Advanced warning of hot summer weekends abroad.

Chimay 2006 14-16 July 2006
http://www.ihro.org.uk/circuits/chimay.htm

Highly recommended.
Sights:
http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/chimay2005/

Sounds:
http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/chimay_sound/


Clashes with Toldpuddle which may be a problem for me.

 

Wot, no pix of inverted Drifters?

God, I'm looking forward to this. Already.

All you lot who think that it's just a weekend for a load of old farts
to drool over, and witter on about, antique machinery - think again.
The racing is brilliant, the atmosphere fantastic, the weather (so far)
hot and sunny, the chips beyond compare, the ice-cold beer plentiful
and strong, and the whole craic is just in a class of its own.

This year there were... how many bikes racing? 400? 500? I remember the
250/350cc two-stroke races: there were 40-50 bikes on the grid. I can't
remember when I last saw so many strokers in one place. The plume of
smoke rivalled Buncefield.

And all for something silly like a tenner for the entire weekend. Shit,
one day at a BSB race meeting is more than double that.

I'll take the XS650 next year. Or maybe the 400 Four....

 

TOG@toil said...

I think I'm going to cum.

 

From a couple of years ago:

http://mousemat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/Chimay/Chimay250s.jpg
http://mousemat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/Chimay/Chimay250s-2.jpg

 

<fx: Loz rushes for tissues>

This year, of course, we phoned him up as they were all warming up on
the grid, and held up the phone for him to appreciate the full
ring-ding-ding glory.

 

Statto said...

Nnnnghhhhhhh!

 

TOG@toil said...

Bastards.

I couldn't go out in public wearing tight jeans for days.

 

Add to that the fact that you are *so* close to the bikes when they
take off, you are close to them (possibly, but I've not done the entire
circuit) all the way round, unlike the over-priced and
over-safety-nazi-ed circuits in the UK.

If you remember the way it used to be watching the racing years ago,
this is a must-do to regain the feeling you got when they set off.

If you're too young to remember the way it used to be, it's a must-do
in order to discover just what you have missed out on. Even the TT has
been changed so much over the years to protect the spectators in case
of an incident during racing that it's becoming clinical.


--
Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

http://mousemat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/slides/Chimay_2005_032.html
http://mousemat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/slides/Chimay_2005_080.html

 

Heh heh!

You'd struggle to do that now even at the TT. I've got some cracking
pics taken in the early 90's from the Creg. At the same location now
it would be impossible as the 'safety netting' would ruin them somewhat.

--
Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

Don't forget the "East" German one three weeks earlier.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SE-V/CBR1100XX-X/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..78895.../...20405.../..31257.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 PM#5 WG*
'^' RBR 2005: Abandoned - Bronze Award.

 

Hmmm, I'll be giving that some very serious thought.

 

And the John o'Groats to Lands End UK Tour a week after Chimay for
four days.

 

s/safety/token gesture/

 

"Classic spectating" as Platypus commented.

 

Tempted. Very, very tempted.

 

Yes...what did you think these ' ' indicated? Does nowt for safety
and buggers up the photos for me!

--
Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

I thought they indicated 'token gesture'. Or 'buggered photos'. One or
t'other, anyway.

 

Suppose I could come on an RD400 )

'Hog

 

LOL

You *dirty* old man.