Festival of Speed 2023 AVOID, AVOID, AVOID Spent over eight hours getting to and from the place (from J.23 M25) today. Pi55poor traffic management and miles of queues. A great event for petrolheads but even the most die hard motoring fan would have found today very hard going. Seemed to be far fewer exhibitors there this year too.
My mate is going to Goodwood on Saturday, I don't think I'll relay your message to him. I'll see what he has to say when I meet him next week. Sounds grim though. Silverstone is similar unless you have a helicopter.
Caught 1974 Bill Withers live set on BBC Four last night. Incredible how much he has done and what he crammed into 35 minutes. Legend.
Cheers mate, it was very windy, I thought a tree might come down on me when I walked the dog in the woods this afternoon.
Next time I do Silverstone I'm going to park in a village 5 miles away and cycle to the circuit. Will save 2 hours of stationary traffic.
I was out for dinner last Saturday in a (surprisingly good) hotel restaurant in Stratford. The table next to us were on some corporate jolly to the Grand Prix. They said they had to get on a coach at 7:00 the next morning (obviously hadn’t bothered with qualifying) to get to Silverstone, which is 40 miles away, mostly motorway, for the race. If you are cycling enjoy the car/coach fumes for five miles…… …..anyone else get the feeling that F1 is a fading sport? Definitely ‘niche’ now. As tennis has become. Cricket is neatly going in the opposite direction.
Last year I got the park and ride from Northampton Town's stadium, 13 miles away. It took over two hours to get there. Worth it for an incredible day (in my world) but I think I'll take the half hour bike ride next time. As for F1 dying, I sort of wish it was. Netflix and the yanks are growing it rapidly, and not for the better.
