Day - 6 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya - RACE DAY

Up at 6:00 and out the door by 6:35. We had a good ride in, in the dark and were probably in the first 40 bikes in the car park, meaning we were in the stand by 7:30. There were 2 people already in their seats, I was gutted, hoping we'd be the first.

It was a long day. There was nothing on track until almost 10:00 but the main thing was to beat the crowds, which we did. Besides MotoGP warm up, there were 3 races, Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP, Our lad Jake Dixon came 2nd in Moto2, so we had something to cheer about, not so much for the 3 in Moto3. We don't have any Brits in the premier class unfortunately. The Spaniards were loving it, 4 times we heard their national anthem today!

Racing finished, we waited half hour or so, before making our move. We couldn't avoid the queue to the car park, as there were still loads of people trudging back, in the sweltering heat. It had been very warm and humid most of the day, if not sunny, though the sun was beating down at that point. Apparently over the 3 days there had been 187,00 visitors. 

On the walk back, some French guys called me over and asked if they could take a picture of my t-shirt. I had my K1600 GT one on that Catherine bought me . One of their guys has the same bike, so bizarrely they wanted a pic of me and this chap! I was happy to oblige. Why not?

We were sweating buckets by the time we reached the bikes, then had the get in our bike gear. Not pleasant. Despite the crowds getting out of the car park was pretty easy and quicker than we'd expected. We got split up again but I thought Phil would catch up at our fuel stop, just up from the hotel. He didn't show, a call of nature taking priority, so he was already at the hotel when I arrived.

We freshened up and did a bit of packing before going down to dinner. Tomorrow we are back on the road, ending the day in Carcasonne, France but taking the route through Andorra. Weather might not be as good as the past 3 days. We shall see.

Till then.