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 Mar 7 2010, 01:50 PM
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Yesterday (Saturday) I braved the cold weather yet again and went to the Malcolm Wilson Rally. This is a forest stage rally held in Lake District and is based in Cockermouth. It consisted of 7 Special Stages and the entry consisted of mainly modern cars with a couple of classics.
First off I was at the Comb stage (SS2) and then in the afternoon I went to the second running of the Greystoke Stage (SS7). In the morning at Comb the sun was trying to break through the clouds and the road was almost dry. This meant as each car came past there was a scattering of gravel stones which made for some great pictures. At Greystoke the road was still icy and very wet with melting snow. When I arrived a Subaru, which had had an off in the morning run of the stage, was being pulled out of a ditch after slipping on the ice. Later on I saw an EVO go into a slide at this bend and wreck its rear axle. This rally must have been a bit of a difficult one as by the time the cars ran the last stage about 40% of the entry had withdrawn. As usual here are a couple of pictures and a link to a video from the day’s events. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNTcN0X3QXA  There was a lot of MG ZR's to be seen...  ...and some little Peugeots as well.  On the classic front there was a couple of Escorts...  ...and an Opel.  And to bring things bang upto date there was some Focus WRCs...  ...some EVOs...  ...and a few of the latest Imprezas.  If you'd like to view the rest of my pictures click on http://s710.photobucket.com/albums/ww102/s...20Rally%202010/ Next week I'm of to Race Retro for some Classic Rally cars. |
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Mar 8 2010, 08:28 AM
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 NEMC Webmaster Group: Root Admin Posts: 2,300 Joined: 12-March 08 From: The People's Republic of Horden Member No.: 1 |
Didn't make it over as I was poorly bad all weekend...
 Nice pics again though dude  Hope you've warmed up by now 
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Mar 8 2010, 02:38 PM
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Club Treasurer Group: Committee Posts: 282 Joined: 14-March 08 From: Hebburn Member No.: 10 |
Shame I'm a Dad with promises to keep, as I'd promised to take the boys to spend birthday money & gift vouchers on Saturday. Otherwise I'd have loved to go.
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Mar 8 2010, 10:26 PM
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Tech Guru/Events Moderator Group: Administrators Posts: 1,207 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Wallsend Member No.: 807 |
QUOTE (Ovie @ Mar 8 2010, 02:38 PM)  Shame I'm a Dad with promises to keep, as I'd promised to take the boys to spend birthday money & gift vouchers on Saturday. Otherwise I'd have loved to go. The next locallish rally event I will be attending is the Pirelli International/Classic Rally. This takes place on Sturday 24th April and has a number of stages in the Keilder Area. You can find details at http://www.pirelliinternationalrally.co.uk/2010/ |
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Mar 8 2010, 10:30 PM
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 Club Member Group: Club Member Posts: 169 Joined: 7-June 09 From: nr durham Member No.: 819 |
Looks good, would love too of gone but i was poorly over wekend and not feeling so good now.
Hopefully would like to make it to the next one! nice pics by the way! 
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