I survived my Silverstone adventure in one piece, which is more than can be said for a few of the blokes!! The amount of testosterone flying about the paddock yesterday was crazy. I've done track days before, but never with such a collection of 'well off' blokes and their bling-bling machinery. One chap bragging to anyone who'd listen that he has "spent over £25,000 on her so far"....! What the *?!!!
When I've done them before, it has been mainly blokes turning up on their road bike. Not yesterday, the majority were on tricked up track only machines. Which made me, on my £800 mid-90s vintage bike feel a little inadequate. But, it just made it all the more satisfying as I overtake them round the outside of a corner....!
For those who don't know, track days are broken down into groups, novice, intermediate and fast, which should be fairly self explanitory. What a bunch of *s in the fast group!!
1st fast group session of the day, stopped as some bloke threw himself off his bike, right in front of me (stood on the pit wall), I could see the terror in his eyes as he got flicked off and then proceeded to slide down the track on his back for 150m. Second fast group outing of the day, we had a visit from the air ambulance, which stopped all the action for an hour loosing track time for everyone. Stupid show-off gits. "See how fast I am on my £10,000 bike, oh no wait.... No, i'm off to hospital and my bikes in bits." Mint. Noooooooooooooooobs.
Anyway, still suffering from 'cheshire-cat syndrome' - big smiles all round. You are all lovely people. Life is great, etc. Cuddle, anyone?!
I've actually met Chris n shook his hand. This fact is still causing slight issues in my trouser dept....
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