SCHNITZEL & BEER FOR HOURS AND HOURS...

Over lunch my wife announced: “The weather looks promising. Rain is coming up from France, but you’ll be at Harwich before that arrives tonight.” Well, it was only a forecast... the moment I left home at 6pm it started and by the time I had reached the A1(M) two miles away it was raining steadily. The real deluge began before I reached Huntingdon.

I was on my way to the Oschersleben 8-hour race in Germany. I’d been to the circuit before, but this time opted for a more direct route to my hotel in Halberstadt, avoiding the usual ride down to Eurotunnel, and chose the Stena overnight ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland on the Thursday night. It was to be a new experience for me using this