Day 5 : That's all folks

The final leg of the run was to make our way across Belgium to the ferry terminal at Dunkirk.

As usual the ring road around Brussels was a nightmare, but we managed to get to the terminal on time... only to find the ferry was running an hour late.

Once on board (following a rather "musical" boarding process) we headed to the bar for the final briefing by Ed White, and prizes for the various awards.  We didn't win anything this year, maybe next time.

So that's that, Scumrun 2015 is over... its back to reality for another year.  Apologies for the sporadic and slightly delayed updates.  Our internet availability was limited in places. Stay tuned to the blog for some videos, and a full write-up of the event.

Day 5 : Spa

Another lovely day for a run through some pretty countryside. We had already decided to visit Spa and scalp another racetrack for the Bus, but lo and behold, it's a checkpoint!

Unlike Hockenheim though, the closest it got was the car park. There was what appeared to be a track day going on and thus were excluded from participating. Shame :(

Still though, it brought our total of Racetracks to 5 in 5 days. Not bad if you ask me.

We then grabbed some lunch in Spa town and found a little park to have a bit of a picnic, before heading off to Dunkirk and our ferry home (despite the GPS pronouncing it Car Fairy).

Day 5 : The voyage home

The last day... where will we go?  What will we do?

Well... disappointingly not the Nordschleife, or the gp circuit... at least not the real one.

It seems that it wasn't possible to use the track due to the aforementioned 24hr race and the cleanup of the aftermath.  The track was due to open to the public by 5:30pm but we would need to be long gone by then.

Instead the Scumrun team organised use of the 24 player racing simulator in the Raceroom. Everyone who wanted a go got a chance to race and the fastest lap time got a bottle of champagne.

So where now? We continue the theme of course.  So which track is on our way now? Spa Francochamps in Belgium..  off we go...

Day 4 : Nurburgring

After a fairly eventful day trekking through forests and visiting racetracks, we finally arrived at the destination: The Nurburgring GP circuit.

The ring itself is currently closed due to a 24hr race that finished today.  Will it be open tomorrow? Who knows.  But if it is there will be a load of terrible cars whizzing around the track.

The campsite is literally trackside on the GP circuit.  Our pitch was 2 minutes walk from a spectacular view of the Schumacher S bends.  Maybe if we aren't going on the Nordshcleife tomorrow we will get a run around the circuit.

In the evening we visited the bar and then proceeded to while away a chilly night in front of a fire before retiring to bed.

Day 4 : Checkpoint 2

Continuing our tour of race circuits it seems that Hockenheim is also on our route, so our next task is to get a photo of us at the track... We did one better.

When we arrived at the track it wasn't immediately obvious where the entrance was. We drove around the perimeter of the circuit looking for official signage or entrance. 

After a few minutes the road opened up into a large a area where you could see the track. But the fun thing was that the fence was wide open due to construction work on the track.  We took our photos and Adrian (who was driving at the time) decided to actually drive on the track.  There was noone around so we did a very brief drive along a few meters of track.

Day 4: Checkpoint 1

The route takes us north from Zurich past the black forest so, after the visit on the last run, we decided to skip checkpoint 1 in favour of playing the mountains.

The roads were quite wiggly, and the brakes got a good testing. 

We stopped at a small pub for lunch, but once we were done we needed to deal with a small issue.

After we gave our gift to team 66, they had a gift for us. A raw fish. In an attempt to circumvent problems down the road we opted to leave the fish outside the car.  We double wrapped it, and gaffer taped it to the boot.

The problem was that in the heat of the sun the gaffer tape wrinkled and let some of the juices out.  The liquid had dripped down to the bumper and wicked under the door seal.  This meant we could smell it in the car.

We whipped it off, rebagged it, cleaned up the mess, and affixed the fish to the bumper so any more leaks would end up on the road

Next onwards to checkpoint 2

Day 4: Heading north

After the precedent set by Monaco we guessed that we might be going to the Nurbergring on the way back. It seems we were right.  We won't have time to do anything on the track when we arrive today, but hopefully tomorrow.