25-04-2018, 09:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-04-2018, 10:06 PM by Special Bits.)
A bit of an update.
We did the Lands End at Easter, what an epic event it was!
Torrential rain, flooded roads, Snow, Fog, Wind and even a little bit of sun! The high/low lights. Hitting standing water about 8" deep at 30 on an A road, which came up through the car, past the gearbox and pedals, as well as over the top! Spinning it on a hairpin left half way up Porlock! Cleaning a restart which stopped most of our class. Fog and slush over Exemoor, following from one cats eye to the next at times it was so thick. Bacon roll in Barbrooke village hall at 3am. Realising the dynamo wasn't charging, just at the point the battery wouldn't turn the starter motor anymore, with 130 miles still to go. The left front mud guard falling off, again! jury rigging a motor cycle battery to run the ignition, keeping us going. 65mph over Bodmin moor, getting back into the event. Finishing, with one failed hill and one missed hill, 240 miles, 17 hours in the worst the British weather can chuck at you!
This was taken at Barbrook service station about 3 am on Easter Saturday.
We did the Lands End at Easter, what an epic event it was!
Torrential rain, flooded roads, Snow, Fog, Wind and even a little bit of sun! The high/low lights. Hitting standing water about 8" deep at 30 on an A road, which came up through the car, past the gearbox and pedals, as well as over the top! Spinning it on a hairpin left half way up Porlock! Cleaning a restart which stopped most of our class. Fog and slush over Exemoor, following from one cats eye to the next at times it was so thick. Bacon roll in Barbrooke village hall at 3am. Realising the dynamo wasn't charging, just at the point the battery wouldn't turn the starter motor anymore, with 130 miles still to go. The left front mud guard falling off, again! jury rigging a motor cycle battery to run the ignition, keeping us going. 65mph over Bodmin moor, getting back into the event. Finishing, with one failed hill and one missed hill, 240 miles, 17 hours in the worst the British weather can chuck at you!
This was taken at Barbrook service station about 3 am on Easter Saturday.