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	21 April 2003 - Brian Sussex reports on his Lands End Trial Check out The Classical Gas Web Community for more pictures and other stuff on the Lands End.
	13 April - Well if you can see this it all works, but there was drama - more later! Check out The MCC Site for Lots of Stuff on The Lands End including a Timing Calculator. 12 April - Test to see if I can up-load files on the new computer
	30 March 2003 - Tony Young and Ray Gerring were the car and bike winners of the Northern Trial on 24th March. Tony and Ray were the only clean sheets. Click here for full results in PDF. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
	28 March 2003 - April Classical Gas on PDF added. Click here for past issues of Classical Gas on PDF.  Michael's March Musings added with some notes of why things have been a bit slow here recently.
	16 March 2003 - Details of Falcon's AGM added. Murrays March Hare Report added. For full results on PDF Click Here
	5 March 2003 - Kyrle regs are out. You can read about the trial and download regs and entry form on The Ross Site. Updated The Rough Guide. Need an on-board 12 volt compressor? Then check out The Viair site or The Tellico Site. You can get one in the UK from Matt Savage
	25 February 2003 -  Charles Goulding - The Reigning MSA British Historic Rally Champion died suddenly at the end of December, only two months after clinching the series. Michael's February Musings added. The March Snail Mail version of Classical Gas is available on PDF here
	13 February 2003 - That's Ian Davis climbing Merves Sweve in a GIF annimation on the left. Click here for Costswold Clouds Video and Sound. Updated The Rough Guide with details of the Presidents Trial on 30th March and added a Regs Download Page on which I will post regs for any trial or autotest that organisers would like on Classical Gas. A word about Falcon's Murray's March Hare. There's a Class 0 for " Cars not normally entered in Trials, and those driven by drivers wishing a taste of classic reliability trials".  This sounds a really good way of having your first taste of a Classic Trial.
	8 February 2003 - Cotswold Clouds report completed (moving pictures to come!) and some more tidying work done to the home page.
	7 February - Check out Andrew Brown's trials e-magazine "Wheelspin". The first issue features a fascinating analysis of the relative performance of different classes in MCC trials. Cotswold Clouds report started. Tidy up of this home page started.
	26 January 2003 - Clee Hill Trials Report updated. February's Snail Mail version of Classical Gas is available on PDF here. You will need Acrobat Reader to open it.
	24 January 2003 - Terry Ball won the Clee Hills Trial. Click here for Michael Leete's report
	21 January 2003 - Click here for the results of The Clee Hills Trial You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it you can download it for free from here.
	18th January 2003 - The Regs for The March Hare Trial on the 9th March are now published and can be downloaded by Clicking Here
	16 January 2003 - Falcon Page updated with details about Falcons Trials Test Day and Gymkhana at Edlesborough on 26th January. Check out this link to Tim Pestridge's report on The Exeter Trial. Michael's Musings for January added.
	9 January 2003 - Exeter Report Added information on The March Hare Trial which takes place on the 9th March
	3rd January 2003 - The Paris-Dakar has started. Check out their official site and at Eurosport or this other Eurosport site. Falcon's March Hare Trial is on 9th March. It has it's own site. The January edition of Classical Gas is ready to download in PDF here.
	28 December 2002 - Check out more Edinburgh Pictures on the MCC site.  Murray MacDonald (double click on the thubnail on the left for a bigger picture) took part in The Preston Rally in his Golf Gti. He finished 25th despite one of the front wheels flapping around when one of the bolts came out of the front suspension. Michael's December Musings added rather late! Some changes to the layout of this page, including showing the stats in Excel format.
	21 December 2002 - Sadly Will Hoy has died. Mike Haywards History of The March Hare Trial added.
	14 December 2002 - Corrections made to The Allen Trial Report. Check out these great links on these  Allen Trial pieces by Carlie Hart. "The Story of The Allen Trial" and "The Organisation of The Allen Trial". The Allen Trial is organised by The Bristol Motor Club . There are a lot of updates to check out over on Section Begins and don't forget to catch up on the latest ACTC Results and Championship Positions and down-load the regs for The Clee Hills Trial. Radio 4 fans - If you were out Friday night did you know that Debbie knows the truth? Check out The Archers site or The Archers Pages over on the BBC Site.
	8 December 2002 - Allen Trial report and pictures updated. Lots of stuff moved over to The Archive Site.
	3 December 2002 - Michael's Mechanic's Trial article turns out to be more about fixing Beetle Brakes! Allen Trial piece started with more to come.
	24 November - Gigi Needs a Ride  - Classical Gas received the following e-mail from Dave Hancock who edits the MSA‘s newsletter :- "Michael I was given your details by Anne Whellock of the MCC. Can you help by posting the following in Classical Gas - The MSA publication, Motorsports Now!, is running a feature on Classic Trialling in the Winter 2002 issue. We want to follow this up by competing in the Lands End Trial in Easter 2003. Our Rallying Correspondent, rally driver, Gigi Bettencourt-Gomes, wants to drive or  co-drive so that she can write the story. We just need a car and a partner for her. Can anyone help? Thanks - Dave Hancock Editor, Motorsports Now! hancock@dashmedia.demon.co.uk" The December Snail Mail Version of Classical Gas is available in PDF Format here. Some of the stuff there has not yet been posted on this site!
	14 November - Mechanics Trial reported by Fred Gregory. Check out BrianSussex's site about off-road-biking and his Calender off bike trials
	14 November - Sadly John Temple of The Dellow Register has died.
	3 November - Michael's November Musing's added. Check out the FindIt Site Cars section to find the vehicle you want or the parts you need. Computer Nerds may be interested in the pdf 995 site. It appears to offer a free program that will write Acrobat files which are the ideal way to publish regs, route instructions etc on the web. Let me know how you get on if you try it. Added a couple of little bit's to The Edinburgh report.
	21st October - Updated The Edinburgh report and added report of The Gill Morrell Trial. I marshalled at The BTRDA PCT Final on Sunday. Well done Barrie Parker who deservedly won the Gold Star.
	19th October - Rough Guide Up-Dated (The Manx Trophy Trial scheduled for 4 May 2003 may not take place) 60 hits to the site last Thursday - wow - thanks Mum! - You can see the hit stats at the foot of the page
	19th October - Done some tidying and added more pictures to The Edinburgh Report. The results came this morning so no doubt I will go back and update it a bit during the week. 17th October - Did some more work on The Edinburgh Report last night to include the info from e-mails and the web community. 16th October - more updates on The Edinburgh Report 12th October - Updated Edinburgh report (although it's still not finished) 7th October - Edinburgh Report started.
	4th October - Motorsport Mixture - a look at some of Michael's summer excursions. Also here's a link to a couple of Mountain Bike Sites. The first is Beds Fat Trax which is my local club. Then there's Numpluz.com, run by a guy called Jack its' a sort of Mountain Biking Classical Gas! Falcon will be hosting the BTRDA PCT Final at Little Brickhill (click here for map) on 20th October. If you are available to marshal please drop Verdun Webley a mail. Rough Guide and Falcon Pages Updated
	29 September - Michael's Musings for October added. Want to hire a flash motor in the West Country? Check out Cornwall Classic Car Hire Another good link to look at is over at ShellGeoStar.Com They have one of the best Journey Planners I have seen, using a differnt Map program to the usual ones.
	24 September - September Surprise report completed & Rough Guide Updated Check out The Web Community for some interesting pieces on The Exe Valley by Brian Sussex and Andrew Brown. By the way - If you haven't checked out Andrews Site recently I should drop by. Also to mention that Falcon will be running the BTRDA PCT Final at Brickhill sometime in the October/November.
	13 September - Event details for Ebworth Chase & Exmoor Clouds updated on The Rough Guide, Michael's September Musings added. Corrected the problem with the regs on The Falcon page. Report of Falcon's September Surprise Autotest started.
	9 September  - Steve Pearce, a past SOD's Chairman, died suddenly from a heart attack during August. - Mike Pearson is proposing to run a PCT test day in the Chilterns (probably between Dunstable and Tring) on 17 or 24 November. If you are interested drop Mike an e-mail. - Updated the Falcon page with regs you can download and print of the Autotest near Biggleswade on 22 September + Falcon's 2003 competition Dates
17 August - Falcon Page updated with the regs for the 1st September Autotest and details of the visit to the Jaguar factory on 20th November. Also check out the message board on The Classical Gas Web Community to keep up-to-date on an interesting discussion about the format of The Edinburgh Trial.
14 August - Rough Guide updated with details of the Exe Valley Trial on 22nd September. Interesting official site for the Jawa Speedway bike.
9 August - Michael's August Musings added. Further updates to the Rough Guide on The Taw and Torridge and Edinburgh Trials. 7 August - Rough Guide Updated.
	31 July - Racing In The Woods - On a Mountain Bike! Done a lot of tidying-up of the recent stuff page and sub-pages to make it easier to navigate around.
	22 July - Simon Robson win's Falcon's Midsummer Madness Autotest. Is this the first Liege FTD? Michael's July Musings added.
	8 July - The Testing Trial will not take place this Sunday. Click here to see the announcement from John Aley. Details of Falcon's Autotest on 21st July added. It's at Upper Caldecote near Biggleswade (North up the A1, first left after the Sainsbury's roundabout and look for the Castrol arrows on the right). Could be just the job for those of you car drivers who are disappointed to miss The Testing Trial. Super tests with little or no reversing.
	10 June - Trials on TV - Information about a program called "Off The Road" that will be screened on Discovery Home and Leisure starting on Tuesday 11 June. The program on 9 July will feature The Clee Hills. Updated The Rough Guide.