West Suffolk Motor Club decided to have another go at running their trial and this time it was a runner, despite their being a bit of snow on the ground. We hadn't unloaded the A7 during the week but did make sure it started on the Saturday. Talking of Saturday I went on a March Hare working party. It was really, really cold, around -15C at Chaos Manor. The Freelander started OK but went into reduced power mode a couple of times before stopping completely on the A421. I got it going again but went down the M1, without a hard shoulder because of road works, with some trepidation. Conclusion was that the diesel went sludgy in the cold as it was OK when it warmed up later in the day and didn't miss a beat going to Hadleigh on on the Sunday.
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| 7 am and Red Lodge has just opened |
We stopped at Red Lodge for breakfast on the way, arriving at 7 but having to wait for the staff to arrive as its not open 24 hrs any more. Although the ground was covered in snow there was reasonable grip in the morning as the ground stayed hard and are narrow tyres cut through the snow. Conditions changed in the afternoon as the ground became soft under the snow and it soon turned to mud.
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| We went really well the first couple of rounds in the snow |
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| Slipped back a bit when it got muddy later in the day |
Looking through the results we did really well on the first round when the snow was fresh and the ground hard underneath, then as the day went on and the sections turned muddier we dropped back. Logical really as we haven't got the power to blast.
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| The oil jets got blocked up but sorted it |
The car went OK apart from when I noticed the oil pressure was up off the clock and I had to clean the oil jets out. All in all an enjoyable day.
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