I keep reading all the articles in the DT and I'd really like to get down there some day.

So I went there on Sunday. Brilliant day. Amazing that you can stand right next to exotic machinery without railings or voices telling you not to touch. Glorious smells of methanol and burning oil, various revving race engines . Stood right next to an Auto Union V16 while it was being fired up. Ears ringing after that engine was blipped a few times. The engineering was fabulous, I loved the finned brake drums. Unfortunately I never saw it go up the hill, but various supercars, bikes and F1 cars were enjoyed. The crowd were pretty quiet when the last top twenty of the time trial were in action - I think the incredible noise and the speed just stunned people - 48 seconds to do 1.16 miles uphill for example. The F1 engines rev so high, it's surreal - you can hear them approaching in the distance as you stand by the track and it's a bit scary when everything else is quiet around you.

Loved it.