My 1st trial, the Launceston

My first trial the Launceston 11th February
Had a really great day yesterday although we didn't do very well.
Off to a fairly ok start, only getting stopped halfway up the 1st and driving straight up the second without even letting the tyres down! I dont know if we scored anything because we didnt even know we were doing it until we saw the numbers on the side of the lane, but it was a good moral booster.
Made a great splash (whoops there goes one side of the front bumper) at the special test 1 and charged up to the B post and straight up the hill with Shirley shouting STOP!! so I reversed back down to the B post to pick up a time, possibly!
It became clear to us after only moving a few feet away from the start on the next few sections that the Sierra wasn't the ideal car to be doing it in, although I did make it to the restart on the one and only I had to do, but that was it and I sat there just making a load of smoke.
Bedrock was cancelled but looking at it I think if we had negotiated the collapsed gully we would have only gone another few feet.
On the 2nd special test we though we were in real trouble on the hairpin when we nearly got completely wedged between the tree and the bank but a 23 point turn got us around eventually, managed to remember to stop at the B post this time.
On to the next section where the marshal was giving us a warning about a bolder sticking up near the top, to which I replied don't worry I probably wont even get around the corner, to which I shot off and didn't even get around the corner, Oh well onto the next section with a bit of passenger, I had a log jammed up under the car giving me about an inch of ground clearance.
The 2nd section at the pig farm wasn't to bad well I moved about a cars length anyway!
Back to the A30 and managed to get lost again. eventually found the next section as it was being closed, didn't manage to get away from the start again then promptly fell off the track and into the woods, there goes the back wing!!
On to Angel steps and after great warnings of bad steps etc we managed to get a 1 with lots of smoke and bouncing. (We could still smell the rubber on the way home).
Managed to take the other side of the front bumper out on the bridge when backing back down, I was too busy listening to the knocking from underneath which turned out to be the anti-roll bar bush that had come adrift.
On to the last few sections, still struggling to keep up with the back markers. Interesting braking characteristic with the missing bush.
But I think I got about a 6 on the 2nd to last one.
Definitely hard work but I think the car held up quite well considering.
Will try harder next time to keep up with the pack as that was definitely the most stressful part.
Think Ill try it in an Escort next time.
Did anybody get any photos of us going through the river or Angel Steps I would love to see them, we were in the blue Sierra No. 3