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15 Jun 2016, 19:58 (Ref:3650108) | #1 | ||
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Trouble with Campsites?
Word is coming to me from some marshals at Le Mans that there are problems with flooded campsites for thousands of campers.
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15 Jun 2016, 20:00 (Ref:3650111) | #2 | ||
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Ours is OK, at best. However I could see it being worse elsewhere. Fortunately we arrived with Quattro.
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16 Jun 2016, 09:01 (Ref:3650396) | #4 | ||
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Good facilities then. Campsite comes with swimming.
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16 Jun 2016, 09:03 (Ref:3650397) | #5 | ||
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Anyone with a sit rep on Bleu Nord?
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Some biggish puddles in Houx itself but nothing major, if you're in a numbered place you should be fine.
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friends are arriving at houx numbered imminently in a rather powerful sportscar. are they going to struggle to get in and out do we reckon?
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17 Jun 2016, 05:38 (Ref:3650844) | #8 | ||
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Lots of puddles and mud in the various sites but plenty of dry spots. This is one time that having a reserved spot in Houx might be a bad thing as you are stuck with your allocated space whether it is knee deep in water or not.
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19 Jun 2016, 17:34 (Ref:3653523) | #9 | ||
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I'm on HA and beside the swimmingpool the camp is perfect. ACO knows the spots that get wet on this site, no campers are placed in those locations. Overall I'm pretty happy overhere, I'll be back next year.
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20 Jun 2016, 09:27 (Ref:3653778) | #10 | ||
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TR was OK with only a few places that were really bad but with no allocated spaces people just squeased in with others, we had a few puddles after the heaviest rain but no real problems
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20 Jun 2016, 10:55 (Ref:3653799) | #11 | ||
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Houx annexe had some bad places as had Houx where we were camping.
Luckily we arrived early in the week so we could pick a better spot then was reserved. |
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20 Jun 2016, 10:57 (Ref:3653800) | #12 | ||
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The total lack of traffic coordination after the race was a disgrace to the organisation!
it took us two hours just to get out of Houx campsite and outside it was an even bigger mess! |
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20 Jun 2016, 11:22 (Ref:3653804) | #13 | ||
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I was part of a group in Bleu Sud. On all previous years we've been in Maison Blanche, but there was no room there this year due to the paddock expansion into the area, so we ended up in Bleu Sud which was a little disappointing as we were no longer beside the track.
Bleu Sud was OK, though there was a big puddle in one corner of our pitch and a large proportion of the rest of it was comprised of a thin layer of loose dirt (2 to 3 cm) over a concrete base, so banging tent posts in was a real struggle. As an aside I had a quick walk through Maison Blanche on Saturday afternoon. Real shame that they have now fenced off the corner opposite Karting, as that was a great spot to view from. I also had no idea that the Porsche Curves were now a private campsite as well, very disappointing to be turned away from there. |
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20 Jun 2016, 11:49 (Ref:3653813) | #14 | ||
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I don't think that Porsche curves (on the inside of the track) is private viewing. The bank hat you see there wasn't even checked for tickets. Although you have to walk a long way through campsites to get to it. You start at the roundabout near the car wash and karting entrance.
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It is the same every year, that is,why we decided many years ago to drive home on monday. If you have a extra holiday day(?) to spare, I advise you to do that.
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That said having watched the end from Dunlop Grandstand, walked by to Tertre Rouge, final ablutions, and heading off, we were free flowing on the D323 by 1540, so can't really grumble too much. |
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I think it would have been a bit better but for 3 cars which had been stopped on the road from Houx to Antares by Security - for reasons unknown to us... 2 UK vehicles and a French one.. This hampered the traffic quite a bit. TBH it used to be a lot worse than this!! |
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Indeed EPS. Once the traffic from Houx/Epinettes/Technoparc/etc has merged you then get to the Antarres roundabout and have to stop to let the streams of spectators cross the road towards the tram station. The next section around the stadium isn't too bad but just past the Tertre Rouge Bar the junction onto the bypass is terrible. The signs are confusing - none that direct to towards Alencon/Rouen/Calais that most departing tourists would expect, it's only because I know you have to turn right that I get in the right (in both senses of the word) lane. Then, having picked a lane it's a very steep slope and everyone comes to a halt at the top despite there being Cops waving you out.
That said. It was 'only' about an hour and a half to get from parked in the campsite to the open road. Unless you've got an unreliable car you might as well queue rather than sit around for another couple of hours in the campsite and have a slightly shorter queue later. |
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We watched the end of the race and walked back into the camp had a leak got in the car and headed out, slow headway through the masses of people towards the exit at tertre rouge corner then straight out past carrefore then turn left onto inner ring road, onto the d338 and past beaumont about 3.45ish
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22 Jun 2016, 08:02 (Ref:3654372) | #21 | ||
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we were turned right at the exit at Houx, so had to drive down past technopark/karting. we used about 1-1,5 hour to reach open road, but from there the trafic was good. left Houx at 04.15 to Kolding, Denmark at 6.15 so no problem with the driving home.
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Blimey 2 hours, what were you driving
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