FRENCH FROLIC 10 - 21/8 to 28/8

mrbennybennett · Post by **mrbennybennett** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:22 pm

Has the full itinerary been released as yet as in where we are going and which tracks etc ??

As my mrs is threatening to possibly fly out for a few days of sun near the end of the trip

Can't believe you woofters are bumping a night in the Dam as a wee Frolic warm up!!

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:25 pm

Sun 21/8
We will all together meet at the Ibis Mâcon Sud, a nice hotel with pool, billard and bar so people arriving a bit sooner can really enjoy their time there. Have a look by yourself
http://www.ibismacon.com/joomla/index.php
Mâcon is also very popular for tourism and EXCELLENT food in France...

Mo 22/8
Easy drive to the Circuit de Bresse, a proper race track with international race meets and great facilities... so it was probably time LoT visited them! Technical, fast, but very safe and with gentle curbs as also many motorbike races are hold there.
Directly after the TD we will head to Orange where we will be based for the rest of the event.

Tue 23/8
Day off at hotel Ibis Orange Centre, the one we visited a couple of years ago! Pool, car park (helpful for some repairs, hum hum) very friendly owner who is a Lotus fan and nearly the entire hotel for us alone. We will be based there until Fri, so you just leave your luggage there and drive easy to the tracks the rest of the week. Orange is a beautiful town within 5 min walk, lot of bars, culture/history, restaurants... but Orange is also not far away from the Provence and from the Riviera. Ah, did I already mention the Mont Ventoux with its hill climb and beautiful roads and view was “just” a few miles away. For sure many nice ways to spend that day off

Wed 24/8
TD at the Circuit du Luc, our first day there. This track has a bit of history as it used to be the test track of the AGS F1 team in the 80s. It is quite relaxed and safe, while allowing a good drive for both beginners (easy to memorise) and experienced drivers (easy to push, better on that day then on the day after!). Perfect training and shake down for Thursday... and fun ans safe regardless the weather.

Thu 25/8
TD at Ledenon. Err, I guess no need to introduce one of Europe’s best race track, anticlockwise with terrific gradients? SUPERB track, but treat it with respect! We really should go there more often... one of our very top favourite tracks and big highlight: have fun!

Fri 26/8
TD at Grand Sambuc, again for the first time. The narrow roads to get there, admittedly slightly over one hour drive as the farthest away, through the Provence mountains are already a great drive with beautiful landscapes that vary every mile. The track is located uphill in the middle of the forest (or should I say nowhere?) and looks like a giant hill climb with lot of gradients and blind corners and... lot of speed! However, it is pretty safe but quite technical. Lunch will be given in a very nice place, surprise, surprise...
It has also a lot of history as the current owner and designer of this driver’s track, who is over 80 now (!), is one of the French best circuit drivers of his era... watch at the pix and trophies of DB, Porsche 718, AC Cobra, Can Am Lolas, Lotus 23, Ferrari 512M, Lola 212 Porsche etc. 3 decades of racing and what a nice man! As BTW our lead doctor of the day, named Abecassis and related to “that” George!
We should have a very enjoyable drive back to Orange on great roads with nice natural lights, for sure worth a TD on their own. Once back we will look forward for a party : that 10th edition deserves something special with all of you friends supporting our events since so long!

Sat 27/8
Go yourself - home , holiday, party

(stolen from Claude on LOT)

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:29 pm

ok so we have a 500 mile trip on the saturday. does this mean we have a night out in the dam on the Friday night after Zandvoort

?

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:33 pm

Its some 530 miles from Amsterdam to Macon, where we are meeting on the Sunday for the start of Frolic.

Thoughts for what to do on the Friday night? (Dom our resident expert especially?)

Driving a good bit of it would appeal to me after the trackday, but wondered about driving a couple fo hundred miles, just to avoid spending most of Saturday on the road?

Any thoughts about where to head?

Alternatively we could have a night in the Dam post trackday, and then drive down Sat and Sun, or all the way on Saturday ??

Might check to see if there is a TD at Spa on the way south on Saturday - that would be epic

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:46 pm

Eindhoven is 144km from Zandvoort and still in Holland

I will drop Julie/Burt a message.

mrbennybennett · Post by **mrbennybennett** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:48 pm

Night in the Dam on the Friday sounds good after the TD - leisurely drive south on the Saturday either all the way or a night somewhere part of the way down???

Happy to go with the flow

neil · Post by **neil** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:39 pm

Anyone fancy catching the F1 at Spa on the way back?

DDtB · Post by **DDtB** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:56 pm

hendeg wrote:I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that Dave hasn't put his name next to mine to share.

1. Ali & Andy G.
2. Shoomer & Scotty
3. Hendeg & DDtB
4. Dave & Benny

Didn't want to be rude and so was going to check it was ok with you first...

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:02 pm

Looks like Ed and I might be joining you all at Zandvoort

Gourlay83 · Post by **Gourlay83** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:25 pm

1. Ali & Andy G.
2. Shoomer & Scotty
3. Hendeg & DDtB
4. Dave & Benny
5. Alan & Neil

Can't wait.

Alan

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:08 am

Tom wrote:Looks like Ed and I might be joining you all at Zandvoort

Just as well

robin · Post by **robin** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:29 am

Can we go yet ... perhaps we should go on a recce this weekend?

Cheers,
Robin

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:34 am

Does anyone fancy a challenge on the Tuesday that we have off? Mt Ventoux is very close by, and it is something I have always wanted to do, albeit never thought it might be on Frolic!

It is a tough old slog of 13 miles uphill which would take a good club rider circa 2 hours to complete, with the reward of steak and beer at the top, and 13miles of very fast downhill once you are done eating!

Bike hire etc is freely available nr by, and if started early enough could be back by 3/4pm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXPXHK7I ... ata_player

Dave

robin · Post by **robin** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:19 am

I think it takes us 8 minutes from bottom to top, 7 minutes down?

It's Mt Ventoelink, BTW.

Cheers,
Robin

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:47 am

Rag_It wrote:Does anyone fancy a challenge on the Tuesday that we have off? Mt Ventoux is very close by, and it is something I have always wanted to do, albeit never thought it might be on Frolic!

It is a tough old slog of 13 miles uphill which would take a good club rider circa 2 hours to complete, with the reward of steak and beer at the top, and 13miles of very fast downhill once you are done eating!

Bike hire etc is freely available nr by, and if started early enough could be back by 3/4pm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXPXHK7I ... ata_player

Dave

once you drive it you wont want to cycle it (leave that for another holiday), there if far to many good roads about to want to go cycling.

Scottish Elises

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