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Hi folks

After a (too) long absence, it was really lovely to be welcomed back into your hallowed paddock and garages for the 2023 race. It was lovely to see everyone again and I promise not to be a stranger next season.

In the absence of a dedicated photo website I've been uploading pictures publicly to my Facebook page.  Please feel free to look through them and I hope that you find some that interest you and are acceptable to you:

https://www.facebook.com/suzanne.peedell/

(or search for SUZE PEEDELL).

The webcam went offline while the formation lap was underway!  ??? ??? >:( >:( >:(

Hi folks

Just to let you know that I have uploaded my photographs from the 24 Hour 2CV race onto Flickr.  Featuring 2CVs, European cars, C1s, Minis and a couple of rogue Renault Clios.  Also features a bit of the scenery around the circuit.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskCzsUpE

Congratulations!

Good!  I can have an extra 30 minutes to get Robert dressed and fed before I start photographing things.  ;D

Our plan is to arrive on Thursday afternoon and get set up. Then we will be seeing family and then I will be onsite from sometime in Friday afternoon. We need to check the weather forecast too. Perhaps we should have a chat before then.

Teams who are keen need to indicate their interest. The cars and one driver is all that is needed - I usually ask for an experienced driver who knows the circuit (especially after Snetterton!).


Will the C1s and Belgians want to participate in the main tracking session or will they want their own one? I will see when Russ Hunter is arriving and see if he will be the chauffeur for the tracking session. We may need to borrow a pace vehicle, if Russ can't do it, then is anybody willing to drive me around?

Do you want me to travel in a pace car to get some tracking photos?  They have proved popular in previous years.

I don't understand why people are so afraid of Anglesey. The A55 is an excellent road, Anglesey has modern shops (24 Hour Tesco's nearby and other supermarkets are available), restaurants, communications, a dual carriageway and plenty of places if you wanted to make a holiday of it.  The circuit is aware of the WIFI problem and are trying to rectify it.

No we can't help the weather but Snetterton had problems too - red flags in the night thanks to fog, things floating off down the pitlane and lakes forming in the middle of the camping area.

What can the Club do to increase spectators? I'm currently surveying my pals on Facebook to try and find out the wider issues concerning spectators at motorsport events.

Hi folks

I've been rather out of practice this season so I'm afraid these photos are nowhere near as good as anything that Maria and Adam Lines have supplied.  However, here is my view of the 24 Hour 2CV Race.  Many thanks to Race Control for letting me invade the debriefings and their offices, thanks to all of the marshals who stood out on post during appalling conditions - mega thumbs-up to those of you who were marooned in the centre of the circuit for the entire race, thanks to all of the drivers, mechanics, caterers, team members, supporters, spectators, Anglesey Circuit and everybody else I've missed.

I've said it before and this time I mean it: next year, I will have a motorhome, a caravan or a waterproof tent with a sewn-in groundsheet!  I will also have a snorkel and flippers.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/rocky-road/7304G0

If anybody does want to order any photographs then contact me via Flickr, this forum or Facebook.

Boat trips from Beaumaris run from the pier to either Puffin Island or down the Menai Straights. Tried it and loved it. Seacoast Safaris is the best one. You can also visit Beaumaris Castle.

I went to Pili Palas 2 weeks ago. Compact, but plenty to see including meerkats, birds, goats, rabbits, pigs etc.

Plas Newydd: check the opening times for house & garden before setting off as they vary daily. This recently featured on BBC2 "Coast" to show off its ecology-friendly heating system.

Six beaches have Blue Flag Awards.

James Pringle has a huge outlet at LlanFairPG. If you live Edinburgh Woollen Mill (like I do) then it is heaven. Free parking too.

There's a lot to do on the mainland too but, hey, who wants to leave Anglesey?

Hi folks

I was back on Anglesey 2 weeks ago to make sure my darling island is ready for us by testing ice creams, beaches etc...😀

Anyway, I provided a list of feeding places within 5 miles of the circuit last year (I can't link to the post from this phone). My cousin, who lives in Valley, has sent me this information.

"Hi, as promised  here is brief list of ammenities working back from Ty Croes where track is to villages/holyhead. Track has bar/cafe called Pitstop reasonable and nice. Next village is Llanfaelog with just sml village shop papers milk snacks, you can turn off into Rhosneigr - Bee Bees cafe, Sandys bistro, ball high fish/chips, mojos bakery, Spar type shop and nice but expensive The Oyster Catcher bar/rest set up by Timpsons its a chef academy good reputation tho. RAF VALLEY - Rozi indian nice but i asked to make sure cook gethin seperate cos peanuts he took 1 bite and had reaction! Valley- valley+bull both good food, Agra indian and Sukothai are delicis, chinese bit dodgy, cafe called Relish then Spar with Subway and Post office is store. Trearddur Bay has the  hotel, seacroft and driftwood - nice but expensive gastro pubs/restr. Holyhead has 1 street with few takeaways almost centre town with Pizza Gondola, kebabs, indian+chinese called manderin kitchen they too own manderin royale lovely rest on bottom road to newry. Prices chippy by cinema, Craig chippy Eastend Kebab and Taste of india by station. Tnere is also Marstons pub Standing stones by retail park nice deals bit slow service. KFC, Mcd and Tesco huge store and cafe and Morrisons same also on retail park. I am.not sure on delivery, i have Agra+thai menus bur cant scan them."

Additional info from me:

Enoch's Fish & Chips has (finally) opened in Valley on the A5. I tried it 2 weeks ago. It is cheap, cooked to order and yummy. Parking is a nightmare and I did find their food a tad too greasy. I also tried the Steak Night at The Bull in Valley (Friday only) and it was terrific!

If you want scenic places (free of charge) to eat your takeaways, South Stack, Penrhos Nature Park, Porthdarfach Beach and Cable Bay are all easy to park and offer gorgeous views.

Let me know if you have any questions.

There had better be a race because I need a(nother) excuse to go to Anglesey in the summer and I really need to get a new motorsport photography portfolio before my stagnant "career" dries up completely.😛

Blimey!! :o :o

I am so glad that everybody escaped with only severe bruising. Cars can be replaced; humans can't.

Thanks for the photos & videos posted so far; I couldn't make it to the race meeting and I was horrified when I received a message asking what had happened & why did the 2CV race need the Air Ambulance. Needless to say I feared the worst.

It is interesting to see the damage sustained to the various cars involved. I am shocked by the damage to Nick's car.

Hi folks

Here's the link to my photographs from this year's race.  

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocky-road/sets/72157647139208126/

Also included in the set are: the track parade, Blackbeard's Tea Party and my whizz up to Holyhead Mountain to coo over the gorse and heather out together (something I've never seen before and Ma had only seen it once in her life before Sunday - and she lived next to the mountain for many years!).

If anybody wants to buy any of the unwatermarked hi-res pictures, please email me via this forum or [email protected] - the fee is only £4 per picture.  I'm currently unemployed which is why I am reluctantly charging this year; I do feel bad about it but I have to be realistic.

On the subject of lighting could I suggest (politely) that as many cars as possible light up their numbers at night?  The mini 77 did it in style and it was so useful.