I fancy getting into Road Rallying....
Discussion
Falling asleep at 3am Pwig?
It's easy when you're stood out in the cold but sat in a noisy car bouncing it's way down a rough track there is no chance of falling asleep!
The staying awake side of it you get used to after a few events and it's helped a lot with staying awake to finish coursework at Uni
Did you enjoy it though?
It's easy when you're stood out in the cold but sat in a noisy car bouncing it's way down a rough track there is no chance of falling asleep!
The staying awake side of it you get used to after a few events and it's helped a lot with staying awake to finish coursework at Uni
Did you enjoy it though?
Can't believe I've missed this thread!
Was it the Oaks Trophy you were out on, pwig? I understand it was a wet and foggy night...
Next event up north is the Ribble Valley Trophy Rally in two weeks time (16/17 Sep), starts and finishes at the Anchor Inn, Gargrave (I know its not exactly next door to Manchester, but its a start...)
If you're around at the start, come and find me, I'm navigating for a guy in a white Astra GTE.
Was it the Oaks Trophy you were out on, pwig? I understand it was a wet and foggy night...
Next event up north is the Ribble Valley Trophy Rally in two weeks time (16/17 Sep), starts and finishes at the Anchor Inn, Gargrave (I know its not exactly next door to Manchester, but its a start...)
If you're around at the start, come and find me, I'm navigating for a guy in a white Astra GTE.
You are getting me all nostalgic now guys.
I used to do Road Rallys in the '70's including some of the 'Motoring News' events(Cilwendeg and Border Uniflow etc)
I don't think anyone is old enough to remember these though!?
Just found out that the Cilwendeg is still going.Anyone done it recently?
It used to be a pre-plot road race,highly recommended!!
I used to do Road Rallys in the '70's including some of the 'Motoring News' events(Cilwendeg and Border Uniflow etc)
I don't think anyone is old enough to remember these though!?
Just found out that the Cilwendeg is still going.Anyone done it recently?
It used to be a pre-plot road race,highly recommended!!
Edited by sb-1 on Monday 4th September 17:46
grahamdance said:
sb-1 said:
Just found out that the Cilwendeg is still going.Anyone done it recently?
I did it in 2005, and managed to win a pot...
Well done Graham,
Is it still a pre-plot race?
Can't read the wording on the cup...did you win?
Steve
Edited by sb-1 on Monday 4th September 18:22
Edited by sb-1 on Monday 4th September 18:26
Steve, indeed I did, 10 months on and I still can't quite believe it! It was a very very wet night but Tony Bach and I got the job done. Plan is to sit with him again this year, and see what happens
You'll struggle to find an event in Wales that isn't pre-plot, although the Rali Bro Tysul (Valley Services, as was) ran a little bit of plot and bash this year. The Cilwendeg (and the other two Teifi Valley MC events) hand out photocopied maps with the route already on them, which has its good and bad points. Personally I prefer a "proper" pre-plot event, where the organisers give you a routecard to plot an hour before the start, but its good that events have variety.
Rallies are still very competitive even without targa timing. Regularity sections are usually used instead, but the average speed isn't usually possible...!
There are some great pre-plot events in England too, some in Lancashire (Bolton Midnight, Garstang & Preston Memorial, Illuminations), a couple in Derbyshire, and a few more in the South-West (Ilfracombe, Carpetbagger (Bournemouth Rally, as was))
There are still a few MN named events about now, and some that run under different names. There are lots of things going against road rallying at the moment (ever increasing difficulty with PR, loss of public right of ways, tigher car rules from the MSA, talk about government blanket speed limits) but its still happening, for the moment...
You'll struggle to find an event in Wales that isn't pre-plot, although the Rali Bro Tysul (Valley Services, as was) ran a little bit of plot and bash this year. The Cilwendeg (and the other two Teifi Valley MC events) hand out photocopied maps with the route already on them, which has its good and bad points. Personally I prefer a "proper" pre-plot event, where the organisers give you a routecard to plot an hour before the start, but its good that events have variety.
Rallies are still very competitive even without targa timing. Regularity sections are usually used instead, but the average speed isn't usually possible...!
There are some great pre-plot events in England too, some in Lancashire (Bolton Midnight, Garstang & Preston Memorial, Illuminations), a couple in Derbyshire, and a few more in the South-West (Ilfracombe, Carpetbagger (Bournemouth Rally, as was))
There are still a few MN named events about now, and some that run under different names. There are lots of things going against road rallying at the moment (ever increasing difficulty with PR, loss of public right of ways, tigher car rules from the MSA, talk about government blanket speed limits) but its still happening, for the moment...
grahamdance said:
Can't believe I've missed this thread!
Was it the Oaks Trophy you were out on, pwig? I understand it was a wet and foggy night...
Next event up north is the Ribble Valley Trophy Rally in two weeks time (16/17 Sep), starts and finishes at the Anchor Inn, Gargrave (I know its not exactly next door to Manchester, but its a start...)
If you're around at the start, come and find me, I'm navigating for a guy in a white Astra GTE.
Was it the Oaks Trophy you were out on, pwig? I understand it was a wet and foggy night...
Next event up north is the Ribble Valley Trophy Rally in two weeks time (16/17 Sep), starts and finishes at the Anchor Inn, Gargrave (I know its not exactly next door to Manchester, but its a start...)
If you're around at the start, come and find me, I'm navigating for a guy in a white Astra GTE.
Yeah it was the oaks Graham
I was on the top of goyt valley, and it was very wet and foggy, sat in my car though (Could have the marshalls time sheet getting wet now could I ? ) I might well be tempted in popping over to the ribble valley
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