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The track sounds very exciting. I've often thought of booking myself on something similar. I love Paris. Your depiction of them is about right, though they tend to get friendlier if you at least attempt to address them in French. Isn't the Lake District glorious? You can see the colours of the hills change through the day. Did your frien…
The track sounds very exciting. I've often thought of booking myself on something similar. I love Paris. Your depiction of them is about right, though they tend to get friendlier if you at least attempt to address them in French. Isn't the Lake District glorious? You can see the colours of the hills change through the day. Did your friends take you on any Wainwright walks? He mapped all the walks and wrote and illustrated his books by hand. Of course they might be out of date now
That's funny--they had all the Wainwright books and insisted that we read his descriptions before we went. Really interesting. The track stuff was stellar, really the realization of a long-held dream. I'd highly recommend it, though I don't know if I'd start at these two tracks.
The Wainwright books are so interesting even if you're not going on a walk. We have one or two here and I love dipping into them occasionally. Why would you not start at those tracks? In GB it's possible to book these 'experience days' like this: https://www.buyagift.co.uk/driving-experiences/five-supercar-driving-thrill-at-a-top-uk-race-track-br-10270540.aspx but yours sounds more hardcore
You know, I was reflecting on why I made that comment about not starting at those tracks. I've been "track driving" for a number of years, very slowly building up my skill such that I feel comfortable driving really hard on a racetrack with other cars on the track. But there's a whole range of ways to get started, including like the one you mention. The way we approached Spa and the Ring is, we're going to drive at our limit, so that's really different. All the major sports car makers offer one- and two-day programs.
Sounds great, Tom