Aberdeen - Nurburgring 2012
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:47 pm
Afternoon all,
I thought I'd do a small write up to follow on from my previous trip over in 2008. We have been saying we would go back every year but never got round to it, until this year finally.
2008 there was only the two of us, this time we had 12! (Old blog here if anyone is interested - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... &mid=84245)
Anyways, onto some pics
Meeting point was Queensferry early on and then convoy down to Newcastle for the ferry over to Amsterdam.. All pretty uneventful..
Arrived at the port
On the Ferry
£310 each for this!!!
Amsterdam refuel
The journey down to the Hotel was good, we broke off into two groups as its quite difficult having 7 cars all trying to follow. The scenery once you pull off the motorway is beautiful
Arrived at the Hotel. Pretty basic hotel and the breakfast isnt up to much, but its clean, cheap and in the perfect location
Few beers at night time and a steak on a stone.. I thought this was a bit of a novelty but really it was a pain in the ass. Wouldn't go again
Some track pics of us all in action. My pictures didnt come out very well as I had it on Shutter Preference but the ISO was set far too high.. Nevermind! The track itself was very quiet, which we didnt expect. Almost no queues the whole weekend.
We definately got lucky with the weather, it was roasting all weekend, until the day we left and it absolutely lashed it down.. Made an interesting night on the ferry home! TERRIBLE!
All in all a superb trip, a good bit more expensive than the last one due to fuel and ferry prices, but worth it!
I thought I'd do a small write up to follow on from my previous trip over in 2008. We have been saying we would go back every year but never got round to it, until this year finally.
2008 there was only the two of us, this time we had 12! (Old blog here if anyone is interested - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... &mid=84245)
Anyways, onto some pics
Meeting point was Queensferry early on and then convoy down to Newcastle for the ferry over to Amsterdam.. All pretty uneventful..
Arrived at the port
On the Ferry
£310 each for this!!!
Amsterdam refuel
The journey down to the Hotel was good, we broke off into two groups as its quite difficult having 7 cars all trying to follow. The scenery once you pull off the motorway is beautiful
Arrived at the Hotel. Pretty basic hotel and the breakfast isnt up to much, but its clean, cheap and in the perfect location
Few beers at night time and a steak on a stone.. I thought this was a bit of a novelty but really it was a pain in the ass. Wouldn't go again
Some track pics of us all in action. My pictures didnt come out very well as I had it on Shutter Preference but the ISO was set far too high.. Nevermind! The track itself was very quiet, which we didnt expect. Almost no queues the whole weekend.
We definately got lucky with the weather, it was roasting all weekend, until the day we left and it absolutely lashed it down.. Made an interesting night on the ferry home! TERRIBLE!
All in all a superb trip, a good bit more expensive than the last one due to fuel and ferry prices, but worth it!
