15 June, 2003 08:24
May 2003 - Part 3
My Lands End in Class 0
Jonathan Laver Reports
We had the Lands End that you missed. I was sick at most sections and on the roads joining them. By the end of the event I was feeling great but complaints were coming in about some of the restart lines being a bit sticky ! Ann, my wife was taken down with the same "BUG" for 24 hours and stayed in the hotel bedroom believing she was going to die until Monday. Fish and chips be blowed - t`was a "BUG".
Anyway what of the event - Beggers caught a few out with a hole and some loose at the restart (VW`s included). Hoskins was disappointing but gave some, the chance to see what its like at the top. Blue Hills what can you say - I have heard every excuse for not getting up from "the sun was in my eyes" - "they put a bend in it and did`nt tell me" - "the restart box was a bomb crater" to this year ------ "THERE WAS A CLOUD AT THE TOP THROUGH WHICH I COULD NOT SEE ! "
I saw some of the action, listened to the reports and walked the section upon Sunday morning, with Arthur. Blue Hills two was horrendous. The surface was very loose to a depth of six to nine inches, this being made up of very fine dust mixed with rock and stone. The section from the start to the left turn was cut into steps of about a cars length and would have made the climb that much more difficult since each step had to be driven up and over. I do not believe that these had been made by anything other than the trials traffic and the very dry conditions. The same material on the track could be seen falling out of the bank side. While we were walking a dust cloud swirled around us. Any competitor that cleaned this section deserved an award. Miss it and weep - we did, taking a very low slung Triumph TR3 around the class "O" route, and what a joy. Well done to the organising team.
Regards Jonathan Laver.
