15 June, 2003 08:24
Michael's (April 2003) Musings
I absolutely loved the March Hare. What a super event. It’s very special to take part in a Classic Trial in your own back yard and I loved every minute of it from the breakfast at the start to some great sections.
There were a few delays, but that’s all apart of Classic Trialling and it gives the chance to chat to other competitors. I’ve met some really interesting people stuck in a queue on a muddy lane!
I’m sure it took a mammoth amount of work to organise the event and I would like to thank everyone involved for a wonderful day.
With Mike being part of the organising team Lesley was in the passengers seat and she isn’t so hot with a foot pump. This was an incentive to get the long awaited built-in 12 volt compressor system working. More about this on another occasion.
Michael's (March 2003) Musings
Michael Leete and Mike Hayward cresting the bump on Nailsworth Ladder during the recent Cotswold Clouds
It’s been a pretty frantic start to the year. I competed on three Classic Trials and marshalled at the Edlesbrough event over a six week period. This was also a pretty busy time at the day job so my feet have hardly touched the ground!
I thought Falcon's Edlesbrough Test Day was a good idea and we were blessed with good weather which is very important at this venue. There were some interesting cars and Cliff Morrell even bought one especially for the day!
Falcon is certainly looking healthy. A full calendar of well supported events and a healthy financial position. We have an enthusiastic committee, lets give them out full support at the AGM where we have the chance to say what we want from the club.
On the computer front up-dates to the site here were a bit delayed earlier in the month. First the ISP's site went a bit cranky and it wasn't possible to upload any files, although it was still possible to access the site for viewing. Of course I thought it was me at first but then I looked on their forum and found it was a problem to everyone. Then when everything was working again the ISP decided to enforce their 5mB limit and I was way over, forcing me to move loads of stuff over to the archive site (although I have not up--loaded it!).
I am still using free sites on an ordinary modem so perhaps it's time to go broadband with fast up-loads and 250Mb of web space!
Michael - 29 March 2003
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