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This year managed to do NW England to Le Mans 24h + Classic .... 2 good runs with no roof on both occasions carrying a tent & sleeping bag and gear.
From the tunnel its 4 hours and Zeebrugge its 6 hours ...not the longest journey in the world.
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But a good start. Well done.
We did 3300 miles to Sorrento & back this year the longest so far. Once the touring bug hits it hits! Can highly recommend the Austrian Swiss & Italian Alpine passes.
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This year managed to do NW England to Le Mans 24h + Classic .... 2 good runs with no roof on both occasions carrying a tent & sleeping bag and gear.
From the tunnel its 4 hours and Zeebrugge its 6 hours ...not the longest journey in the world. Only time we put the hood up was in the hotel car park in case of rain which never happened just 35 deg heat !never felt hot in the Mog , just wear a flat cap !
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After visiting LMC noticed in the memorabilia stalls, there seemed to be a lot of fetishisation with Steve McQueen (or appropriately SM - his image was all over the place).
Never seen the film Le Mans so thought it was about time I watched it.
One wierd thing that really irritated me about the Le Mans film was the number of Gendarme used in the crowd scenes.
The director must have thought, right - we are in France - what do we need - Gendarmes in all the crowd scenes (approx 1 in 10 of spectators. Every time a scene came on I found myself counting the fricking gend......
Anyway just a personal irritant. Watch it and you will see what I mean.
Now I am watching a documentary on the making of Le Mans - wonder if it will mention the number of....
Footnote - it is possible I could be wrong and there were thousands of french police at Le Mans in 1970 - think there were riots in 68.
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I watched the film again for the first time since I saw it as a kid , and have to say after all the hype I was rather underwhelmed , and likewise surprised at number of stalls almost totally dedicated to it or Steve McQueen . The reality of the 24hr history is far more interesting for me.
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