20-02-2016, 09:13 PM
Alarm clock went off 5am this morning
didn't sleep much as i was like a little kid waiting for Christmas!
met my friend with his scooby at the local shell station at 6:10 where i fueled up,,
full tank of V power and two 20ltr jerrys, £110, fingers crossed that was going to be enough,
so we hit the M5 and headed north then onto the m4 and followed the signs to castle combe
we arrived at combe just at 7:30 for signing on to start,
we went in and filled out the paperwork and where i found out the times of my tuition
9:30 and 1:30
9:30 was the first open session so nothing like being thrown in at the deep end without watching others first
had to make a choice now tyres..............
I choose my wets as track was wet looked very slippery and more rain was forecast
anyway so what if i made the wrong choice i had all day there
so before fitting my rainsport3's we drove over to noise testing passed that at 89dB
made out way back and started changing the wheels over
8:30 came someone started ringing a bell like old skool playtime over, it was the drivers briefing
anyway flags overtaking the new tarmac the old tarmac and general pointers all round
was a good briefing better than the Action day and FCS ones
that over went back and finished changing the wheels tourqued the bolts and checked fluids
now the car was ready
9:00 sighting lap. no helmets following the lead car basicly showing you the track.
time for brekfast
Nice fry up ok then nom nom didnt finish it as was getting nurvious
9:30 came i went to meet Tim the instructor Nice chap! only to happy to help point and laugh
sat in the car chatted asked what id want out of the 20min session asked my experience then told to go on track drive a couple of laps
which i did...................
BY f*ck was it wet with water crossing the track
Tim started pointing out the braking points ,turn in points, best lines, and where to expect water
the guy was good!
we were soon setting some good speed and the tyres were magic
I couldn't believe anything could grip in so much water
we were even overtaking stuff a lot of stuff
20mins soon came to an end,
quick check of the gauges everything normal Excellent!
extra lap for cool down then in
Tim was very complimentry
and I felt great!
more to come..................................................
didn't sleep much as i was like a little kid waiting for Christmas!
met my friend with his scooby at the local shell station at 6:10 where i fueled up,,
full tank of V power and two 20ltr jerrys, £110, fingers crossed that was going to be enough,
so we hit the M5 and headed north then onto the m4 and followed the signs to castle combe
we arrived at combe just at 7:30 for signing on to start,
we went in and filled out the paperwork and where i found out the times of my tuition
9:30 and 1:30
9:30 was the first open session so nothing like being thrown in at the deep end without watching others first
had to make a choice now tyres..............
I choose my wets as track was wet looked very slippery and more rain was forecast
anyway so what if i made the wrong choice i had all day there
so before fitting my rainsport3's we drove over to noise testing passed that at 89dB
made out way back and started changing the wheels over
8:30 came someone started ringing a bell like old skool playtime over, it was the drivers briefing
anyway flags overtaking the new tarmac the old tarmac and general pointers all round
was a good briefing better than the Action day and FCS ones
that over went back and finished changing the wheels tourqued the bolts and checked fluids
now the car was ready
9:00 sighting lap. no helmets following the lead car basicly showing you the track.
time for brekfast
Nice fry up ok then nom nom didnt finish it as was getting nurvious
9:30 came i went to meet Tim the instructor Nice chap! only to happy to help point and laugh
sat in the car chatted asked what id want out of the 20min session asked my experience then told to go on track drive a couple of laps
which i did...................
BY f*ck was it wet with water crossing the track
Tim started pointing out the braking points ,turn in points, best lines, and where to expect water
the guy was good!
we were soon setting some good speed and the tyres were magic
I couldn't believe anything could grip in so much water
we were even overtaking stuff a lot of stuff
20mins soon came to an end,
quick check of the gauges everything normal Excellent!
extra lap for cool down then in
Tim was very complimentry
and I felt great!
more to come..................................................
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