Bombers and Bikes, Day 11. Sachsenring Day 3

Race Day!

I was awoken by some noise outside, I checked the phone for the time. Bugger, the alarm hasn't gone off. Get up!! 

Once we were awake/up, Phil pointed out that the alarm hadn't gone off, because I had misread the time on the phone, and we were an hour early! DOH!

No matter, we got ourselves ready to go. One problem, the breakfast room wasn't open. I could see all the food was laid out, but the door was locked. We were on the the verge of leaving, having got everything on the bikes, when I heard noise from the breakfast room. A quick check showed it was now open, so we had our usual fill, before setting off. Once again the ride was fairly quick and easy. Even getting on the bus wasn't too bad, as there were a lot more of them, and we we positioned nearer the road once again.

The circuit really was heaving today. It was dry but cloudy, and the forecast was only predicting 18 degrees, so I decided not to change. In our seats, we got talking to a family of Brits from St Albans, who were regulars at GPs around Europe. MotoGP warm-up was in progress when we arrived, with the racing starting at 11:00, with the Moto3 race. I couldn't tell you who won. I'm pretty sure he was Spanish though. Following that, was Moto2, with our own Jake Dixon taking part. Fermin Aldeguer won, with Jake coming in 2nd. The main event looked like being another Jorge Martin Victory, as he had a good few seconds lead with a few laps to go, but Pecco Bagnaia slowly closed in, and not for the first time, Jorge buckled under the pressure, throwing the bike into the gravel at turn 1, handing the victory and the championship lead, to Pecco. The E-Moto race was stopped due to a crash, then re-started over 5 laps. They don't do many anyway, as the batteries don't have the power for more than about 12. Hoping to avoid the queues, we decided to watch the Northern Talent Cup boys. One poor lad, had his bike slow and then catch fire, setting light to his nether regions in the process. I have to say, the marshalls were particularly slow in getting to the lad, much to his consternation. To top the meeting off, we had a medical emergency a few rows behind us. People rushed to get help, whilst others tended to whoever it was, until the paramedics arrived. An eventful end to the day's proceedings.

We walked back to the bikes again. No rain this time. Then the fun began. The route we had taken away from the car park for 2 days, had been blocked off, so we found ourselves heading in the wrong direction, with no signs to advise where to go, to get to something like the right way. After riding around in what I thought was the right direction and being thwarted by road blocks each time, We came to another halt. Throwing up my arms in utter frustration, we were lucky that a passing gentleman, came over and asked where we wanted to go. He didn't speak English but was able to tell me to just ride through the barrier and that would bring us to the road we wanted. Sure enough, half a kilometre up the road, we were back on track. Such a shame that the organisation wasn't that great. It will definitely make me think twice about going to Sachsensring again.

Home in good time, we made our way into town, to find somewhere to eat. Apart from fast food places, only an Indian restaurant and a pizza place were open. We decided on pizza, a lady behind the counter preparing them to order. When they were ready, they pinged a bell. We were outside, so I went in to get them. The lady asked me what a fork was known as, in English. I think she was trying to teach the young woman with her, some English. As I picked up the plates, the young woman said, "yum, yum". I laughed. When I got back outside, I could here them laughing and chatting. The older woman telling the younger one, she should have said, "enjoy your meal". Having finished, I took the plates back in and when asked if everything was OK, I just said, "yum, yum"!

Tomorrow, the plan is to ride to Colditz and visit the castle. It's only bout 25 miles away, so we can have a lie in.