Sunday, February 18th 2018 – Le Mirazur, Menton Back before Christmas we were sitting at home watching the latest series of Masterchef: The Professionals, and it was the penultimate programme. The remaining three competitors were shipped off to the south of France to cook at Le Mirazur. It looked amazing, and given that we knew…
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Travel 2018 – Monaco, Day 1
Friday, 16th February 2018 – Vence, Monaco And so for Lynne’s 60th birthday weekend away we found ourselves on a stupid o’clock BA flight from Heathrow to Nice where we picked up a hire car (after a certain amount of trying to battle our way through the chaos that is the building work going on…
Travel 2016 – Home, Day 20
Day 20 – Saturday 23rd July (Aalst, Home) Moose count = lots of pictures of them! We left Aalst after yet another very good hotel breakfast and scooted straight to the nearest branch of Delhaize, my favourite Belgian supermarket chain. While Lynne stayed with the car, I hit the wine department, stocking up for the…
Travel 2016 – Home, London, Dover, Calais, Timmendorfer Strand, Travemünde, Helsinki, Finland, Days 1 to 3.5
Tuesday 5th July, Day 1 (Home to London) Moose/elk count = 0 (but that’s not surprising geographically. The Home Counties are not known for their moose). This was in some ways the first day of our holiday even though I was working from home, not wanting to go into London and back out only to…
Preview: Pau, The Thinking Person’s Monte Carlo
There are many, many race tracks in this world that are worthy of at least one visit but there are few that exert such a hold on people that they regularly make the journey there and are distraught at the idea of not going. Among the magical names (Monte Carlo, Le Mans, Indianapolis, and many…
2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 9 – Race Results
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Round 9, Grand Prix de Pau, France, May 9th/11th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Race 3 Results: 1st – No. 27, Felix Rosenqvist, SWE, kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport, Dallara F312, Mercedes-Benz, 29 laps, 36:01.050 2nd – No. 2, Esteban Ocon*, FRA, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes-Benz, gap 0.829…
2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 9 – Race Report
FIA F3 European Championship Round 9, Pau, France, May 9th/11th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Warm, dry. Overcast. Race Report – Round 9 (Race 3): At Pau this afternoon Felix Rosenqvist’s fortunes finally took a turn for the better after what has been a dreadful start to the season for the kfzteile24…
2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 8 – Race Results
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Round 8, Grand Prix de Pau, France, May 9th/11th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Race 2 Results: 1st – No. 31, Tom Blomqvist, GBR, Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, Dallara F312, Volkswagen, 22 laps, 36:11.933 2nd – No. 2, Esteban Ocon*, FRA, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes-Benz, gap…
2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 8 – Race Report
2014 FIA F3 European Championship Round 8, Pau, France, May 9th/11th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Weather: Cold, damp. Race Report – Round 8 (Race 2): At Pau this morning a late attack by Tom Blomqvist (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin) saw him come home the winner of the second of three races around…
2014 FIA F3 European Championship, Round 7 – Race Results
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Round 7, Grand Prix de Pau, France, May 9th/11th 2014 © Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas Race 1 Result: 1st – No. 2, Esteban Ocon*, FRA, Prema Powerteam, Dallara F312, Mercedes-Benz, 27 laps, 35:36.291 2nd – No. 3, Lucas Auer, AUT, kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport, Dallara F312, Mercedes-Benz, gap 2.922…
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