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Spa 2015 ...

Meeting Thomas at Blyth Services en route to the Hull ferry :

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Coffee stop on the very wet drive to our first night's hotel


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Meeting up with James atthe old Chimay circuit


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- the hotel laid on a fantastic evening meal including half a lobster ...


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At the circuit:


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- relaxing in the bar with a few beers ...


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- & a bit of 'skulduggery' involving Russ' car :lol:


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Great trip that one
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Memories of a great trip through the champagne region and down to Alsace with Mike (210bhp) Image
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Great trip that James. I remember Rhona trying l’escargot for the first time at Katzenthal. Oh yeh, and the wine tasting.

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210bhp wrote:Great trip that James. I remember Rhona trying l’escargot for the first time at Katzenthal. Oh yeh, and the wine tasting.

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My trip to Classic Le Mans 2012....I made a lot of new friends thanks to an invite from James to join the Northern crew :) .....I was the only person in a 'modern' air cooled, don't think that would be the case these days!....what a road trip! 8) ....

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June 2014 and my first foray into Wales with the Cymru Co-Op :) .......the beginning of some of the most memorable driving experiences I'll ever know.....and this time in an early car 8) .....

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NC 500 2016 amazing trip, came across the biggest highland cow.
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LMC was going to be my first euro trip in the Porsche, after doing the NC500 in May. Neither of those are going to happen, but got a couple of non-porsche ones.

On the way back from Le Bug show 2018 at Spa to Rotterdam
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Bangor Rally in 2016, top of the Grand St Bernard Pass on the way to Turin, in a car costing £250 or less. Was a great fun few days.
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Is yours the oval ?
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Lovely place, best breakfasts, great touring area as well as a blast to Le Mans! :drunken:
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CLM 2018

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Andrew promoting his new line of porsche-centric sex gel
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Get yer motor running.....
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