Friday 2nd
Greg turned up at my house on Friday lunchtime, we loaded up the car and made our way down the A68 and A697 at a rather gentle pace with Rolfe's 90's playlist blaring out some classics by the Venga Boys and the Out-Here Brothers
We arrived at Newcastle in plenty of time to dock the Geordie express and hit the roof top bar for the first of many for the trip ahead 
We moved down to the main bar which was awash with the usual hen and stag parties enjoying the boats hospitality - ended up being a late and expensive one with Mr Rolfe and I spending £100 each on the boat and we didn't have any food! Greg took a fancy to Randy Rach
Saturday 3rd
Rolfe lost the toss and did the first stint off the boat heading to Le Mans. We buzzed down the motorways through Holland, Belgium and into France
(via Maccy d's) with little fuss. Had a little peage GP with a Cayenne GTS as we came into France, he flew past us off the lights and sped away - we thankfully never gave chase as about 3 miles down the road he had been pulled by the Gendarmes - close one
Arrived into Le Mans late afternoon and the boys were in the bar - so a few pints were the order of the day waiting for Andy and Uncle Ron to arrive. Gutted to hear Stu P had headed home but we had a drink with his shoe in honour.
We headed into town for a few more beers and a bite to eat. After dinner we headed to a local bar where we started on the 11 euro steins and acquired Troll headgear - as you do!
We struggled to get a taxi back to the hotel so we had a fair walk back which involved me being poisoned by a dodgy kebab, Ali whacking Rolfe in the nuts with a flip flop and "taps aff" jogging.
Sunday 4th
Me and Rolfe slept in and rolled up to the track about 11ish to the usual abuse from the boys. Got a briefing and did a few sighting laps with Ron. My head will still a mess from 2 big nights on the beers so waited till the afternoon to tackle the track but in the meantime Andy took me out in Neil's new Exige V6 - it was epic and could be expensive as I now want one badly - flat out at 135mph into the first corner was epic stuff!!
Did a handful of laps in the afternoon but never really "bonded" with the track but definitely a good one to tick off the done list
Back to the hotel for more beers and another trip into town but was a bit more sedate as most of the bars and restaurants were closed due to it being a public holiday
Monday 5th
For some bizarre reason me and Rolfe were up and about first! and decided to get heading down the road to Dijon. The decision was made to stop off at a lake about 60 outside of Dijon so we hit the motorways and headed down as the advance party. We arrived and it was pretty busy with Frenchies on their holidays. We sat and had a couple of drinks and toasted sarnies waiting on the rest of the boys turning up.
We had a spirited run from the lake into Dijon then again headed out for a steak and a few beers. Ended up bar which serves Brew Dog spookily enough.
Tuesday 6th
Again me and Rolfe slept in but headed off to the track at about half 10 and were soaked by a pretty severe thunderstorm en-route. Arrived at the pits and were forced to take our briefing in the pouring rain as punishment for being late again! At this stage the track was shut due to all of the surface water but once dried out in the afternoon - wow what a track, it was epic fun and had lots of laps and great fun being taken out in the 211 and Atom - Andy and Ali can certainly Peddle. Would definitely love to do that track again
Another night on the beers surprisingly enough - ended up an messy one with a late night bar and a bottle of vodka
Wednesday 7th
We made it up at sensible o'clock and decided to just get on the road and head down to the next stop in Mulhouse. Headed down in convoy with Ali, Andy and Uncle Ron - Neil, Kinger and Kinger Jr (aka Scotty Saville Jr) were lagging behind, feeling the effects of the previous nights vodka
Arrived in Mullhouse and parked up in the underground car park then headed into the town for lunch, just avoiding the sudden downpour.Due to the rain we couldn't face leaving the pub so we had a few beers in the afternoon then a trip to Mr McDonalds for tea to see Ali face the one bite cheeseburger challenge which he dominated
Thursday 8th
Last track of the trip and for once me and Rolfe had promised we would make this briefing. We left with the rest of the boys but got split coming off a junction. My sat nav got us lost and we ended up in a corn field
15 minutes of fannying about and a call to the navigator, Andy G we finally got there about 20 mins late but just made the briefing luckily as Rolfe was going to kill me 
As Andy said this is a private members track which is open every night Tuesday to Saturday from 5pm to 9pm for the members to use as much as they like. 2,500 euros a year and a further 1,500 if you want to store your car there with the rest of the metal which included a Ferrari F40, old Buggati's, Radicals, KTM's and a few Loti so we were in good company
We had one of the locals on out track day - a swiss nutter who turned up in this little beauty - he was going very well with the home advantage and I think Mr G made a friend for life when he took him out for a spin in the Atom
Quite enjoyed the track - not as good as Dijon but still quite quick with a number of technical corners
Gutted to say goodbye to the rest of the boys as we were generally heading home in different directions but Frolic was done - what a trip. Me and rolfe headed north with Neil towards Frankfurt as we had a night planned there and Neil was picking up his Mrs from the airport. Managed 140mph on the autobahn trying to keep up with Neil but the traffic was pretty busy. Such a funny feeling driving so fast legally
Waved goodbye to Neil on the outskirts of Frankfurt and heading into the city centre to a cracking Hilton, good bite to eat, few beers and cocktails and a "dance" club. Frankfurt was jumping - really great city and I would love to go back - Rolfe enjoyed it
Friday 9th
The valet dropped the car at the front door of the hotel and we made the last 300 miles of the trip up through Germany into Holland onto Amsterdam. Jumped on the ferry and headed home. We were crashed out by 8pm - the weeks festivities had taken their toll. The Friday night ferry from Amsterdam is much different to the ferry to Amsterdam!!
Saturday 10th
Dropped Rolfe in Newcastle town centre as he was heading south for a week with his family and to sober up! I had a spirited run up the A697 and A68 having a good wee tussle with a new Focus ST. Arrived back into Edinburgh about 1pm.
2,000 miles, 3 tracks, 6 countries, too many units of alcohol, banter and laughs all in a week - Frolic is something you just have to experience once in your life
Until the next one...................
