On Sunday, a group of us went to watch the final race for British Touring Cars at Brand's Hatch. We had VIP access to a private lounge with a balcony view over-looking the track. This also included our own small private lounge, breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea and as many alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks as we wanted.
Unforunately, I realised that I left my camera at home after twenty minutes into the journey. I'll blame the fact that we've only just moved and I'm still very much unsettled and will be for some time. I even left the camera where I would not forget it but did anyway as I was distracted and it was very early when we left. Because of this, I did not get many good photographs and my mobile battery became very low in the early afternoon.
We arrived quite early and had our breakfast in the VIP lounge. Bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, mushrooms, tomato, baked beans, bread, and a selection of muffins were on offer. The food tasted delicious.
After we had our fill, we went out to explore the cars and pit lanes. I saw a car being spray-painted with street art, and it raced later on.
Our first stop was the pit lanes. We got to the pit lanes a little late as I was waiting on friends to finish their breakfast, and we did not have a lot of time. However, I still was able to meet Jason Plato and got a couple of autographs.
The races began, and the VIP lounge area became the scene of several spin-off cars.
Lunch was served from 12:00, and we could pick what we wanted. Choices included beef, tuna, coronation chicken, ham, and pasta. I had the pasta and also tried the ham. The food was delicious. For dessert, lemon panna cotta with fresh fruit was served.
Right after we ate, we had the chance to see the Parachute Regiment. We watched four different parachutes jump and land around the 'X' and red smoke on the ground. Two of them had a flag, and one of the flags was a hude British flag.
Afternoon tea was served before the last race and consisted of pre-made sandwiches and carrot or Victoria Sponge cake.
We had a good day out, and I watched the final three races of the day from the balcony. The weather was bracing with some wind (it is October after all), but I managed to watch from the balcony.
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