I’m driving in The Northern Trial today. Will post reports here if time permits.
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What a lovely day and such stunning scenery!
Brian and I ran in the first few cars, along with a couple of Lieges, a Marlin and Nigel in the Pop. I recall us losing points in the early twenties but there may be a few more I conveniently forgot. The two special test times felt pretty decent but as yet, we have nothing to compare them to.
The first section had ruts so deep that we fell onto the sump guard with the wheels dangling for a five, just like the folk around us. Almost at the end of the event, the notoriously claggy Sandale allowed us to struggle to the restart with no chance of getting away, even if we had not had to stop we couldn\’t have climbed any further. First chap up the fresh grass was Steve Kenny in his Liege who took a superb clean but after the next one got stuck the recovery Land Rover tore the surface to shreds.
Section 14, Widow Hause, was fun for all but Brian. We got to the top with little difficulty but getting back down was interesting. The Yeller Dutton almost rolled back down last year so Brian was aware of a particularly deep hole that he wanted to avoid on his descent. It took three folk to manhandle the back end into line whilst his graceful passenger applied sixteen stones onto the front offside corner in a partly successful attempt to keep it from waving two feet in the air. I heard the cameras clicking and I\’d love to see the piccies.
The deep, dark forest sections were fun, issues of coming from the brilliant sunshine and clear blue skies into the gloomy forests can be offset by using main beam and spot lamps but when the sun shines straight into your eyes like a light at the end of the tunnel, guiding the car on the track whilst also maintaining progress through the silhouettes and the soft moss covered bog is not easy. Even the tyres stayed in place despite running at 6psi on occasions. Great day, many thanks to all involved.
John Rhodes