Porsche Picnic at Mapledurham House

Great run to reading this morning and a good turn out for this year's 911 & Porsche World Picnic. Set in the grounds of a beautiful Elizabethan stately home. Nothing quite like a Porsche or two to go with my tea and scones. :-)

My 993, Jamie's 997 and Rob's Boxster. Jamie's 996 is somewhere in the background as he turned up late. Tut-tut.

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Le Mans here we come...

The Mulsanne Straight

We took the opportunity to jump out the porker and take a quick snap with the GoPro, before being moved along by the Gendarmerie. (Shame about the photobombing runner!)

The All Blacks!

A black 996 (Jamie's), a black Boxster (Rupert's Dad), a black 993 (mine) and a black 997 (Rupert's) all decided to get together this morning for a quick tour on the windy country roads in and around Marlborough, Wiltshire. Too. Much. Fun. Here's to the next impromptu tour! 

Spotted that orange GT2 Clubsport again!

I said 'ou la la' the first time I saw this car (see previous post) and I said it again today - spotted it at Ty's place up on a ramp awaiting some of that lovely blood orange paint - apparently the owner races it (as the only one like this in the UK and over half a million pounds, better him than me!) and somehow the bonnet 'flipped' so that needs putting right. It's one hell of a machine. Nice to see you again!

By the way I was speaking to Ty about buffing out some light scratches on my paintwork and addressing some rust on the chassis legs - which Greg spotted whilst fitting the sports cat. I'll be back to have that done in a few months as it's not super urgent - just going to enjoy the car whilst the weather's good. :-)

A bit more sound

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After:

Greg fitted my new exchange cat -  Carnewal high flow sport cats with 200 cells for a bit more sound and a bit more horse power and torque. Nice. 

Mission 2014. Our Return.

We're back to Circuit de la Sarthe to see the epic return of Porsche to the LMP1 class of the 24h of Le Mans (after 16 years absence). Strong performance by the two 919 Hybrids but sadly not enough to challenge the dominate Audis. And the 911 RSRs represented well with 3rd place in GTE-Pro class and 2nd place in GTE-Am class. Another great year and made even more special as I had my very own 911 to mark the occasion - thanks to my good friend Barry who rode shotgun the whole way.

And it was great to visit (and be part of!) the Saint-Saturnin Classic British Welcome on the Friday. An amazing collection of classic cars of all shapes and sizes, from all around the world, gathered together on the northern outskirts of Le Mans. Not-to-be-missed event - we'll definitely be heading again there next year.