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Well a couple of weeks ago we had quite a bit of snow on the saturday night.
My wife and I had planned to go to a tarmac rally that was organised to run at Mallory park.
When we woke there was between 4 and 6" of snow outside, far too much to drive to the circuit, but mountain bikes were perfectly capable of getting over there. So we suited up in multiple layers, gloves, hats, neck warmers, quilted trousers, then organised a good packed lunch with plenty of hot drinks.
We were both pretty sure that it would have been cancelled, I mean how many people in the UK rally scene now have snow / ice tyres?
We trekked out for the 3 mile ride, the closer we got the more sure I was that I had been cancelled, there were literally no engine noises at all. It was not until we got to the gate that we heard our first car, the snow was damping out all the noise!
Turns out that 36 of the 40 cars entered had arrived! It turned into the best day out for a long long time, and I think it was probably a once in a lifetime experience TBH, really felt like a proper RAC rally
Right time for pictures -
Ice tyres!
Parting shot -
My wife and I had planned to go to a tarmac rally that was organised to run at Mallory park.
When we woke there was between 4 and 6" of snow outside, far too much to drive to the circuit, but mountain bikes were perfectly capable of getting over there. So we suited up in multiple layers, gloves, hats, neck warmers, quilted trousers, then organised a good packed lunch with plenty of hot drinks.
We were both pretty sure that it would have been cancelled, I mean how many people in the UK rally scene now have snow / ice tyres?
We trekked out for the 3 mile ride, the closer we got the more sure I was that I had been cancelled, there were literally no engine noises at all. It was not until we got to the gate that we heard our first car, the snow was damping out all the noise!
Turns out that 36 of the 40 cars entered had arrived! It turned into the best day out for a long long time, and I think it was probably a once in a lifetime experience TBH, really felt like a proper RAC rally
Right time for pictures -
Ice tyres!
Parting shot -
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