Showing posts with label Pillow tours. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pillow tours. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Another day at Silverstone... on the track and in the air.

Saturday...


A good night's sleep has helped but I am still tired, I think the time difference and the action packed day have caught up with me but I am at Silverstone so no time to waste.

Another bacon roll at camp and then it is time to head through the campsites with all the tents and flags... almost every tent has at least one flag on a flag pole outside their tent showing their support for their team.

There were a lot of people at the track yesterday but nothing compares to today... I can only imagine what tomorrow will bring.


You really don't see it in the above photo but there is a sea of red where ever you look but not the deep dark red of Ferrari like I am used to seeing in Melbourne but the orange red colour of Vodafone McLaren; I find in Melbourne even though we have Mark Webber, an Aussie driver, there is a range of support for all teams (Ferrari and both drivers of Red Bull would have the most support in Melbourne) but here at the British Grand Prix, everyone are supporting the British team, McLaren, and their drivers... Jenson and Lewis.

So far in my travels I have used many modes of transport, today I added another one to the list... helicopter.

I took to the skies above the track for a birds eye view and I have to say that it does have an amazing layout but it is not a picturesque track, it is in the middle of nowhere. Last year I flew over Albert Park and it was so beautiful, the lake in the centre of the track and the skyline was beautiful and Silverstone can not compare to that.



Qualifying... I won't bore you with all the details, if you were interested you would know the results or would had watched it. I will say the Red Bulls are superior to any other car here, the Ferraris and McLarens are competitive but not near the Red Bulls... it is a Red Bull 1-2 finish for the taking.
Above: the nose of Vettel's car dragging along the road.


Time to get out of town....

Friday...

An early start this morning...

meeting point... Embankment tube station
meeting time... 7 am
destination... Silverstone

So a tube ride and then onto a bus and we were away... a small group of ten on the tour plus our guide, Jodie, an Aussie girl who is over here for two years working. The group seems to be good fun, two other Aussies, a father and son combo, three Irish guys and four English guys.

I would love to tell you all about the countryside between London and Silverstone but I am unable to tell you anything as I slept the whole way. I think the trip is catching up with me and I have been tired the whole day.


We made our way to our campsite, to drop out our gear. The tents were all set up when we arrived and our little section of the campsite is good, with all our tents lined up next to our "breakfast" tent.

Nice enough tents but small, I am glad I had paid the extra to have the tent to myself because it would had been very cosy in there with a friend but a stranger would had been awful.



There are three fields of campsite and then a fourth with a fairground and a bar/disco and there are some amazing camp set ups, there is one group of Scots (the giant Scottish flags lets everyone know that they are Scots) have leather couches, a soccer table and full camp kitchen as well as satellite TV.

After a bacon roll for breakfast at camp with the group it was time to hit the track.


My seat is in Luffield C stand and what a view... I can see the cars come out of the straight from the new section of the track, around Brooklands, a quicker corner, before going into the slower Luffield corner and then into the last turn, Woodcote... a great view!!

My boys appeared in their racing machines and it took a minute for me to believe that I was sitting in the stands for the second time this season....



My view... brilliant
My man... Michael Schumacher
Robert Kubica in the Renault
The beautiful red cars...
Nico in the Williams