mansfield
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Le Mans - Packing list - 14:24 13 May 08
Ok team Cskate…
No, not suggesting you start packing already  but here is the list of everything you’ll need for a 24 hour relay around a motor circuit in French France... so that everyone has plenty time buy/beg/borrow/steal anything they don’t already have!
Its completely stolen from dogsbody’s list last year and I am hoping he’ll be able to provide again a lot of the communal stuff which I dont have e.g. walkie talkies..... Daaaan…? *bats eyelids*)
Please post up anything I may have forgotten, or anything that we didnt take last year that it would have been good to have?
Exciiiiiited!!! 
RACE KIT
- Skates (essential!)
- Helmet (essential! Even if you usually skate without)
- Team t-shirt (organisers bringing)
- Pads (optional)
- Change of clothes
- water bottle for pit
ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS
* Passport (plus a photocopy)
* Medical Certificate (plus a photocopy) Get your doc appointment booked if you havent already!
* European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
* Holiday Insurance (please arrange your own)
DRIVERS WILL NEED
- Car Insurance docs (covered for France, you should just need to call them, they may issue a green card)
- Take your log book, MOT certificate and ALL current insurance documents (in case you get stopped by the Police or customs)
- Drivers Licence (paper and card if you have one)
- Spare car key (will allow others to store things in your car for safety)
- Install headlight converters (probably not worth it)
- Warning Triangle (French law)
- Spare bulbs (French law)
- GB sticker (French law)
- High-vis vest in glove box (French law)
- If you already have breakdown cover then the AA will usually cover you for 72 hours in Europe - check your cover
CAMPING KIT
- Clothing for the 3 days
- Alarm Clock or something to wake you up for your shift!
- Tent (or arrange space in some one else’s)
- Air mattress or ground mat
- Sleeping Bag
- Pillow
- Toiletries
- Collapsible Chair
- A plate, bowl, mug and cutlery for yourself
- Any medication you need
- Warm clothing (for in between night laps if cold)
- Waterproof jacket
- night clothes
- Torch
- Sunglasses
- Suntan cream
- Sun Hat
- Umbrella
- Spare wheels/frames/bearings/tools
- Contact your mobile provider to make your phone work in France
- Camera
- GPS
- MP3 player
- Mobile phone (car charger)
- Music for the car trip (check with your driver)
- Coat
- Flip Flops (for walking to/in the showers)
- Ear Plugs (not really needed but in case)
- Towel
- Swimming costume
- Plastic bags for dirty clothes
COMMUNAL STUFF
Stuff the organisers are are arranging, so most of you won’t have to bring this (but for info!)
- Two chairs for pit area
- A reliable stop watch
- Walkie talkies
- Penknife
- Camping stove
- Gas Bottle
- Camping tables
- Cooking implements
- BBQ tongs/fork
- Washing up bowl
- Can opener
- Cskate Gazebo
- Cskate Banner
- Blanket
- Air matress for pit area
- Sellotape
- Tea towels
- Pump for air matress
- Hammer for tent pegs
- Light metal hangers
- Spare batteries for walkie talkies (and charger if required)
- First aid kit
- Safety Pins
- Pain killers
- Toilet Roll (Andrex Aloe Vera for Red!)
- Rubbish Sacks
- Dish cloths
- Matches
- Washing Up Liquid, - and last but definitely most importantly
- Food!
Post edited by: mansfield, at: 14:25 13 May 08
Post edited by: dogsbody, at: 01:25 13 Jun 08
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