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| Flash Falcon v Leicester |
Twenty minutes of overtime and Leicester down to 12 men..... but unfortunately the Falcons could not score.
Friday, 29 March 2024
Sunday, 24 March 2024
Reims 2024 - Champagne Tasting
Reims, the center of the Champagne region in France. A visit to to the Charles De Cazanove Champagne House in Reims to learn about the local drink.
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| Charles De Cazanove Champagne House Reims |
The Charles de Cazanove Champagne House was founded in 1811 in Avize 40km south west of Reims.
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Champagne Charles De Cazanove (champagnedecazanove.com)
An opportunity to understand the process of producing champagne.
Once the grapes have been harvested they are pressed and the grape juice stored in tanks or barrels for first fermentation.
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| Charles De Cazanove Reims primary fermentation tanks |
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| Charles De Cazanove Reims primary fermentation barrels |
The wines are then blended and bottled.
They are aged with the second fermentation taking place in a bottle which produces the bubbles. Whilst being aged the bottles need to be turned regularly in a process known as riddling. This is done by hand or machine.
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| Charles De Cazanove Riddling Mechanisms |
After ageing and second fermentation the champagne is discouraged from the bottle and rebottled and corked. The traditional hand bottling has been replaced by mechanical bottling.
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| Charles De Cazanove hand bottling |
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| Charles De Cazanove Finished Bottle |
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| Charles De Cazanove Champagne ready for consumption |
An the opportunity to learn about the different blends of grape that style the champagne and the amount residual sugar that give the differing taste of champagne.
Charles De Cazanove Champagne Tasting
Romance
Arlequin
Brut Blanc de Blanc
Brut Blanc Noir
Ɓrut Milleesimme 2007
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| Charles De Cazanove Champagne Tasting |
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| Charles De Cazanove Champagne Tasting |
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| Charles De Cazanove Champagne Tasting |
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| Charles De Cazanove IJ |
Reims 2024 - Reims-Gueux Grand Prix Circuit
The former Reims Gueux race track is located 8 km west of Reims . The racing circuit was made up of public roads and was active during from 1926 till 1966.
Located 8 km west of Reims is a former Grand Prix racing circuit which was made up of rural public roads.
The grandstand, pits and other buildings have been restored and the public roads used in the racing are in still in use. The preservation of the circuit and it's history is undertaken by Les amis du Circuit de Gueux.
The circuit established in 1926 when the circuit hosted the second Grand Prix de la Marne.
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| 1926 Grand Prix de la Marne |
The original circuit went through the village of Gueux.
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| Reims-Gueux Grand Circuit 1926 |
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| 1928 Grand Prix de la Marne Gueux |
The Grand Prix de la Marne was held on the circuit from 1926 to 1931.
In 1932 it was the venue for the French Grand Prix.
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| 1932 French Grand Prix |
From 1933 to 1937 the Grand Prix de la Marne returned, as did the French Grand Prix in 1938 and 1939.
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| 1936 Grand Prix de la Marne Gueux |
Grand Prix racing was suspended from 1940 to 1946 during the Second World War.
The first post war race in Reims was the 1948 French Grand Prix which was also held there in 1949, 1950 and 1951.
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| 1951 French Grand Prix |
For the 1952 Grand Prix de la Marne the track was re-configured to bypass Gueux.
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| Reims-Gueux Grand Circuit 1952 |
The circuit hosted the French Grand Prix in 1953,1954,1956, 1958 to 1961,1963 and 1966.
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| 1966 French Grand Prix |
The circuit closed in 1972. As well as the Grand Prix racing the circuit hosted hosted the 12 hours of Reims sports cars endurance race and motor cycle racing.
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| 1967 12 Hours of Reims |
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| 1967 12 Hours of Reims |
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| Reims-Gueux |
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| Reims-Gueux Pits and Hospitality Stand |
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| Reims-Gueux Pits and Timekeepers building |
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| Reims-Gueux Starting Straight |
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| Reims-Gueux DM AJ IJ |
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| Reims-Gueux Circuits |
The current public roads make a circuit of the original 1926 circuit possible (Yellow Route). It does however pass through the centre of the village of Gueux. The 1953 circuit is not possible (Red Route) as part of that route comes to a dead end and does not connect the rest of the circuit.
It is possible to complete a circuit which combines both the 1926 and 1953 circuits. The starting straight is common to both circuits. Then it is case of joining the 1953 circuit to bypass Gueux, before rejoining the 1926 circuit. The circuits combine at the Virage de la Garenne down the straight to Virage de Thillois and right onto the finishing straight.
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| Reims-Gueux ready for the off |
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| Reims-Gueux ready for the off |
Reims 2024 - Museum of Surrender
On Monday, May 7, 1945 at 2:41 a.m. the unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich was signed at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in Reims bringing the war in Europe to an end.
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| German unconditional surrender Reims |
The headquarters of SHEAF were located in the Collège Moderne et Technique near the railway station in Reims.
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| SHEAF HQ Collège Moderne et Technique Reims |
The headquarters returned to being an educational establishment after the war and remains so today. The room where the surrender was signed was preserved and part of the college turned into a museum.
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| Collège Moderne et Technique Reims |
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| Surrender Museum Reims |
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| German unconditional surrender Reims |
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| German surrender room and signing table |
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| German surrender room and signing table IJ |
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| German Instrument of Surrender |
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| German unconditional surrender display |