Race de Remparts angouleme

[longman]

Some of you have done this event already but I thought I would document it as its a fantastic way to spend a long weekend,,
So we started last Thursday and met at the Eurotunnel , a problem immediately occurred with me having a flat left rear , we pumped it up on the train and pulled in to the nearest French services when in France , luckily the SL has a full size spare..



So , that changed we ventured to Le Haute de Lis hotel in Villandry , the hotel owner Pascal loves classic cars and red wine so a very funny night as had by all , I would highly recommend this hotel as a stop off , its great..








From there we decided to visit the Hotel De France where some of the historic Le Mans drivers stayed..








The next stop was a random stop by Nige who was in the lead , the village was mostly shut but we found a cafe and had a bunch of coffee's , cheap as ..





next stop , we had some sustenance so where to eat , again Nige found the spot..

[longman]

More to follow..

[longman]

Forgot to say that Rouen is now a low emission zone which means you need a vignette , my car was eligible but the older Porsches were not so I dropped a pin by Yvetot which neatly took us round .



Then off to our Gite via a Carrefour and plenty of twisty roads ,we stayed at Les Rivieres Gites in Nadaillac which is about 30 mins south of Angouleme .







Saturday morning we went to Brantome for a coffee and a mooch , its very pretty












 Then off to Angouleme to get our tickets and some lunch , the atmosphere in Angouleme at race weekend is great , there are classic cars parked all over the place and you never know what's going to be in the next square/street , its great.

















In Angouleme..























































The town has some interesting art/graffiti as well , this is only a small sample , there's loads to see





















Some of the race cars









































The start of one of the races ..

 Back to the Gite after a great day , another BBQ then an early doors departure for a nearly 8hrs drive back to Calais , E10 at Calais was 1.41 euro a litre and the 98 was only a bit more expensive , needless to say we all filled up.
 Quiet roads in the UK on monday because of the funeral and back home , if you can do it its a brilliant trip and well worth it.
 Cheers
Paul

[mylittletony]

Excellent! That brings back some good memories!

I think it'll be a while until I go again as it's in term time...

[sonus]

I think we might have sat beside each other on Tribune Wilson 😅👍Me and my dad had seats on row J seat 8 and 9

[braaap]

Sept 21, 2022 7:24:18 GMT longman said:

Plenty of nice pictures, but this one excites me most, what is it? Something citroen traction avant based probably?

Reminds me a bit of the "edsel rod".

[longman]

Its a Georges Irat .. I'd never heard of them..