Sunday 10 February 2008

Not such a great weekend.....

Very quick first ramblings, more to follow from the first round the championship Updated with pics now - thanks to Rob Aslett :) :-



Well we did a few stages, we lost a spot light on Worthy Farm 1, on one of the 'don't cut' posts......

Then the rest went really well (no idea of speed or results as we never got that far...) apart from Henstridge where every thing went downhill for many many different reasons.... :(

But then on the second run of the Kings Wood stage in the dark (in reverse, so 4th time on the stage), flat in 3rd around the left / rights, all of a sudden the back comes round before I can do anything and the front of the car digs in the ditch, spins us round (in about 4ft of movement !) and leaves us stuck in the ditch, but very annoyingly it had broken the bottom of the rad :(

Really enjoyed the woods, no punctures, and generally apart from my off, the tyres (Firestone's) held up. Judging by comments at the tea halt, plenty of others have tales to tell at the end, shame we weren't there.

A BIG BIG thank you to the newby marshals who towed us out of the ditch, the out of the woods, and then about 10 miles to a pub, where we just caught them still selling Cod n' Chips :)



More Pictures - Thanks to Andy Manston of M&H Photography :-





Updated: 12th Feb. '08