Le Mans to Berlin and a bit beyond

As I thought, the site is predominantly a car park, which has completely filled up after I left for the circuit this morning.

It’s all very well organised, in an amateur way:

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It looks like you’re having a good time - unlike my successors in the Stewards Room who published Judicial Decision #131 over two-and-a-half hours ago!

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I decided to walk around the circuit, leaving my camp site at just after 23:00.

There was a full course yellow in operation from when I arrived at La Source (not far) until I had walked all the way to Pouhon, the fast left turn as the cars come sprinting from the uppermost part of the circuit at Bruxelles. The cause was a very badly smashed Porsche:

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From there, I trecked up the steep hill, the cars racing past me to my right:

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It’s now 01:30 at the top of the circuit and I can hear that a fresh full course yellow must be in action. It was quite short, so it’s time to wander down the hill to Eau Rouge and back to La Source:

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Out through the in door:

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Still there, phew!

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The current race leader started bang last from the pit lane.

Porsche lead Ferrari, the two cars divided by under a second after 16 hours of racing.
 
I decided to walk around the circuit, leaving my camp site at just after 23:00.

There was a full course yellow in operation from when I arrived at La Source (not far) until I had walked all the way to Pouhon, the fast left turn as the cars come sprinting from the uppermost part of the circuit at Bruxelles. The cause was a very badly smashed Porsche:

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From there, I trecked up the steep hill, the cars racing past me to my right:

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It’s now 01:30 at the top of the circuit and I can hear that a fresh full course yellow must be in action. It was quite short, so it’s time to wander down the hill to Eau Rouge and back to La Source:

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Out through the in door:

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Still there, phew!

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Great pictures wapping; what a circuit. :beerjug:
 
Sunday…..

We had a violent thunderstorm last night at around 03:30 which I just avoided.

The sun is ramping up for today, too:

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There is an ‘art installation’ project in Germany, that’s been going on for a few years, known as Stolpersteine or literally, ‘Stumbling stones’


I had seen the ‘stones’ elsewhere in Germany but, reading that there are four ‘sets’ in Seelow, prompted me to see if I could find them. I was successful for all but one set, so I’ll cheat for the last, which are situated at the ‘White House’ supposedly the grandest house in Seelow:

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These stones were in pretty close proximity to each other, maybe 15 minutes walk apart.

The ‘White House’ is a little way outside of Seelow, down the hill a bit, past the railway station and the large Russian memorial.

Here a potted history on each:



The Warsaw will, I assume, refer to the Warsaw Ghetto.





I have found a picture of the Cohen family’s stones (who were wealthy and lived in the White House):

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Given that Seelow is a very small town, it is inconceivable that these Jews’ fellow neighbours did not know what was going on.

That brought me to the end of the day. A long way on a push bike bike, but worth it for the reward:

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Wappping, I found these in Freiberg. I tried to find some history on them, never seen such things before, whilst stood at their location. I thought it would give me chapter and verse but nothing really.
 

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Another one bites the dust. The not uncommon point at the crest of the rise from Eau Rouge:

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Currently:

1. Porsche (the one that started from the pit lane)

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2. Mercedes

3 Ferrari

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The Ferrari and the Mercedes are a second or so apart. The Porsche, a few seconds ahead.
 


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