Happy "Love" Thursday

This must be "Love in the Air"

This was done by the Red Arrows, at the 2005 British Grandprix, and is one of my photos!

Brugge

On our way back to Calais from Brussels, we had a stop-over in Brugge. We only had a an hour, just enough time for a coffee and a quick browse!!

Super but Wet Weekend

On Sunday I was very lucky to be able to go the British Grand Prix. But my weekend started on the Saturday afternoon when I went to the hotel where the team were staying. I caught the bus from Oxford to Buckingham and found my way to the hotel..The Best Western. Once settled in, I took full advantage of the leisure facilities..lovely pool and then a sauna!!

My husband and the team came back from the track, so we had a few wines in the hotel bar..My friend Roz who's partner works on the team as well, was there..we had a great time. We all then got changed etc and made our way into town...few more wines and then for a meal. We got a taxi home, and prepared for the early morning start and the very long day!!

I was soooo lucky to get a pit pass, and go on the pit walk...this gives the real fans time to look into the front of the garages..amazing.

I had my pass for all day, so I was able to go into the Williams F1 motorhome for hospitality..and come and go as I pleased. Great being looked after, it is normally the other way round. Despite the weather and despite the fact that our team only got 1 point...it was a fantastic weekend.

My Husband...

had to go to Italy for a few days, and is now on his way to Monaco. He has done three things I wanted us to do together...He flew into Aeroporto di Firenze and then today, he and company had to drive to San Remo to catch the train to Beaulieu Sur Mer near Monaco.

They drove right around the Gulfo Di Genova...He sent me a text saying it was lovely and sunny..we have just passed Genova.



He wouldn't of seen much, whilst in Italy, but just too see the views from the mini-bus...!!!!

Formula 1 - Australian Grand Prix -16th March 2008

Some of you may know that I am a formula 1 fan. I support AT&T Williams, I also work for them in the RBS Conference Centre. My husband works for the Team as well..keep it in the family.

Today was the first race of the season, and as mad as I am, I got up at 03.30am this morning to watch...how pleased am I that I did, to see one of our drivers on the podium. Its been a long time coming. The race was 58 laps and very very eventful, only 7 drivers finished out of 22. By about 12 laps from the end, I just couldn;t watch...well I did, but not easily..when it got down to 2 laps I was like a mad woman!!!!

Forget Lewis Hamilton..this is the man of the race...Nico Rosberg.

Nico Rosberg couldn’t hide his delight after scoring his first Formula 1 podium in the season-opener in Melbourne.

The German driver gave Williams just its second podium finish since 2005 with a strong drive to third place, confirming the progress the team has made over the winter.

And two years on from his F1 debut, Rosberg was thrilled to finally make the top three.

“I am really happy to be on the podium in F1 – it’s just great,” he said.

We musn't forget our other drive Kazuki Nakajima, who also finished in the points after quite an eventful race.

What a fantastic day and a brilliant start to our season!!!!

November 12th

Well our trip is nearly over but today we went to MONZA. The home of Italian F1. Monza town itself is not very nice; it is covered in graffiti and looks a bit shabby. The circuit is set inside Parco di Monza, which is a wonderful setting. And luckily we were able to go inside to the pit lane and onto the pit wall. There was a testing session for some other cars. I managed to get some photos of the grid start, the pit lane, and the Podium. It felt strange for Arni to be there other than for a race!!!

The Canadian Grand Prix

I had a fantastic day on Sunday 10th June. I went to Williams F1 factory to join many others to watch the Canadian Grand Prix.

This took place in Williams F1 Conference Centre. We were also given the opportunity to look round the museum, which for any Motorsport fan is an opportunity not to be missed and if your are a Williams fan, what more could you ask for.

We had a barbeque just before the race, and had access to a bar....which I can say was needed, especially through the tense last part of the race. It was the best race of the season, it was filled with incidents.....the worst being Kubica's horrendous accident, but thankfully he is ok, and was given the all clear. We also saw Lewis Hamilton's maiden victory.....but the best part of the day was to see a Williams F1 team driver Alex Wurz step up onto the podium....in 3rd place. Alex surprised not just us, but himself as well!!!!!