Neil and a couple of friends

Sunning ourselves before the start

Pre-race Cavalcade

Pre-race Cavalcade

Pre-race Cavalcade

Pre-race Cavalcade

The traditional pit-side assembly before lining up on the grid

This is it - formation lap before the rolling start

High hopes ...

... mixing it with the Audis ...

... and ahead of the Bentley

Morgan has a long stop just after the start but comes back out to cheers and plods on to the end

Yes, that is a rat on his shoulder

Dunlop Bridge and Esses

Dunlop Bridge and Esses

Dunlop Bridge and Esses

Dunlop Bridge and Esses

Dunlop Bridge and Esses

Between the Esses and Tertre Rouge, very close to the track and a sense of the real speed of the cars

Tertre Rouge looking down the long straight to Mulsanne, way out of sight

Brake lights into the Esses from Dunlop Bridge

The pits by night

Pre-dawn, and the remaining MG is still running ...

... but not for long. Very soon after this it stopped out on the circuit

Calais ferry terminal. Time to replenish my water and have a look at Neil's hot-starting problem

Ready for boarding the Sea Cat at Calais

Two of the Cavalcade Bentleys at Calais

The White Cliffs of Dover. Just a long, hot, congested crawl to home to go