Hope you enjoy the Friday Oldfart.

If I had to pick just one day, it would be the Friday. You don't have to put up with the stupid Settringham Cup for pedal cars, which is from the chicane exit to the start finish line. Total waste of crucial track time just to cater for the Hooray Henry's and their sprogs.

If you are stuck out on the far side of the circuit, all you get on the Saturday before midday is one practice and one race, then the start of the bikes. Up to 1:10pm, make that the above and the rest of the bike race, yet Saturday tickets sell out first as people can't get time off on Fridays and need to get home again Sunday for work on the Monday.

Significantly, tickets are still available for Friday and Sunday this year, which is unusual, so has the gloss now worn off for the regulars? It is an expensive event and there is lots to see off track including the pre 1966 car parks, but Saturday morning I think is very poor value for car enthusiasts who want to see some racing or at least, decent track action other than parades. Still worth going for at least once, but you have to manage your day by deciding where on the track you are at a given time, otherwise there is a lot of time standing around looking at bare tarmac.