We really enjoyed the route and the sections, helped no doubt by some nice weather. Our biggest problem was that navigator Mike had really bad car sickness during the night so I was kept busy finding the way as well as driving. We had to stop for a while before the Musbury control and left there some 15 minutes late but otherwise ran near to scheduled time all the way through and reached the finish pretty much on the minute. After failing Marilyns we were disappointed that Waterloo was cancelled but from what I hear we would likely have failed that as well!!
One lesson we did learn on Mailyns (where the engine bogged down) was that there was tons of grip and we ran quite high pressures there after. I couldn't get over how dry Bulverton Steep was although the same couldn't be said for Simms which we failed in fine form!
It was a real shame that later numbers had to miss so may hillls but I didn't hear any moans at the do in the evening. Well done to Jon the Pres for a nice speech (which we actually heard) and to Gerry for his well deserved life time achievement award.
Back to Simms, James Shallcross was two cars in front of us and you should have heard the cheer when he cleaned it. Hope we get to see that one on YouTube.
How was your Exeter Trial
Anyone who is involved in an accident becomes the prime centre of attention. Everyone pulling together for what is the best for that person. This was the case for the person involved in the Simms incident, with thanks to all MCC personnel together with the emergency services. Today Sunday I have visited the individual involved. There is some attention from the press which is not so welcome by those involved. To allay any speculation the MCC will be publishing a statement upon the matter shortly.
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ReplyDeletePersonally I am not too sure about Marilyn as it seemed to me from a quick few comments that it divided the cars between those with live axles having diff clearance problems and those with IRS which stood a better eg BMW getting up whilst our group of 3 tr 7's all failed exactly the same !
Still a good event even though I failed Fingle with blocked fuel pump having just done 800 miles on it as a secondhand unit. Finally got it working but was traveling in front of closing car and not sure if problem would re occur deep in the woods somewhere. So I took the sensible if disappointing option and went home - Ran perfectly of course !
We had a great event, cleaned every hill except for Meerhay which was cancelled while we were asleep in the que waiting ........ reminder here to take ear plugs next time as my passenger snores! Pretty sure we were the only class 4 car to go clean so will be interesting to see how the results pan out if its worked out on special test times after the cancellation of 4 hills.
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