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Axminster, Jan09
The first outing of the year was always going to be a little on the muddy side. Only twelve adventurous souls ventured down to the Axminster site which even during good weather is always somewhat damp. The morning sections in the trees and bushes were not too bad, except that a couple of trees managed to vent their displeasure at being disturbed by inflicting slight damage to a couple of vehicles that were not fully awake.
Just after the lunch break a storm that had been threatening for a while enptied a couple of inches of hail over the site. Besides making it uncomfortable for us all it also made the ground somewhat slippy. More fun, more points!
A great day out and a good start to the year for defending champions Ron Hogg & Martin Dover. Also, new member Dave Lucus in his 90 captured the spirit and beat some of the older hands, well done.
Mannington, Feb09
The return to this popular site proved more dificult than I remembered.
When we were setting up in the snow it was dificult to judge conditions. The thaw turned slopes into slippery'ness & some sandy bits into quicksand! This meant the day overall was high scoring (sigh of relief from Martin!).
I was expecting more than the 16 entered, not accounting for those with other commitments or broken landies. We split into 2 groups & drove 10 sections.
New member Dave showed the old hands how it was done, winning his second only trial! Tina, our new lady driver enjoyed the day. Hopefully she'll give Jan a bit of competition for the Lady's Trophy?
Portesham, April09
Saturday afternoon, the site was dry, and remarkably grippy... we managed to get 8 sections pegged out, with two being reversible......Sunday morning saw me arrive on site nice and early, as Nigel couldn't make it on the day, i was greeted by a smiley Tina, she was keen as it was only 8.45...... By 10am we had 13 vehicles on site, We then started at the first section, and can you believe i was distracted and very nearly went the wrong way, sometimes assisting with setting out doesn't seem such a good idea...... Anyway, by lunchtime we had managed to do 5 setions, with no casualties, and no real problems as such, some found that their tyres were filling with grass and mud quicker than anticipated though...... after lunch we did the other 3 sections, and then reversed two of them, which awhen all said and done, Anyway, to summarise, everyone had an enjoyable day, the biggest issue all day was Mike Mears who managed to destroy a front propshaft on the way to the site, sadly he couldn't compete, as 2 wheel drive at portesham isn't an option..... if you've seen the slopes, you'll know why!!
Mannington, May09
Our weekend started out on Saturday morning when we met up with Ron and Jon to travel up to Mannington for the setting up. As we turned off the road and on to the site our 90's clutch went straight to the floor, a few choice words were said and we limped off into to the site to see if it could be fixed. Not entirely sure what the problem is but the 90 ended up going home on the back of a recovery lorry. Not the best start to the weekend. Whilst Phil waited for the AA man, me Ron and Jon met Tony and we cracked on with setting out 8 sections.
Total of 13 drivers, with one or two double drives
It turned out to be slightly dampened for a couple of people with the odd dent in the body work as one or two sections were a little tight in the wooded area. We must remember that when trees are near the sections they usually are a little tardy at jumping out of the way.
Ronnie Hogg and a few others were having so much fun in a mud hole they didn't want to get out, actually they were well and truly stuck. More good times and another trail in June
