I finally fitted some "new" tyres. A couple of Motorway remoulds that have been up in rafters of my garage for a couple of years. Painted the wheels black. Not sure if I like the new look or not!
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| Dave Cook has really captured the atmosphere of The Northern Trial in this picture of us tackling the upper reaches of "I'm back Darling" |
We had a great run, cleaned some sections, failed some we shouldn't have and wallowed in the mud for a few high scores on a couple more. Not Sandale though. Got the bug wound up and we hit the muddy bit flat out in first without any wheelspin. The ruts kept us on the track through the restart area and we maintained enough speed to require some heavy braking when we got to the road. Epic :-)
Nigel Jones had his sump guard fall off on the first section and being a gentleman I stopped to help. After that we were running pretty much towards the back of the field and experienced quite a few delays as the marshals extricated competitors from some of the muddy sections.
Nigel Jones had his sump guard fall off on the first section and being a gentleman I stopped to help. After that we were running pretty much towards the back of the field and experienced quite a few delays as the marshals extricated competitors from some of the muddy sections.
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| There's snow on the ground as Michael adjusts his tyre pressures for Ullister Hill |
We felt sorry for John, June and Alex who were marshalling the last section and hadn't seen a car for ages when we arrived. Poor Johns face really dropped when I told him there were at least half a dozen behind us!
Car ran OK although I was annoyed top get a puncture reversing down one of the boggy sections. It looks as if it has destroyed tyhe sidewall of one of my "new" remoulds fitted for the event.
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| Food awaited us at the finish |
Got to the food at the finish about 5.45. One or two bogs, sorry sections, apart we really enjoyed it though. Its my 4th Northern and I plan to be back next year.
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