17th Mar: There's now a really easy way to search for photos of yourself - just visit one site and enter your registration number. See the Photos of you page for details.

4th Jan: Review of An Enthusiast's Bend Guide added to the Books page. Noise limits page updated to reflect the change to strict enforcement of the 95db(A) limit.

30th Nov: Nurburgring GmbH safety video added.

27th Nov: Translation link added Page on the TUV checks that will be taking place in 2008 added.

4th Nov: 2008 prices added. A jahreskarte is €995.

24th Sep: New page advertising holiday apartments for sale.

1st Sep: Garmin directions file corrected with more precise waypoints, and a faster route from Hahn.

29th Aug: Bendnames page updated with the abbreviations commonly used on the Ringers forum. Trip 53 online. New warning page about fluid leaks.

27th Aug: Did the necessary to put a Ring sticker on the SLK. Trip 53 online.

10th July: I'll be taking part in the Rad & Run am Ring (doing the Rad bit of it ...). Details here.

6th July: New Guided trips service introduced.

18th June: Trip report for trip 51 added.

15th June: Prum route added to Garmin routes file in the Directions section.

29th May: The Ringers forum is now back at its original home.

18th May: My next trip will be 12-17th June - three evening sessions plus the weekend.

18th April: Mountain bike hire added. AXA travel insurance added to the Unfriendly companies page.

9th April: Trip report for trip 50 added: an excellent start to the season.

27th Mar: A great many new lightboxes added here for magazines and websites looking for Ring photos.

5th Jan: Note that Ringers Forum usernames must be your real name - this is to prevent spammers from auto-registering.

17th Dec: Sadly, Moni from Ring Racing lost her battle against cancer on 1st December. Forum post.

10th Dec: Extremely sad news: Rene van Lobberegt died on Fri 8th December after a sudden illness. Link

1st Dec: 2007 prices online.

3rd Nov: The Ringers Forum has a new and much faster home - cheers, Rob! There are now Garmin routes from Calais, Dunkerque, Frankfurt, Koln-Bonn and Hahn in Directions the section.

29th Oct: The new Ringers Forum is live! This is a web forum but with full 2-way email access also. :-)

17th Oct: Trip report 49 online - my last trip of the year (boo hoo)

11th Sep: Prints and posters of my wallpaper shots are finally available.

9th Sept: Link to spectating points directions.

22nd August: The first set of photos added, most of which are also available as wallpaper. The trip report for trip 48 is now complete.

6th August: A second course added to the Training page.

24th July: Trip report for trip 47 added. And another bike fatality today. :-(

12th June: A double-fatal crash at Fuchsrohre. :-( Please take it easy out there.

6th May: A new Safety equipment page. Planned trips page updated with the BMW training course. And a start on new pages listing training courses and organised trips.

27th April: A rather special house for sale, 4 miles from the Ring. Includes garaging for 14 cars!

21st April: A new recommendation on the Books page. And an Amazon link that earns me a few sheckels. :-)

18th April: New trip report added for trip 46: Easter. When some rain can be great ...

10th April: New biking game for PS2 on the way, according to this Wikipedia entry. Apparently based on GT4 and including the Ring.

24th March. Check out the new Google Earth coverage of the Ring.

12th March: Full year's Opening times now online. Link added to the Ring webcam.

19th Feb: New link added to Opening times page. Czech safety leaflet. New photo sites. Warning about RAC Travel Insurance.

26th Jan: The April dates are now out on the official site. See my Opening times page for a friendlier link.

22nd Dec: The track now has a webcam.

9th Dec: The Ringers list is now here. This move back to yahoogroups is due to dumbgroups incompetence.

28th Oct: Hotel An Der Nordschleife now has holiday apartments for sale - see the Where to stay page.

16th Oct: Review added of Autodrome: The lost race circuits of Europe in the Books section.

10th Oct: Photos added to the directions from Köln-Bonn airport. Greek version of the Safety Leaflet also added.

Trip report for trip 45 now online. Fun between the crashes ...

Car hire page updated. Hertz has imposed worldwide hire bans on people found using their cars on the Ring.

15th Aug: Insurance page updated. There are now so many insurers who exclude the Ring, I've stopped trying to keep up.

8th Aug: Trip report for trip 44 now online.

2nd Aug: Over 1000 photos from the weekend now online:
www.ringphotos.com

1st Aug: Trip report for trip 43 now online.

29th July: Get a one month free trial of a banner ad on this site!

11th July: Trip report added for trip 42. Fabulous!

7th July: Many thanks for all the emails, calls and texts checking I'm ok. Business as usual here, including this weekend's trip.

22nd May: Review of GT4 on the PS2 added.

19th May: Ring photo sites link added.

17th May: Trip report for trip 40 added

20th April: New Books page - so far with just one book. And a new page warning about companies unfriendly towards the Ring ...

29th March: Trip report for trip 39 now online.

28th Feb: Opening times page updated with full weekends (inc. my weekends) and a link to a better calendar than the official one.

24th Feb: Repairs page updated. There is still much snow at the Ring, and 4 days more track repairs to do - cross your fingers for Easter!

10th Feb: The 2005 calendar has been posted on the official site.

13th Jan: New search facility added, powered by google. You'll find this on the homepage.

7th Jan: Updated Games section, providing intros to GPL, PGR2, GT4 and Forza.

7th Nov: Guestbook removed due to spammers.

5th Nov: 2005 prices now online. About a 7% increase on 2004. I had to cancel this weekend's trip.

25th Oct: I finally got my repaired Vaio bck from Sony. Moral: Don't buy a Vaio. Trip report from trip 38 is online.

9th August:
Trip report added for trip 36 - the Oldtimer GP weekend.

5th August:
Calais directions updated with alternative routes. Trip report added for trip 35

9th July:
Directions from Köln-Bonn airport added to the Directions section.

28th June:
Trip report online for trip 34

12th April:
Trip report for Easter: trip 33.

2nd April:
A page about the video & photo ban.

29th March:
Trip report from my first trip of 2004, trip 32.

12th March:
A search facility, below. Also added a historical 'What's new?' page here.