Today I went out there for Longbridge, hoping to score points for the PWA7C in the Inter-Reg trophy hunting. Today was the Batho Trophy Rally starting at Great Witley just up the hill from a place called Shelsley that one or two of you might have heard of. I say I was competing for Longbridge, a bigger turn out of Sevens had been intended. Two others had misfortune befall them, in one case running a big end on the Herefordshire Trial. The Chummy in the picture reached the start but had developed a major fuel supply problem. The Ruby engine spun perfectly but bagging many points was a little compromised by requiring some roadside steering attention. Nevertheless, best performance in the SWB saloon class was assured. And even though we were outnumbered by a dozen Rileys, none of any lesser marques turned up, so some consolation there.
If today we started close to Shelsley, the next Inter-Reg nav event starts close to the lawns at Prescott. Saturday 17th June from The Olde Hobnails. Please contact Bob Blackstock; blackstocks2000@aol.com, or Rob Rhodes; robbrid@hotmail.co.uk. I will clog up the forum with further info and appeals for Seven competitors in due course.