger Ashley had to bail at the last minute due to work commitments - now there's someone who's really gutted now.

Our journey took us on the road to Porstmouth at 3am on Friday morning leaving plenty of time to catch the 7am to Caen.  We booked the "fast" ferry which was great, three hours instead of six and then only a couple of hours to Le Mans on the other side of the channel.  As ever the journey is a real treat with the atmosphere building the closer you get and the roads full of Brits in cool cars.

We arrived at our campsite just after lunch, pitched the tent and raided the local supermarket for bbq fodder, beer and of course cheese.  To get us in the mood our hosts White Rabbit Racing (WRR) put on the classic Audi Le Mans film "Truth in 24" which is awesome and turned out to be a similar story to the racing this year.

Dave and I got to the circuit early on Saturday morning as the support races are always worth watching especially as our client Motor Racing Legends put on a Group C race, now those cars make a noise!  The main race starts at 3pm and that's when the party starts at Le Mans.  As we weren't entertaining clients this year we let our hair down and enjoyed the wonders of the Guiness tent after meeting up with the WRR lads and some friends who'd arrived on Thursday.  It was the night of England's first match of the World Cup with the infamous goal keeping error but the Brits who we watched it with (around 1,000 on a big screen) were still optimistic at the time...fools!

Some of the guys we met up with have been coming to Le Mans for 26 years and have their routine down to a tee.  Top tips from them have been noted and next year is going to be even better.

The racing was really exciting with the Audis finally pulling through and taking all three podium places despite the Peugeots being faster cars, just less reliable (fill in your own jokes regarding French and German engineering!).  Great shame for Nigel Mansell crashing out early but the Astons put on a fine show only missing out in the closing stages of the race.

The journey home was another feast of hot metal and the queue for the ferry on the way home was awesome, check out the pictures.  Can't wait for next year already, if you want to join us let me know.

Grant

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