We got an award!

Got the provisional results for this years Land's End in the post and Lauren and I have won a Tin Award! That means we successfully climbed all of the 12 sections we needed to and completed both of the special tests without fault. I'm chuffed to bits, once it turns up I'll take a picture and put it on here.

I believe the tin awards are made from tin mined at the Bluehills Tin Mine at the head of the Bluehills valley where the famous Old Bluhills, BlueHills 1 and Bluehills 2 sections are. It would have come engraved with just my name, but I have had a word with the officials and they say they should be able to put both our names on it.

Bluehills has been a special place for us for years, we have spectated there, we have played on the beach there, we have been to the tin mine and walked all over the valley. This year Lauren and I tried to climb Bluehills 2 in the Skoda as a non competitive section on the Land's End and we found out it is much steeper than you think. I think I possibly had too much grip as the engine stalled rather than the wheels spinning, so next year we will be climbing it competitively in Class 4 I hope and I won't run the tyres so soft.