As I have remarked far too many times before to
avoid a 'repetition' call, the bank overlooking Tertre Rouge corner is very
popular, particularly with photographers as it's one of now very few places
around the circuit where you can get your lens 'above' the debris fencing.
As a result, the bank was pretty packed with a multitude of cameras snapping
away at every car that flew past. Even though I've stood here many times
and taken hundreds (probably thousands) of photographs from this spot, I
couldn't resist the temptation.
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I suppose we got there at about 9.20 and it was at
this point that I started to feel the cold a little, putting on the light
pullover I'd brought from the car earlier. Little did I realise just how
much colder it was going to get. We normally hold station at Tertre Rouge
for a considerable time, at least until the darkness has descended but as the
cool air also descended around us, we decided to leave after only about an hour.
After all, we had seen the view from their many times before.
We walked through the Tertre Rouge tunnel and then
back up the outside of the track until we reached what remains these days of the
once-great Le Mans funfair and we headed up past the stage on the outside of the
Dunlop Bridge, struggling to make our way through the crowd that seemed
puzzlingly interested in watching a band completely unknown to me bash out a
thoroughly anonymous rhythm, instead of watching something far more interesting
a few yards away on the track. (Although I think Nane was quite keen to
stay a while for a dance!).
