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Our last evening in Brno.  We have been invited to a meal with Jiri in Ostrovacice and so we piled in Lilka's car and headed off. They had cleared up pretty well and there was hardly a sign of the signage for the GP circuit as we went past. Just the darned roadworks blocking the nearby entrance to the D1. Jiri's new house he is building is a tech marvel with electronic controls and an eco roof.  The former way over my head. We had a great time and then headed, full up, back to bed. On Monday morning we hopped in the car and head to Bystrc to an oplatky specialist where I could buy a few boxes to bring home for us to eat, some for work and some for Claire's friend in Hythe. Then we packed up. Posed for photos and were off. Our first petrol stop was only a few yards up the road from Lilka's and as I had a lot of crowns I paid cash.  I still had a lot of crowns.  Our route back was pretty much similar to the way we had come except we strayed o...

Up early and the weather had turned. From about 3am it had been raining. It was still raining as we had breakfast and then set off to get the bus. This time not wearing shorts and t-shirt but full bike waterproofs and boots. We were equipped with borrowed umbrellas. We decided to cut the trek and view from the bank  at G. I think the hill is the one called Horsepower Hill. We had a good spot right at the top where it was flat and then at times had to defend from people that think standing an inch from you is acceptable.  Maybe on a Tokyo subway train, just maybe! It rained through warm-up and to the start of the MotoGP race.  This benefited the British racers as Scottish rider John McPhee won Moto3 by a country mile, Sam Lowes finished third in Moto2 and inspired tyre choice saw Cal Crutchlow win the MotoGP race from Valentino Rossi (hurrah)  and Mark Marquez (boo-hiss). We sang the National Anthem twice on the day. Pity the other British were too ig...

The last time I went in 2011 the tickets arrived today. After some upheaval and a change in the organisation in Brno and Moravia, the website became live today. Only Silver tickets at €52 and Gold at €68 are available but when I click on the link to buy online, the GP isn't an option on the "shop page",  Hopefully in a few days the link will be sorted. My Czech frend, Jiří, has offered to buy the tickets for us and I can send him the money. http://www.automotodrombrno.cz/grand-prix/en/

Whilst Neill is planning his Wild Hogs trip to Scandinavia for earlier in the summer, I have my Arizona trip at the forefront of my activities. So this trip will be a bit of a back seat job for a while. What I have done is to book a B&B near to Brno for the weekend of the GP.  This is a fall back position in case we aren't able to secure something with my friends in the area. Prices as you can imagine are sky high at GP time and I am hoping that if we do have to use this B&B, it won't suddenly rocket in price!   It's not that far from the circuit but will involve a walk down to the main road to get one of the free buses to the circuit. It currently costs about €30 a night for the two of us with breakfast at a further €2.  Some of the hotels in Brno are more like €80 and upwards a night.  Still cheap I guess but......  MotoGP tickets go on sale in December and I can buy online or maybe get one of my friends to buy them locally. I don't thin...