A Skoda up Black Harry

No I am not being rude or racist. The hill is called Black Harry and thats a Skoda going up it in front of us. We made it to the top with some major crashing and banging of rocks on the floor and sump guard.

We Finished!

And we probably have an award! We will have to wait for the official results but at the moment it looks like we have an award. We cleared everything, but we were late finishing. The travelling marshall who was supposed to finish 3 minutes in front of us finished about 40 minutes behind us so the timings will probably be reviewed and as we were only about 7 minutes late we should get a medal.

Excelsior was hilarious, Lauren really doesn't like hills that bang on the floor and we came off of the rock slab with both front wheels in the air. Earlier Black Harry had done a great job of trying to smash the sump, but the sumpguard did its job. Must have a look in the morning and see how much damage was sustained.

Safely home now having come back as far as Tamworth in a convoy of 2 Estelles. People kept looking at us. I suppose its like buses, you don't see an estelle for years and then two come along


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Its a skoda thing.

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Going well so far.

First section was a case of picking the right line off of the start. We went left as it was very cut up on the right and it paid off.

Second section was easy once Lauren reminded me that we didn't have to do the restart and to keep going.

Just done the third section and first special test. All going OK.
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Ahead of schedule

Sat waiting in a layby so we don't get penalised for early arrival. Trying to average 30 mph with so much dual carriageway is hard.
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Preparation for the Edinburgh

Lauren is starting the day with a healthy breakfast of coffee sponge cake and chocolate.
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Burton dasset Last Week and The Edinburgh next week.

Lauren and I were out on the MGCC Autumn Trial last weekend. We double drove, so the Skoda did 48 competitive runs in the day and everything held up. I finished on 83 points, the winner scored 22. That put me about half way down the field. It was very dry and there was plenty of grip, but the Weber carb was suffering from fuel frothing and we kept losing power on the steeper hills. Evidently a Weber won't run at angles steeper than 22 degrees without frothing its fuel and dying. Recommended solution is a Nikki carb, trying to find one to fit.

Next weekend is the Edinburgh, we start at 5:50 am on Saturday, penultimate car in Class O so we will need to keep moving. Did the spanner check today as I won't get much chance in the week. Found a hose that had split by the jubilee clip so that has had to be 'circumcised'. Will try to get a replacement but don't hold out much hope as it has 3 bends in two planes!