Thursday, 7th to Monday, 11th July 2005 – Monza I know I only had three days out of the office, but it still felt like a holiday to me. It started on Wednesday evening, when Skil and Clivio flew in so that Clivio could compete in the GP2 Race, supporting the British Grand Prix at…
Category: Travel
Travel 2005 – Silverstone
3rd June 2005 – Silverstone Tests It’s been a busy few days, is all I can say. Lynne stayed up in Silverstone till Wednesday, mostly building bookshelves, but we also went out to the Rice Bowl in Towcester for dinner on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Gina called round on her way back from Oxford, and…
Travel 2005 – Spa-Francorchamps, Jezus-Eik, Brussels, Belgium
April/May 2005 – Spa-Francorchamps, Jezus-Eik, Brussels Something of a wasted weekend, frankly. As soon as the 2005 calendar was announced, and it became obvious we’d be racing on a number of foreign tracks, I’d been asking anyone who’d listen why it was that we were going to Monza in July when the Italian summer weather…
Travel 2005 – Combloux, Megeve, Bettex, Rochebrune, France
Friday, 26th February – Sunday, 6th March 2005 – Combloux and Megeve We were catching a ridiculously early ferry from Dover – 5.00 or something ghastly – which meant we should be in Combloux by mid-afternoon all being well. It also meant we were staying in a hotel near Dover overnight on Friday, because I…
Travel 2005 – Portishead, Curry Rivel, Kingsbury Episcopi, Montacute
February 2005 – Portishead, Curry Rivel, Kingston Episcopi, Montacute The weekend was excellent, relaxing and interesting too. I picked Lynne up from the station after work and we set off for her parents’ place in Portishead (down near Bristol). Despite horrible traffic bulletins, and the fact that it’s always busy on a Friday night heading…
Travel 2004 – Etoges, France
Thursday, 23rd December 2004 – Etoges, France Were it not just two days before Christmas, I’d be quite happy to be snowed in here… There’s this weird sixth sense Lynne and I seem to possess when it comes to picking hotels and restaurants, and it still works, even after a couple of decades. I’ve clearly…
Travel 2004 – Macau (How to Get to Fisherman’s Bend)
Friday, 19th November 2004 – Macau, Day 6 (How to Get to Fisherman’s Bend) I learned a few things over the last few days in Macau, the most bizarre one being that it is possible to get to the photographers’ stand at Fisherman’s Bend. The reason I’d had doubts was because the time Andrea tried…
Travel 2004 – Macau, Day 5
Thursday, 18th November 2004 – Macau, Day 5 We got the early start we wanted and were set up in the press office by 9.15. That left me enough time to catch the slowest Media Shuttle in the World out to the Melco Hairpin. I particularly like Melco, because it’s very hard to get round…
Travel 2004 – Macau, Day 4
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 – Macau, Day 4 The fun started today, with the CTM Sprint Race, organised to publicise the 51st Macau Grand Prix. In previous years they’ve done all sorts of things from rickshaw races, to martial arts competitions, dragon boat races and calligraphy sessions. This year the competitors had to run a…
Travel 2004 – Macau, Day 3
Tuesday, 16th November 2004 – Macau, Day 3 We were living in interesting times, it seemed. Mind you, we weren’t the only ones. We weren’t able to meet up with Glyn till getting on for midnight on Monday, because… well, because of all sorts of things really. First off most of the race team people…
Smtfhw's Travels 
You must be logged in to post a comment.