From Hamsterley to Harwood Roger Albert Clark Rally from Hamsterley to Harwood A belated thank you to everyone from Durham Auto Club and associated friends who came out in appalling weather on the Friday night to marshal in Hamsterley. The arrangement of arrival and start, a double running stage and the same access and exit road coupled with a large number of spectators made it very, very interesting! The evening also included the recovery of a competitor who had underestimated the size of his car, and overestimated the amount of available road! A brief hold on the stage and a Land Rover were all that was required! Despite that both arrivals and start ran very smoothly, with competitors commenting on how well organised the marshal were. Saturday saw a number of club members returning to Hamsterley for the Saturday stages. Once again they ran smoothly with the arrival and start being very professional. Instead of a second day in Hamsterley I headed to set up Harwood, which was our Sunday stage. Thank you to Gogs, George, Gavin and Bobby for their invaluable help with the stage set up. Sunday saw the best weather of the weekend, and a very early start. The sunrise over Simonside was something to behold. The stage ran well and with little incident. It was a shame that Harwood only ran once as the stage was in fantastic condition, and I managed to drive out in my little Volvo C30! Thank you to everyone who endured a very early start to assist with marshalling, and to the MG Car Club and Tynemouth and District Motor Club who looked after the flying finish and stop. Hopefully we’ll be invited to do it all again next year! Thanks again, Lindsay Commander Harwood
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:11:36 +0000
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